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al ~~ 1 !•1I NUTES ORANGE COUNTY BDARD OF COP141ISSIDNERS JANUARY 2, 1979 r i 4 y i The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session an Tuesday, January 2, 1979, at 10:00 a.m., in the Commissioners' Room of the Courthouse, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Members present: Commissioners Richard 4lhitted, Norman Gustaveson, Donald Willhoit, Anne Barnes and Norman Walker. ti Commissioner 1•lhitted opened the meeting by asking if any Board member or person in the audience wished to add additional items to the ailenda. The following items were added to the agenda: - - Agenda Ttem 21: Announcements of Upcoming Events Agenda Item 22:. NACO Conference in Chicago for County Attorney Agenda Item 23: Special Lenislation Agenda Item 24: Developmental Disabilities - DDL Contract Agenda Item 25: Erosion Control Discussion Agenda Item 2: Minutes of December 4, 1978 The Clerk is requested to check the minutes against the tape~af the December 4th meeting and resubmit the minutes to the Board at the next Board meetinc!. Agenda Item 3: Petition Re uestin hlaminn of County P,oads "•1r. John Kennedy submitted a petition requesting the Commissioners authorize the Planning Department study and implement a road naming and posting procedure. h1r. Kennedy said Alamance County had implemented the program one year at a time by fire districts and had costs figures available. He said suoalies were purchased from the prison enterprises. Deputy Sheriff David Hughes said the naming and posting of ali streets would certainly cut response times of fire, rescue and law enforcement agencies. The Planning Director said one-half of the A1amance County project was X45,000, but he did not have a projected cost estimate for implementing this program in Orange County. Commissioner l~lillhoit moved, seconded by Commissioner Barnes, to appoint a task force composed of individuals from the El15 Council, Sheriff's Department, Fire Departments, Planning Department and P1anager's Staff and concerned citizens tc~ achieve the following goals: 1) Develop a list of locally accepted names; 2) Develop a list of priorities in terms of major road; 3) Look at subdivision ordinance to review how far out subdividers are required to name subdivisions.