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3 1 Chair Gordon asked about the topography lines on Attachment 1 and why they 2 crossed each other. 3 Gayle Wilson said that this topography map shows lines of the surface and the 4 groundwater. 5 In answer to a question from Commissioner Jacobs, Gayle Wilson said that part 6 of the SUP has an access easement through the Neville Tract to the Greene Tract and 7 accesses from Eubanks Road parallel with the landfill property line. 8 Commissioner Jacobs asked about the area in the southwestern corner and what 9 could be sited there if it was buffered to the south and west. 10 Gayle Wilson said that that piece of land could be useful. He said that with the 11 200-foot buffer that the Town of Chapel Hill proposed, that whole area is essentially useful. 12 Commissioner Brown said that it would seem to her in the future that any Board 13 that wanted to use the Greene Tract could be guided by the cultural inventory on which part 14 could be used. She would rather base her decision on the specific acreage from the cultural 15 inventory instead of the number of feet of buffer. 16 Chair Gordon asked Commissioner Brown to explain the history of the railroad 17 access. 18 Commissioner Brown said that the railroad access is an asset of the landfill. In 19 the negotiations the Greene Tract should have gone, in her opinion, to whoever was going to 20 fully manage the landfill operations. She said that the Town of Chapel Hill did not feel that the 21 Greene Tract should be given to the County intact. She said that this difference of opinion has 22 given the County the opportunity to do this evaluation. She feels that it is important that the 23 County maintain access to the railroad corridor. 24 Commissioner Carey feels that it is important to depend on the survey being 25 done but feels the County should start with what has been presented for the 60 acres and that 26 the 100-foot buffer, with the 30-foot buffer around the Neville Tract, should be maintained to 27 protect the neighbors. The only question is what can be done with the remaining portion outside 28 of this 60 acres and that will depend on the survey. 29 Commissioner Jacobs said that he was told that if there were significant buffers, 30 such as 200 feet, that pushed the activity to one specific area, that area would likely be heavily 31 forested now. He said that this might not be an area where the County would want to do 32 anything. He also talked to a couple of Chapel Hill elected officials who said that they did not 33 really consider the ramifications of what the 200-foot buffer would do. It was just proposed and it 34 sounded good. 35 In response to a concern expressed by Commissioner Carey, Gayle Wilson said 36 that the survey would be done on the entire Greene Tract. 37 Chair Gordon asked if, given the Duke Power easement, would the property 38 south of it have to be used in order for the County to have access to the railroad. 39 John Link asked Craig Benedict if there could not be a final decision on the 60 40 acres and still pursue the timetable. 41 Planning Director Craig Benedict said that the zoning application must be for a 42 specific site. He said that the first thing to determine is when the joint public hearing will be 43 held. He said that the difference between the Chapel Hill and the County process is that Chapel 44 Hill will have a Planning Board and Commission review before the joint public hearing. The 45 County will have the Planning Board and Commission review after the joint public hearing. He 46 distributed a schedule indicating that another meeting will have to be scheduled between March 47 13-17 for Board of County Commissioners' review and adoption of the rezoning of the Greene 48 tract. He explained that the property needs to be rezoned from a Rural Transition to a Materials 49 Handling designation. However, to justify the use of the property as a solid waste management 50 facility, there needs to be a specific request from Gayle Wilson to Chapel Hill after the rezoning 51 is complete. 52 Geoffrey Gledhill said that it is possible to move forward with designating the 53 entire 169 acres knowing that the Board is going to back off to 60 acres as stipulated in the 54 Interlocal Agreement.