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WHEREAS, a solid waste recycling and solid waste disposal convenience center can be located on the Kirby property compatibly with County protected watershed regulations and compatibly with the planned district park so long as the center's access roads/drives come from Mincey Road; and WHEREAS, before any facilities are sited on the property, the County will establish a collaborative planning process that includes public input from the community; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners will acquire the Kirby property as defined in the attached map as the site for the future district park in north-central Orange County, with a master plan and park construction to occur at an undetermined point in time in the future. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby states its intention to accept a conservation easement on the property substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Offer to Purchase and Contract, granted to a qualified conservation organization, which will prohibit the location on the property of a solid waste landfill or a solid waste transfer station. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any Orange County recycling and solid waste disposal convenience center located on the property will have its access roads/drives from Mincey Road. This the 11th day of December 2007. VOTE: UNANIMOUS NOTE: See amendment to the Resolution in Item 9 d. Final Feasibility Study Report for the Regional Value-Added Shared Use Food Processing Center The Board received the final feasibility study report for the Regional Value Added Shared Use Processing Center and considered scheduling a work session to discuss the findings. Noah Rannells said that this process began in 2005 when the Ag Center Work Group was appointed by the County Commissioners to study the need for an Ag Center and aValue- Added Food Processing Center. The citizen group submitted a report in May 2005 and recommended that the County proceed with a feasibility study for this processing center. In October 2006, the County Commissioners sent a letter to neighboring counties to try and make this a regional effort. As a result, Alamance, Durham, Chatham, and Orange Counties are partnering, along with Weaver Street Market and Whole Foods to finance the feasibility study. In April 2007, the contract was signed and this report was submitted by the consultant in November. There was a small meeting among Commissioners from each county participating just before the end of the contract period with the consultant, and the general response was favorable. He said that each representative Commissioner is reviewing this information with their respective boards. There is also an advisory group meeting planned for next Monday. The recommendation is for the County Commissioners to consider this for a future work session to review the report before proceeding.