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BOOK 7 PAGE 240 MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS December 1, 1969 The Board of Commissioners of Orange County met in regular session on Monday, December 1, 1969, at 10:00 o'clock A.M. in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hill'aborough, North Carolina. Members Present: Chairman Carl M. Smith and Commissioners Harvey D. Bennett, William C. Ray, Henry S. Walker and Ira A. Ward.. Members Absent: None The clerk was instructed to forward to the State Highway Commission the road petition for Green Pines Subdivision. A letter was to accompany said petition regarding the FHA loan of Daniel Latta. Chairman Smith read a letter from Dr. Garvin in which he requests that the employees of the District Health Department be granted permission to close the Health Department offices the entire week of December 22nd through December 26th. The letter stated that each employee is willing to take the 22nd and 23rd as vacation time and that arrangements for the issuance of burial-removal permits would be made. Discussion ensued relative to rr. Garvin's request. Upon motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Ray, it was moved that the staff of the District Health Department would be granted permission to close the Health Department the week of December 22nd through December 26th, provided that the days of December 22nd and December 23rd be charged to vacatin and that arrangements for the issuance of burial permits be made. Chairman Smith called for a vote. Commissioners Ray, Walker, Bennett and Smith voted aye. Commissioner Ward voted may. Chairman Smith declared the motion passed. Commissioner Ray stated that he felt that the county should consider the construction of a County office building for the Chapel Hill area as the various departments, such as the Social Services, the District Health, the Mental Health, the Drivers License Examiner and the Sheriffs departments were having consider- able difficulty in securing available office space. Discussion ensued. The County Administrator was requested to make a survey of space requirements for these departments. Commissioner Ray reported that he and Commissioner Walker attended the meeting of the Department of Local Affairs in Greensboro. He stated that this department was endeavoring to establish regional areas through which Federal and State funds could be administered. The Board was requested to suggest their perferred grouping of counties. The following counties were designated: Person, Caswell, Alamance, Durham, Chatham and Orange. Chairman Smith recognized Marvin Ray, who was accompanied by approximately ten citizens from Eno Township. Mr. Ray presented the following petition: "Gentlemen: Please accept this request on behalf of more than three hundred citizens that you act as soon as possible to apply zoning regulations in Eno Township. The taxed land represented amounts tomare than seven thousand acres held by a majority of resident landowners. We seek an orderly and congenial future development of land use in our area." Said petition contained seventeen (17) signatures and is to be filed with previous petition dated May 26, 1967, for the zoning of Eno Township. Chairman Smith advised the representatives that certain legal requirements must be instituted before a public hearing relative to the zoning petition could be scheduled. Discussion ensued with Lucius M. Cheshire, County Attorney, regarding the legal questions. Chairman smith informed the Board that the matter of offices to house the Drivers License Examiner had been discussed with him by a representative of the Town of Chapel Hill and that it was his understanding that the Town of Chapel Hill would pay forty percent (40%) of the money towards the rent of office facilities if the County would pay sixty percent (60%) of the rent money for said facility. Upon motion of Commissioner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Ray, it was moved and unanimously adapted that the County accept the proposal made by the Town of Chapel Hill relative to the payment of One Hundred Dollars per month ($100.00) rent for the office facilities which will house the Drivers License Examiner at the ratio of 40%-60%.