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John Link said that at the last Board of County Commissioners' meeting, the Board <br />discussed the interlocal agreement as it relates to the Greene Tract and the rezoning of the Greene Tract. <br />The Board instructed the staff to continue with the analysis of the Greene Tract and, since that time, <br />David Stancil and the Environment and Resource Conservation Department have conducted the <br />assessment and will present the acreage on the entire tract that is best suited for parks, etc. He said that <br />the Board also asked that the change in language of the interlocal agreement reflect that the request for <br />rezoning of the Greene Tract was being withdrawn. Geoff Gledhill is going to speak to this. <br />Environment and Resource Conservation Director David Stancil said that the final report <br />on the biological survey was received. He said that there are not many things worthy to note in terms of <br />changes from the interim report. He showed some maps that indicated the two historic sites and the <br />primary habitat areas that are in the northern and southeastern regions of the tract. He said that there <br />are a number of areas that would be suitable for parks, active and low-impact recreation. As noted in the <br />report, some of the more developable areas, the less ecologically sensitive areas, are in the west central <br />portion of the tract. He noted two areas that would be suitable for development. He said that the group <br />took an additional step to look at ways the entire tract could be used. He said that there are some ways <br />to configure this tract to accommodate all uses. <br />Commissioner Brown asked about the location of water and sewer and County Engineer <br />Paul Thames said that there is no sewer available in close proximity to the site at this time. The gravity <br />sewer lines would be laid in the drainage areas that run to the northwest and southwest. However, there <br />is no place for the lines to ga in either direction. To receive sewer from the site, the sewer would have to <br />be extended crass-country, ar pump stations would have to be built. He said that the water would come <br />along Purefoy Road. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked about the dotted lines on the map and David Stancil said <br />that these are potential roads for access to the property. He asked if David Stancil took into account the <br />type of grading that would be required for roads and power lines. <br />David Stancil said that the findings were conceptual based on the typography, the lay of <br />the land, the points of access, and the less ecologically sensitive areas. <br />Commissioner Brown asked if there were larger maps to show this property in relation to <br />the adjacent property that is contiguous to this 1 Q9 acres called the Greene Tract. She also asked about <br />the greenways that were proposed by Chapel Hill. She noted that in talking with Mayor Waldorf, Chapel <br />Hill would like to make the two developments form a significant greenway from the Greene Tract over to <br />Homestead Park. Commissioner Brown asked to see the area in a larger context. <br />Chair Carey said that he hopes that the Board can identify the most preferable 60 acres <br />that could be transferred to the County. He would like to go ahead and identify the 60 cares as soon as <br />possible rather than segmenting the transfer and the identification of the 60 acres. <br />Mr. R. D. Smith said that the County Commissioners are in the same situation the County was in <br />thirty years ago - no land for a landfill. Two weeks ago he was in Princeville and there was a swarm of <br />about 2,000 blackbirds on the ground and in the trees. He wonders what the County Commissioners <br />would da if they were faced with that many birds atone time. He wonders what other sites are under <br />consideration far along-term basis rather than on a short-term basis. He said that the Commissioners <br />should be thinking long term instead of chart term. He asked what would be the entrances and exits on <br />whatever sites are chosen. <br />Chair Carey clarified that the 60 acres that Mr. Smith is referring to as part of the Greene Tract <br />that would eventually be transferred to the County would not be used for burial of any waste materials. <br />Mr. Robert Campbell said that he sees the same thing happening now that happened in the early <br />70's when the landowners in the landfill area were promised that the land would eventually be turned into <br />recreation or used for affordable housing. He feels that someone needs to make a commitment to the <br />people in the landfill area about the safety of the water and asked when the residents would receive <br />water. He said that his understanding was that the landfill was never tested for MTBE. He said that the <br />wells were tested for MTBE and the newspapers received the results before the residents received the <br />results. He spoke about the number of trucks that come down Rogers Raad to the landfill. He talked <br />about the smell from the landfill and how it gets into their homes. He suggested that the County <br />Commissioners find another place to put the solid waste recovery facility. He said that atone time <br />asphalt was used as a covering for the landfill. He thinks that the MTBE in the well water may have come <br />from the asphalt that was once used. <br />Chair Carey clarified that the Towns and the County have already agreed that a public water <br />system is going to be extended out to the Rogers Raad community. He said that the County is going to <br />