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Commissioner Jacobs reminded the Board that an environmental assessment. an archeological assessment, and an engineering assessment needed to be done on the property. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the lower left-hand portion of the property is basically gone. He asked John Link how the management felt about the decisions made last evening at the Chapel Hill Town Council meeting. John Link said that he has concerns about the impact of the buffers that were set. This will be an item on November 22nd Commissioner Brown asked about the map and the dark area and Rod Visser explained this to her satisfaction. John Link said that on November 22nd the staff would come back with a recommendation on the 60 acres and also a timeline for taking over solid waste management activities. He said that the staff could also walk the property and explain some of the rationale behind the boundary lines of the 60 acres. Commissioner Jacobs asked John Link to check on a time for a joint public hearing. b. Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling and Disposal Options John Link made reference to the table of contents of the report. He said that the table of contents gives the status of the current operations for C&D. He asked that the Board consider pursuing the temporary option #3, amending the existing C&D landfill permit to allow modest vertical expansion, and also the long-term options as listed in the report. Commissioner Carey asked what kind of permitting process would option #3 require. Gayle Wilson said the process would consist of preparing a letter with a drawing of the proposed new final contours and sending this letter to the state engineers for review. The letter would be sent back to the County granting an amendment to the C&D permit. Chair Gordon suggested discussing the temporary options. Commissioner Carey agreed with the County Manager's recommendation of moving ahead with expanding the County's current permit. This would give the County an additional two years to site a new C&D site. The Board agreed by consensus to instruct Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Manager, to proceed with the amendment to the existing C&D landfill permit to allow modest vertical expansion. Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to the C&D Transfer Station. He said that the County needs to capitalize on the spirit of working together regionally on solid waste management. He specifically would like to meet with Durham County and Durham City officials. He feels that there needs to be a political initiative attached to this objective. Chair Gordon said that the Durham-Chapel Hill work group has been meeting for years. At one meeting she brought up improving interrelationships and the work group thought it was a great idea and plan to pursue this early next year. She agrees with setting up a meeting with Durham County and Durham City and having at least two Commissioners attend. Commissioner Jacobs said that he has some concerns about continuing to bury C&D in an unlined landfill. He is willing to do this for a short period of time but not long term. He agrees with the eighteen- month extension but not for any longer than that unless the landfill is lined. Chair Gordon asked if the Board wanted to consider temporary option #4, hauling C&D to the Durham Transfer Station.