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,~ <br />Charlie Viles is the parent of a child at Emerson Waldorf School. He is also on the <br />Board of Directors of the school. He said that he is supportive of the Durham site. He read a <br />prepared statement. He gave some numerical facts: <br />- 36.2 acres is the minimum acreage required for the Bingham site according to the <br />staff report <br />- 10 acres is the minimum acreage required for the Paydarfar site according to the <br />staff report <br />- 4 acres is the number of additional acres east of the Paydarfar site that the County <br />staff thinks is needed from the Town of Chapel Hill. <br />- 0 is the likelihood that the Town of Chapel Hill is going to grant those 4 acres. <br />- 5 out of 5 is the vote that the County Commissioners made on December 12, 2006 <br />to, "purchase a 10-acre tract of land from David Paydarfar for an addition to the <br />future Millhouse Road park property." <br />- 40 feet is the width of the access road to get to the Paydarfar site, which will have <br />to go on the park property purchased from the Blackwood's four years ago. <br />- 55 is the number of households on Millhouse Road north of the railroad tracks. <br />- 242 is the number of students at the Emerson Waldorf School between the grades <br />of K-12 less than half a mile from the Paydarfar site. <br />- 4 is the number of votes needed tonight to take Millhouse Road off the table for <br />good. <br />Earl McKee said that he would not advocate for any particular option, but over the past <br />years, various options have been chosen but no site yet. He said that many people are not <br />here tonight and feel that the collection and the disposal of trash is one of the basic services <br />due the citizens of Orange County in return for taxes paid. To date, hundreds of thousands of <br />tax dollars have been spent on consultants and countless hours of staff time has been <br />expended on this issue. Any further delay would be viewed as a waste of tax dollars. He said <br />that citizens expect to take their trash to an easily accessible collection site, and have it <br />processed and disposed of in an economical and responsible manner. Regardless of which <br />option is chosen, some will be upset. <br />Kent Hayes said that the NC 54 site does not make sense for the County and he asked <br />the County Commissioners to do the right thing and chose the site in Durham. He also asked <br />the County Commissioners to consider withdrawing the Bingham Township community from <br />further consideration for waste disposal. <br />Spence Dickinson thanked the Board of County Commissioners for its work. He <br />supported the Manager's recommendation. <br />Chair Foushee said that the County Commissioners are grateful for the citizens' input <br />and the decorum with which they have comported themselves over the years. <br />Chair Foushee said that the County Commissioners need to enter into the record the <br />letter and resolution from the Town of Carrboro and the letter from the Town of Hillsborough. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that everyone has gone through a long learning process <br />and a long listening process. He said that there are compelling arguments against the two <br />sites under consideration. He does not want the County to be held hostage to its own process <br />when it yields results that it cannot defend. He said that the money spent to get to this point <br />was not wasted money. He said that he does not think that the Board is ready to give up its <br />leadership role in North Carolina in solid waste reduction and in recycling. He thinks that this is <br />