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The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, November 12, .19863
Cento for elderly
et the green light
By MITRA LOTFI
Staff Writer
Charles House Associates, a
private, non-profit corporation,
will be building an adult day-care
center for the elderly in Carrboro,
President Bettie Bradford said
last week.
The group's proposition was
unanimously approved by the
Carrboro Planning Board last
Thursday, although some details
have not been finalized.
"I think we need more of this
type of resource in Carrboro,"
board chairman Andrew Dobel
stein said.
The center will be located in
an addition to a house that the
Associates bought, at the end of
Hillcrest Avenue behind Estes
Park Apartments.
"It's not too far away so they
(the members) can get lost, but
it's far enough so they aren't in
danger of traffic," board member
Diana Woolley said.
North Carolina adult-care
standards require at least one staff
person for every eight elderly
persons.
"We think that's a little low,
so well probably have three or
four on our staff," Bradford said.
The group w ill be taking in just
16 people at a time to promote
a small, home atmosphere, she
said. Although it is a day-care
facility, residents will be those
with some level of autonomy,
such as the ability to maintain
personal hygiene.
"We will have a van and we
expect most people to come on
that or be driven by family,"
Bradford said.
Initially, the board questioned
whether the center was permiss
ible under the "day-care facility"
category specified in Carrboro's
land-use plan but decided it could
be built without a variance or
amendment to that definition.
Charles House Associates was
formed two years ago. " We've
classified it as a public charity
based on how much support it
receives from its own endowment
and how much it receives from
the public," Director Richard
Snyder said.
The group hopes to receive
one-third of the cost of the facility
from public donations and pro
vide two-thirds from its own
funds.
House Associates will start out
charging a fee for the day-care
service, but "if we get enough
support, we could serve people
who can't pay," Snyder said.
Carrboro has never had an
adult day-care facility for the
elderly.
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Coumcil focmises on water n
By DAN MORRISON
Staff Writer
Orange Water and Sewer Author
ity is not keeping Chapel Hill posted
on ways to restrict water use, and
the authority should work with the
Town Council to expand its water
supplies, council member said
Monday. 1
In a long work session Monday,
the council approved a resolution
requesting OWASA to present it
with a report on the area water
supply situation within 90 days. ,
Council member Joan Shapiro
said the report should describe the
progress in expanding the town's
water supply and creating a supply
network among Carrboro, Hillsbo
rough, Orange County and Durham.
Chapel Hill is still recovering from
this summers severe drought, which
hurt 60,000 farmers and decreased
the level of University Lake from six
to eight inches a day at its worst.
As of Monday, University Lake
was 36 inches below normal, which
puts the town at the mandatory stage
two water restrictions.
During the drought, OWASA put
limits on such activities as lawn
watering and car washing. The
council abided by these measures,
but did not develop tactics of its own.
OWASA has also purchased
Stone Quarry in Hillsborough to be
used as a backup when water supply
becomes critical.
'In her petition, Shapiro said the
council had the authority to impose
measures beyond OWASA recom
mendations and should do so.
Shapiro, who is also president of
the Alliance of Neighborhoods,
urged the council to provide proce
dures that no occupancy permits
permits granted to owners upon
completion of a newly-built home
be issued in Chapel Hill during water
shortage emergencies.
But other council members advo
cated delaying issuance of building
permits rather than of occupancy
permits.
This would cut down on the
number of homes being built in
Chapel Hill, thereby, conserving the
water supply.
"It seems the time to deal with this
is earlier, with building permits,"
council member Jonathan Howes
said. "When we're in a crisis situa
tion, we may need a moratorium on
development."
Mayor James Wallace also had
some reservations about the occu
pancy permits.
"It's not fair to preclude a person
from a certificate of occupancy when
he's paid for a house and is ready
to move in," Wallace said..
The council decided that building
permits should be detained when
water levels drop to 54 inches below
normal, corresponding with stage
three restrictions.
Council member Arthur Werner
said it was "about time the town quit
planning behind OWASA's skirt."
"If we don't act now, we will
appear like the little boy who cried
wolf. We must put a clamp on
building issuances," Werner said.
In other business, the council
voted unanimously in favor of a
$25,000 Greenways Commission
project to add to its Tanyard Branch
trail and begin work on two new
trails at Battle Park and Bolin Creek.
Evita
, The commission has appropriated
$19,500 for construction and con
sulting services of the new trails and
$5,500 for improvements to the
existing Tanyard Branch trail.
The council also discussed the
following issues Monday night:
B The council's rejection of a
resolution approving construction of
120 townhouses on Eubariks Road
due to problems with recreation
space and traffic lights.
Approval of an ordinance res
tricting mopeds, skateboards and
scooters on certain sidewalks in the
center of Chapel Hill.
The appointment of Jennie
Capparella, a native of Chapel Hill,
to a vacant seat on the city's Trans
portation Board.
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