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38~ MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMM25SIONERS April 23, 1976 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, 1976 in th'e.Superioz Courtroom of the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough. All members were present. This meeting was called in order that the Board of Commissioners might zeceive the report of the "E no River Task Farce" and review with the members of that group the report filed by rZessrs. Lang, Barbour and - Mrs. Andrews. _ Chairman Garrett advised the audience of about .6D persons that from the opening of the session until 9:00 p.m. discussion would be restricted to the Board of County Commissioners and Task Force members only. At the conclusion of this period, the floor would be opened to all who desired to participate. Chairman Garrett then called upon Honorable William Olive, Task Force Chairman, to deliver the report of the Task Force. After some introductory remarks.Mr. Olive delivered the: report and the technical information gathered by the Task Force as well as the minutes of the group to the Board of Commissioners. Mr. Olive spoke at some length about what he perceived to be the significant issues dealt with in the report and referred to the fact that other issues of similar significance were recognized but not dealt' with because of the time frame within which the Task Force must operate. At the conclusion of Mr. Olive's remarks Chairman Garrett then turned the floor over to Dr. David Lang a member of the Task Farce who delivered a report prepared by Task Force members. Andrews, Barbour and himself. Mr. Lang pointed out what he considered to be the basic differences between the main committee report and the one filed by his group. These differences he felt revolved around the preservation of the Eno River area through Land use Controls, County participation in park planning, the limitation of park lands to only desirable areas for park purposes and the concept of no adversary condemnation proceedings. At the conclusion of Dr. Lang's comments the Chairman recognized Mr. Don Cox a committee member who stated he felt the County Commissioners should read both reports very carefully and then draw their own con- clusion about the issues. Mrs. Nell Andrews inquired about the technical correctness ,of the statement that the.Eno River Park area has been declared a fragile area by the State Land Policy Council. Chairman Garrett responded by saying the proposed State Land Policy Act will enable areas to be declared "fragile" however the proposal has not become law as yet so the statement is at least technically incorrect. Commissioner Norman Gustaveson then offered a motion that Chairman William Olive be offered a special vote of thanks from the Board of Commissioners for the long hours of tedious work he had performed as Chairman of the Eno River Task Force. Commissioner Jan Pinney offered a 2nd. Votes: ayes 5, nays, 0. Commissioner Norman Gustaveson offered a motion that the members of the Eno River Task Force be given a special vote of thanks for the long hours of work they have devoted to the difficult task they had been assigned. Commissioner Norman Walker offered a 2nd. Votes: ayes 5, nays 0. Commissioner Norman Walker then asked the commissioners if they were prepared to make a decision tonight concerning the report of the :Eno River Task Force. He advised the Board of Commissioners he was ready and pre- pared to vote on the reports. Commissioner Norman Walker then moved the Board of Commissioners endorse the document known as the Lang report.