Agenda - 11-20-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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10 Commissioner Rich said it is important for residents to move away from the belief 1 that the BOCC is doing nothing about issues about the noise around the Barn. She said 2 the BOCC is listening to the concerns, but there are limits on what the BOCC can do. 3 Commissioner Marcoplos said to have a public neighbor campaign, encouraging 4 residents to communicate with neighbors, and be more cognizant of how actions are 5 affecting their neighbors. He said a large part of this is explaining the limits of the 6 law/ordinance. 7 Chair Dorosin said there appears to be some interest in adding time limitations to 8 gun shooting/practicing. 9 Commissioner Jacobs said it does not hurt to have an education campaign 10 stating, “in accordance with State law on restricting the hours of hunting, Orange County 11 asks that you restrict your shooting to a certain time frame. And if you plan to shoot, 12 please notify your neighbors of what you are doing”. He said a combination of both an 13 educational campaign and time limitations may be wise. 14 Commissioner Rich asked if there is a reason that this did not get resolved during 15 the firearms safety committee. 16 Commissioner McKee said the dialogue at the final meetings was scattered, and 17 an agreement could not be reached. He said as the discussion started to dissolve, it 18 became more acrimonious and personal, with no hope of compromise. He asked 19 Commissioner Marcoplos if there is a reason why he feels so strongly about not involving 20 the NRA. 21 Commissioner Marcoplos said the County can achieve such a campaign on its 22 own without involving the NRA, which only wants to expand the use and sale of guns. 23 Commissioner McKee agreed that the NRA is not interested in expanding 24 regulations, but he found the deer hunting campaign to be far more effective due to the 25 involvement of the NRA. He said he would not want to close the door on the involvement 26 of the NRA. 27 Commissioner Marcoplos said a good neighbor policy should require gun 28 shooters to consult their neighbors, but should also require neighbors to be amenable to 29 the conversation about reasonable times of shooting. 30 Chair Dorosin summarized the agreed upon actions: taking out the exception; 31 time limitations; educational campaign. 32 Commissioner Jacobs said if this comes back to the BOCC, it should be placed 33 as a regular item on an agenda, and not as a consent agenda item. 34 Commissioner Price asked if this discussion only pertains to firearms noise, or 35 does it pertain to all noise, such as a chainsaw, etc. 36 Chair Dorosin said those other items are already in the ordinance. 37 John Roberts said he would look at the time limits for the hunting state laws, and 38 bring forth some options. He said firearm noise would likely be separate from other noise 39 limits. 40 Commissioner Jacobs asked if the Clerk would notify the members of the firearms 41 committee when this item comes back. 42 Chair Dorosin said the Board can see if matching the times limits is important 43 when this item comes back. 44 45 Chapter 18 46 Weapons Ordinance - State law requires certain concealed firearms be allowed in areas 47 the ordinance currently restricts. Need to update definitions and prohibitions to comply 48 with state law. 49 John Roberts said an amendment is forthcoming. 50 51 John Roberts said the next two are related: 52 53