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10 <br /> Parties shall work together, diligently and in good faith, to reach an agreement as to community <br /> benefits to be provided. The process of determining community benefits shall continue to <br /> include participation by persons belonging to the relevant community. Final determinations of <br /> the public benefits to be provided,the sources of financing and the mechanisms for providing the <br /> benefits,however, shall be made only by further agreement of all the Parties. <br /> The Parties state their preference that benefits be financed from System funds to the <br /> extent permitted by law. To the extent permitted by law and by generally accepted accounting <br /> principles, to the extent determined by the Parties and notwithstanding any other provision of <br /> this Agreement, the costs of providing public benefits as described in this Part 6 may be treated <br /> as an expense of the System and may be paid from System Revenues. <br /> The public benefits contemplated by this Section are to be considered as separate and <br /> distinct from any compensation determined to be owed for any "taking" of an interest in property <br /> as determined by State or federal law. <br /> 7. The parties will establish an advisory commission. <br /> The Parties hereby establish the Orange County Solid Waste Management Advisory <br /> Commission to advise the County's Governing Board on matters related to the System and the <br /> Solid Waste Management Plan and Policies. The Advisory Commission shall meet for the first <br /> time not later than September 16, 1999, on the call of the members appointed by the County. <br /> The Parties will continue to work through the existing Landfill Owners' Group ("LOG") <br /> on matters of solid waste management policy and operations until the Advisory Commission <br /> begins to meet. The LOG shall continue to operate by consensus, but the Parties intend that the <br /> LOG shall make no recommendations for major financial commitments until it dissolves or is <br /> replaced by the Advisory Commission. <br /> Each Party shall appoint two members to the Advisory Commission. Exhibit C sets forth <br /> details concerning the Advisory Commission's responsibilities and the procedures that it shall <br /> follow, and also sets forth the Parties' agreement as to the appointment and terms of office of <br /> Advisory Commission members. <br /> If at any time the University of North Carolina agrees to comply with the provisions of <br /> Part 2 with respect to its facilities and operations in Orange County, then the Parties agree that <br /> the University, through its President, shall be entitled to appoint to the Advisory Commission <br /> one voting member, having one vote. Any initial University member shall serve for a term <br /> ending on the third June 30 following the member's appointment, and any succeeding University <br /> member shall serve for a three-year term (with there being no limits on the reappointment of <br /> University members). The limitations in Exhibit C excluding employees of Parties from serving <br /> on the Advisory Commission do not apply to the University or University members. The Parties <br /> agree to enter into a supplement or amendment to this agreement to include provisions <br /> reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide for the University's participation on the Advisory <br /> Commission in such circumstances. <br /> Draft of June 1, 1999 8 <br />