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4. Adjourn the public hearing until December 13, 2011 in order to receive and accept the <br />Planning Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked about the zoning on the Alamance County side and <br />Michael Talbert said that there is no zoning in Alamance County. <br />PUBLIC COMMENT <br />Elizabeth Blankenship is a property owner in Orange County. She has 17.5 acres and <br />her property was outlined on the map that was shown. She said that they have always been in <br />Orange County and at one time she asked if part of the property could be released to Alamance <br />County because part of the property is in Alamance, but it never came through. She said that <br />she would like to be in Alamance County for part of her land and Orange County for the other <br />part. Her concern is that her house will now lie in Alamance County. She asked that her <br />property that is in Alamance County be released to Alamance County. <br />Tammy Hart said that she is new to this part of the state. She said that her <br />understanding was that this 91 % of the land that was already agreed upon was going to be on <br />the southern side of I-85 and now the 9% is still up for debate. <br />Planning Director Craig Benedict said that the 91 % is a linear measurement from <br />Caswell County to Alamance County. North of I-85, the majority of the lands come into Orange <br />County. South of I-85, the line diverges and the majority of the land (600+ acres) is going from <br />Orange County into Alamance County. <br />Tammy Hart asked what the parcels were in red on the map. Craig Benedict said that <br />those are the parcels that had a small portion of the property that are now being shifted into <br />Orange County. <br />Tim Whitaker was in Alamance County and now he is in Orange County. He said that <br />he was planning on doing some farming on his land and how this affects him. <br />Michael Harvey said that Agricultural-Residential would encourage farming. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger <br />to refer the matter to the Planning Board and request that a recommendation be returned in time <br />for the December 13, 2011 BOCC regular meeting. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger <br />to adjourn the public hearing until December 13, 2011 in order to receive and accept the <br />Planning Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />