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23 The Board considered the preliminary evaluation of a Town of Chapel Hill owned property on Millhouse Road as the possible location for the new County solid waste transfer station. Laura Blackmon said that on May 14th there was a work session with Chapel Hill and Mayor Kevin Foy had mentioned this site. Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson said that at the May 14th meeting, the staff was urged to revisit some of the assumptions in the hauling analysis. The County staff immediately met with the Town staff and there were minor adjustments made to the analysis. One was over the 20-year life of the landfill to assume that there would be two additional routes created. The staff also revisited the analysis of the mileage to each of the sites. Regarding the emissions, this added some additional costs to the hauling. Also, the annual operating hauling costs have been updated. The additional costs of hauling to the NC 54 Transfer Station, as compared to the current hauling situation at the landfill, is about $63,000 in additional funds. Bob Sallach from Olver, Inc. made the presentation on the Town of Chapel Hill property on Millhouse Road. The Millhouse Road site was originally considered when the sites were pared down to 243 potential sites. It was not ranked among the top ten potential sites at that time. One of the things that affected its ranking was its poor access. The Town suggested that the access be through the Town Operations Center to the site. Going back to the siting process, this site has been ranked with respect to the ten sites that have been considered as potential sites. This site would rank relatively high from the standpoint of technical ranking and adequacy. It ranks third out of the 11 sites. From the standpoint of utilities, there is public water and sewer on the property. Regarding stream buffers and wetlands, he said that the existing streams and buffers, there would be minimal impact on those streams. A Phase I Environmental Assessment was completed by the Town for a portion of the site. There is a bridge and an access road and there would have to be an agreement for use of this. Commissioner Pelissier asked about the exact line of the rural buffer delineation. Bob Sallach showed this line on the screen. He said that there is a stream that bisects the property. Commissioner Gordon said that when the SWAB deliberated, they mentioned that the older part of Millhouse Road is a very rural piece of property. She said that the SWAB said that there should be some type of mechanism to keep large trucks at bay off of the rural roads. PUBLIC COMMENT: Nancy Tennisson was representing the Orange County Organizing Committee, which is a multiple issue, broad-based community organization working to improve the lives of ordinary people of Orange County. The committee is composed and supported by 25 religious congregations and non- profit organizations. She said that Orange County is usually a leader in terms of