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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. 01T—A
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 5, 1994
SUBJECT: Declaration of Referendum Results Farmland Preservation Bond
DEPARTMENT: Finance PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X
ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suggested Board of Commissioners
Proceedings prepared by Bond Counsel TELEPHONE NUMBER-
Hillsborough - 732-8181
November 10, 1994 Board of Elections Chapel Hill - 968-4501
Proceedings. Mebane - 227-2031
Durham - 688-7331
PURPOSE: To officially accept the report of the Board of Elections
regarding the November 8, 1994 Farmland Preservation Bond
Referendum and to declare the results thereof, by resolution.
BACKGROUND: The Board of Elections met on November 10, 1994 for the
purpose of evidencing the canvass of the returns of the
November 8, 1994 bond referendum and to officially determine
the referendum results. This action, as well as the action
required of the Board of Commissioners meets the guidelines
set forth in the Local Government Bond Act. The suggested
format of the proceedings for adoption by the Board of
Commissioners has been provided by Bond Counsel. This format
will satisfy all the legal requirements of the Bond Act for
the bond referendum. Upon completion of the proceedings, the
Clerk to the Board is required to publish the election
results.
RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board declare the
referendum results by adoption of the resolution and
instruct the Clerk to publish said results.
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A regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County
of Orange, North Carolina, was held in the Old County Courthouse,
in Hillsborough, North Carolina, at 7: 30 P.M. on December 5, 1994 .
Present: Chairman Moses Carey, Jr. , presiding, and
Commissioners
Absent:
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The Board of Commissioners received from the Orange. County
Board of Elections a certified copy of the proceedings of said
Board of Elections taken on November 10, 1994 , evidencing said
Board's determination of the result of the canvass of the returns
of the special' bond referendum held in the County of Orange on
November 8, 1994 upon the question of approving $5, 000, 000 Farmland
Preservation Bonds of said County.
After said proceedings had been considered and reviewed by the
Board of Commissioners, Commissioner introduced the
following resolution which was read:
RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RESULT OF THE SPECIAL
BOND REFERENDUM HELD IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE,
NORTH CAROLINA ON NOVEMBER 8 , 1994 UPON THE
QUESTION OF APPROVING $5, 000, 000 FARMLAND
PRESERVATION BONDS
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of
Orange:
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Section 1. The Board of Commissioners for the County of
Orange having received from the Orange County Board of Elections a
certified copy of the proceedings of said Board of Elections taken
on November 10, 1994, evidencing said Board's determination of the
result of the canvass of the returns of the special bond referendum
held in the County of Orange on November 8, 1994 upon the question
of approving $5, 000, 000 Farmland Preservation Bonds of said County,
does hereby declare and certify the result of said referendum to be
the result which is set forth in the following statement of the
result of said referendum, which statement has been prepared by
said Board of Commissioners:
STATEMENT OF THE RESULT
of the
SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM
held in the
COUNTY OF ORANGE, NORTH CAROLINA
on November 8, 1994
UPON THE QUESTION OF APPROVING
$5, 000, 000 FARMLAND PRESERVATION BONDS
At a special bond referendum held in the County of Orange on
November 8, 1994, 4,. 4r,l voters were registered and qualified
to vote.
At said referendum /;- .2S-7e votes were cast for the order
adopted on September 6, 1994 authorizing an amount not exceeding
$5, 000, 000 Farmland Preservation Bonds of the County of Orange,
North Carolina, for the purpose of providing funds, with any other
available funds, for implementing a program of farmland
preservation in said County, including the acquisition by purchase,
lease or otherwise of land or any interests therein (including
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development rights) to maintain, protect, limit the future use of
or otherwise conserve open spaces and open areas constituting
farmland, and authorizing the levy of taxes in an amount sufficient
to pay the principal of and the interest on said bonds, and
/3,r6 votes were cast against said order, and a majority of
the qualified voters of said County who voted thereon at said
referendum having voted against the approval of said order, said
order was thereby not approved and is not in force and effect.
Board of Commissioners
for the County of
Orange, North Carolina ,
Section 2 . The Clerk to the Board of Commissioners shall file
a copy of the foregoing statement of the result of said referendum
in her office and shall publish such statement once in The News of
Orange County and The Chapel Hill Herald. A statement in
substantially the following form shall be published with the
foregoing statement:
Any action or proceeding challenging the regularity or
validity of this bond referendum must be begun within 30 days after
[date of publication] .
Board of Commissioners
for the County of
Orange, North Carolina
Section 3 . This resolution shall take effect upon its
passage.
Upon motion of Commissioner , seconded by
Commissioner , the foregoing resolution entitled:
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"RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RESULT OF THE SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM
HELD IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, NORTH CAROLINA ON NOVEMBER 8 , 1994
UPON THE QUESTION OF APPROVING $5, 000, 000 FARMLAND PRESERVATION
BONDS" was passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Commissioners
Noes:
I, Beverly L. Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for
the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing has been carefully copied from the recorded minutes of
the Board of Commissioners for said County at a meeting held on
December 5, 1994, said record having been made in Minute Book No.
of the minutes of said Board, beginning at page and
`ending at page , and is a true copy of so much of said
proceedings of said Board as relates in any way to the declaration
of the result of the special bond referendum held on November 8,
1994 upon the question of approving $5 , 000, 000 Farmland
Preservation Bonds of said County.
I HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY that a copy of the statement of the
result of the referendum adopted by the resolution set forth in the
foregoing transcript has been filed in my office.
I DO HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY that a schedule of regular
meetings of said Board, in the form attached hereto, has been on
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file in my office as of a date not less than seven days before the
date of said meeting in accordance with G. S. §143-318. 12 .
WITNESS my hand and the corporate seal of said County, this
day of December 1994 .
Clerk -to the Board of Commissioners
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STATEMENT OF THE RESULT
of the
SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM
held in the
COUNTY OF ORANGE, NORTH CAROLINA
on November 8 , 1994
UPON THE QUESTION OF APPROVING
$5, 000, 000 FARMLAND PRESERVATION BONDS
At a special bond referendum held in the County of Orange on
November 8, 1994, (p 9'8'f' voters were registered and qualified
to vote.
At said referendum /7 ZS'P votes were cast for the order
adopted on September 6, 1994 authorizing an amount not exceeding
$5, 000,000 Farmland Preservation Bonds of the County of Orange,
North Carolina, for the purpose of providing funds, with any other
available funds, for implementing a program of farmland
preservation in said County, including the acquisition by purchase,
lease or otherwise of land or any interests therein (including
development rights) to maintain, protect, limit the future use of
or otherwise conserve open spaces and open areas constituting
farmland, and authorizing the levy of taxes in an amount sufficient
to pay the principal of and the interest on said bonds, and
/3, 57; 1? votes were cast against said order, and a majority of
the qualified voters of said County who voted thereon at said
referendum having voted against the approval of said order, said
order was thereby not approved and is not in force and effect.
Board of Commissioners
for the County of
Orange, North Carolina
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The Orange County Board of Elections , in Orange County ,
North Carolina , met in special session at the office of said
Board located at 110 East King Street , in Hillsborough , North
Carolina , at 11 o ' clock A .M . , on November 10 , 1994 with the
following members present :
Present : Secretary Rosetta A . Moore , presiding , and member
Raymond L . Montgomery .
Absent : Chairman Diane D . Brown
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Diane D. Brown, who is not present, has signed the following acknow-
ledgment of service of notice of meeting:
I hereby acknowledge due service of notice of a special
meeting of the Orange County Board of Elections to be
held at 11 o'clock A.M. on November 10, 1994 at the office
of the Orange County Board of Elections located at 110 East
King Street, in Hillsborough, North Carolina, concerning
the canvass of the returns of the special referendum held
on November 8, 1994 in the County of Orange upon the question
of approving an order authorizing $5,000,000 Farmland Pre-
servation Bonds, but I will not be able to be present at said
meeting.
Diane D. Brown, Chair
Orange County Board of Elections
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At 11 o'clock A.M. , the Orange County Board of Elections met
and received from the registrars and judges of elections for the
several precincts in the County of Orange the returns of the
special bond referendum held in said . County on November 8 , 1994
upon the question of approving $5, 000, 000 Farmland Preservation of
said County.
After said returns had been canvassed by the County Board of
Elections, Raymond Montgomery introduced the following resolution
which was read:
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CANVASS OF THE
RETURNS OF THE SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM HELD IN
THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, NORTH CAROLINA ON
NOVEMBER 8 , 1994 UPON THE QUESTION OF
APPROVING $5, 000, 000 FARMLAND PRESERVATION
BONDS AND DETERMINING THE RESULT THEREOF
BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Elections:
Section 1. The returns of the special bond referendum held in
the County of Orange on November 8 , 1994 upon the question of
approving $5, 000, 000 Farmland Preservation Bonds of the County of
Orange having been received from the proper election officers and
having been canvassed, this Board has found and determined and does
hereby declare:
(a) That each registrar and judge for said referendum was duly
qualified by law and had taken the necessary oath.
(b) That the election officers had -;incorporated in their
returns not only the number of votes cast for and against the
question submitted, but also the number of voters registered and
qualified to vote in each precinct in said referendum.
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(c) That at said referendum there was submitted to the
qualified voters of said County the following question:
Shall the order adopted on September 6, 1994 , authorizing
an amount not exceeding $5 , 000, 000 Farmland Preservation
Bonds of the County of Orange, North Carolina, for the
purpose of providing funds, with any other available
funds, for implementing a program of farmland
preservation in said County, including the acquisition by
purchase, lease or otherwise of land or • any interests
therein (including development rights) to maintain,
protect, limit the future use of or otherwise conserve
open spaces and open areas constituting farmland, and
' authorizing the levy of taxes in an amount sufficient to
pay the principal of and the interest on said bonds, be
approved?
(d) That no complaints have been made to this Board against
the regularity of said referendum.
(e) That said referendum and the registration therefor were
duly and properly held in accordance with law.
Section 2 . The following, schedule correctly shows the
designations of the several precincts at which said referendum was
held and, as to each precinct, the location of the voting place,
the number of voters registered and qualified to vote, the number
of votes cast in favor of the question submitted and the number of
votes cast against such question; the number of election day
transfer ballots cast in favor of such question and the number of
election day transfer ballots cast against such question; the
number of absentee ballots cast in favor of such question and the
number of absentee ballots cast against such question; and the
totals of such numbers:
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Voters $5,000,000 Farmland
Registered Preservation Bonds
and Qualified Votes Votes
Precinct Voting Place to Vote For Against
Battle Park Chapel Hill Community Center
120 S. Estes Drive
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 863 2.05 .1.3.3. . .
Booker American Legion Building
Creek Legion Road 2617 466 505
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Caldwell Caldwell Community Building
Highway 57-N 1555 114 621
Rougemont, North Carolina
Cameron Cameron Park School
Park 240 E. King Street 1311 105 535
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Carr Cedar Grove Fire Station #1
Intersection of Penecost Road
& Carr Store Road 517 44 202
Mebane, North Carolina
Cedar Grove Ruritan Building
Cedar Grove Road 731 53 310
Cedar Grove, North Carolina
Cheeks Orange-Alamance Water Corp.
Building
Highway 70-W 1889 124 487
Mebane, North Carolina
Coker Hills Church of Reconcilliation
110 Elliot Road 1127 314 276
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Coles Store Union Grove Methodist Church
Union Grove Church Road 1945 451 473
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Colonial YMCA -
Heights 980 Airport Road 1962 412 313
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Country Fetzer Gym
Club UNC Campus, South Road 2129 203 136
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dogwood Grey Culbreth School
Acres 225 Culbreth Drive 2628 442 354
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Voters $5,000,000 Farmland
Registered Preservation Bonds
and Qualified Votes Votes
Precinct Voting Place to Vote For Against
East The Lutheran Church
Franklin 300 E. Rosemary Street 1874 204 121
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Eastside Ephesus Road School
Ephesus Church Road 1399 311 309
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Efland Efland Cheeks Elementary School
4401 Fuller Road 1153 80 391
Efland, North Carolina
Eno Palmers Grove Community Center
Palmers Grove Road 1893 232 486
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Estes Hills Guy B. Phillips School
Estes Drive 2098 478 397
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Glenwood Glenwood School
Prestwick School 1441 281 273
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Grady Brown Grady Brown Elementary School
110 New Grady Brown School Road 1803 183 439
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Greenwood General Administration Building
UNC Campus, South Road 2135 354 193
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Hills- Recreation & Parks Center
borough 300 W. Tryon Street 969 138 251
Hillsborough, North Carolina
, King's Aldersgate Methodist Church
Mill 632 Laurel Hill Road 1434 402 Q7
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Lincoln Lincoln Center Administration
Building
Merritt Mill Road 1830 195 128
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Lion's Club Lion's Club Building
131 Fidelity Street 1913 301 226
Carrboro, North Carolina
Mason Farm Community Church Building
Puerfoy Road 1954 245 128
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Voters $5,000,000 Farmland
Registered Preservation Bonds
and Qualified Votes Votes
Precinct Voting Place to Vote For Against
North Carrboro Elementary School
Carrboro Shelton Street 2341 519 575
Carrboro, North Carolina
Northside Chapel Hill Town Mall
306 N. Columbia Street 1554 231 130
Chapel Hill, North Carolina •
Orange Orange Grove Fire Station
Grove Orange Grove Road 1983 410 506
Chapel Hill, North Carolina -
OWASA OWASA Administration Building
400 Jones Ferry Road 2875 305 202
Carrboro, North Carolina
Patterson New Hope Community Center
Whitfield Road
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2229 479 578
Ridgefield Binkley Baptist Church
1712 Willow Drive 2107 420 448
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
St. John St. John Church
607 Pine Acres Road 1749 429 409
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
St. Mary's New Sharon Methodist Church
1601 New Sharon Church Road 1139 137 367
Hillsborough, North Carolina
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Tolars Schley Grange Hall
Schley Road 877 57 367
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Town Hall Carrboro Town Hall
West Main Street
Carrboro, North Carolina 1304 246 116. .
Weaver Fire Station
Dairy Weaver Dairy Road
& Highway 86-N 2697 562 516
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
West Central Elementary School
Hillsborough 154 Hayes Street 456
Hillsborough, North Carolina 1758 134 . 456
Westwood Frank Porter Graham School
Highway 54 By-Pass 1467 275 181
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Voters $5,000,000 Farmland
Registered Preservation Bonds
and Qualified Votes Votes
Precinct Voting Place to Vote For Against
White Cross White Cross Recreation Center
White Cross Road 1238 211 372
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Absentee ballots • 3 217
Election day transfers 213 135
Totals 66,488. 11,258 13,569
Section 3 . From the canvass made, this Board does hereby
determine and certify:
(a) That 66,488 voters were registered and qualified to
vote.
(b) That at said referendum 11,258 votes were cast for the
order adopted on September 6, 1994, authorizing an amount not
exceeding $5, 000, 000 Farmland Preservation Bonds of the County of
Orange, North Carolina, for the purpose of providing funds, with
any other available funds, for implementing a program of farmland
preservation in said County, including the acquisition by purchase,
lease or otherwise of land or any interests therein (including
development rights) to maintain, protect, limit the future use of
or otherwise conserve open spaces and open areas constituting
farmland, and authorizing the levy of taxes in an amount sufficient
to pay the principal of and the interest on said bonds, and
11 SAa votes were cast against said order, and that a majority
of the qualified voters of said County who voted thereon at said
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referendum having voted in favor of the approval of said order,
said order was thereby approved and is in force and effect.
Section 4 . The Supervisor of Elections is hereby directed to
transmit immediately a certified copy of this resolution to the
Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange.
Upon motion of Rosetta A. Moore , seconded by
Raymond Montgomery the foregoing resolution was passed by the fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes: Montgomery - Moore
Noes: None
I, Barbara Strickland, Supervisor of Elections for the Orange
County Board of Elections, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing has been carefully copied from the recorded minutes
of the Orange County Board of Elections at a special meeting held
on November 10, 1994 at the office of said Board located at 110
East King Street, in Hillsborough, North Carolina, said record
having been made in Minute Book No. 11 of the minutes of said
Board, beginning at page 2 and ending at page 10 , and is a
true copy of so much of said proceedings of said Board as relates
in any way to the canvass of the returns of the special bond
referendum held in the County of Orange on November 8, 1994 upon
the question of approving $5, 000, 000 Farmland Preservation Bonds of
said County.
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I DO HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY that the Chairman of said Board
duly notified or caused to be notified each member of said Board of
said meeting and that, at least 48 hours before said meeting,
notice of said meeting, signed by the Chairman of said Board and
stating that a special meeting of said Board would be held at 11
o'clock A.M. on November 10, 1994 , at the office .of said Board
located at 110 East King Street, in Hillsborough, North Carolina,
concerning the canvass of the returns of the special bond
referendum held on November 8 , 1994 in the County of Orange upon
the question of approving $5 , 000 , 000 Farmland Preservation Bonds of
said County, was posted on the principal bulletin board of said
Board and mailed or delivered to each newspaper, wire service,
radio station, television station and person that had filed with me
a written request for notice pursuant to G. S. §143-318 . 12 .
WITNESS my hand this 10th day of November 1994 .
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Supervisor of Elections
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A regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County
of Orange, North Carolina, was held in the Old County Courthouse,
in Hillsborough, North Carolina, at 7 : 30 P.M. on December 5, 1994.
Present: Chairman Moses Carey, Jr. , presiding, and
Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr. , William L. Crowther, Alice M. Gordon, Stephen
Halkiotis and Don Willhoit
Absent: NONE
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The Board of Commissioners received from the Orange County
Board of Elections a certified copy of the proceedings of said
Board of Elections taken on November 10, 1994 , evidencing said
Board's determination of the result of the canvass of the returns
of the special• bond referendum held in the County of Orange on
November 8, 1994 upon the question of approving $5, 000, 000 Farmland
Preservation Bonds of said County.
After said proceedings had been considered and reviewed by the
Board of Commissioners, Commissioner Carey introduced the
following resolution which was read:
RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RESULT OF THE SPECIAL
BOND REFERENDUM HELD IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE,
NORTH CAROLINA ON NOVEMBER 8 , 1994 UPON THE
QUESTION OF APPROVING $5, 000, 000 FARMLAND
PRESERVATION BONDS
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners for the County of
Orange:
Section 1. The Board of Commissioners for the County of
Orange having received from the Orange County Board of Elections a
certified copy of the proceedings of said Board of Elections taken
on November 10, 1994, evidencing said Board's determination of the
result of the canvass of the returns of the special bond referendum
held in the County of Orange on November 8 , 1994 upon the question
of approving $5, 000, 000 Farmland Preservation Bonds of said County,
does hereby declare and certify the result of said referendum to be
the result which is set forth in the following statement of the
result of said referendum, which statement has been prepared by
said Board of Commissioners:
STATEMENT OF THE RESULT
of the
SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM
held in the
COUNTY OF ORANGE, NORTH CAROLINA
on November 8 , 1994
UPON THE QUESTION OF APPROVING
$5, 000, 000 FARMLAND PRESERVATION BONDS
At a special bond referendum held in the County of Orange on
November 8, 1994, 66,488 voters were registered and qualified
to vote.
At said referendum 11,258 votes were cast for the order
adopted on September 6, 1994 authorizing an amount not exceeding
$5, 000, 000 Farmland Preservation Bonds of the County of Orange,
North Carolina, for the purpose of providing funds, with any other
available funds, for implementing a program of farmland
preservation in said County, including the acquisition by purchase,
lease or otherwise of land or any interests therein (including
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development rights) to maintain, protect, limit the future use of
or otherwise conserve open spaces and open areas constituting
farmland, and authorizing the levy of taxes in an amount sufficient
to pay the principal of and the interest on said bonds, and
13,569 votes were cast against said order, and a majority of
the qualified voters of said County who voted thereon at said
referendum having voted against the approval of said order, said
order was thereby not approved and is not in force and effect.
Board of Commissioners
for the County of
Orange, North Carolina
Section 2 . The Clerk to the Board of Commissioners shall file
a copy of the foregoing statement of the result of said referendum
in her office and shall publish such statement once in The News of
Orange County and The Chapel Hill Herald. A statement in
substantially the following form shall be published with the
foregoing statement:
Any action or proceeding challenging the regularity or
validity of this bond referendum must be begun within 30 days after
[date of publication] .
Board of Commissioners
for the County of
Orange, North Carolina
Section 3 . This resolution shall take effect upon its
passage.
Upon motion of Commissioner Gordon , seconded by
Commissioner Halkiotis , the foregoing resolution entitled:
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"RESOLUTION DECLARING THE RESULT OF THE SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM
HELD IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, NORTH CAROLINA ON NOVEMBER 8, 1994
UPON THE QUESTION OF APPROVING $5, 000, 000 FARMLAND PRESERVATION
BONDS" was passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Commissioners Carey, Crowther, Gordon, Halkiotis and
Willhoit •
Noes: NONE
I, Beverly L. Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for
the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing has been carefully copied from the recorded minutes of
the Board of Commissioners for said County at a meeting held on
December 5, 1994 , said record having been made in Minute Book No.
28 of the minutes of said Board, beginning at page and
ending at page , and is a true copy of so much of said
proceedings of said Board as relates in any way to the declaration
of the result of the special bond referendum held on November 8 ,
1994 upon the question of approving $5, 000, 000 Farmland
Preservation Bonds of said County.
I HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY that a copy of the statement of the
result of the referendum adopted by the resolution set forth in the
foregoing transcript has been filed in my office.
I DO HEREBY FURTHER CERTIFY that a schedule of regular
meetings of said Board, in the form attached hereto, has been on
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file in my office as of a date not less than seven days before the
date of said meeting in accordance with G. S. §143-318 . 12 .
WITNESS my hand and the corporate seal of said County, this
5th day of December 1994 .
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Clerk to t - Board of .mmissioners
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STATEMENT OF THE RESULT
of the
SPECIAL BOND REFERENDUM,
held in the
COUNTY OF ORANGE, NORTH CAROLINA
on November 8, 1994
UPON THE QUESTION OF APPROVING
$5, 000, 000 FARMLAND PRESERVATION BONDS
At a special bond referendum held in the County of Orange on
November 8, 1994, 66,488 voters were registered and qualified
to vote.
At said referendum 11,258 votes were cast for the order
adopted on September 6, 1994 authorizing an amount not exceeding
$5, 000, 000 Farmland Preservation Bonds of the County of Orange,
North Carolina, for the purpose of providing funds, with any other
available funds, for implementing a program of farmland
preservation in said County, including the acquisition by purchase,
lease or otherwise of land or any interests therein (including
development rights) to maintain, protect, limit the future use of
or otherwise conserve open spaces and open areas constituting
farmland, and authorizing the levy of taxes in an amount sufficient
to pay the principal of and the interest on said bonds, and
13,569 votes were cast against said order, and a majority of
the qualified voters of said County who voted thereon at said
referendum having voted against the approval of said order, said
order was thereby not approved and is not in force and effect.
Board of Commissioners
for the County of
Orange, North Carolina