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MINUTES. -OF....THE.' .0 RANGE ..COUNTY. - W S BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS March 3, 1967 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioners room at the A ? Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina on Friday, March 39 1967 at 8:00 P.M. 4 Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, Commissioners William C. Ray, Carl M. Smith, Ira A. Ward and Henry S. Walker. Members absent: None The following persons were present: A. H. Graham, County Attorney; Roland McClamroch, Sr., Mayor of the Town of Chapel Hill; Roy Lindahl, W. M. Scarborough and representatives of Youth For Better Life Organization. The purpose of this meeting was to receive the following petition as provided by Chapter 1107 of the 1965 Session Laws as Amended: PETITION TO: THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, resident freeholders all residing within the recreation district herein petitioned for, do hereby request the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County to exercise the authority granted to it by the 1965 General Assembly (Chapter 1107, 1965 Session Laws, as said Act may be amended by the 1967 Session Laws) with the following action: (1) The creation of a recreation district coterminous with the present boundaries of the Chapel Hill School District, which district is more particularly described in Attachment A hereto, the object proposed to be accomplished by the creation of such district being the providing of public recreation facilities in order to preserve and promote the public good and general welfare, and (2) The calling of a special election within said district for the purpose of voting upon the levy of an annual tax of not less than three cents nor more than ten cents on each $100.00 of assessed valuation of the taxable property within such district for the provision, establishment, maintenance and operation of the recreation facilities, the amount of said tax to be set by the Board of County Commissioners within said range. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands. NAME ADDRESS ATTACHMENT A - The boundaries of the proposed recreation district are as follows: BEGINNING in the center line of State Road No. 1112, where the Chapel Hill and Bingham Township line crosses said road; thence in a Southeasterly direction along the center of said road 250 feet to a point where the center line of State Road No. 1113 intersects with State Road No. 1112; thence in a Northeasterly direction along State Road No. 1113, 1,525 feet to a concrete marker in the center of said road; thence South 71° 20' East 4,390 feet to a concrete marker in the East side of State Road No. 1179; thence South 82° 30, East 5,480 feet to a concrete marker in the East side of Old N. C. Highway 86; thence South 81° 09, East 8,780 feet to a point 50 feet East of the center line of State University Railroad; thence in a Northerly direction parallel with the center line of State University Railroad 3,350 feet; thence North 87° 15, East 23,940 feet to the Durham County line; thence in a Southerly direction along the Durham County and Orange County line 53,750 feet to its intersection with the Chatham County line; thence in a Westerly direction along the Orange County and Chatham County line 39,475 feet to the intersection of said County line with the township line between Chapel Hill arid-Bingham Township; thence in a Northerly directi n along the Bingham and Chapel Hill Township line 40,425 feet to the point of BEGINNING Resolutions from the Aldermen of the Town of Chapel Hill and Carrboro were delivered to the Board. RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CREATION OF A RECREATION DISTRICT BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Chapel Hill: Section 1. The Board of Aldermen has determined and does hereby find and declar (a) That, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1107, Session Laws of 1965, as amended in 1967, a copy of a petition, addressed to the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, has been received by this Board in the following form: "PETITION TO: THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY WE, THE UNDERSIGNED resident freeholders all residing within the recreation district herein petitioned for, do hereby request the Board of County Commissioners o Orange County to exercise the authority granted to it by the 1965 General Assembly ( (Chapter 1107, 1965 Session Laws) with the following action: