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U"Taw W. Broww.. Chair <br />suphea K Heaiot* K" CAMW <br />M"M Cara, .rr <br />MMM L Croaker <br />Arke K Cordow <br />Orange County Commissioners <br />P. O. Box 8181 <br />200 S Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 2 72 78 <br />February 20, 1998 <br />The Honorable Rosemary L. Waldorf <br />Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill <br />306 North Columbia Street <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />Dear Rosemary: <br />ATTACHMENT 4 <br />ice= <br />\�r <br />During our February I0, 1998 work session, the Board of Commissioners discussed the <br />proposed community benefits to the neighborhoods around the Eubanks Road Landfill. The <br />Board reached consensus on a number of conclusions and/or recommendations concerning <br />those of the proposed fourteen community benefits not already addressed by the local <br />governments in Orange County. The following letter outlines the results of our discussion, <br />and in many cases, solicits your board's views about our conclusions/recommendations. <br />Also note Attachments 1 -14, which provide a concise summary of the status, as we <br />understand it, of each of the- fourteen proposed community benefits. <br />A. Benefit #1 -Water Extensions: Well Testing and Use of LOG Funds <br />1. The Board of Commissioners confirmed its view that sewer line extensions should not be <br />considered as a community benefit because no direct or indirect impact from the landfill <br />related to a need for sewer service has been identified, and because of their prohibitive <br />cost. Does your jurisdiction share that view? <br />2. Testing data,from drinking water wells throughout Orange County indicates that water <br />quality imweUs:in the vicinity of the Eubanks Road Landfill is not dissimilar to that in <br />wells elsevyice'in the County (see Attachment i A). Does your governing board interpret <br />the data in the same way? <br />3. Based on water testing, the County Engineer's review of potential blasting impacts and <br />technical reports received to date (see Attachments 1B. 1C, and 1D), there does not seem <br />to be a causative relationship between landfill operations and water quality concerns that <br />led to the proposal to extend water lines. How does your jurisdiction view this <br />assessment? <br />You Count In Orange County <br />AREA CODE (919) 732 -8181: 968 -4501 : 688 -7331 : 227 -2031: FAX (919) 644-3004 <br />F-7d. 2130 <br />