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which were that the 104 acres that remain in joint ownership should be split between primary uses (15 acres for affordable housing and the other 85+ acres for open space}. One of the recommendations ofthe work group was that same type of conservation easement should protect the open space. All three governing boards received this report and accepted the recommendations from the work group. The recommendations specifically proposed that the conservation easement be implemented sometime between July 1, 2003 and July 1, 2005. In talking with Environment and Resource Conservation Director David Stancil, there is an informal agreement with Triangle Land Conservancy that they would be the appropriate party to execute the conservation agreement. The next steps are for David Stancil to get back in touch with Triangle Land Conservancy to formalize an agreement. Commissioner Jacobs asked when the repayment had to be in and Rod Visser said that there is a direct tie in the recommendations to the conservation easement, which is sited as the "triggering mechanism" for reimbursements from the three governing boards back to the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund. Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson gave a brief overview of the master plan. He went over the "Landfill Neighborhood Map." He then went aver the "Solid Waste Facility Master Plan" map. He said that with the adoption of the Regulated Recycling Materials Ordinance, they upgraded the mulching and recycling area. There is also a maintenance building, a recycling pad, and the area where the new C&D landfill is constructed. Across Eubanks Raad are the existing landfill that will close in 2010 and the Hazardous Household Waste (HHW} electronic recycling area. What is not approved relating to the master plan is a location for the transfer station. Across the road from the four-acre property of the proposed new solid waste operation center is an area that the County Commissioners have approved for a potential future construction material resale store. He pointed out the buffer areas far the landfill. Regarding the operations center, the staff will be coming to the County Commissioners on March 1St to bring a concept plan forward. If the plan is approved, they will come back at a subsequent meeting to ask for approval of a contract for an architect. He said that the staff would be discussing some ideas for land clearing and storm debris in the future, because the facility could not handle a Hurricane Fran-level storm in terms of storm debris. Regarding the construction material resale store, they have run into a problem that the location just north was approved in the buffer area of the new C&D landfill. They received same feedback from the Division of Waste Management, and they did not say that it would be prohibited from being put there, but they raised several issues. Originally, the building was supposed to be 5,000-6,000 square feet, but now Habitat for Humanity has submitted a rough layout that indicates a building of about 11,000 square feet, and the buffer area is not suitable for something this large. At the Board's direction, the staff can lank for alternate locations for this structure. The Greene Tract is off limits for any solid waste uses. Regarding landfill closure, a closure plan must be developed and submitted to the State for approval. There is currently no funding or plan projected for the closure, but it would cost approximately $2.2 million. This includes placement of three feet of soil over the top of the landfill site, a synthetic liner, a series of methane gas vents, and a vegetative layer of material suitable for supporting grass and other plants to limit erosion. The sail has to have certain engineering properties and some off-site clay might have to be purchased. Also, as part of the closure, there will be about $1 million of equipment that will be eliminated permanently from the equipment replacement