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BOOK ~ "r46E 2~~ <br />Commissioner William Ray stated that his personal survey oP the property <br />owners in Eho Township, who supported the enactment of some type of land use <br />control, was as follows: "Forty-three percent (1+3~) Por zoning, Thirty-six <br />percent (36~) not for zoning, Twenty-one percent (21~) undecided, Ninety-two <br />percent (92~) of the citizens of the township were not at the public hearing <br />and that of the Eibht Hundred and Eighty-seven (887) aeparata land owners in <br />Eno Township, Two Hundred and Ninety-Seven (297) signed the petition in <br />opposition to the zoning proposal", <br />Upon motion of CommS.asi.oner Bennett, seconded by Commissioner Walker, it <br />was moved that the zoning ordinance, as certified to the Board by the County <br />Planning Board, be adopted and that said Ordinance be effective upon the passage <br />of this motion. <br />Chairman Smith advised the Board that he had xaceived a letter from the <br />Alcoholic Beverage Control Board which stated that the term of Bernice Ward <br />would expire March, 1970. <br />Russell Wright of Chanel Hill was present and urged that the Board of <br />Cotmni.ssionars act on the County Planning Boards recommendation that S®ction 7.3 <br />of the Chapel Hill Township Zoning Ordinance be deleted as he was direotly <br />affected by the existing provision of this Ordinance, in that, he could not <br />proceed with certain business matters until this section was officially amended. _. <br />Chairman Smith informed Mr, Wright that no action had bean taken, by the <br />County Planning Hoard, prior to the March 2nd meeting of the Board oP Commissioners, <br />however, he was of the opinion that official action on the deletion of Section <br />7,3 would be taken at the Marsh 10th meeting of the two Boards. <br />Chairman Smith recognized Marshall Spears, Jr „ Attorney Prom Durham. Mr, <br />Spears stated that he was present fax the purpose of witnessing the decision <br />which would be made on the Eno Township zoning matter, and that he wished to <br />state that he felt the Hoard of Cotmnissionars had acted in the beat form of <br />statesmanship in reaching the decision of zoning Env Township. <br />Commissioner Ray recognized Lynn Woods, Mr, Woods presented a road petition <br />far SR ].s1{1}. The Clerk wsa instructed to Forward said petition to the State <br />Highway Commission. <br />Chairman Smith advised the Board that a one day session on Solid Waste ~ <br />Disposal Program was being sponsored by the North Carolina Association of County i <br />Commissioners and the National Assooiation of Counties on Wednesday, March 11, <br />1970, at the Hilton Inn in Raleigh, and that the jail and detention services <br />section of the North Carolina Department of Social Services would be holding a <br />two day basin course throughout the State for Administrative or Supervisory <br />personnel. Chairman Smith requested that members oP the Board of County <br />Commissioners who could attend the Solid Waste Disposal Program in Raleigh please <br />do so and requested that the County Administrator advise the Sharif~~s Department .. <br />oP the training course offered for jailors. <br />Chairman Smith advised the Board that he had received a request from Ebert <br />Pierce, County Chairman of the Orange County Agriculture bepartment. Said <br />request dealt with the wishes of Sherman Shelton, Agricultural Agent, who planned ~ <br />to attend a three week training course, Juns 22 to July 13, at U N C State <br />University, and further planned to attend the second session, July ].~. to August <br />15, at U N C State University at Raleigh, for the purpose of securing his <br />masters degree in agriculture. , <br />Chairman Smith advised the Board that Mr, Shelton had accumulated twenty-two <br />(22) days of annual leave and that this annual leave would be used, by Mr, <br />Shelton, far the second portion of his schooling, <br />Upon motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Bennett, it <br />was moved and unanimously adopted, that Sherman Shelton, Agricultural Agent, <br />be granted permission to attend the three week, June 22 to July 13, training <br />course and that Mr, Shelton be further authorized to utilize his accumulated <br />leave, July 11~, to August 15, for the purpose of securing his masters degree <br />in agriculture. ; <br />Norman Long, Zoning Officer, advised the Board, by letters, that, by a <br />unanimous vote on February 16, 1970, the Orange County Planning Board did <br />reject the request of the Town of Carrboro for the release of an area adjaoent <br />to the towns zoning jurisdiction and that the Orange County Planning Board ~ <br />voted, unanimously, to reaoa~end to the County Commissioners that the State <br />Building Code and the State Plumbing Cade be adopted by reference for Orange <br />County. <br />Discussion ensued relative to said letters. <br />