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10 1 Commissioner Hemminger said that the Durham transfer station is a temporary, short- 2 term strategy. She does not want to see recycling go down. 3 Mayor Chilton said that, based upon the reading of the interlocal agreement that the 4 agreement calls for any party that is going to withdraw to give formal written notice to other 5 governments involved in the agreement. He said that the way he reads it is that one of the 6 implications of this is if the County no longer provides a landfill for the Towns to use, then the 7 Towns are entitled to a certain amount of notice in terms of the agreement. He said that there 8 has never been a formal notice from the County of the intention to discontinue providing this 9 service. He said that he believes there is a considerable extra cost to the citizens of Carrboro 10 because of the County's decision. 11 Chair Pelissier said that the landfill is going to close and it was just a matter of a 12 difference in timing. 13 Mayor Chilton said that the agreement calls for a certain amount of notice. He said that 14 the Town has not received a formal notice about not continuing to provide this service to the 15 Town of Carrboro. 16 Orange County Staff Attorney Sahana Ayers said that the interlocal agreement does not 17 address the end of the life closure of the landfill itself. She does not think that the County has 18 the responsibility to give notice about something that is not in the interlocal agreement. 19 Mayor Chilton said that this is a viewpoint that he expected the County Attorney to take, 20 but his responsibility is to the taxpayers of Carrboro and he reads the document differently. 21 In answer to a question about the Solid Waste Advisory Board, Commissioner Yuhasz 22 said that the SWAB has not met for the last two meeting times because without there being a 23 decision about Chapel Hill moving forward, there is very little to discuss. 24 Alderman O'Donnell said that she stood behind Mayor Chilton in that there should be a 25 conversation about this soon regarding the Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement; a scheduled 26 meeting. 27 Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board of County Commissioners was not unanimous 28 and he wished that these meetings were used to find a positive way to move forward. He said 29 that with all of these issues, they need to find common ground. He is an advocate of trying to 30 find combined services for citizens. He asked Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson to talk about 31 the waste reduction. 32 Gayle Wilson said that Orange County is at about 55% waste reduction and the 33 disruption in solid waste disposal may cause a blip, but he hopes not. They are continuing to 34 move forward toward the final goal. 35 Commissioner Yuhasz said that regardless of what solid waste solution is decided upon, 36 there needs to be a central collection place in Orange County, or it needs to be transferred to 37 some other location. 38 39 5. Historic Roqers Road Neiqhborhood 40 Michael Talbert said that in 1972 the landfill was opened by the Town of Chapel Hill and 41 in 1999 Orange County assumed ownership and operation of the Orange County Landfill on 42 Eubanks Road. The Historic Rogers Road Community has lived with the Orange County Landfill 43 for 40 years. 44 On May 17, 2011 the Board of Commissioners received a plan from Rogers-Eubanks 45 Neighborhood Association (RENA) recommending actions to mitigate the long and short term 46 impacts of Orange County's Landfill and Solid Waste operations on the health, safety and 47 welfare of the Historic Rogers Road — Eubanks Road community. 48 On January 26, 2012 the Board of Commissioners and the Town Boards discussed the 49 extension of sewer service and a community center for the Historic Rogers Road Community. 50 County and Town Attorneys have concluded that utilization of Solid Waste reserves to extend