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3 Chair and previous County Manager. The most recent meeting dealt in more detail and was overall positive in nature. There are positives and negatives to this option for Orange County and the current users of the County's landfill. Most of those elements focus on economics associated with the distance to the Durham Transfer Station. Beyond those issues and without detailing them, it does appear that the City of Durham may be willing to accept solid waste from Orange County both on a short term and long term basis. Orange County is to send a letter to the Mayor and Manager asking the item to be considered by the Durham City Council. The City of Durham now accepts waste from anyone delivering it to their transfer station. The waste is ultimately disposed of in Virginia. Orange County would be about 10% of the current volume of waste going through the Durham transfer station. The City has plans to improve their current operations. Orange County's request for consideration could encourage the City to move forward its plans to improve the transfer station. Alternative County Owned Property off Millhouse Road for Consideration In December 2006, the County Commission approved the purchase of a 10 acre tract of land known at that time as the Paydarfar property. The purchase ($191,172) was paid for using 2001 Park and Open Space Bond funds. The land is located adjacent to and north of the old county landfill off Millhouse Road. It is surrounded on all sides by either the county landfill property to the south, the county future park property to the north and a small parcel owned by the Town of Chapel Hill between the property and the railroad, just west of Millhouse Road. This parcel was never considered as part of the original search process because it was smaller than the minimum 25 acre requirement. Preliminary knowledge of the tract offers no serious environmental obstacles to consideration. There are elements that do impact consideration of this site: (1) Reimbursement of the Park and Open Space fund for the value of the land (the property was not a portion of the original adjacent park purchase. ($191,172) (2) It does lie within the Rural Buffer area. (3) The Joint Planning Area (JPA) Land Use Plan (LUP) modification would need the approval and involvement of the County and the Town of Chapel Hill, if public water and sewer is decided to be necessary (4) The site could function with a well and septic tank system. However, public water and sewer is nearby but its extension would require an amendment to the Water and Sewer Boundary Agreement, as follow up to item 3 above. (5) There could be a requirement to signalize of the railroad crossing located near the parcel. (6) DOT approval of access to the site might require roadway improvements especially considering the railroad crossing location. (7) The location has no adjoining non - governmental uses. (8) Environmental Resources and Conservation Department (ERCD) contemplates using a well on the Paydarfar property as one of ten in its Observation Well Network per budget discussions in June. Losing this well would mean one less hydro - geologic unit coverage of locations and one less bedrock geologic unit. Further technical review is needed to determine whether in fact this well would be eliminated. (9) The BOCC has authorized bringing forward a lease of the nearby 6823 Millhouse Road house on the Blackwood property. Repairs are underway and ERCD is pursuing a one- 3