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10 1 Commissioner McKee made clarification that they are now talking about items 2-30 and 2 item 1 has been decided. 3 Commissioner Gordon clarified that all of the items will be sent in together. 4 Commissioner Price questioned if the Board of County Commissioners already voted to 5 allow concealed weapons in parks. 6 Chair Jacobs said yes, there was a 4-3 vote for Little River Park. 7 John Roberts said that what the Commissioners passed last year was an amendment 8 of the County's ordinance to bring it into compliance with the State Law referenced in this item. 9 He said the State took authority out of the County's hands prior to the statute being passed. He 10 said that at this point the County cannot prohibit possession of concealed weapons in certain 11 areas of the park, such as non-playground or non-athletic fields. 12 Chair Jacobs said the Board of County Commissioners did allow weapons in the 13 playground in Little River Park with the argument that you had to walk though playground to get 14 to the park. 15 There was some review and clarification questions of various legislative items. 16 Commissioner Price asked for clarification on item 13 and Chair Dorosin said this 17 refers to funds already in existence. 18 Commissioner Price said item 14 should include forestry and forest land and Chair 19 Jacobs said that there are conservation measures in place to protect this. 20 Commissioner Price referenced item 23 regarding use of herbicides in right of ways. 21 She questioned if it is possible to appeal to the utility company if someone does not want 22 herbicides used. 23 Commissioner Rich said that is not necessarily so. 24 Commissioner Price questioned the viability of this item since conventional farmers and 25 garden centers will still be using herbicides right next door. 26 Commissioner McKee said the intent of this item is specific to highway right of ways 27 and that the issue can be appealed to DOT but there is no way for enforcement. He said that 28 the possibility of there being an impact on organic agriculture is important enough to request 29 some exemptions in certain areas. 30 Commissioner Dorosin said as written, this refers to easements by the utility 31 companies not private owners and he recognized that all of these items are part of a wish list, 32 subject to General Assembly approval. 33 Commissioner Price said she was concerned about how some of these items were 34 written and whether there will be pushback. 35 Commissioner Gordon highlighted #2— County Responsibility for Roads; which she 36 said would be an expensive and troublesome undertaking. She referenced #7 — Smart Start 37 and More at Four, and said she said she would like a statement made in favor of education. 38 She said with #13- Land Water and Agricultural Preservation Funding, she would like to see the 39 addition of biological resources in here too. She referred back to #29 - Local Government 40 Regulation of Development, and said that this strikes at the core of county governments and 41 this is an important principle that is being eroded. 42 Chair Jacobs said, item #10 - Authority to Amend the Orange County Civil Rights 43 Ordinance, has been part of the Orange County Legislative Agenda for a very long time and 44 has never gotten any traction in the State Legislature. He said that this is, in a way, an 45 embodiment of how the North Carolina Government should be addressing the issues that are 46 important to Orange County through the legislative process. 47 48 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price 49 to approve Items 2-30; adding biological resources to #13; including corrections on