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Minutes of the Board of Commissioners September 4, 1962 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on Monday, September 4, 1Yot, at 10 o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' room at the courthouse in Hillsboro, N. C. Members present: Chairman Donald Stanford, Commissioners Harvey D. Bennett, Clarence Jones, Donald McDade and Henry Walker. Members absent: None `til Mr. Mace of the Cheeks Crossing Community of Cheeks Township appeared and requested the Board not to institute a county wide zoning program. Mr. Mace acknow- ledged the need for zoning in certain areas and suggested zoning be placed into effect only in acreas desiring this program. Don Matheson, County Farm Agent, reported that the Farm Extention Advisory Committee had recommended the following person be appointed to this committee for a term of three (3) years: Robert Rogan, Lewis Tetterton, H. W. Moore, Mrs. R. E. Hughes and Mrs. Mamie Parker. Commissioner Jones moved the above recommendation be enacted. Commissioner Walker seconded this motion. Chairman Stanford called for the vote and there were eyes and 0 neyes. James A. Wight, Welfare Director, introduced Mrs. Jean Rogers, Case Worker Supervisor, to the Board. Mr. Wight also invited the Board members to attend a meeting of the Association of Publio Welfare Workers which is to be held in Chapel Hill on October 16th. The purpose of this meeting ia.to discuss the effect new Federal Legislation will have on the Welfare Program. On motion of Henry Walker, seconded by Clarence D. Jones, the following resolution was unanimously passed: WHEREAS,. Albert Coates will give up his duties as Director of the Institute of GoverzmAent at the University of North Carolina after nearly forty years of distingui ad service to the counties of our state; and whereas, the citizens of orange County, as well as all the other citizens of our state, should be forever grateful to Albert Coates and the Institute of Government for its monumental contribution to better government in North Carolina; and whereas, be it remembered that Albert Coates, with the devoted aid, assistance and enthusiasm of Mrs. Coates, almost single-banded in his efforts to establish the Institute of Government, served untiringly and with a sense of devotion and loyalty to the State of North Carolina rarely exhibited, over- coming all obstacles, created and developed the Institute and carried it forward until it was accepted by the University, County governments, and the State of North Carolina, and continued in his stewardship of the Institute, making it the outstand- ing institution in the nation that it is today for research in problems of local government, and in the training of public officials: NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of orange County, in its.behalf and on-behalf of the people of Orange County, express its appreciation to Albert Coates, and to his wife who so ably assisted him throughout the years, for the outstanding public service rendered by him to Orange County and the public officials thereof. Be it further resolved that the Board of County Commissioners extend to Albert Coates and Mrs. Coates the sincere wish that they both are spared for many years so that they may have the opportunity to see the fruits of their labors in the continued improvement of administration in the field of local government and also the further satisfaction of knowing that their efforts have been appreciated by all the people of North Carolina. Pearson Steward, Executive Director of the Research Triangle Regional Planning Ccmmaission, discussed with the Board-a school population study his agency is to makb for the Chapel Hill Administrative Unit.. Mr. Stewart distributed copies of the outline shown below to the Board members. PHS July, 1962 A school plan for the Chapel Hill School District would include the following studies and concepts: 1. Population Projection. Projection of the school-age population by age-grade groups from year o year over a planning period to the year 1980. Several projections would be made, in accord with the various possibilities that exist concerning the growth of the total population of the school district. 2. Spatial distribution of the chool-e a population. Projection of the school age population woula?la?t s ralennin`g districts that have been established within the Chapel Hill Planning Area, and to that part of the school district that lies outside of the Chapel Hill Planning Area. Estimates of the number and age-grade distribution of children within each of the planning districts would be prepared. The social and land-use characteristics of each planning district would be evaluated and related to the estimates. 3. School sites. The following factors would be studied and applied to a plan for school locations: