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Hof, .? Dxc z33 MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS August 5, 1968 The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County met in regular session at 10:00 o'clock A.M. on Monday, August 5, 1968, in the Conference Room of the Agricultural Building in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, and Commissioners William C. Ray, Carl M. Smith, Henry S. Walker and Ira A. Ward. Members Absent: None Minutes of the July meetings were read and approved. A. H. Graham, County Attorney, presented the Durham-Orange County boundary line and boundary line description which he had received from the Durham County Board of Commissioners. Mr. Graham stated that the Durham County Commissioners had requested that said report and description be accepted and signed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners during this meeting. Discussion ensued concerning the presented material and it was agreed that Commissioner Ward and Commissioner Smith, Orange County's representatives on the boundary line committee, should inspect the stakes and review and confirm the proposed boundary line between the counties with Jerry Strickland, Orange County's engineer, and report the findings back to the Board of Commissioners. Calvin Burch of Carrboro introduced Bill Britt, Carrboro's new City Manager to the Board of Commissioners. Mrs. Quentin Patterson, Chairman of the Recreation Committee, reported that the Recreation program had been a rather successful project, but that additional monies were needed to defray certain expenses incurred by the Recreation Committee. She requested that the Board of Commissioners appropriate $500.00 or less to the Recreation Fund. Chairman Bennett thanked Mrs. Patterson for her report and stated that her request for funds would be taken under advisement. Hezekiah Dobson, Sanitation Engineer, brought to the attention of the Board that the practice now being used by the County for soil sampling could endanger the water table and supply in the area which was sampled. Discussion ensued relative to this matter and the matter of land fills. It was agreed that the County Administrator, the County Attorney and the Sanitarian should arrange a joint meeting with the DLetrict Health Department and the County Planning Board for the purpose of agreement on how to conform the practices of the two agencies relative to soil testing methods and to draft an ordinance for land fill usage. Tyson Clayton, Zoning Officer, presented the following letter from Charles W. Johnston, Chairman of the Orange County Planning Board: . "The Orange County Planning Board submits their recommendations concerning the rezoning request heard at the Public Hearing July 30, 1968, as follows: 1. The Planning Board recommends that Mr. Jack Maultsby's request to rezone approximately 1 1/2 acres of his property from a Residential District to a General Commercial District be approved. 2. The Planning Board recommends that the following amendments be adopted: Section 6.2.2.2 (3) of the Zoning Ordinance amend to read: That hard rook be at least four (4) feet below the bottom of the filter trenches in the absorption area. Section 6.2.2.2 (4) of the Zoning ordinance amend to read: That the water table is at least four (4) feet below the bottom of the filter trenches in the absorption area. Section V-E-1 of the Subdivision ordinance amend to read: Monuments shall be placed at all corners in the exterior boundary except where permanent markers already exist." Upon motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Ward, it was moved and unanimously adopted that the recommendations of the Orange County Planning Board relative to the request of Jack Maultsby to rezone approximately one and one-half (1 1/2) acres of his property from a Residential District to a General Commercial District be approved. Upon motion of Commissioner Ward, seconded by Commissioner Ray, it was moved and unanimously adopted, that section 6.2.2.2 (3) of the zoning code be amended to read as follows: That hard rook be at least four (4) feet below the bottom of the filter trenches in the absorption area.