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costs are extremely important; 5) clarify the size and features of the facility; 6) in the interest of <br /> social justice and simple fairness, clarify the boundaries for the greater Rogers Road <br /> community and exclude it from consideration; 7) create a steering committee to manage the <br /> process and ask the committee to report to the Board of County Commissioners. The <br /> committee should have representatives from major stakeholders impacted by this decision, <br /> including the community groups; 8) continue to evaluate alternatives while the site selection is <br /> underway. Continue discussions with Durham and other vendors. She strongly urged the <br /> Board to add and approve Option 5 to pursue an amended process. <br /> Bob Reynolds said that he is a new resident in this area and as far as the Howell site <br /> goes, he said that it does not look to him that there has been very much research on this <br /> property. He said that he brought his property and there was no disclosure to him about this <br /> proposed transfer site. <br /> Diahna Garvey is a student at Emerson Waldorf School. She said that this site has its <br /> entrance close to two proposed sites and she lives next to the school and works on the farm. <br /> She is concerned about the increased traffic if the transfer station comes to this site. <br /> Mary Beth Mueller has children at Emerson Waldorf School and coordinates the farm <br /> program. She said that she is concerned because children come out to the farm for the <br /> sensory experiences. She is afraid that this transfer station will negate these experiences <br /> because of the sights and smells associated with it. Also, the children that go to the farm will <br /> be crossing the road twice, and she is concerned about the traffic. <br /> George Buehler has children at Emerson Waldorf School and he reiterated what others <br /> have said in that it appears that there are now two sites that are contrary to adopted criteria. <br /> He said that he was glad to see the addition of the Durham option. <br /> Jan Grossman spoke about the safety and traffic concerns with Millhouse Road. He <br /> asked that Millhouse Road, north of the Blackwood property, be closed to all but emergency <br /> vehicular traffic. He said that Millhouse Road should cease to be a cut-through road for all but <br /> walkers and cyclists. He said that the Town Operations Center and any other municipal <br /> operations should be accessible only from the south, while the north of Millhouse Road would <br /> be accessed from NC 86. The intersection of Millhouse Road and the Town Operations <br /> Center and the railroad tracks is a disaster waiting to happen. He said that additional major <br /> traffic will make a major accident on this road inevitable. He asked the County Commissioners <br /> to not make the copout line that NCDOT makes all decisions on roads and that the County has <br /> no say. He said that the County Commissioners can make a difference. <br /> Chris Heaney was from the UNC School of Public Health. He said that he is here to <br /> report the second portion of preliminary reports on a partnership between the UNC School of <br /> Public Health and the Rogers/Eubanks Neighborhood Association. He spoke about stream <br /> sampling that was performed from May-July 2009. There were 10 stream sampling locations. <br /> Within the Rogers Road community, considering all 10 sites, a total of 57 stream water <br /> samples were collected. Additionally, all of the surface water samples collected along the <br /> proposed site exceeded the limits for these bacteria. <br /> Tracy Kuhlman sent the following email to the County Commissioners: <br /> "Dear County Commissioners, <br /> I am deeply concerned about the recent developments in the search for a waste transfer <br /> station site. With the relatively sudden appearance of Millhouse Road on the list of proposed <br /> sites, any semblance of a legitimate search process seems to have been abandoned. <br /> Selection criteria are changing faster than I can say "waste transfer station," and the criteria <br /> haven't been evenly applied across the county. If 10 acres are suddenly acceptable for a <br />