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B°°x 12 p,wJ7,2 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF LEE, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Monday, April 6, 1987 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, State of North Carolina, convened in the Commissioners Room on the second floor J of the County Office Building, 200 Wicker Street, Sanford, North Carolina, on Monday, April 6, 1987, at 9:30 o'clock A. M. Those present were Commissioners Raymond C. Cox, Jr. ; John R. Dossenbach, Jr. ; John E. Dotterer; Bertha L. Matthews; and Gordon A. Wicker. The Chairman declared a quorum present and the meeting open for the transaction of business. Chairman John E. Dotterer presided and the following business was trans- acted: The invocation was given by Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr. Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr., moved that the draft of the minutes of the regular meeting held on March 23, 1987, which was submitted to the Board with the agenda for this meeting be adopted as the official minutes for such meeting. Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. Mr. Charles Oldham appeared before the Board and spoke in opposition to allowing a strip mining operation in Chatham County, which proposes to discharge its wastewater into a tributary of Deep River. After hearing Mr. Oldham's pre- sentation and reviewing the materials he submitted, Commissioner John R. Dossenbach, Jr. moved the adoption of the following: RESOLUTION CONCERNING SURFACE COAL MINING IN CHATHAM COUNTY WHEREAS, the Deep River is a public water supply for citizens of Chatham County and other citizens of the State of North Carolina, and is a potential water supply for the citizens of Lee County; and WHEREAS, the Chatham Coal Company proposes to do surface coal mining in Chatham County and proposes to discharge mining-related wastewater to an unnamed tributary of the Deep River; and