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~: <br />-~ <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />MARCH 19, 1979 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on <br />Monday, March 19, 1979, at 7:30 p.m., in the auditorium of the Grey <br />Culbreth Junior High School, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />Commissioners present: Mr. Richard Whitted,. Chairman, and <br />Commissioners Anne Barnes, Don Willhoit and Norman Walker. <br />Commissioners ,absent: Commissioner Norman Gustaveson. <br />Other officials present: Chatham County Commissioners <br />Mr. Gus Murchison, Mr. Henry.pun1ap, Mr. C. W. Lutterloh, Mr. Carl Thompson, <br />and Mr. Earl Thompson, Chairman; Mr. Robert Drakeford, Mayor of Carrboro; <br />Mr. Ernie Patterson, Carrboro Alderman; Mr. Braxton Foushee, Carrboro <br />Alderman; Mr. James C. Wallace, Mayor of Chapel Hi11;.Mr. Ed Vickery, <br />Chapel Hill Alderman; Mr. Tom Bradshaw, Secretary of the Department of <br />Transportation; Mr. Billy Rose, Highway Administrator of the Department <br />of Transportation; and Mr. Bill Caddell, Chief of Planning of the Department <br />of Transportation. <br />The purpose of the meeting was to allow members of the Orange <br />County, Chatham County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro Boards, and officials <br />of the University of North Carolina and interested citizens to •ask <br />the Secretary and other officials of the Department of Transportation <br />questions concerning the proposed Southern Bypass. <br />Mr. Bradshaw gave a brief history of the events that had taken place <br />concerning the proposed bypass. <br />The Chairman of the Board of Commissioners then opened the floor <br />to questions by members of the various boards and then to members of the <br />audience. <br />Mr. Bradshaw announced the public would have an opportunity to <br />attend a public meeting held by the Department of Transportation on <br />Tuesday, June 5, 1979, at 2:00, at the Bartley-Yancey High School, in <br />Yanceyville. <br />The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. <br />Richard E. Whitted, Chairman <br />Mary Lou Bouley, Clerk <br /> <br />