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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 197411044 ~~ The Board of Commissioners adjourned to meet again on Mondays October 21, 1974, in conjunction with the County Planning Board for a duly scheduled Pub h:c Hearing. ~,~...~. C. N man Walker, Chairman Betty June Hayes, Clerk Items Filed: A copy of the report entitled "COmmunity Development Title I of Housing and Community Development Act of_ 1974." Letter on Sediment Control Seminar. The Proclamation on Business and Professional Women's Club. Ap.prpved: MTNUTE5 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS October 21, 1974 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in joint session with the members of the Orange County Planning Board on Monday, October 21, 1974, at $ o'clock p.m. in the Superior Courtroom of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, N. C. Members Present: Chairman Norman Walker, Commissioners Flora Garrett, Henry S. Walker, Melvin Whitfield, and Richard E. Whitted. Members absent: None. Chairman Norman Walker opened the duly advertised Public Hearing by requesting that Clayton Haithcock read the Notice of the scheduled Public Hearing. Said meeting had been scheduled for tha purpose of hearing the rezoning request that had been filed by David Reed and Calvin Mellott on twenty (20) acres of land located in Chapel Hill Township, and shown on Tax Map 18, lot 6-A from its present classification to General Industrial classification. For the minutes of this Public Hearing you are hereby referred to the Minute Docket of the Orange County Planning Board. There being no further business to come before the Public Hearing the meeting was adjourned. ~7 C. Norman Walker, Chairman 5. M. Gattis, Acting Clerk Items Filed: None. Approved: MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS November 4, 1974 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, November 4, 1974, at ten o'clock a. m. in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough, N. C. Members Present: Chairman Norman Walker, and Commissioners Flora Garrett, Henry Walker, and Melvin Whitfield. Members Absent: Commissioner Richard E. Whitted. Chairman Walker stated that this was the time and date of the Public Hearing on the 1974-1975 Secondary Road Improvement Program. F. D. Hornaday, R. H. Broome, S. H. Jones, Earl Hoover and Sohn Watkins, Representatives of the State Board of Transportation were present. ~~~ F. D. Hornaday, Second Rvad Councilman of the State Board of Transportation stated that his Department had encountered problems in securing the needed right of ways for the roads that had been listed on the 1973-1974 priority listing and that the Board of Transportation had no choice but to move on down the priority rating sheet. The following proposed Secondary Road Improvement Program was filed with the Board. John Watkins advised the Board that the Board of Transportation intended and had programed the road straight down the list from last year. 5. H. Jones distri- buted copies of the purposed 1974-1975 Secondary Road Improvement Program. Orange County PROPOSED 1974-1975 SECONDARY i ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 19741975 Allocation $207,054.00 Balance from Closing of Work Orders and 49,891.60 Remaining 1973-1974 Contingency fiund Delete - Due to Unavailability of Right of Way - SR 1115 - Bradshaw Quarry Road from SR 1179 to SR 1102 SR 1102 - Dodson Crossroads from SR 1177 south 1.5 miles SR 1950 - Carl Durham Road from NC 54 tv SR 1005 11D~~0~0.00 t Total $366,945.60 Less Contingency to be used for Additions 35,945.60 Overruns and Property Owner Participation Amount tb be Programmed 33p,QD0.00 Map Priority SR Estimated No. No. Nv. Name Len th Cost 1 6 1946 Bowden Rpad from SR lOD5 to SR 1942 1.5 S1,DDD.00 Grade, Drain, and Pave 2 7 1134 Dimmock Mill Road from SR lOD6 to 5R 1135 1.9 95,000.00 3 8 1720 Keg Road from SR 1712 to SR 1716 0.5 24,500.00 4 9 1554 Miller Road from SR 1555 to SR 1553 1.4 47,500.00 5 10 1515 Robert Breeze Road from SR 1001 to SR 1516 1.9 112,000.00 Tptal ~330,000.OD Alternate if Right of Way not Available on above 6 11 1951 Antioch Church Road from NC 54 to SR 1952 1.0 48,50D.00 7 l3 1561 Lawrence Road from SR 1002 to End of Pavement 0.9 42,000.00 Discussion ensued on the proposed program and some of the right of way problems that were 'being encountered. Chairman Walker inquired if ther was anybody present who desired to question the representatives df the Board pf Transportation. John Rasberry of Linden Road in Brigadoon asked what the rating of Sr #1566 was. Mr. Watkins advised that this road was rated as.29 on the Priority Listing and he stated that the road could be paved if the residents of the area were willing to pay their porportion share of the cost. Mr. Rasberry then requested that the road be given better maintenance. Mr. Jones was requested to see that this was accomplished. Willie Street asked about a road off of the Purefoy Road. Mr. Jones stated that this road appeared tv be a subdivision road and that the requirements for paving would be the same as those previously explained to Mr. Rasberry. - Estelle Tilley said she was present to thank the Board of Transportation for ~ the paving of SR #1554 as she felt Someone should let the Board of Transportation know how much the residents did appreciate the good job that was dons on that road. ` W. FL. May of Kerley Road stated that he felt the Board of Transportation was somewhat behind on the road program as there had not been any contact from the Board of Transportation with the residents of Kerley Road. Mr. May was advised that the Agents of the Board of Transportation would be contacting people along the road in order to secure the needed right of way for said road. ~~? Commissioner Flora Garrett questioned Mr. Watkins about the roads in Rangewood. Mr. Watkins stated that the roads in the Rangewood Subdivision must be brought up to State standards prior to the Board of Transportation assuming maintenance of said roads. The Clerk was requested to advise Willard Cotton of this requirement. Mr. Watkins stated that under House Bill 1063 the Board of Transportation needed to secure a Resolution from the Board of Commissioners relative to the acceptance of the proposed 1974=1975 Secondary Road Improvement Program. He further requested that the Board of Commissioners convey to the Board of Transpor- tation their concurrance and/or thoughts on all road matters. Chairman Walker inquired if ther was anyone else who wished to speak at the Public Hearing. No::one came forth. He then declared the Public Hearing adjourned. Chairman Walker then referred the Board to Item #2 on the Agenda: (Proposed amendment to the Orange County School Administrative Units Budget for the 1974- 1975 fiscal year.) The County Administrator presented a request from the Orange County School Administration that their current budget be amended. Upon motion of Commissioner Henry S. Walker, seconded by Commissioner Flora Garrett, it was moved and unanimously adopted that the budget of the Orange County School Unit be amended as follows: "That $113,587.12 be transferred from the Current Expense Refund Account to the Current Expense Appropriation Account." "That $54,OD1.92 be transferred from the Capital Outlay Refund Account to the Capital Outlay Appropriation Account." The Board was then referred to Item #3 on the Agenda: (Several small property tax refunds for Board approval.) The County Administrator presented the following list of tax refund requests. Name Amount of Refund Due Luther Tilley Hrs. - Clercial error, mapped incorrectly :..__'-.. .:$ :16.80 Little River twsp. acreage calculated incorrectly on Tax Map. Paid under protest. White Furniture Co.- Mapping error, too much acreage when 49.58 maps were made. Vera O. Wilkerson - Double listed 10 acre plus house was 106.44 sold and not taken off. Maggie Satterfield - Double listed for one parcel which was :. 17.88 not mapped which belonged to her brother. Nancy J. Bessler - House appraised as two story instead 74.36 of one story, appraisal error made in field. Joe Beitl - Assessed with house which belonged to Robert D. Dalehite 3,100 value. 21.06 Carol E. & Mary Bond-Assessed with wrong house for year 1973. Value of $16,700 should have been X15,800 a difference of $900. 6.12 Discussion••ensued. Upon motion of Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, seconded by Commissioner Henry S. Walker, it was moved and adopted, that the tax refunds be made to the individuals requesting said refunds. The Board was referred to Item #4 on the Agenda- (Appointment to Department of Social Services Board.) Chairman Walker presented a letter from Thomas M. Ward, Director of the Department of Social Services. Said letter advised the Board that Mrs. Jean McDade of Cedar Grove, North Carolina had resigned from the Board of Social Services on October 29,.1974, and that the Board of Social Services did recommend the appointment of William Breeze of Hurdle Mills, N. C. to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. McDade. Upon motion of Commissioner Henry 5. Walker, seconded by Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, it was moved and unanimously adopted that William Breeze of Hurdle Mills, North Carolina be appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Jean McDade on the Social Services Board. Chairman Walker advised the Board that the Social Services Board had been notified by the State Board of Social Services that his term on the Social Services Board had expired in July of 1974, however, he had continued to serve as a member of the local Board. He Stated that he was willing to continue as a member of the local Board if the Board of Commissioners wanted to re-appoint him. t - -... _- --..._ ._..M -_..._._t._'.~~ ~~_ ..-_~.._.._ ______ --- w_.__..~ ~,. Upon motion of Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, seconded by Commissioner Henry S. Walker, it was moved that Norman Walker be re-appointed as a member of the Orange .County Social Services Board for a term of three years. Chairman Walker called for the vote. Commissioners Henry S. Walker and Melvin Whitfield voted aye. Commissioner Flora Garrett voted nay. It was bxought to the attention of the Board that ceztain appointments needed to be made for the Carrboro Planning Board and the Carrboro Board of Adjustments. Discussion ensued. Upon motion of Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, seconded by Commissioner xenry S. Walker, it was moved and adopted that Franves 5hetley and Faye Suggs be appointed as members of the Carrboro Planning Board and that Norris Ray be re-appointed as a member of the Carrboro Board of Adjustments each of these terms are immediately effective and each member will serve a five (5) year term on eaCh~Bgard. Pearson Stewart explained to the Board the Community Development Act as it had been passed by Congress. He urged the Board, it at all possible, to file a joint application for funds with the Towns of Hillsborough and Carrboro* He stated that he felt a joint application of his senior staff member to develop a Community Development Plan for each County within Region J. This work will be done in time to allow filing the application before the deadline which is in April, 1975. Chairman Walker requested the Clerk to read the minutes of'the Dctober. meetings. There were corrections that needed to be made in the minutes of the October 7th meeting. Upon motion of Commissioner Flora Garrett, seconded by Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, the minutes of the October meetings were approved and the Clerk was instructed. to make the needed corrections. Commissioner Flora Garrett presented the following Resolution: The orange County Board of Commissioners has allocated sufficient money each year tv build and pay of the Orange County Rescue Squad Balding. we are pleased with the service and quality of care of the Rescue Squad in caring for our residents. Because of the large amount of money that Orange County has given for the building, we are asking that the Town of Hillsborough pay for the paving of the road since the Building is located inside the corporate limits of xillsborough. We understand that the Town of Hillsborough is willing to put up money for the project and we comment and thank the Town for their co-operation. Upon motion of Commissioner Flora Garrett, seconded by Commissioner Henry S. Walker, it was moved and adopted that the Town of Hillsborough be forwarded a copy bf the Resolution. Upon motion of Commissioner Flora Garrett, seconded by Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, it was moved and adopted, that the County execute the easement that had been presented by the Town of Hillsborough with the understanding that sufficient protection be given to the trees along the river and that the Town limit as much as possible the sedimentation from going into the Eno River. Upon motion of Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, seconded by Commissioner Flora Garrett, it was moved that the Board extend to Mrs. Gilbert Ray and family their sympathy over the death of Gilbert Ray. There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting was adjourned to meet again on Monday, November 18, 1974, at 8 o'clock p.m, for the purpose of reviewing the 1973-1974 County Audit. ~4/dvCrr~~ " Norman Walker, Chairman Betty June Hayes, Clerk - Items filed: Secondary Road Program and Maps. :Tax refund list. Resolution (concerning Rescue Squad and Town of Hillsborough. Memoradum concerning Carrboro Board of Adjustments and Planning Board. Letter from Thomas M. Wand. ~ Letter from Willard Cotten. Status of Secondary Construction. Approved: