1971 - 09-20-71 Adj. Reg. Meeting

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BOOK 8 F, CF, 7 MINUTES OF ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF LEE, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, 20 September 1971 The adjourned regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of Lee, North Carolina, convened in the Commissioners Room, on the second floor of the County Office Building, corner of Steele and Wicker Streets, in the City of Sanford at 9:30 o'clock a. m., in accord- ance with the motion of adjournment. Present were Commissioners William H. Cooper, J. Eugene Rogers, Perry White, Gordon A. Wicker, and Chair- man Franklin D. Wicker. Chairman Franklin D. Wicker presided and the following business was transacted: Dr. J. V. Early, District Superintendent of the Sanford District, North Carolina Conference, The United Methodist Church, pronounced the invocation. Mr. Leon Holder appeared before the Board and presented a road petition to re-establish a secondary road which would give him access to his farm. Commissioner Cooper moved the adoption of the following resolution with respect to the Holder road: WHEREAS, the attached petition has been filed with the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Lee, requesting that the above described road, the location of which has been indicated in red on the attached map, be added to the Secondary Road System; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commiss- ioners is of the opinion that the above described road should be added to the Secondary Road System, if the road meets minimum standards and criteria establish- ed by the State Highway Commission for the addition of roads to the System. NOW, THEREFORE, ilu it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Lee that the State Highway Commission is hereby requested to review the above described road, and to take over the road for maintenance if it meets established standards and criteria. Commissioner Rogers seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. The Chairman called to the Board's attention a letter received from Mr. Landis Temple, stating the sign on the highway bridge over U. S. No. 1 North of Sanford had spelled the name McNeill as "McNeil Road". Mr. Temple stated the highway authorities wanted the request for the correction to come from the Board. Commissioner White moved the State Highway Commission be requested to correct the spelling of the name McNeill to con- form to the spelling of the name by the family for which it was named. Comm- issioner Cooper seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted.