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<br />Commissioner Gordon said that she would like to urge the Board to vote against this <br />since it is not just a clean up of the accounts and the Board should get a complete explanation. <br />VOTE: Ayes, 3; Nays, 3(Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner Pelissier, and Commissioner <br />Jacobs) <br />MOTION FAILED <br />Laura Blackmon said that the staff would bring it back and include samples in the next <br />agenda. <br />Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the bonds and said that he has asked for <br />several years for information. The voters were promised in 2001 that the bonds would result in <br />no more than aseven-cent property tax increase. He has asked for this repeatedly and the <br />Board has never gotten it. <br />d. Process for Evaluating Town Site Suggested For Transfer Station <br />The Board considered a possible solid waste transfer station location on Millhouse <br />Road as suggested by the Town of Chapel Hill at the Board of County Commissioners work <br />session on May 14, 2009 and reviewed the process in relation to on-going investigation of Site <br />056. <br />Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson said that at the May 14, 2009 meeting, Chapel Hill <br />Mayor Kevin Foy brought up a site on Millhouse Road as a possible site for a transfer station. It <br />was not a formal offer, but on the table for discussion. He said that the purpose of this item <br />was for the Board to give direction to the staff about this site. It is his understanding that if the <br />Board chooses to proceed to evaluate this site; it would be done on a parallel track with the <br />Howell property. Information could be brought back by June 16th. However, it is likely that the <br />wetlands recommendation on the Howell site would not be ready for the June 16th meeting. <br />Staff would like to bring this back at the August 18th meeting. <br />The Manager's recommendation is that the Board: <br />-Direct staff to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the Town site and report findings at <br />the June 16th BOCC meeting; <br />-Confirm staff will continue the COE wetlands determination of Site 056 and to return at <br />the August 18th BOCC meeting with the results, including the Planning Department <br />decision on the enhanced environmental assessment of the site; and <br />-Consider a final decision on the location of the transfer station at the August 18th <br />BOCC meeting. <br />PUBLIC COMMENT: <br />Charles Viles, Vice President of the Board of Directors of Emerson Waldorf School, <br />read a letter. <br />"Dear Board of County Commissioners, <br />As Vice President of the Emerson Waldorf School, I am writing to you today to express <br />our deep concern regarding recent developments in the site selection process for the proposed <br />Waste Transfer Station. Through media reports and communications with our neighbors, we <br />have learned that a 32-acre site immediately adjacent to our school is under some level of <br />discussion. <br />Now in our 25th year, Emerson is the academic home for 265 students from pre-k <br />through High School, ages 3 to 18. The vast majority of these children reside in Orange <br />County, Carrboro, or Chapel Hill. Our core and overriding mission is the education of children <br />using a curriculum and educational philosophy that is grounded equally in academics, art, <br />