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transfer station in Durham County. He has a reservation about this because the station is on <br />the other side of Durham. He said that for the Town of Carrboro to take its trash to that distant <br />location would involve them to have more trucks and would require a different design of truck <br />because the existing trucks are not designed for highway speeds. This would present a great <br />expense to the taxpayers. The other alternative is to locate a transfer site somewhere in <br />Orange County. <br />Chair Jacobs clarified that the County Commissioners asked the staff to look at a <br />Durham partnership because the other alternative was on Eubanks Road, which is the same <br />community that has been beset by solid waste operations for 30 years. It would be more <br />convenient on Eubanks Road, but it does not make it the right thing to do. The County <br />Commissioners have still not received a report. <br />Joal Hall Broun said that if a transfer station would be put on Eubanks Road, there <br />should be an investment in the community. Any money that would be saved should be put back <br />into the community. She said that a feasibility study should also be done there. She said that <br />there has to be some equity in this situation. <br />Jim Ward said that he personally feels that they need to deal with their own trash in- <br />house. He is troubled by the memo from a member of the SWAB talking about economics <br />related to key decisions. He thinks that the decision has to include the three elements of <br />sustainability -social equity, environmental equity, and economic issues. He does not think <br />that shipping trash to someone else's backyard is the answer. He wants to have this <br />conversation really soon. <br />Rod Visser said that the Board of County Commissioners received a resolution from the <br />Solid Waste Advisory Board unanimously recommending that a transfer station be sited at the <br />location on Eubanks Road. He noted that it is not just the staff's idea. <br />Chair Jacobs said that he attended a SWAB meeting and told them that it was <br />premature for them to be making a recommendation before the County Commissioners gat a <br />report. He also painted out that this conversation brings them back to the Greene Tract <br />reimbursement, because if they are going to do mitigation or anything else in relation to solid <br />waste operations, they are going to need money from all parties. <br />Randee Haven-O'Donnell agreed that they should give back to the community if a <br />transfer station is sited on Eubanks Road. <br />Chair Jacobs said that the County Commissioners are going to consider this at a work <br />session in October and all parties will be kept informed. <br />Mayor Chilton asked everyone to join him in thanking Commissioner Halkiotis for his <br />many years of service to Orange County, and for his leadership on education, affordable <br />housing, protecting the environment, and promoting political economic development. <br />With no further items to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM. <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Donna 5. Baker, CMC <br />Clerk to the Board <br />