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municipally owned properties that might serve as a possible location, and the only property that was identified was one in Carrboro, which is reserved for the future Carrboro Public Works facility. He said that it is his understanding that a concept plan has not been developed for this property, so there is no information about whether there would be room for a transfer station. A previous consultant informed Carrboro that, of that 23-acre site, only about 13 acres might be usable. Regarding the timeline, there is a real time crunch to have the facility ready. The design, permitting, and construction of the facility are projected to be about 38 months. The staff also will be doing a survey of when the landfill would reach capacity in the next few weeks. The last survey indicated that the landfill would reach capacity in July-August of 2010. Gayle Wilson made reference to the siting criteria that was requested and said that he received a memo from the Solid Waste Advisory Board that reviewed the process of the recommendation for the Eubanks Road site. This memo was attached to the abstract. Commissioner Nelson asked if it was Orange County's plan to have the transfer station in place to give the landfill another year of capacity. His concern is that the County does not have built-in extra capacity. Gayle Wilson said that, in discussions in the past regarding the transfer station, the idea of expediting the transfer station was an option, but he thinks that it is unlikely there will be any substantive capacity left by the time they open the doors of the transfer station. He thinks that if there were any, it would be 3-5 months at the most. Commissioner Nelson said that he is really concerned about this. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the C&D landfill and Gayle Wilson said that it has a lifespan of about 20 years. Commissioner Jacobs asked if the County requires that loads that come into the landfill be covered and Gayle Wilson said yes. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the consequences and Gayle Wilson said that if a load is not covered, the driver has to purchase a cover for the next trip in order to dump. Commissioner Gordon pointed out that the timeline poses a very challenging schedule because it will take 38 months to complete the facility, which would be June 2010. It is projected that the landfill will reach capacity in July 2010. PUBLIC COMMENT: Rachel Clayton lives on NC 10, near the third site being considered for the transfer station. She said that the residents in this vicinity are apposed to having the transfer station in this community. She said that she would think that it would be against the law to have such a facility built in a residential area. She feels like there is some place in Orange County with large acreage that would not be near any homes. She said that a site like this will bring in rats and other varmints, and will hurt the EDD that is proposed for northern Orange County. She hopes the County Commissioners will find a site that is more suitable. Robert Campbell said that it seems like the same show is happening that happened to Chapel Hill in the 70's when Chapel Hill drug its feet and had to find a place to put the trash. It ended up on Eubanks Road. He said that the Solid Waste Department has again drugged its feet. He said that the neighbors of Eubanks Road have had enough. He asked the County Commissioners to have a social conscience. He said that people use Rogers Road as a cut through to get somewhere else and cars go in excess of 55 mph. He said that trucks stop on Rogers Road and cover the loads. It used to be done on Eubanks Road until there were signs posted. Sharon Cook read a prepared statement as follows: "It would be easy to look at the report before you and make a decision based upon costs alone. However, that decision would be made without regard far the safety and welfare of the