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Meeting of October 8, 1951, continued.
A report of the Back Tax Collector shovjir,g that $4,464.41 was coilected for the City and ?
??0?? $5,726.80 for the Cour?ty, makirig a totai of $10T191.27. back taxes coliected for the month
? of Septeniber, vras received and filed.'
61;wl A report of the Bureau of ldentiiication for Sei;ten;ber was received and fi-led.
The following analysis of the ef,ectiveress of the Legion Stadium footbail field
f"ood iighting system wac received from the Tide Vdater Pewer Company:
New Hanover Courity, "October 2, 1951•
Board of Commissioners, l /" •
Court House
1Yii mington, ;+ . C. "
Attention: Commissioner Claud 0'Shields:
Gentl emen:
As requested by new Hai.over County Board of Corimissioners ar: analpsis of the
effectiveness of the Legion Stadium Footbali Field f1_ood iighting system has beer,
made by this Departmer,t and the resuits are iisted as £oliovrs:
1. The iilwninatior. values, measured at pre-determined spots on the piaying fieid,
are withir: one or two footcandles as measured at the same location iast season.
2. Re-et.ergizing the two banks of luminaires on east side of the fieid wili be
ber;eficial to r.either spectators i.or piayers.
3. Ad justing or refocusir.g existing fi oodi ighting ur.its will r.ot increase seeing
conditions on playing fieip as peak distributiot, of illumir.ation has a7ready been reached.
I hope this ar,alysis wili be hetpful to the Commissioners and if in the future any
ma3or changes are made to the -lighting system, this department wi'l be most happy to
prepare and pre_sent a full and complete footUal1 field lighting recommendation to the
County at no cost.
Yours very tru`y,
s/s Clyde E. 'r:ii,g
Iightir.g, Engineer."
The Chairman told the Board that he had ca"ed Touies-Cline to bid on paving the Court House
parking iot, but had heard ncthinp from 'Ukiem. Therefnre opei ing of a bid received fronL
` ? Nr. L. R. Atmstrong was deferred uc.tii, r,ext ineetii,g.
,?° The matter of moving the ilag pole from the Lirport east gate to,the administration
? Q buiidir;g suggested by Mr. Davis, was received fer investipation. '
TJir. 0'Shieids recommei.ded the abar;doning the custom or system of appoir.ting a three-man
Committees of Commissioners to deai with the seve.ral ii.stitutions of the County which,
C? in his opinior, creates a cor;f' ict of aut},ority resui ting in confusiori. ai_d ali fui?ctions
- be har.dled by the entire Board and its wishes te carried out by the Chairman of the
Board with departrner,t heads, and moved to that effect. His motion was seconded by
Mr. Love and a discussion foilovred, idr. Heuilett expressed himself as feeiing that the
question was of sufficiatit importance to warrarit further study before taking actior: and
also expressed himsei.f a.s being reiuctant to cast a desidirig vote in case of a tie.
iJir. Hall felt that the thnee-mancsystem was satisfactory. However the motion fail.ed on
tiie negative vote of Mr. Hal1 and 1dir. Davis, the Chairman not voting.
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Pursuantlto recess,taken Mot.day, October 3,.19579 ?the Board met at 11:00 o'clock A.M., to
hear a request of i.avy Officers to lease Biuethei,thal rield for -the Departiuent of Lhe iuavy
as an auxiliary landii.g field to Lhe Iviarine Corps Air 5tation at Cherry Point, N. U.
' Preser,t: Coui;ty Commissioners: Aodisoz. i3ewlett, Chairman, Jas. 14. Hall, Ciaud 0'Shields,
Thurstor. C. Davis and Coui,ty Attori,ey Marsdei. Be„amy.
Narine=: Coi. Jonri S. E. Young, Mjz•. R.G.Howie, Njr. J.F.Ferguson, Comdr. John :4lberts,
IJ[r. johi, 0. Frye and E. E. Beaty. '
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Nationai Guard: iv[jr. Wi' iard R. Bioxton, :djr. H. V. Heid and Capt. R. E. Sheidon.
CAA: Mr. Joseph Norvaood at.d Ivir. H. F. Garrison. New fianover County &oard of Education: Nr. M. H. Roiand. -
Coionel john S. E. Young of the Cnerry Point Base read aiid presented to the Board,a
ietter from IJijr. Gei,eral V. E. Megee, USL4C Commander, Gnerry Poiiit, outiining the details
?of bhe proposed lease and useaee of the field by the Navy, the contet,ts of the ietter being
restricted by the-Navy, was received for discizssion and filed for future reference.
Mr. E. E. Beaty representing the 6th Iaaval District, Charleston, S.C., expiairied the
- necessity of immediate action on the iease, stating Tdovember ist, 1951, had beeii set
by the i@avy as the date of occupation. Ir, the discussio;. St was Urought out that the
ei.tire fiei d with certain buildings wou' d be riee6ed with tYe excepti on of certaii; faci? itie
terminal buiiding etc., Commercial set-up woulo be permitted to cor,tinue, cor.trnl tower
to continue operatian under CAA, but private interests and iight planes would tave to go.
iuir. Beaty said the navy wou"d coT.sider buyii,g the Fieid, and suggested the Cornmissioners
give that' coi.sideration ai.d ii.dicate a pri.ce they wou'd take. Unon motioi, of nir. Davis, .
seconded b IJr. 0'ShieTds the Board took the n,atter ui.der coi.sideration and the meeting
was recessed untii 11:00 o'clocY., H. &S., Thursday, October 11, 1951.
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