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2. <br /> 3• <br /> 4• rm�tr>FS <br /> 5• MARCH 15, 1983 <br /> 6. <br /> 7• The Orange County Board of C missioners met in regular session on Mmsday, <br /> 8'. March 15, 1983, at 7:30 P.M. in the courtroom in the Old past Office Bualdixag <br /> 9. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br /> 10. Ccanlissionexs present: Ccmmissi.oner Richard E. 14hit_ted, Chair, and C=- <br /> 11. missicners Ben Lloyd, Shirl#y E. Marshall, Norman Walker and Danz Willhoit. <br /> 12,, A. BOARD CC>4jT15 <br /> 13• CamiLssioner Willhoit added an executive session for property matters. <br /> 14. B. AUDIENCE Oa4j= <br /> 15. Mr. Jerry Cooper, 112 Warren Way, Chapel Hall, presented a petition (on <br /> 16. pmt file in the office of the Clerk to the Board with the materials for <br /> 17. the agenda, of this date)to the Board requesting the Board amend the existing <br /> 1$• cable television franchise to permit Alert Cable T.V. pxrneide cable T.V. service <br /> 19. to Robinswood, Councilville, Stcneybrook and Rmgewood neighborhoods. Mr. Cooper <br /> 209 said that Village Cable would not provide cable service to those <br /> neighborhoods with- <br /> 21. out homeowners' finam al Participation because they (Village) says the density of <br /> 22. homes per mule is 66 and Alert would be walling to provide cable t-.v.-service at <br /> 23. no additional installation cost to those neighborhoods but were not permitted to <br /> 24• do So under the franchise granted thy. (see Petition #3 in Clerk's Permenant <br /> 25. 'file) . <br /> 26. The Board referred the matter to the Manager with two <br /> instructions: l) to <br /> 27. check on the discrepancy between Alert and village's density of hames per,mile; <br /> 28. and. 2) to check the possibility of Village figuring service for those neighbor- <br /> 29. hoods via booster from the Nearest lines rather than from Weaver Dairy Road. Ms. <br /> 30 Iu Stevens, C` e er of Village Cable, told the Board they had not figured <br /> 314 costs from the nearest lines but would do so. The Board further asked the Manager to check <br /> 32. on the extension policy as provided for under the franchise. The Manager said <br /> 33e- be would have a report an April 19th_ <br /> 34. C. MINUTES - <br /> 35• commissioner Marshall moved, seconded by Camztassirmer willhoat, to approve <br /> 36. the minutes of February 15, 1983, as corrected. Vote: Ayes, 5; noes, 0. <br /> 37. D. NACo IF,GISIATM REPOT <br /> 38. <br /> 39. <br /> 40. <br />