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2 1 Gayle Wilson said that consultants have been used in the past who have done 2 this work. He will send the proposal to anyone who is interested in doing this work. He would 3 be glad to send a proposal to someone local if they are interested. 4 With reference to the biological resources survey, Commissioner Brown asked if 5 the consultants would use the Army Corp of Engineer maps. 6 Gayle Wilson said that in all questions of jurisdictional wetlands the Army Corp of 7 Engineer makes the final call as to whether or not it is a wetland. 8 Commissioner Brown said that she would like to see the proposals. 9 John Link said that when Gayle Wilson receives the responses, he would share 10 these with the County Commissioners for their input. 11 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the last paragraph on page four about 12 "unlinking the surveys from the interlocal agreement and the 60 acre issue," since the linkage is 13 what is driving the timeframe. 14 Gayle Wilson said that there are two reasons for this comment; to make sure that 15 most of the 60 acres is usable, and to find out if there is any historically or culturally important 16 things on the property. 17 John Link said that when the Town of Chapel Hill and the County Commissioners 18 are addressing the zoning of the Greene Tract, it would be for a specific amount of acreage. 19 Commissioner Jacobs asked how difficult it would be, if nothing has been done 20 with the remaining 109 acres, to adjust the line of the 60 acres. 21 Craig Benedict said that once the Greene Tract is zoned, the County 22 Commissioners would have to make an application to the Town of Chapel Hill to change the 23 lines. 24 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the biological resources survey and a 25 clause in the second paragraph that reads, "any threatened, endangered, or rare species or 26 high quality natural communities within the project area." He was envisioning this to include 27 those high quality natural areas and not just be focussed on endangered or natural species or 28 habitats and wetlands. He just wants to know what is on the property, but not every plant. He 29 would like for the survey to be specific as to all of the natural areas. 30 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to a letter from Carol Crumley suggesting 31 that the cultural and archeological survey be done. He introduced her and asked if she had 32 anything to say. 33 Carol Crumley, professor at UNC in archaeology, said that the winter is the best 34 time to do this type of survey. She said that the study that was done by TLC on this property 35 was based on 1989 aerial photographs. 36 A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to 37 authorize staff to engage consultants for the two surveys —the cultural and archaeological 38 survey and the biological resources survey. 39 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 40 41 2. Greene Tract—60 acres Reserved for Solid Waste 42 With reference to the 60 acres of the Greene Tract reserved for solid waste, 43 Gayle Wilson explained the three maps relating to the buffers on the site. The first map shows 44 a 200-foot buffer that the Town of Chapel Hill adopted, and it takes up about 53% of the entire 45 site. The 100-foot buffer only takes up 17.5 acres of the 60-acre site. He made reference to 46 attachment 4, and said that the staff has laid out a Greene Tract modified 100-foot buffer. He 47 said that he researched the Special Use Permit for the Neville Tract and discovered that the 48 buffer on the southern part and the eastern part has encumbered a 30-foot buffer on the Greene 49 Tract. This only makes up about 1.2 acres of the property. If this is the site of the 60 acres, he 50 feels that the buffer needs to be on the northern, southern, and western boundary but not on the 51 eastern boundary because there is a Duke Power easement and the railroad tracks on that 52 boundary. The question is which 60 acres should be specified for solid waste activities. He 53 said that the 60 acres that has been delineated and discussed previously could be justified 54 much more solidly than any other 60 acres.