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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the <br />Council recommends that the Orange County Commissioners, with the advice of a Solid Waste <br />Advisory Commission, set policy, raise revenue and implement the Solid Waste Management <br />Plan throughout Change County. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council requests the partners set up a work group <br />composed of the Mayors and Chair or other single representatives chosen by the governing <br />bodies, and the Managers to negotiate the revision of the eighth draft of the Interlocal Agreement <br />to reflect the organization described above, intended to implement the Solid Waste Management <br />Plan adopted by the governing bodies and submitted to the State of North Carolina in July 1997. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council urges that this work group begin no later than <br />February, report to the governing bodies in March and be ready for final governmental action in <br />April. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a condition of the Interlocal Agreement achieve the <br />following: that no more than 60 acres of the Greene Tract be set aside for use by the County in <br />solid waste management activities, or as an asset of the Landfill Fund, and that such area will not <br />be used as a construction and demolition landfill facility. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council believes a construction and demolition (C & D) <br />facility is very important for services to citizens and to generate revenue, with net revenue <br />projected for 1998-99 being approximately $1,000,000. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council: <br />• urges the Couaty to locate a transfer station near the municipalities in southern Orange <br />County to avoid having the public pay very high hauling costs, <br />• endorses a site on or neaz the landfill for a transfer station and a materials recovery facility, <br />• urges that the properties of Mrs. Julia Blackwood and Mrs. Gertrude Nunn not be purchased <br />for solid waste management purposes. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council recommends that the transfer of the solid waste <br />operations be accomplished by October 1, 1999, with the transfer to the County of all Town of <br />Chapel Hill Solid Waste Department employees and assets of the Landfill Fund. <br />This the 7~` day of December, 1998. <br />