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14 <br /> The Working Group recommends that after the ballots have been tallied, the local <br /> governments take the necessary action to adopt the option favored by a majority of <br /> local residents within one year. If no single option is favored by a clear majority, the <br /> Working Group recommends that no action be taken. <br /> 12. The Working Group recommends that following the closure of the Eubanks <br /> Road <br /> landfill,portions of the landfill(as allowed-by regulations), the Neville tract, and at <br /> least 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 group 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 <br /> permitted disposal capacity) of the disposal areas (MSW or Construction and <br /> Demolition) of the Eubanks Road Landfill occur. <br /> The Working Group recommends that the Landfill Owners Group or its successor <br /> make no incremental land acquisition at the Eubanks Road Landfill. <br /> 14. The Working Group recommends that three residents of the area near the Eubanks <br /> Road landfill (two in the Rogers Road area and one in the Millhouse 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 residents <br /> of the area. <br /> Any resident who requests to receive mailings of the Landfill Owners Group shall receive <br /> such mailings. <br /> Epilogue <br /> Nothing in this report should be interpreted as indicating that this Working Group favors <br /> or acquiesces to any particular site for a future landfill in Orange County. 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 acknowledges that individual elected officials in 1972 made <br /> promises regarding water and sewer service in the area of the Eubanks Road Landfill, and <br /> regarding the siting of future landfills, some of which were in writing. None of these <br />