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BOOK 7 PAGE 1.0 MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS March 4, 1968 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioners, Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina on Monday, March 4, 1968 in regular session. Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, and Commissioners William C. Ray, _ Henry S. Walker and Ira A. Ward. Members Absent: Commissioner Carl M. Smith. The clerk read the minutes of the previous meetings and same were approved - after corrections were entered. Louise Bradsher and other representatives from the Carr community appeared and spoke in behalf of the previous recuest for paving of SR #1368. The clerk was instructed to show the correspondence file relative to this file to these individuals. Mrs. Betsy Farrington appeared reouesting right of way information relative to SR #1945. This read had been scheduled for paving. The State Highway Commission had advised Mrs. Farrington that the money allocated for the project was being with- drawn because of the inability of the highway department to secure the necessary right of way agreement. The clerk was instructed to incuirs of the State Highway Commission as to the status of this road. Gera Sykes presented a recuest that the Board of Commissioners in conjunction with interested citizens make an effort to secure a interchange from Interstate 85 at the Dimmocks Mill Road location. Mr. Sykes presented a letter which had been written to Joe Hunt, Chairman of the State Highway Commission. Said letter advised Mr. Sykes that monies for the construction of the project must be secured from the 3areau of Biblic Roads. The Board advised Mr. Sykes that a petition fog such an interchange should be secured before any action could be taken on said matter. Commissioner Ray brought to the attention of the Board that he had learned, through an unofficial source, that the monies allooated for widening and improving of highway #86 North from Hillsborough to the Caswell County line had been withdrawn and allocated to another project. Discussion ensued concerning said matter. Upon motion of Commissioner Ray, seconded by Commissioner Walker, it was moved and adopted that the clerk make ineuiries of Thomas S. Harrington, Highway Commissioner of the Seventh District as to the reliability of this information and to further recuest information as to how much of the monies from the State Road Bond Issue for primary roads had been spent or allocated to date. ??? Wiley Perry presented the following memorandum from the State Director, FHA, Raleigh, North Carolina: "We have reviewed the proposed agreement between the County of Orange and the Orange-Alamance Water Corporation wherein the County of Orange is agreeing to lend the water corporation the aum of $27,000 for the sole purpose of increasing the size of a water line from 10" to 12". This agreement is not acceptable as no immediate need exists for the increased pipe size. No justification for the increase has been given or any explanation presented as to why the 10" line is not satisfactory. We realize that water lines are helpful in attracting industry and the larger size line might be needed in the future for certain types of industry, however, a nonprofit corporation cannot be expected to raise their water rates so that lines may be enlarged to accommodate future industry which may or may not locate on the lines. We agree that for future planning purposes that the county may need a large transmission line for the purpose of supplying water to both domestic and industrial users. The county stands to recover any such investment if industry locates by an increase in its ad valorem taxes. The county would thereby be wise in considering making a grant of $27,000 to the corporation to increase the size of line rather than some later date having to finance the entire amount of a large transmission line. If the county wishes to consider a grant to the corporation, we shall be glad to review and consider such an agreement. We should point out that a large grant has been made by FHA to the corporation in order that the members could obtain adeouate water at reasonable rates and as it was determined that the members could not pay higher rates. If it is now determined that they can pay a higher rate, we may have to reconsider the amount of the grant and possibly should reduce the grant. We are returning the copy of the agreement submitted Mr. Perry also presented a petition for the completion of the Paving of SR #1117.