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� - - <br /> � �� S- �ero- o� a <br /> 3 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE THREE-YEAR SOLID WASTE <br /> MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE TO BE SUMITTED TO THE <br /> STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina statutorily requires each County and Municipality to update <br /> its ten year solid waste plan every three years; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County and its municipalities have historically cooperated closely <br /> on solid waste management including plan development; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Plan to be adopted reaffirms the goal of 61% waste reduction per capita <br /> originally established in 1997 and reaffirmed in 2000, 2003 and 2008 (for 2006 <br /> submittal); and <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Orange County Commissioners has created a representative <br /> solid waste management plan work group that has worked for five years on the <br /> comprehensive, integrated long term Plan; and <br /> WHEREAS, Plan development has included representatives from the County and all <br /> three Town and the Towns' interests have thereby been represented in Plan development; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the Towns and public have reviewed and considered the Plan and offered <br /> recommendations and revisions that have been incorporated into the Plan document to be <br /> submitted to the State for review; and <br /> WHEREAS, this Plan submittal is a living document and recognizes that the County's <br /> overall integrated solid waste management Plan will continue to evolve; and <br /> WHEREAS, the current submittal is about 18 months overdue from the original Plan <br /> update due date of June 30,2009; <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners adopts this Three-Year Solid Waste Management Plan Update on behalf <br /> of the municipalities of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough and itself. <br /> This is the 6th day of December, 2010. <br />