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17 <br /> 5. Take immediate actions to mitigate the direct impacts of the landfill. <br /> a. Reduce the odor from the landfill asing a technology that surpasses the masl�ng agent <br /> atomization for the landfill worldng face. In addition to benefits derived from the <br /> landfill gas program,utilize best management practices for landfill cover that helps <br /> control odor. <br /> b. Build an impervious barrier wall (beginning below the surface of the ground}to <br /> impede/stop vermin from leav�-ng or entering the landfill and to decrease noise,and <br /> improve air quatity. <br /> c. Plant additional trees a�d vegetation for additional odor buffer and to obscure the <br /> visual impact of the landfill mountain. <br /> d. Add traffic-cal�ning bumps on Rogers Roac�,redirect commercial traffic("no <br /> commercial traffic"signage on Rogers Road)and decrease the speed limitto 3(j mph. <br /> 6. Advocate on our behalf with the towns-especially for maldng this commur�ity to be in one <br /> unifying municipal or government jurisdiction(instead of 3),and for sidewalks,and bike lanes, <br /> on Kogers Road, Eubanks Road, Purefoy Road,Edgar Street,and Homestead Road,and to <br /> improve connectivity of bus service and other town services. <br /> These actions will be the terms of a written,enforceable,and binding agreement-which will be <br /> funded and included in the count�s committed capital plans. The agreement will include damages <br /> for non-performance. The agreement will be supported by a committed work plan,which includes <br /> tasks,responsibilities,timelines and deliverabl�es-alang with cost estimates;which include.a <br /> contingency for project risk. The work plan will be designed to assur-e that al1 improvements will <br /> be completed by 2016. <br /> The plan will be funded by the solid waste tipping fee,revenues from the UNC landfill gas project, <br /> reserves,and/or other sources that the county deems appropriate.Since the county will earn <br /> millions of dollars of additional revenue by extending the life of the landfill beyond the planned <br /> closure date of 2012,these additional funds will be applied to mitigation items before the county <br /> can use these funds for other purposes. <br /> The agreement-and the supporting work-plan and funding for completing these mitigation <br /> requests-shall be-developed and approved before the county authorizes e�ending the life af the <br /> landfill. <br />