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LAW OFFICES <br />COLEMAN, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE <br />A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br />129 E. TRYON STREET <br />P. O. DRAWER 1529 <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />919-732.2196 <br />FAX 919-732.7997 <br />C O N F I D E N T I A L <br />Attorney-Client Privilege <br />July 21, 1999 <br />Alice M. Gordon, Chair <br />Margaret W. Brown <br />Moses Carey, Jr. <br />Stephen Halkiotis <br />Barry Jacobs <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />FROM THE DESK OF <br />GEOFFREY E. GLEDHILL <br />RE: Interlocal Agreement on Solid Waste Management <br />Dear Board Members: <br />The most recent version of the Interlocal Agreement for <br />Solid Waste Management (the June 30, 1999 version with the <br />"errata" changes per the July 7, 1999 letter to the Mayors of <br />Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough from Commissioner <br />Gordon) contains a definition of "reimbursement amount." That <br />definition provides the method for determining the amount that <br />must be paid to the solid waste system in the event of <br />disposition of the portion of the Greene Tract not reserved for <br />solid waste purposes. If the disposition is to a North Carolina <br />local government that is also party to the agreement, the price <br />is fixed so long as the property disposed of to that local <br />government is put to public uses that are agreed upon by the <br />three Greene Tract owners prior to the disposition. <br />Commissioner Gordon has asked me to think about a way to <br />define public uses in a manner that could eliminate the need <br />for all three governments to go through an agreement process on <br />the public use at the time of disposition on the public use. I <br />have given that request some thought and have thought about <br />this issue previously. <br />The term "public uses" is not a term defined or used in <br />the constitutional or statutory law regarding local governments <br />in North Carolina. The term "public purpose" is. For example, <br />