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<br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT <br />THE LANDFILL OWNERS .GROUP AND ITS MEMBER GOVERNMENTS ADDRESS THE <br />SITING OF FUTURE SOLID WASTE FACILITIES IN A COMPREHENSIVE FASHION <br />WHEREAS, the member governments of the Landfill Owners' Group (LOG) have been discussing <br />important future solid waste management issues, including examination of disposal options and the <br />possible need for facilities such as a materials recovery facility (MRF), transfer station, and/or a <br />construction and demolition (C&D) handling or disposal facility; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners transmitted to the other LOG members an <br />August 1 1, 1998 "Proposal for Assuming Responsibility for Solid Waste Management Operations"; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has received a written response to that <br />proposal from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and anticipates receiving a written response from the <br />Chapel Hill Town Council following the October 12`h meeting of that body; and <br />WHEREAS, element IV-B of the Orange County Board of Commissioners' August 11 proposal <br />encouraged the member governments to "continue to work, through the LOG, to site a transfer station <br />and work to develop options for materials recovery and construction & demolition disposal", <br />"acknowledged the need for siting decisions", but emphasized that "those decisions should be <br />considered comprehensively rather than piecemeal"; and <br />WHEREAS, one proposal by the Orange County Board of Commissioners was the setting aside of 60 <br />acres of the Greene Tract for future solid waste management activities, which could include some or <br />all of the aforementioned solid waste facilities; and <br />WHEREAS, the Carrboro response to the County proposal "acquiesces to using no more than 60 acres <br />of the Greene tract for solid waste-related activities" and limits Carrboro's consideration of additional <br />land acquisition to the three parcels immediately west of the North Eubanks Road landfill and west of <br />the Johnson Tract (previously acquired by the LOG); and <br />WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Alternative Finance Committee is expected to make its report to the LOG <br />at the November 12, 1998 meeting of the LOG; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners believes it is important that the financing <br />approach(es) for facility operation as well as facility acquisition/development be resolved prior to the <br />major commitment of capital funds; and <br />WHEREAS, item #4 on the scheduled LOG meeting agenda for October 8, 1998 contemplates the <br />~ adoption by individual member governments of ordinances that would regulate the separation of C&D <br />materials and reduce the amount of C&D waste ultimately landfilled; and <br />WHEREAS, items #5 and #6 on the scheduled LOG meeting agenda for October 8, 1998 meeting <br />include possible action to pursue siting of a MRF and a C&D disposal facility; and <br />