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A motion was made by Chair Jacobs to approve residency districts for proposal D. Commissioner Carey said that this is inconsistent with what the rural people wanted. Chair Jacobs said that he thinks that they have moved a long way and have gone to a seven-member board and from an all at-large to the majority being elected by district. He said that to say that they are not responding to the rural residents of Orange County is wrong. He agrees with Commissioner Halkiotis about being pessimistic. He is suggesting a different way of looking at things and he would like to move on. His concern is that by going with residential and nominating districts, they will create divisions. He thinks that it is important to maintain the sense that the County Commissioners are all as responsible as possible to all of the citizens of Orange County and not just the people in one district. This is why he had difficulty voting for the previous motion. There was na second to the motion. Commissioner Carey said that he disagrees with the map for proposal D, and he thinks that the nominating districts should be the option that is adopted. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to have nomination by district (nominating districts), and election at large in the general election. Chair Jacobs said that they put the map from proposal D with the second permutation for a process as recommended by the Attorney, which has residency and nominating districts, at- large general election. Commissioner Carey changed the motion to adopt nominating districts for the map that he put forward, and election at large in the general election. Commissioner Gordon seconded. VOTE: Ayes, 2 (Commissioner Gordon Commissioner Carey}; Nays, 3 {Chair Jacobs, Commissioner Foushee, and Commissioner Halkiotis} MOTION FAILED A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to adopt the map in proposal D with nominating districts in the primary election. VOTE: Ayes, 4; No, 1 (Chair Jacobs) Geof Gledhill asked the Board to take up the resolution for November, which was on page 24. A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to adopt a Resolution Calling a Special Referendum on the Question of an Alteration in the Structure of and Mode of Electing the Orange County Board of Commissioners. VOTE: UNANIMOUS NORTH CAROLINA ORANGE COUNTY RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL REFERENDUM ON THE QUESTION OF AN ALTERATION IN THE STRUCTURE OF AND MODE OF ELECTING THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMI\IISSIONERS