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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
March 3, 1967
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioners room at the A
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Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina on Friday, March 39 1967 at 8:00 P.M.
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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:
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(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 publi
recreation facilities in order to preserve and promote the public good and
general welfare, and
(2) 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 Boar
of County Commissioners within said range."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands.
NAME ADDRESS
(In the copy of the petition set forth in the minutes of the March 2, 1967
meeting of the Board of Aldermen the signatures of more than 1,000 resident
freeholders appear at this point)
ATTACHMENT A
The boundaries of the proposed recreation district are as follows:
BEGINNING in.the center line of State Road #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 #111
1,525 feet to a concrete marker in the center of said road; thence South 71° 20' Eas
4,390 feet to a concrete marker in the East side of State Road #1179; thence South
82° 30' East 5,480 feet to a concrete marker in the East side of old N. C. Highway 8
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 39,47
feet to the intersection of said County line with the township line between Chapel
Hill and Bingham Township; thence in a Northerly direction along the Bingham and
Chapel Hill Township line 40,425 feet to the point of BEGINNING."
(a) That said petition prays that a recreation district be created within the
territory described in said petition, 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.
(b) That said petition further prays that a special election be held within
such district for the purpose of voting upon:
(1) 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, main-
tenance and operation of the recreational facilities, the amount of
said tax to be set by the Board of County Commissioners within said
range.
(c) That the Town of Chapel Hill is located within the boundaries of such
proposed recreation district.
Section 2. Said petition is hereby approved in all respects and the Board of ...
Aldermen hereby request the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange to
exercise the authority granted to it by said Chapter 1107, as amended, by taking the
action requested in said petition.
Section 3. A copy of this resolution shall immediately be certified to the
Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange.
Section 4. This resolution shall become effective upon its passage.
Alderman Kage moved the passage of the foregoing resolution entitled:
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CREATION OF A RECREATION DISTRICT" and Alderman Varley
seconded the motion and the resolution was passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Page, Giduz, Strowd, Varley, Kage and Smith.
Noes: None
This is to certify that the foregoing is an accurate copy of the resolution
passed by the Board of Aldermen on March 21 1967.
Witness my hand and official seal this the 3rd day of March, 1967.
/s/ David S. Roberts
David B. Roberts - Town Clerk
SEAL
RESOLUTION REGARDING RECREATION DISTRICT
To: Orange County Board of Commissioners, Hillsborough, N. C.
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Carrboro has been
requested to approve the petition heretofore submitted to the Board of Orange
County Commissioners to create a recreation district to coincide with the Chapel
Hill School District and to call an election on this question, and
WHEREAS, at a recent election on the same question, a majority of the voters
in the Town of Carrboro voted against the creation of a district and the
establishment of a special tax, and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this Board that it cannot approve the petition,
but it does not want to deny the voters of the district the privilege of voting
on the question involved,
NOW, THEREFORE be it resolved that if the Board of Commissioners of the
County of Orange exercises the authority granted to it by Chapter 1107 of the
1965 Session Laws, as amended, and calls an election on the question involved,
that prior to the calling of this election, the Board of County Commissioners
create a Recreation Commission of seven (7) members to consist of two (2) persons
from the Town of Carrboro, two (2) persons from the Town of Chapel Hill, two (2)
persons from the rural area and one (1) person at large to constitute the
Recreation Commission, if and when a Recreation District has been created by a
favorable vote.
Motion was made, duly seconded and passed by a majority vote of the Board
of Commissioners for the Town of Carrboro, adopting the above resolution at a
special called meeting of the Board of Commissioners on March 2, 1967.
I, R. B. Todd, Town Clerk for the Town of Carrboro, do hereby certify that
Mayor H. B. Hackney called a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners for
the Town of Carrboro on March 2, 1967, at which time the above resolution was
adopted and is found in Minute Book #7, Page 291.
March 2 1967 Signed s R. B. Todd
(Date) R. B. Todd, Town Clerk
Discussion ensued concerning the resolution submitted by the Town of Carrboro.
It was ruled that said resolution was inadequate to meet the requirements of
Chapter 1107 of the 1965 Session Laws. Due to the inadequancy of said resolution
the Orange County Board of Commissioners could not act on the petition to create
a Recreation District. The County Attorney was directed to inform the Carrboro
Town Attorney as to the status of said Town of Carrboro resolution and to request
of said Town Attorney that a sufficient resolution for the Town of Carrboro must
be secured before the Orange County Board of Commissioners could consider the
petition pertaining to the said Recreation District election.
There being no further business to come before the Board.said meeting was
adjourned.
Harvey D. Bennett
Chairman
Betty June Hayes, Clerk
S. M. Gattis, Acting Clerk