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pocketknives is a fairly common behavior. He wants to revisit the section on knives and come up with a definition that would exclude pocket knives or fishing knives. Commissioner Yuhasz asked if the Sheriff had commented on this ban. John Roberts said that the State defines a pocketknife that is closed and 4° or shorter. He said that he discussed this with the Sheriff last week, who did not express any concerns. Commissioner Yuhasz suggested excluding pocketknives as defined by the State from the action of this ordinance. Commissioner Jacobs said that Commissioner Yuhasz made a reasonable point about the definition of pocketknives and it should be put in the ordinance. John Roberts said that he could bring it back until he verifies the size of the knife. Commissioner McKee said that he would prefer that this be brought back as a regular agenda item. He asked that a listing of the parks and mileage of trails be brought back to the Board. Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would like to distinguish parks based on locations, such as exempting the concealed ban in larger parks and not in smaller parks where the isolation is not so likely to occur. Commissioner McKee agreed. Commissioner Foushee said that if they are going to isolate particular areas then it should be done at every park. Frank Clifton said that generally you go to crowded areas to go through isolated areas. This needs to be considered. Commissioner Hemminger asked what the County's partners are saying such as Durham County regarding Little River Park. Commissioner Foushee said that this item needs to be pulled for further review and brought back to the Board as a new agenda item on the regular agenda and not the consent agenda. Commissioner Yuhasz asked staff to invite interested parties to participate in looking at what they proposed before it comes back to them. Commissioner Gordon said that the Board needs to talk about the pros and cons of this issue. She said that they should invite everyone that wants to participate to be involved in this revision process. It should be a public input process. Commissioner Jacobs said that the majority of the parks listed have trails except for the Sportsplex, recreation center, and soccer center. He said that he has no interest in revisiting the whole ordinance. He said that he is a gun owner, but having a gun in public places around children or in a meeting room is a whole different story. The Board agreed to bring this item back as a regular agenda item and to look specifically at the parks and not the entire ordinance. L Legal Advertisement for Quarterly Public Hearing — February 27, 2012 The Board considered the legal advertisement for items to be presented at the joint Board of County Commissioners/Planning Board Quarterly Public Hearing scheduled for February 27, 2012. Commissioner Jacobs said that he has a process concern. He asked Planning Director Craig Benedict about the changes to the parameters of the Eno Economic Development District. Craig Benedict said that this includes modifications to the land use plan and zoning and they are consistent with what was discussed regarding the Eno Small Area Plan. Commissioner Jacobs asked if this was the design that the residents that participated thought as the final outcome and Craig Benedict said yes. There will also be a community outreach meeting on February 22"d Commissioner Jacobs said that his concern is that if he lived in that area, there is a public outreach meeting one week and then a public hearing the next week, and after that the ship has sailed. He does not like doing things this way. He asked why there is such an accelerated pace. Craig Benedict said that any comments will be collected on the 22"d, and if there is any interest in moving the application as submitted, then it can be discussed at the public hearing. Because of the consistency with the plan over the last few years, the residents were interested in moving forward because it has taken a couple of years to get to this point. This area is part of a utility service area and land use and zoning needs to be in place to support that public investment.