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he will fight this all the way for years to come. Builders and land developers should be forced to abide by <br />ecologically sound practices of disposal. <br />Stacy Strickland hopes that the County Commissioners can locate another site. She feels that there are <br />kids in this area that could benefit from programs on recycling. She would like to have a therapeutic riding <br />facility for kids with handicaps. Also, this would offer a haven for horses that have no place to go. <br />Mark Marcoplos said that we have to learn to cut down on construction and demolition waste. There is <br />no easy solution but there are places around the country doing more than what Orange County is doing. We <br />need to tackle this issue. We need to make a commitment to solve the problem of disposing of construction <br />and demolition waste. He urged the County Commissioners to form a task force to study this problem. <br />Robert Fletcher said that there are alternatives that are conveniently located. He asked if there were <br />funds available for mediation. <br />NOTE: A petition, which is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Office, was presented with 1,684 <br />signatures. The petition read: <br />Concerned Citizens Against A Construction Waste Burial Site and Shooting Range on Guess <br />Road, Summer Lane and New Sharon Church Road. <br />This Ended the Public Hearing <br />NOTE: All items listed below except 9-e were continued to a meeting scheduled for September 29, 1999 at <br />7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />5. RESOLUTIONS/PROCLAMATIONS (7:55-8:30) <br />a. Construction and Demolition Landfill Siting <br />b. Senior vaccination Season Proclamation <br />C. Breast Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation <br />d. Resolution in Support of Funding for Freedom House <br />e. Resolution on Alternative Fuel Vehicles <br />6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS (8:30-8:35) <br />a. Distinguished Budget Presentation Award <br />7. PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE <br />8. <br />ITEMS FOR DECISION - CONSENT AGENDA (8:35-8:45) <br />2. Appointments <br />b. Minutes <br />C. Ar)nointment of Two 19-A Countv-aoaointed Animal Crueltv Investiaators <br />d. Animal Protection SocietV Proposal to Raise Shelter Adoption and Board <br />e. Annual Contract Renewal between Animal Protection Society and Orange <br />f. <br />q <br />h. <br />i. <br />L <br />k. <br />I. <br />Petition for Addition - Wood Sage Drive in Chapel Hill Township <br />Petition for Addition - Joyce Road and Ann Road (Ext. of S.R. 1598) in Hillsborough <br />Township <br />Orange EMS and Rescue Squad Contract -Ambulance Transport Service <br />Motor Vehicle Tax Refunds <br />Budget Amendment #2