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� made public. He wants to treat citizen concerns with respect, no matter the number. He thinks that there should be a plan to mitigate all 48 of those dump sites. He wants to move toward action as soon as possible. Chair Pelissier echoed the Board's sentiments. She said that she felt a sense of shame when Commissioner Foushee was talking. She also wants to have a specific plan for this community. She does not want to vote on this until there is a plan. Commissioner Yuhasz agreed and said that the municipal partners should also be engaged because Carrboro controls half of Rogers Road and the other half is in Chapel Hill's planning and zoning jurisdiction. Regarding the legal restrictions on the use of solid waste enterprise funds, if there are any, he wants to know how to get around those. Commissioner Gordon supported her fellow Board members. She said that this abstract is incomplete and she would ask the staff to bring forward in a timely manner something that is complete. She will not vote for this until there is a plan for mitigation with specifics. Frank Clifton said that no one expected the Board to vote on this tonight, but only provide guidance to staff. He said that he has only been here a year and a half and this issue has been studied to death. He said that the County has taken the brunt of the criticism for many years. He is not sure why the County is in the landfill business to begin with. He said that it seems that nobody is committed to do anything. He believes that it is time to do something. He said that the staff is in favor of acting on the direction from the Board, but they need input and the assertion of the Board. Commissioner Yuhasz asked clarifying questions about Options 1 and 2. He said that he would support Option 1 because Option 2 allows a higher mountain. Commissioner Foushee said that she understands that staff is asking for direction tonight, but her comment is that she will not vote on any option until it is accompanied by a mitigation plan. This is her direction to staff. She said that the document should show what the County has done and what it has left to do. She is only concerned about what the County will do and not what the towns will do. She does not want to be controlled by what the towns may or may not do. Commissioner Jacobs gave some history about how the County got into the solid waste business. He said that the simplest answer is that the County Commissioners are the ones elected to represent everyone in Orange County. At that point, Rogers Road was not even in the town limits and Orange County was the only one that could represent them. The County Commissioners believed that they could do a better job of trying to bring some amelioration to a community that had been dealing with this so long. The County did spend $200,000 out of the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund to bring a water line to this community. He said that he would like this to be resolved this fiscal year, which is in 85 days. Frank Clifton said that part of the issue is that the staff brought to the Board of County Commissioners a well replacement policy and it took an inordinate amount of time for the towns to review this process. He said that when the staff brings this back they will copy the towns but they will not ask for support or agreement on this issue because it will take too long. Commissioner Jacobs asked to include in the discussion the issue of the revenue stream coming from the sale of inethane gas to UNC. Chair Pelissier asked for information on whether the landfill gas removal would mitigate some of the landfill odor. Frank Clifton said that he thinks the direction is for the County staff to initiate a timeline associated with extension of the landfill that will entail some type of infrastructure analysis associated with whatever is defined as the Rogers Road area and the costs associated with those issues, and then the impact on the fee structure that would be associated with making