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May we assure you that we will do whatever we can to keep the door open. We are hopeful that we can find another site for you in Orange or can eliminate to your satisfaction the current objections that have caused you to ask for the delay in the re-zoning of this property. I would be remisa if I did not say that the people of our County have been the most united behind the possible coming of Fiber Industries, Inc. that I have ever seen them during my seventeen years of public office holding. The liberals and the conservatives, the communities and their civic clubs, the negroes and the farmers, and the University faculty and townspeople have asked us to do whatever we could to get you to locate in Orange. Again lot me thank you for your interest in Orange County and for your wonderful spirit throughout, emphasize our feeling of a great loss, and assure you that we will do what we can to eliminate any concern that you may have about locating in our County. Sincerely yours, Carl M. Smith, Chairman Orange County Board of Commissioners" Ebert Pierce, Chairman of the Agriculture Extension Agent, presented Robert Mehlhorn as the candidate for the position as Assistant Agriculture Extension Agent. Mr. Pierce stated the background of the candidate and assured the Board that Mr. Mehlhorn had been recommended by the State Agriculture Extension Department and that he could begin his employment in the county as of August 18, 1969. The Board talked with Mr. Mehlhorn and then advised Mr. Pierce that their decision relative to Mr. Mehlhorn's employment would be made later in the meeting. Norman Long, Zoning Officer, presented the following recommendations from the County Planning Board: 1. Reauest of Jack Gates for re-zoning of a tract of land along Highway #54 to a mobile home park. Mr. Long reported he had investigated this case and the Planning Board had determined Mr. Gates was operating a mobile home park on this site prior to the adoption of the ordinance. The Planning Board, therefore, recommended this reauest be approved. Upon motion of Commissioner Ward, seconded by Commissioner Walker, it was moved and unanimously adopted, that the recommendation of the Planning Board relative to the request of Jack Gates be adopted. 2. Request of Kenneth Cheek for re-zoning of a tract at the inter- section of North Carolina 86 and SR #1733 (Weaver Dairy Road) from residential to general commercial be approved. Upon motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Ray, it was moved, 'that the recommendation of--the Planning Board relative to the request of Kenneth Cheek be adopted.. .. . . . • . Discussion ensued relative to the approval of the request of Kenneth Cheek by the County Planning Board. Mr. Long advised the Board that this property was located adjacent to property which was already zoned for general commercial use. It was agreed that an inspection of the Cheek property by the Board of Commissioners would be made before any action was taken. Commissioner Walker withdrew his motion. 3. Request made by Paul Robertson on behalf of Mrs. Rufus W. Smith and Mr. Robert Glosson for re-zoning of 13 acres South of North Carolina Highway 54 on State Road 194; from residential to general industrial be denied. Upon motion of Commissioner Ray, seconded by Commissioner Ward, it was moved and unanimously adopted, that the recommendation of the Planning Board relative to the request of Paul Robertson be denied. L?. The request made by Jefferson Builders on behalf of Claude Best for re-zoning a tract of land, on the East side of U. S. Highway 15-501 near the Chatham County line, from residential to general commercial be denied. Upon motion of Commissioner Ward, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, it was moved and unanimously adopted, that the recommendation of the Planning Board relative to the reauest of Jefferson Builders be denied.