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11 1 PUBLIC COMMENT: 2 Steve Graf spoke in regards to the dog hunting issue. He said that he appreciated the 3 Board of County Commissioners' efforts with moving this item forward. He thanked the Sheriff 4 and his Deputies, who did a lot of extra patrols. It made a big difference. 5 Carol Ann McCormick spoke about the Orange/Alamance County Line issue. She lives 6 on Morrow Mill Road. She said that she and her neighbors continue to be concerned about this 7 issue and they were included in the 91 % of the properties that were agreed upon, which means 8 that as of January 2012, they will be transferred to Alamance County. She said that they 9 continue to want to remain part of Orange County. She is disappointed that they have not been 10 able to convince anyone that they should remain. She asked how they would go about 11 continuing to press their desire to remain in Orange County and to continue to pay Orange 12 County taxes. She said that this community would like to be included in any discussions about 13 the Orange/Alamance County Line that take place in the future. 14 Commissioner Gordon said that if this passes, then she would like someone to answer 15 Ms. McCormick's question later. 16 17 Keith Coleman said that he is the General Manager of the News of Orange. He spoke 18 about the proposed item of electronic public notices. He said that for the last several years, 19 republicans have been advocating for electronic public notices, which will save counties and 20 municipalities money. He said that he does not think this is a good idea because in this area, 21 there are many residents that do not have Internet and only get their information via 22 newspapers. He said that he is afraid that paid legal advertisements will go away. He thinks 23 that this is a mistake. 24 Tom Schopler spoke on the Orange/Alamance County Line. He lives on Morrow Mill 25 Road. He said that he would also like to remain in Orange County. He said that this is 26 basically giving Alamance County what it wants. He said that once the County Commissioners 27 agree to the 91 %, then there is no longer an item for the Commissioners to act. He said that he 28 wishes that Orange County would push back against Alamance County instead of letting them 29 dictate what happens to Orange County citizens. He said that he is in contact with State 30 legislators to try and get some pressure put on Alamance County from that side. He thinks that 31 a little resistance from Orange County Commissioners will allow time to facilitate that pressure. 32 A motion was made Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Foushee 33 to close the public hearing. 34 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 35 36 A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to 37 approve the three proposed legislative matters resolutions with exhibits -Hunting Deer with 38 Dogs, Orange-Alamance County Line, and Commissioners' Disclosure. 39 40 Commissioner Yuhasz said that the hunting deer with dogs was something they 41 promised last year and he is in favor of continuing this. He does have concerns with the 42 Orange-Alamance County Line proposal for the reasons that have been stated when this 43 moved forward the last time. He said that he has a commitment to the people who are within 44 the 9% that is yet to be discussed. He does not feel that they have upheld the commitment to 45 the Morrow Mill Road residents and he thinks that this commitment was made by both Boards 46 of County Commissioners in more than one meeting. He has a problem asking that this go 47 forward in this way. 48 Commissioner Foushee said that there is not a member on this Board that does not 49 have concerns about the residents on Morrow Mill Road. She thinks that on two separate 50 meetings, it appeared that there was agreement from both Boards that they would move