¶1Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 23rd of August 2016 by Intervenor Respondents in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
¶2"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 8th of December 2016."