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iDRANGE GQUNTY PR�POSAL. TC1WM�iF CARF��F�t}RE��(J��'iE ' TQVII�f3F CH,APEL HILI.'R�SP�NSE . 11.Community Benefits Wth regard to principle#5(Section 1-B)and (a) The Board of Aldermen maintains its We reiterate that we believe that the the financing of water line extentions to position that water lines should be issue of double taxation is an important '* neighborhoods adjacent to the Eubanks Road extended to the Mill House Road one which the one-cent sales tax landfill, the board indicated its preference that neighborhood. proposal does not resolve. We believe the County and towns share the cost using one that all County residents should share cent sales tax revenue based on each (b) The Carrboro Board of Aldermen prefers equally in the funding of any water jurisdiction's share of that revenue source using LOG resources to fund water line service lines provided to the community (Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro shares improvements. We accept, however, the around the landfill, using the principle of are roughly 65%-26%-9%, per Attachment 3 to possibility of using a 1� sales tax revenue one person/one tax. The Council the Manager's August 11 report). If agreement as a viable alternative with Orange County opposes using the one cent sales tax for cannot be reached to use this revenue source, financing the project with repayment over a providing benefits as double taxation then the water line extensions should be three-year period. and supports a countywide source of funded using LOG resources. revenue. III. Governance/Management If agreement with the Towns is reached on We think it desirable that when the points as noted, the County will assume solid County assumes operational control that waste management responsibility no earlier it becomes responsible for the budget at than October 1, 1999 to include current and the same time. The Council remains future operations. committed to its July 2 resolution that all of the solid waste issues now pending be resolved before any agreement on change in governance is made. This include siting of a construction and demolition waste facility and a material recovery facility by the fall of 1998, identifying locations for the transfer station and resolution of future financing methods for solid wasta operations. Therefore the Council defers action on this condition until after these decisions have been made. The County will accept transfer of all Chapel We suggest the wording provided in the Hill solid waste management positions that Interlocal Agreement: exist as of September 30, 1998. "All of the system employees will be transferred to the County and become County employees subject to the supervision of the County Manager in the same fashion as other County employees." � � C1windows\tempN t-O6-9B.DOC 3 Printed: 11/12/98