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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19750508°5~2 aspects of the.application process. 3. That i£ the subgrant is made, the Applicant shall provide or make arrange- ~ ments to provide, a local cash matching contribution in the amount of $40.28 and a local in-kind matching contribution valued under LEAA guidelines at N/A (or proportionately reduced local matching contributions if the subgrant amount is reduced) as required by the Act to defray the cost of the project. 4. That the Project Director designated in the application form shall furnish or make arrangements for other appropriate persons to furnish such information, data, documents and reports pertaining to the project, if approved, as may be required by the Division of Law and Order. 5. That certified copies of this resolution be included as part of the applica- tion referenced above. -- 6. That this resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption." Upon a motion of Commissioner Gustaveson, seconded by Commissioner Pinney, it was moved and adopted that the Chairman sign the LEAA Grant Application. Being no further business, the meeting adjourned, to meet again at 1:00 p.m'. Monday, May 12, 1975, at the Chapel Hill Town Hall. ~` J a-+ aQI~ o-~~" Flora Garrett, Chairman Hetty June Hayes, Clerk THE "'i1NUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY HOARD OF COM"9ISSIODIERS May 8, 1975 The Board of Commissioners of Orange County met at 7:30 p.m. in the Board Rvom of the Chapel Hill Municipal Building on Thursday, May 9, 1975 in joint session with the Chapel Hill Town Board of Aldermen. All Commissioners were present. Mayor Howard Lee opened the meeting by recounting the events leading up to to- night's session giving particular attention to the request for rezoning the Proctor property which 7:ies in the Chatham County, orange County and Chapel Hill Zoning Dis- tricts. The Town of Chapel Iiill, it was pointed out, had already denied rezoning of ' this property. This was done because all things the petitioners were asking could be granted through special use permits if the Town was inclined to issue such a permit. Mr. Emezy Denny, Attorney for the Town of Chapel Hill, pointed out that this rezoning request ~.aas symptomatic of a type of problem that affected Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Orange County and Chatham County. In the area where these zoning districts join together action by any one of these agencies has significant effect on the other jurisdictions. Therefore, he felt that when requests for rezoning in this area are made some type of joint consideration would be mutually beneficial to all involved parties. Ms. Alice Welch, Chapel Hill Hoard member, voiced support for Mr. Denny's suggestion. Commissioner Garrett suggested the possibility of creating some type of zone surrounding the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro in which the County and one o= the other of the Towns would exercise joint control. Alderman R. D. Smith stated he felt the extra territorial zoning jurisdiction of the Town of Chapel Hill should be extended. Mayor Lee spoke again this time about the zone in which joint control was exer- cised and also about the creation of a mechanism that would permit joint consideration of problems that affected more than one jurisdiction. He pointed out that a Ceunty zoning a relatively short distance from the City would eventually have a significant --~ effect upon the City itself. Alderman Cohen suggested that at t_he least the County should notify the Town of any pending rezoning that falls within two miles of the City limits. Alderperson Alice Welch suggested the County hurry along with its land use plann~:ng efforts particularily in the Chapel Hill Area. Commissioner Garrett in continuing her comments about a zone of mutual considera- tion stated that if the Town could identify the area it might reasonably expand into over the next five to ten years then the County might deem this the area of mutual con- cern and the County could review with the appropriate Town any proposed rezonings in this area. 523 Alderman Tommy Gardner suggested the Managers and their Staff review all these multi-jurisdictional suggestions and report back to their respective Boards cahen they have enough information to make a recommendation about the best procedure to handle rezoning of this sort. Mayor Lee suggested there was a real need for a long range planning council that had some staff support. Alderman Smith: suggested this council might best be set up with the framework of the local Council of Governments. Maydri~~e summarized by asking the following questions: 1. Can the group agree to a policy of open communications between the various Planning Boards when tracts of land affecting more than one jurisdiction are submitted for rezoning? 2. Can this group support the land use assembly proposed for the fall and request its Planning Boards to do so? 3. Can this group support the concept of a long range County wide Planning Council? Commissioner Norman Gustaveson suggested a small meeting of Board Members and Planners might be able to get together in July and review land use in the immediate Chapel Hill - Carrboro area. The topic of discussion was then directed to the proposed rezoning of the City- County Landfill and it was suggested that the Managers, Attorneys and Planning .staff meet and review this issue. The Chapel Hill City Attorney then requested he be allowed to report on the pro- gress of creating the Water-Sewer Authority. He requested that the participating units proceed with great speed in naming authority members as it was imperative that the authority be created very soon. Mrs. Garrett spoke about who should be on the authority, should it be composed of elected officials or not. Mayor Lee spoke on this subject too saying he ..h ad grave concerns about an authority composed of only elected officials. Aldermen Welch and Smith from Chapel Hi11 voiced the same concerns. At this point the joint discussion between Chapel Hill and Orange County con- cluded. The Board of County Commissioners continued in session to transact other business. Mr. Ervin Dobson, County Planning Director, presented a minor subdivision plat of John Williams that had previously been approved by the County Planning Board. Commissioner Norman Gustaveson moved adoption of the plat. Commissioner Jan Pinney offered a second. Votes for approval 5 ayes and D nay. The motion was declared passed. Mr. Dobson then reported on the status of the Micol rezoning proposal. A rail fence has been installed across the front of this property. This fence will limit access to the highway to one point on the east side of the property. This action should reduce the element of danger created by indiscriminate access into Highway 7D. Commissioner Jan Pinney asked has the business use of this property stopped? Mr. Dobson replied, "No." Commissioner Richard Whitted asked Mr. Dobson if he felt there was a highway safety or traffic problem here attributable to this business access into Highway 70? Mr. Dobson replied. "No." Commissioner Richard Whitted moved this property be rezoned from Residential to Rural Commercial. Commissiener Norman Walker offered a second. Votes: ayes 4; Commissioner Jan:Pinney voted nay. The motion was declared passed. Commissioner Norman Gustaveson reported on the status of negotiations with the Chapel Hill School Board regarding the Northside School property: Mr. Gustaveson then inquired if the Board were willing to procede with the nextstep in acquisition. Commissioner Norman ?9alker requested the Board of Commissioners nOt to procede with the next step at this time. Iie gave as his reason far this request the fact that he was not aware this issue would be brought up tonight and he was not in a positicn to properly respond to the matter at this time. Commissioner Norman Gustaveson stated he`felt Commissioner Norman Walker was attempting to delay through a technicality a very important decision that concerned many people. Commissioner Jan Pinney stated he felt the Hoard of Commissioners should observe its own rules of procedure and the matter be set on the agenda of June 15th meeting. Commissioner Norman Walker stated he would agree to this as it would allow him time to prepare comments. -5~4 Commissioner Richard Whi.tted stated he hoped the Board could resolve this issue before the 14th as that was the date of the Area Mental Health Board meeting. ~ The meeting then adjourned. ~-l~aC~ ~i~t Flora R. Garrett, Chairman Sam Gattis, Acting Clerk THE MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COM:1255TONER5 May 13, 1975 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Tuesday, May 13, 1975, at 7:00 p.m. in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in Hillsborough, N. C. Members present: Chairman Flora Garrett, Commissioners Norm Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker and Richard E. Whitted. Members absent: None. Also present were S. M. Gattis, County Administrator; and Betty June Hayes, Clerk to the Board. A. B. Coleman, Jr., County Attorney was absent due to an emergency. Chairman Garrett referred to Item #1 on the Agenda: (Acquisition of Northside School Property from Chapel Hill Board of Education) Commissioner walker read the following comments: "l. As you all know I was appointed by the Board along with the County Manager, Sam Gattis, to negotiate with the Chapel Hill School Board the purchase or acquisition of the Northside School property. 2. The Chapel Hill School Board wanted $100,000. for the property. T tried to reason with them that they had nothing to sell but a liatility. My proposition was the County would accept the property for the development of a Mental Health Center and other County related office spaces. Negotiation at this time broke down. 3. About this time we were getting a lot of pressure from Mental Health tv pur- chase the property as they would lose the State grant of $350,000. if we did not move fast. This prompted me to take a look into the Grant application as I had never heard of a grant being approved so quickly especially since it had not came before the County Board for formal approval. (Sept. 15th - Dec. 2nd) 4. Pat t4alton stated the County Board did not have to approve the Grant that the Area Mental Bealth Hoard had the authority to dv so and she quoted a Statute giving them the authority to approve $50,000. in County money far matching funds. This was proven not to be true. Mr. Whitted and Pat Walton further stated that the area Mental Health voted unanimously for its approval.. After careful study of the Mental Health Area Board Minutes and talking to members of that Board, they assured me they had never voted on the issue. S. (A) 'The application states that Orange County has approved $50,000. in its 1974-75 budget period. This was known to be false information as the money has not yet been appropriated. (B) The application further states that Person and Chatham Counties approved $11;765. for their share of the matching funds. After talking with members of the Person and Chatham County Board:':s of Commissioners they had not approved any money for a:'Toint venture into an Orange County project. It is my understanding that by law this cannot be done except by a three County agreement w)isch no attempt has been made thus far (by County Boards of Commissioners) Person and Chatham Counties were not aware that the application had committed them to the money just mentioned. I have the letter from nr. N. P. zarzar (Director) congratulating the County Commissioners for their cooperation in approving this money. (That has not been approved).. 6. The application falsely states that the Area Mental Health Board has lease- hold interest for 25 years at $1.00 per year. (on the Northside School property). 7. In bringing this to the attention of the Board they agreed after much dis- cussion to bring in the persons from the State Grant Office and others involved to ask if they"were aware of the false and irregular procedure in which the