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Report of Landfill Owners Group/Landfill Neighbors Working Group 6 <br /> 12. The Working Group recommends that following the closure of the Eubanks Road <br /> Landfill,portions of the landfill(as allowed by regulations), the Neville tract, and at least <br /> 50.acres of the Greene tract will be used for recreation facilities. <br /> The Landfill Owners Group or its successor will appoint an advisory group to make <br /> specific recommendations about the post-closure use of the landfill- This group will <br /> convene and make recommendations at least two years prior to the expected closure of <br /> the Eubanks Road landfill The advisory groin will be composed of LOG members, <br /> residents near the Eubanks Road landfill,and other Orange County citizens. <br /> 13. The Working Group recommends that no expansion(beyond the existing permitted <br /> disposal capacity)of the disposal areas(MSW or Construction and Demolition) of the <br /> Eubanks Road landfMoccur. <br /> The Working Group recommends that the Landfill Owners Group or its successor make <br /> M incremental land acgtdsitien at the Eubanks Road Landfill <br /> 14. The Working Group recommends that tbree residents of the area near the Eubanks <br /> Road landfill(two in the Rogers Road area, and one in the MilIhouse Road area)be <br /> identified to receive all mailings and information sent to members of the Landfill Owners <br /> Group or its successor agency. This information should be made available to all <br /> residents of the area <br /> Any resident who requests to receive mailings of the Landfill Owners Group shall <br /> receive such mailings, <br /> Epilogue <br /> Nothing in this repcut should be interpreted as mdicating that this Working Group favors <br /> or acquiesces to any particular site for a Endue landfill in Orange Cou xty. Neighborhood <br /> members and LOG members of the Working Group did not agree as to whether a future <br /> landfill site was an appropriate topic for discussion for the Working Group. Neighbors <br /> insisted that the only adequate compensation for living next to the landfill for 25 years is <br /> to have no new Landfill sited in the area . <br /> The Working Group admowledges that individual elected officials in.1972 made <br /> promises regarding water and s-ewer service in the area of the Eubanks Road Landfill, <br /> and regarding the siting of futtae landfills,some of which were in writing. None of these <br /> promises were officially adopted by any elected body, even though these officials <br /> represented these elected bodies.- Neighborhood members and some LOG members of <br /> the Working Group did not agree as to the legal validity of these promises, <br /> The Working Group admowledges that having a landfill in a neighborhood is an <br /> undesirable land use that has a negative impact on the surrounding residents. Further, the <br /> Working Group aclmowleges that the current Eubanks Road Landfill has been an <br /> 4 <br />