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WHEREAS, since that meeting, the County has acquired additional property immediately <br />adjacent to the parcel of land on which the Solid Waste Operations Center will be constructed; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, acquisition of that property substantially increases the County's flexibility far <br />carrying out several important solid waste system functions; and <br />WHEREAS, the additional acreage affords the County the opportunity to construct the building <br />on a revised footprint that will make the use of a well and a septic system feasible; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners have asked the project architects to design the facility <br />accordingly; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />does hereby state its intention to open the Solid Waste Operations Center with a design that <br />relies on well and septic system to provide water and wastewater treatment to the new facility. <br />This, the 21St day of February 2006 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />6. Resolutions or Proclamations <br />a. Resolution Ta Recognize 75 Years of Service by the Chapel Hill Garden Club <br />The Board considered a resolution recognizing the Chapel Hill Garden Club for 75 years <br />of service to Chapel Hill and the surrounding community and authorizing the Chair to sign. <br />Gretchen "Gus" St. John accepted the resolution for the 75 years of service by the <br />Chapel Hill Garden Club and Commissioner Halkiotis read the resolution. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to <br />approve a resolution recognizing the Chapel Hill Garden Club for 75 years of service to Chapel <br />Hill and the surrounding community and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE CHAPEL HILL GARDEN CLUB <br />FOR 75 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY <br />WHEREAS, the Chapel Hill Garden Club is celebrating 75 years of service to Chapel Hill and <br />the surrounding community; and <br />WHEREAS, in the early years of the 1930s, the Chapel Hill Garden Club developed a <br />community demonstration garden, adding natural beauty in difficult economic <br />times, and provided the University Infirmary with flowers; and <br />WHEREAS, during World War II, the Club heeded the nation's call for Victory Gardens and <br />established acommunity-wide canning project; and <br />WHEREAS, the Garden Club has advocated far conservation of open spaces and provided <br />hands-on support with landscaping of new schools and the Chapel Hill Public <br />Library; and <br />WHEREAS, the Club adopted Janes Park, clearing land for nature trails and identified and <br />marked native flora; and <br />