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Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker will decide whether property on the Linn and Lane county line near Harrisburg should be rezoned from Farm/Forest to Non-Resource five-acre minimum on Nov. 23.

The commissioners held a public hearing about the issue Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the Linn County Fair and Expo Center. The Planning Commission has already given its approval.

The James Olsen family owned 67.1 acres south of Mt. Tom Drive about seven and-a-half miles southeast of Harrisburg. The Linn and Lane county line borders the property’s southern boundary line...