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safety. She agreed with the County Commissioners about promoting safety as it relates to the flyers, but she is also going to continue to seek local legislation to ban hunting deer with dogs in Orange County. Commissioner Gordon said that she agreed that it is a property rights and public health and safety issue. Chair Pelissier said that she supported having a ban on hunting deer with dogs. She said that the landowner's protection act will hopefully help them regarding safety. A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to authorize public outreach Option 1, including website information and the additional information from Commissioner Jacobs, as well as Action Items 1, 2a, and 3. Public Outreach Option 1: - Distribute informational brochures and post public awareness flyers throughout northern Orange County - Action Item 1: Coordinated Complaint-Making and Responses: The Communications (911) Division of Emergency Services will coordinate with the Sheriff's Department to receive and dispatch resident complaints in order to ensure timely and effective field services responses. - Action item 2a: On Saturdays during the deer hunting with dog season, the protocol for the on-call Animal Control Officer will be redefined to include stray dogs identified as hunting dogs - Action Item 3 WRC (Wildlife Resources Commission) Involvement: The WRC helps publicize as well as enforce written permission laws as they apply in Orange County. Commissioner McKee asked how the Animal Control Officer would determine a dog was hunting or just running through a yard. Bob Marotto said that it would depend on the information that was available from the complaint and who made the call. Commissioner McKee said that he had concerns, but he would support the motion. He read the third paragraph of page 4, "because there are no complaints received by hunting deer with dogs is far less than the number of complaints received by hunting in general, the focus will continue to be on hunting as a whole." This concerns him. Commissioner Foushee called the question. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Chair Pelissier said that the action items do not involve any additional County funds. b. Interlocal Utility Aqreement w/ Durham (Eno EDD Transition Area) — Water & Sewer The Board considered approving an Interlocal Agreement between Orange County and the City of Durham for construction and Operation of Water and Sewer Facilities in the Eno Economic Development Area of Orange County and authorizing the Manager to sign. Craig Benedict presented this item. This is a utility agreement for water and sewer services. This is a multi-department effort. He showed the area on several maps. The area of the interlocal agreement is consistent with the Water and Sewer Management Planning and Boundary Agreement and is also a subset of the Durham Urban Growth Boundary. The agreement has been reviewed thoroughly by both attorneys. He said that Commissioner Gordon had some questions during the agenda review of this, and her questions and staff