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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19760211 various major projects, with funds on years without a major project being divided evenly between the two school systems , which would eliminate the need to set the smaller projects in any sort of priority order at this time. Mr. Weatherly said that he finds the proposal appealing, since experi- ence has shown that a vote on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board is often split, and, on election of new people to the Board, the priority ranking of projects may change. Fie said that if a bond issue were decided on, this would not prevent the Board from decid- ing which specific projects were to be funded by bonds. Mrs. Garrett set the next joint meeting for Tuesday, March 2 , 1976, at 7: 30 p.m. at the Board offices of the Orange County Schools. The meeting adjourned. at 11:15 p.m. " (The foregoing is a verbatim copy of the "Report" furnished to the Orange County Board of Commissioners by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board. ) MINUTES OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS February 11, 1976 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special ses- sion on Wednesday, February 11 , 1976 , at 7:30 p.m. , in the Commis- sioners ' Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough. Members present were Chairman Flora Garrett, Commissioners Norman gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker and Richard Whitted. Members absent were none. S. M. Gattis , County Administrator; Neal Evans , Fiscal Officer; and Betty June Hayes, Clerk; were also present. Mark Burnham, representative of Triangle J Council of Govern- ments; Ervin Dobson, Planning Director; Chris Edwards and Hall Minnis of the Planning Staff; Fred S. Cates, Mayor of the Town of Hillsborough; Paul R. Williams and John Roberts, members of the Hillsborough Town Board, Jeff Howard, Community Development Coordinator for the Town of Carrboro, and Marvin McPherson, Jr. , Building Inspector for the Town of Carrborq; were also present. The Chairman referred to Item #1 on the Agenda: Representatives of the Orange County Planning Board will review with the Board of Commissioners possible Community Development Applications for the coming fist,-. 1 year. Ervin Dobson of the Planning Department stated that the Planning Staff had met jointly with representatives of the Towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough. That from the discussion, study and investigations by his department, they were recommending that the County of Orange join with the Town of Hillsborough in making application to HUD for joint Community Development Grant Funds. The Planning Director filed the following report: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES NORTHERN FAIRVIEW TARGET AREA 1. housing rehabilitation grants $ 60,000 2. temporary relocatic^ payments 50,000 3. removal of dilapidated vacant structures 600 4. road paving 301 ,500 5. water line extension 33 , 600 6. park development on county land 15 ,000 7. fire hydrant installation 5 ,500 $ 421, 200 Explanation of items 1. Rehabilitations grants , administered by the Triangle Housin Development Corporation, will serve to hire a crew of local residents and to purchase necessary materials. When available, a additional funds for rehabilitation from FHA loans and Title XX matching funds will be used. 2. Temporary relocation payments will be issued to those residents who, because of the nature of the rehabilitation work, will be required to termporarily leave their homes. 3. A few vacant dilapidated structures will be removed using local staff and equipment. 4. C.D. funds will be used to pave 20,100 feet of road in the target area. 5. 8 ,400 feet of 6 inch water line will be installed to provide full town water service and proper fire protection. 6. A five to ten acre park including a picnic area, basketball court, childrens lots , and field area will be developed on land currently owned by the County. 7. Eleven fire hydrants will be installed at a cost of $500 per hydrant The Board was presented a map of the target area. This map was review- ed by all interested parties and the representatives of the Town of Carrboro stated that they had been instructed to work with the Board of Commissioners in whatever way possible. Further discussion ensued. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Whitted, it was moved and adopted that Orange County submit a Community Development Grant application for the Hillsborough/Northern Fairview target area in the amount of $421, 200.00 and for the Lloyd Street target area in the Town of Carrboro in the amount of $124,000.00 making the total joint grant application for the sum of $545 , 200.00. The Planning Staff is to amend its recommendation to include the Lloyd Street target area as being included in its recommendation. Dick Beauchaine and Mary Davison, representatives for the Emergency Medical Services Commission; Dr. Sara Dent, representative of the Orange County Rescue Squad; Lindsey Efland, Chief of the Efland Volunteer Fire Department; and members of the Emergency Medical Services Commission; and J. G. Flowers, Chief of the Eno Volunteer Fire Department were present. Chairman Garrett referred to Item #2 on the Agenda: At the request of the County Association of Fire Chiefs, represented by Lindsey Efland, the Board of Commissioners delayed consideration of the Emergency Medical Services Communication System Plan developed by a consulting firm until this meeting. A. The comments of the Association of Fire Chiefs should. be heard at this time. Lindsey Efland stated that he and Mr. Flowers had discussed the need for a central communications system and that after reviewing the data that had been filed with him, he did fully support the installation of the system. B. Will the Board of Commissioners accept the design and entineer- ing specification of this system? Chairman Garrett inquired of the Board if they wished to consider alternate sites for the location of the system other than in the Chapel Hill Police Department. Discussion ensued as to who would control the system and if alternate sites should be selected prior to the bid process . The Board agreed that currently there was no space available in the jail, however, in the space study and the plans for a new jail, the need for a central communication system room with dispatcher should be considered. Further discussion ensued. It was agreed that the first goal of the County was to install a central dispatch system for disasters and emergencies. It was pointed out that the equipment would belong to the County and thus be under their control and jurisdiction. C. Will the Board of County Commissioners authorize the solicitation of formal bids for this system? Upon motion of Commissioner Whitted, seconded by Commissioner Pinney, 324 it was moved and adopted, that the County approve the design and engineer- ing specifications for the installation of an Emergency Medical Services Communication System and that the Emergency Medical Council be authorized to solicit bids for the system. Dr. Dent stated that she would like to see the communication system administered by technical supervisors answerable to a Commission that had the "know how" about communications and that the Commission in turn would be answerable to the County Commissioners. Discussion ensued as to the operation of the communications system. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. Flora R. Garrett, Chairman Betty June Hayes, Clerk (No tape for this meeting is available as the tape recorder is broken. )