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27 <br /> had the analysis done, the public had a chance to speak (at least 7 times over <br /> the last year and a half), everything looked good. <br /> If Mayor Foy had never mentioned this land, your work on this process <br /> would be winding to a halt, and construction would be in the planning stages. <br /> You picked a site — it will work. Vote for site 056 and let's get this over with — <br /> finally." <br /> Sierra Houck read a prepared statement from the Sierra Club. <br /> "Dear Orange County Commissioners, <br /> The Orange Chatham Sierra Club Group remains concerned about the disposal <br /> of solid waste. We applaud the efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle. We were <br /> pleased that the county used the new criteria and determined that the Rogers <br /> Road community should not be the site of a solid waste transfer station. <br /> However, we are concerned about the proposal to site the solid waste transfer <br /> station west of Carrboro on NC54. It does not seem to meet the criteria which <br /> we and others suggested for a transfer station. It is not near a railroad or a <br /> major interstate highway. The proposed site appears to be almost entirely <br /> deciduous forest. It appears to include wetland. It contains the headwaters <br /> which feed into nearby streams with threatened or endangered aquatic species. <br /> It is a large rather than small parcel of land which would mean more loss of <br /> habitat. It is near the maximum travel distance so would involve more travel than <br /> other potential sites. Fortunately, the landfill is not filling as fast as projected so <br /> the county has more time to find better solutions. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Mr. Loren Hintz <br /> Co-Chair OCSCG" <br /> Wilson Lamb said that he bought land about 20 years ago in Orange <br /> County to move to the country. He said that he had to resurvey his whole <br /> property and go through the subdivision regulations in order to give five acres to <br /> his son. He said that if the County is going into the rural buffer zone and if it is <br /> going to put a waste transfer station here, it needs to review all of its zoning <br /> regulations and procedures. <br /> Ed Garvey pointed out something on a map and said that the garden at <br /> Emerson Waldorf School is an organic tool that is used to teach the children <br /> sustainability and respect for the land. He asked the County Commissioners to <br /> look at this and ask themselves if this makes sense. <br /> Cecil Griffin said that the people in this community are not evil people <br /> that need to be dumped upon. He said that they are common, everyday people <br /> with desires to be able to live within guidelines given by the government and not <br /> be infringed upon. He said that they have smelled garbage for a long time and <br /> they have heard the noise of a landfill for a long time. <br /> Mark Hulbert is on the Board Emerson Waldorf School and is a father of <br /> three daughters that go to this school. He said that he moved to this community <br /> from Washington, DC for this particular school because of where this school is <br /> in Orange County. They knew about the rural buffer before they moved and it is <br /> not an arbitrary thing. He said that they were told about how good Orange <br />