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to t in the willing buyer and willing seller process. Also, regarding the eminent domain, he 2 would like to see this taken out of the language. 3 Jim Richmond made reference to map #1, site 4c on Richmond Road and a Lebanon Church Road. He and his brother own this tract. He said that these s designations, in effect, do give the school board the right of first refusal. He has no 6 problem with his property being designated. He does feel that there needs to be a ~ reasonable limiting on the school board making a decision as to whether or not they will s pursue the identified property for a school site. Around site 4c there has been a lot of 9 properties designated. Once the school board has selected one of these sites, he would to like the other properties to be removed from the process. t t James R. Fault lives on Lebanon Road in Mebane in Orange County. He t2 lives on Lebanon Road. He said that we desperately need a middle school and a high t3 school in this area of the County. This area is growing. He asked that the railroad be t4 considered for transportation. The schools should be energy efficient. Also, he said that is there is Mebane city water and sewer in this area, which would substantially decrease the 16 costs of the school. He supports the long range planning of the Planning Board. He feels t~ the selections should be narrowed. He said that this part of Orange County always gets is left out and it provides a significant amount of the tax base. t9 Bill Harold asked about the definition of ETJ and it was explained to him. He zo asked about map #4, site 27c and why this was chosen. Craig Benedict said that this zt parcel is within the 50-year water and sewer boundary for the Town of Hillsborough. That zz is why the area was included on the list of potential school sites. z3 Peter Walsh said that he lives on NC 57next to site 12b. This is in a cluster of za five farms that are active right now. He said that if schools were brought into this area, 2s which would require water and sewer, the farms would not be able to continue. He said z6 that this was ahigh-speed road. He would like this site to be removed. z~ Commissioner Jacobs asked if Boards of Education by state statute have the 2a right of eminent domain and Geoffrey Gledhill said yes. Commissioner Jacobs clarified z9 that school boards could act independent of the County Commissioners up to the point that 3o they have to pay for a piece of property. He said that the County Commissioners were not 3 t giving the school board anything or taking anything away. He said that he is still not clear 3z about the answer to the question about jurisdictional concerns with Hillsborough. 33 Gene Bell said that they did not look within Hillsborough's jurisdiction primarily 34 from the standpoint of appropriateness. 3s Geoffrey Gledhill explained that Hillsborough's city limits and its extraterritorial 36 jurisdiction are planned solely by Hillsborough. Orange County has no authority to 37 designate, in its comprehensive plan, school sites within the towns' extraterritorial planning 3s jurisdiction in Orange County. He also made reference to the process and said that tracts 39 in the ordinance require that a decision by the Board of Education, once the properly is 4o presented by development, is to be made promptly. Legally speaking, this means that the at school board cannot "sit on it." This would be no more than six months. az A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner 43 Carey to accept the staff and public input into the public hearing records and to transmit it 4a to the Planning Board for a recommendation to come back to the Board of County as Commissioners no sooner than August 215, 2001. 46 VOTE: UNANIMOUS a~ 48 4. Olive Branch Inn Special Use Permit Class A Historic Sites Non- a9 residential Mixed Use so a. Bed and Breakfast Use