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12 <br />Attachment C <br />Report of the Landfill Owners Group/Landfill Neighbors 'Working Group <br />The following recommendations of this Working Group should be incorporated into the <br />inter -local agreement transferring ownership and operation of the Orange Regional <br />Landfill to Orange County. The recommendations should be incorporated in such a way <br />as to be legally binding on the signatories to the inter -local agreement. <br />In no way should these recommendations be interpreted as compensation for siting of a <br />future landfill in the Eubanks Road area -- rather they are solely meant to address the <br />compensation of neighbors for having lived near the current landfill. <br />Recommendations for Improvements around the Orange Regional Landfill <br />t. <br />1. The Working Group recommends that water and sewer mains be extended to provide <br />service to the area along the entire length of Rogers Road; Millhouse Road from Eubanks <br />Road to New Jericho Road; and serving households on other side streets off these main <br />roads (including, but not limited to, Purefoy Drive, Rusch Road, Priscilla Lane, Sandberg <br />Lane, Meadow Rug. Court,.Manor Drive, Manor Court, and Blackwood Mountain Road). <br />Theso improvements should be provided by the completion of-the 2002 -2003 fiscal year. <br />The costs of providing these improvements should be paid for by landfill funds to the <br />extent allowed by North Carolina law. The remaining costs of these improvements <br />should be divided among the owners of the Orange Regional Landfill on the same basis <br />as their ownership (i.e. Orange County 43 %, Town of Chapel Hill 43 %, Town of <br />Carrboro 14 %). <br />The Working Group recommends that the Town of Chapel Hill act as the coordinating <br />agency in carrying out these improvements. <br />2. The Working Group recommends that Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro <br />provide assistance to low - income residents in the areas where water and sewer service are <br />to be extended in paying the costs of connecting to water and sewer. This assistance' can <br />take the form of Community Development Block Grants, other grants, or local funds <br />where allowed by state law. <br />"Assistance to low- income residents" is defined as paying for at least 75% of the cost of <br />water and sewer hookups to households whose income is less than 80% of the median <br />income in Orange County for a family of four; and providing at least 50% of the cost of <br />hookups for households whose income is between 80% and 100% of the median income <br />in Orange County for a family of four. Very low- income residents in these areas should <br />receive 100% of the costs of hoo l <br />In recognition of the special burden placed on persons living closest to the landfill, <br />households within the area bounded by the Landfill, the Greene tract, Eubanks Road, and <br />