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~}-H~a~h men-t- ~ ~~- DRAFT LETTER FROM BOCC CHAIR, VALERIE FOUSHEE TO CHAPEL HILL MAYOR, KEVIN FOY June 17, 2009 RE: Town Suggestion of Millhouse Road Site for Possible Transfer Station Location Dear Mayor Foy, I want to thank you again for the interest and involvement demonstrated by the Town leadership in.helping address the siting of the Solid Waste Transfer Station in Orange County. At the BOCC meeting on June 16, we received a preliminary evaluation of the Town- suggested site on Millhouse Road from our staff and consultant, Olver, Inc. Their initial findings were sufficiently strong to support our making this formal request of the Town to have this site, identified as Site 744, officially offered by the Town for our formal consideration. A complete copy of the report from Olver, Inc. is attached for your review and reference. Our immediate request in no way assumes or assures this site will be the site ultimately selected by the BOCC for the transfer station. Nor do we believe the Town, in making an official offer of the site to the County, obligates itself to any particular terms or conditions of transfer and/or acquisition of the site to the County for the purpose of the transfer station. Final site selection rests with the County and should Site 744 be officially offered and subsequently chosen by the BOCC, a mutually beneficial agreement would be negotiated between the Town and County. Our interest and intent at this time are to verify the official status of the Town suggestion of Site 744 so our staff and consultant can do more technical investigation and hold an information/education session for the impacted community during the summer break. With Town confirmation, staff and consultant would prepare to return on August 18tH with additional findings to support our decision making. Staff will be providing follow up on the on-~oing environmental assessment of Site 056 on Hwy 54 at the meeting on August 18t as well. Absent clear confirmation from the Town on the certainty of site availability, the BOCC is reluctant to invest additional staff and consultant energy and effort into the examination of Site 744 on Millhouse Road. We trust you understand and share the need to maintain momentum during the summer months, and we look forward to hearing your response. Again, we greatly appreciate the opportunity to work closely with Town partners in taking the critical next step in siting the infrastructure for the solid waste needs of the County. Sincerely yours, Valerie Foushee, Chair