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that body; and <br />WHEREAS, element IV-13 of the Orange County Board of Commissioners' August 11 proposal encouraged the member <br />governments to "continue to work, through the LOG, to site a transfer station and work to develop options for materials recovery <br />and construction & demolition disposal", "acknowledged the need for siting decisions", but emphasized that "those decisions should <br />be considered comprehensively rather than piecemeal"; and <br />WHEREAS, one proposal by the Orange County Board of Commissioners was the setting aside of 60 acres of the Greene Tract for <br />future solid waste management activities, which could include some or 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 of the Greene tract for solid <br />waste-related activities" and limits Carrboro's consideration of additional land acquisition to the three parcels immediately west of <br />the North Eubanks Road landfill and west of 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 at the November 12, 1998 <br />meeting of the LOG; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners believes it is important that the financing approach(es) for facility <br />operation as well as facility acquisition/developmentbe resolved prior to the major commitment of capital funds; and <br />WHEREAS, item #4 on the scheduled LOG meeting agenda for October 8, 1998 contemplates the adoption by individual member <br />governments of ordinances that would regulate the separation of C&D materials and reduce the amount of C&D waste ultimately <br />landfilled; and <br />WHEREAS, items 95 and #6 on the scheduled LOG meeting agenda for October 8, 1998 meeting include possible action to pursue <br />siting of a NIRF and a. C&D disposal facility; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners views any LOG action on October 8, 1998 that would lead to initiation of <br />siting any specific solid waste facility on any specific parcel(s) of land as premature in that such actions would ostensibly be taken <br />in a piecemeal, rather than comprehensive, approach and without a clear financing plan for both facility development and facility <br />operation in place; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that it supports the staff recommendation <br />in agenda item #4 of the scheduled LOG meeting agenda for October 8, 1998 that all member governments consider the concept of <br />using a C&D materials separation ordinance and solid waste plan ordinance to reduce C&D waste landfilled, with discussion of <br />pros and cons possibly leading to subsequent adoption by each governing board of such ordinances; <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners supports the recommendation in agenda item #3 <br />of the scheduled LOG meeting agenda for October 8, 1998 that following conclusion of negotiations with the N1RF consultant, that <br />work on development of that facility begin in November with a series of meetings involving LOG members, staff, consultants, and <br />the public to discuss specific NIRF concepts; <br />AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does hereby urge the LOG to take no <br />action at their October 8, 1998 meeting that would lead to acquisition or identification of any specific site for any specific solid <br />waste facility, pending completion of discussions by the Chapel Hill Town Council of the County's August 11, 1998 proposal, and <br />pending examination of options (including use of a portion of the Greene Tract, and/or use of the new NIRF site on LOG owned <br />property that has been identified in item #5 of the scheduled LOG meeting agenda for October 8, 1998) that would reflect a <br />comprehensive approach to solid waste facility siting. <br />This, the 6t' day of October, 1998 <br />VOTE UNANIMOUS <br />6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS <br />a. Distinguished Budget Presentation Award <br />The Board presented the 1997-98 Government Finance Officers' Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget <br />Presentation Award to Budget Director Donna Dean and her staff. <br />7. PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE