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6 families and individuals looking for rental property. There is very <br /> little rental property in Hillsborough and very little affordable rental <br /> property. She feels the location of this project will allow people to <br /> go both east and west and not through downtown Hillsborough. The site <br /> plan review has been received from the Town of Hillsborough with some <br /> conditions attached. They are ready to proceed with meeting those <br /> conditions and getting the zoning they need. She asked that the Board <br /> support this proposal. <br /> MARY ANN LOREMAN spoke on behalf of OCIM in support of the <br /> Whitted Forest project. She feels the available services for the <br /> residents are important to many families and in particular to single <br /> head of households. The inadequate housing for lower to middle income <br /> groups is an urgent issue in the society today and a problem that <br /> belongs to everyone. She stated that when she suffered a back injury <br /> that most of her immediate needs could be met except for affordable <br /> housing. <br /> THERE BEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Tara <br /> Fikes will develop a proposal to be brought back to the Board. <br /> B. SPOTLIGHTING AND HUNTING OR FISHING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY <br /> County Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill gave an overview on these <br /> two hunting issues. This public hearing is being held to receive <br /> comments on proposed local legislation to change the statutes which <br /> would prohibit spotlighting and give the County the authority to enact <br /> a local ordinance requiring the hunter or fisherman to have written <br /> permission in their possession to hunt or fish on private property that <br /> is posted. This will help to make the enforcement of the present law <br /> possible. <br /> THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS. <br /> CARL WALTERS who lives on Highrock Road noted two problems. The <br /> first is that the hunters take two months for spotlighting to identify <br /> the best sights and second the hunters feel that their State license <br /> allows them to hunt any place and sometimes they have very little <br /> respect for the property owners' property. He supports this proposed <br /> legislation and feels it could prevent some of the hostilities that have <br /> taken place in the past. He explained his particular situation. There <br /> is a problem with the ten acre lots in that the hunters let their dogs <br /> run on his property and then across other property. He asked if they <br /> had to have their property posted. Mr. Gledhill stated that regardless <br /> of the size of the lot, the land would have to be posted. Mr. Walters <br /> continued stating that ninety percent of the time these are hunters from <br /> outside the County. One hunter shot nineteen times at a doe out of <br /> season from the road right-of-way. He asked if he would be permitted <br /> to spotlight on his own property and Mr. Gledhill indicated spotlighting <br /> would be prohibited on all property in Orange County. He stressed that <br /> most of the problems are created by out-of-county hunters. <br /> PHILIP PANNELL is a coon hunter and a landowner in Cedar Grove. <br />