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The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, March 7, 1966, at ten o'clock a.m. in the Commissioners' Room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Members present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, Commissioners Gordon B. Cleveland, William C. Ray, Carl M. Smith and Henry S. Walker. Members absent: None The minutes of the February meeting were read and approved. Max Kennedy, Chairman of the Industrial Sub-committee of the Orange County o.E.D.P., presented to Chairman Bennett the following letter. "We, the Industrial Sub-committee of the Orange County O.E.D.P. in our efforts to be of assistance in the procurement and expansion of industry in Orange County, realize that of the critical needs for such procurement and expansion, water is of prime concern. The most generous offer of the necessary land without cost by certain individuals for development of a lake on the east fork of the Eno River is an opportunity for Orange County to enhance greatly its attraction for industry and individual alike. Therefore, we wish to express our endorsement for this plan, to proceed.as expeditiously as possible, with the recommendation that an effort be made to obtain an agreement from the town of Hillsborough concerning the processing of this water. Thanking you for the opportunity to express this endorsement, we remain." The following road petitions were presented and the Clerk was authorized to forward same to the State Highway Commission. 1. Road #1953 (Wildcat Creek Road) 2. Hunter Road The following department officials presented reports for the month of February, 1966. Clerk of Court Veterans Service Officer Tom Watkins was present to discuss the addition of Jones Grove Church Road to the State Highway System. Mr. Watkins was advised to secure a road petition and submit same for approval. The following letter from Williard S. Swiers, Superintendent of the Chapel Hil Schools, was read: "In presenting the capitol outlay budget for 1965-66, the Chapel Hill Board of Education included as a line item funds for construction of classrooms at the Frank Porter Graham School. The money appropriated by the Board of County Commissioners in the amount of $75,000 has not been encumbered due to delay in approval of projec plans. In view of the fact that the funds are presently not committed and the likelihood of their being committed soon is small, the Chapel Hill Board of £ducatic requests permission of the Board of Commission to use a portion of the appropriated money to purchase sites for elementary schools." Discussion ensued. The County Accountant was requested to call Dr. Swiers and advise him to make a request involving a definite sum of money in order that the Board might be better informed before taking any action of said request. Dr. Maynard Adams representative from the Committee of the Joint Orange-Chathan Community Action, Inc. requested that the agency be re-organized. He stated that only one agency in the county was eligible to receive funds under the Economic Opportunity Act. Discussion ensued. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Cleveland, seconded by Commissioner Smith, and unanimously adopted: "We, the Orange County Commissioners, recognize the Joint Orange-Chatham Community Action, Inc., in conjunction with the Orange Commission on Economic Opportunity, Inc., as the approved community action agency to receive and to disburse funds for anti-poverty programs in orange County under the provisions of Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (P. L. 88-452), and as it may be amended from time to time."