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20 <br /> Attachment 5 <br /> November 3, 2016 <br /> Meeting Notes <br /> Orange County Firearms Safety Committee <br /> Tuesday, October 25, 2016 <br /> John M. Link, Jr. Government Services Center, downstairs meeting room <br /> 200 South Cameron Street, Hillsborough <br /> Attendees <br /> • Committee members appointed by the Board of Commissioners: Jon Arvik, Roxanne <br /> Barksdale, Sara Conti, Keith Kirkland, Vince Tesoro, Greg Tilley, and Keith Webster. [Jack <br /> Hunnell was not present] <br /> • Liaisons to the Board of Commissioners: Commissioners Earl McKee. [Barry Jacobs was <br /> not present] <br /> • Resource persons designated by the Board of Commissioners: Travis Myren, Deputy County <br /> Manager; Forrest Orr,NC Wildlife Officer; John Roberts, Orange County Attorney; and <br /> Jamie Sykes, Chief Deputy, Orange County Sheriff's Office. <br /> • Facilitator: Andy Sachs, Dispute Settlement Center <br /> • There were about 20 observers. <br /> Convene <br /> After introductions and adoption of the proposed desired outcomes and agenda for the meeting, <br /> the Committee accepted the proposed notes from the October 17 meeting. <br /> Comments from Observers <br /> This meeting was planned as the final one for the Committee. Comments from observers were <br /> taken at the start of the meeting, as opposed to at the end, so that the Committee could <br /> incorporate any good ideas raised by observers this evening into its decision making. <br /> John Landreth—Asked if there will be a break during the meeting. Reiterated his interest in <br /> seeing a time limit within which firearms noise complaints under the ordinance could be raised. <br /> For example, if neighbors raised a firearms noise complaint in October and then again in March, <br /> then that should not count as two separate complaints. Offered that sixty days might be <br /> reasonable, but not ninety days. Asked when the Committee's recommendations would be <br /> considered by the Board of County Commissioners. <br /> David Carter - Is a Concealed Carry Handgun instructor,NRA pistol instructor, firearms safety <br /> instructor, and an avid shooter. Asked why everyone has to suffer if only one or two people have <br /> complaints about firearms noise. The General Statutes of North Carolina have provisions through <br /> which such complaints can be handled. If problems are not being handled in accordance with the <br /> General Statutes, then there is a problem with the law's enforcement, not with the General <br /> 1 <br />