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S Report of Landfill Owners Group(Umdfill Neighbors Worlong Grog The Landfill Owners Group will investigate with the Orange Counzty Attorney the possibility of enacting legislation which would provide for civil penalties for illegal dumping, to make it easier to penalize people who litter. In addition,the LOG will publicize the names of those convicted of illegal dumping. The Working Group recommends that additional"No Littering" signs be erected in the neighborhoods near the landfill. 8. The Landfill Owners Group will budget for the installation of perimeter fencing around the Orange Regional Landfill m later than the 1998-1999 budget year. Prior to completion of the fence,the Director of the Orange County APS shall be notified to ensure that no Inge animals are trapped inside the fence. 9. The Working Group recommend that Orange County erect"Children Playing" and "School Bus Stop"signs on Rogers Road. Residents of the Rogers Road neighborhood will identify appropriate locatims for these signs._ 10. The Word ng Group that Chapel Hill Transit re-route the North-South connector bus line to serve Rogars Road on either its northbound or southbound trip, starting with the 1998-99 service year. For the duration of the 1997-1998 service year, the Rogers Road area should be designated as a Shared Ride Feeder Zone if this can be accomplished within adopted budgets and available resources. 11. The Landfill Owners Group will work with the Orange County, Chapel Hill and Cantcro planning departments to sponsor a public information meeting regarding the Pig bounty(ft== aamexation boundary)between Chapel Hill and Cm-fmo. A "ballot" should be prepared idendfying at least three options: 1. Leave the planning boundary as it is, along Rogers Road; 2. Move the p1mming boundary east,placing the entire Rogers Road neighborhood iu Carrboro's fuaue annexation area. 3. Move the pluming boundary west,placing the entire Rogers Road neighborhod in Chapel Hills AV=anactation area (Seethe attached map showing the possible changes to the planning bo ndary-)_ Additional options may be identified and added to the ballot All households is the area which may potentially be shifted shall be given the opportunity to submit one ballot selecting their prefened optican. The Working Group rend that after the ballots bave been tallied,the local governments take the necessary action to adopt the option favored by a majority of local residents within one year. If no single option is favored by a clear majority,the Working Group recommend that no action be taken. 3