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78'. ENO RIVER GROUP Rt 4, Box 516 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Aug 25, 198 0 Chairman Richard E. Whitted and Orange County 9oard of Commissioners Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 S 7? Chairman and Members, RC&D Steering Committee Orange Soil and Water Conservation District North Central Piedmont Resource Conservation and Development Area Hillsborough, NO 27278 Dear Sirs: By letter read and presented to Orange Commissioners on. April 8, 1980, we stated our awareness of certain broken committments to the citizens of Orange County and "respe&tfulll requested than the Eno River Group be place, on the Agenda of your next evening meeting to state our grievances, substan- tiate them, and petition you (commissioners ) for appropriate remedy". . B� handwritten note Chairman Whitted assigned us to May 20th meeting. We asked for two hours to state our grievances and petition. On May 20, after some questioning, we were offered 20 minutes which I declined as being insufficient to present two hours material, but requested that members of audience who had come expecting to speak be allowed to speak. This was granted and several from audience spoke. Eno River Group was aaked to present further information in writing. This was done by letter presented at May 27, 1980 meeting, plus three enclosures. We asked. for 60 minutea .. June 2nd, 1980. Chairman Whitted's letter of May 28 thanks us for the written material. furnished May 27th in response to your May 20th request and further states: "The Board would like an opportunity to look over the information and review our policy statement to try to determine the Status of the park; however, since we. will _not be able to do that before June 2nd, it will not appro- priate to place this item on the agenda for discussion at that time. I will notify you when the 9onrd tins completed its review of the policy and status of the park." The Elio River Group proposed Resolution of May 27th calls for a halt to planning and implementation of plRns for an Eno River State Park until the Board can review its Resolution of Nov. 1, 1976; actions of various suthr"i.- t ies in allowing citizens` participation in the planning process; act ior;f- of these authorities in their adherence o��onndherence to existing agreements between them and you; and other grievances of Orange County residents regarding the est:ptblishment or expansion of art Eno River State Park in orange, By persmi&l appearance on August 19th I requested that you postpone tonight's Public Meeting until the Eno River Group has been allowed.lo state our grievances, substantiate them, and petition you for relief. Tnis request was denied by Chairman lvthitted. I repeat the request now, addreasing It to both the Commissioners and the RCPcD Comdi.ttee, it dates bnek to April 8th, 1980. This Public Xleeting is in response to a letter of July 18th, 1980 from Eno River Association Past President Donald N. Cox, in his capacity of Chairman, Board of Supervisors , Orange Soil and Water Conservation. Districl Denial of our request can only be cons trued as a denial of our right of Petition and our Rights of Free Speech. If the Iranian Communists can be excused from prosecution -for desecrating a.nd burning our Flag on UNG Campus as an act of Free Speech, then Taxpaying Citizens of the United States should be allowed their Riaht of Petition and Right of Free Speech. We made similar request to RC&D Area Hepdcunrter© in Graham ,uezust 20th. Sincere P,, .,j 6 % .-t S �irboul Sec'y cc: Sec'y of Awrlaulture, et al. Eno River Group 6