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� •Petitions Possible 106+/- ■54+/- taxed in OC could stay in OC ■52+/- taxed in AC could stay in AC •Collington Farms Area Issue •Air Photo Examples •Next Steps ■Finalize Criteria ■Send Joint Letters to Public ■Petition Hearings in Fall County Attorney John Roberts went over the local bill issue. He said that Alamance County approved this bill last night. He made reference to Attachment 4, page 10, which has historical information. Section 4 is the beginning of the substantive information and deals with taxation. He made reference to Section 4, which had some grammatical corrections. He deleted the word "in" in the last sentence. Also, in Section 4(e) he changed "immediately after July 1" to "effective July 1." Also, on page 13, subsection `h', the very last sentence should have "3(c)(5)". In Sections 5 and 6, these are the portions of the bill that affect education. This allows students who currently go to Orange County Schools to remain in Orange County Schools, as well as their siblings. If a student goes to Alamance County Schools, they and their siblings will have the option to remain in Alamance County Schools. None of the students will have to pay the county tuition. Section 7 allows Alamance County and Orange County to establish an administrative review process on the petitions that residents file. The petitions have to be completed by December 15tn Also, in Section 9, the first sentence, it should say, "Section 7" and not "Section 6 and 7." John Roberts said that by no later than May 15, 2011 the General Assembly should have a 2011 local bill that formally ratifies the line. Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to Section 3(b), where it talks about public records related to properties. He said that it would be wise to put a notice provision in there so that when properties are shifted from one jurisdiction to another, that some kind of notice be filed in the appropriate Register of Deeds office so that people can find where the properties belong. He made reference to Section 4(g) and the areas affected by the resurvey, etc. and said that if a piece of property moves from one county to another, it will vote for local offices in one county at one precinct, and this statement suggests that they would have to go to another precinct in a different county. John Roberts said that this was vetted by both Election Directors in Orange County and Alamance County. There are representatives who serve across county lines, and this does not say that the voters have to go to another precinct. He will discuss this with the Alamance County Attorney. Craig Benedict said that there is a precinct line changing process that may be a result of this and this would come afterwards. Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to 6 and 7, "the small lot subdivision shall not be divided on a lot by lot basis." He asked if the subdivision is horizontal, then one part of the subdivision could be in one jurisdiction and the other in the other jurisdiction. He does not want to preclude this.