Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
Revisions based on BOCC EXHIBIT 7 <br />2/11/08 Discussion Shown <br />in BOLD <br />Orange County Transfer Station Siting Process Resolution <br />Commitment to Public Participation <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners authorized County management to <br />begin planning a solid waste transfer station for the Eubanks Road site in March 2007; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Board agreed in November 2007 to activate a process for <br />identifying and evaluating alternate sites for locating a solid waste transfer station; and <br />WHEREAS, the services of Olver, Inc., an independent engineering consulting <br />firm, were engaged in December 2007 to guide and assist the Board - serving as a <br />"committee of the whole"- through the technical phases of a search process - from <br />defining site criteria to the ranking of candidate sites - leading ultimately to a site <br />selection; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board is aware and appreciates the sense of urgency and <br />magnitude of effort required by this undertaking - given the existing landfill is projected <br />to be at capacity by 2011; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board is keenly concerned and committed to conducting a <br />process that provides for a high level of public information and abundant opportunity for <br />meaningful public participation throughout; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board has been in consultation with its Human Relations <br />Commission on the definition and development of a Social Justice Goal to include a <br />vision of a society that is equitable, whose members are physically and <br />psychologically safe and secure, and where the marginalized, disenfranchised and <br />oppressed are included in developing solutions to the issues that concern them; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board charged Olver, Inc., with advice and assistance from <br />County management, to propose a schedule of special (and public) meetings that marry <br />aggressive timelines for deliberations and decision-making on siting criteria and site <br />options, along with comprehensive outreach and notification, information/feedback <br />sessions, and special presentations within and among impacted individuals, <br />neighborhoods and the community at large; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board on February 5, 2008 amended its regular meeting schedule <br />to incorporate additional dates consistent with the philosophy of public education and <br />engagement, and providing that such meetings be televised, with the understanding that <br />further meeting dates will be added and advertised widely as the siting process proceeds; <br />and