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May 23, 1990 Mr. Moses Carey, Jr., Chairman Orange County Board of Commissioners 344 Warren Way Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 Dear Mr. Carey: W3,90FY - '" :1,D] �o 2 �5 a My wife and I live at 112 Bonaparte Drive (or Route 7, Box 112) in Hillsborough, and we own a business located at 1506 E. Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. As Orange County business owners, residents, and taxpayers, we want to make you aware of our opinion regarding the proposed House Numbering Ordinance. We strongly oppose the House Numbering Ordinance and the proposed change of our home address. We consider this to be a totally unnecessary change. It will, if approved, represent a major inconvenience to us and other county residents. This change will not be the simple transaction suggested by the attached letter from Marvin Collins. Furthermore, we do not like the tone of Mr. Collins' remarks. In inviting people to a public hearing, Mr. Collins says: "We welcome your comments. We ask however, that you confine your comments to specific concerns regarding the assigned house number or street address." As we interpret his remarks, Mr. Collins is telling us to like it or lump it. He says "we welcome," however, "please confine your comments," people. We think Mr. Collins is saying he really doesn't care what we think. With an attitude like this, we do not think Mr. Collins should be in the position of Orange County Planning Director. If we have no choice in the matter, why is the public hearing scheduled? Three House Numbers in Three Years We have lived in our house for 3 years. A little over a year ago, the U.S. Post Office notified us that they were changing our address from 112 Bonaparte Drive, Hillsborough, to Route 7, Box 112, Hillsborough. If you change our address to 302 Bonaparte, this will be our third address in three years. it's Not as Easy as Promised When the U.S. Post Office changed our address, their letter of notification told us how easy the change would be. Now, about a year later, the Orange County Planning Department is singing the same tune. But your proposed address change it is not as easy as you make it sound. Your proposed changes will require a lot of time, expense, and aggravation on the part of residents. More is involved than redirecting mail, which in itself requires time and expense in notifying hundreds of people, creditors, merchants, and publishers of the change. Also involved is changing driver's licenses, car registration, bank accounts, insurance documents, title documents, and home mortgage documents.