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.f 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action A ndp Item No q -- ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 1, 1995 SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing the Town of Chapel Hill to Utilize the Landfill Reserve to Purchase the Property Known as the Neville Tract ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT County Manager/Public Works PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x -------------------------------- ------------------------------- ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT Proposed BOCC Resolution Rod Visser, ext 2300 10/25/95 LOG Resolution Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 10/19/95 LOG Agenda Item - "Neville TELEPHONE NUMBER Tract Acquisition" Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE: To consider a resolution approving the purchase of the 14 .4 acre Neville Tract by the Town of Chapel Hill on behalf of the Landfill Owner' s Group member governments. BACKGROUND: During recent months, a negotiating team comprised of designated Landfill Owners ' Group (LOG) representatives (Don Willhoit, Joyce Brown, Jacquelyn Gist) have held facilitated discussions with representatives of community residents who live near the Neville tract. A "memorandum of agreement" reflecting discussions between the LOG and community representatives was prepared (see pages 11-14 of this abstract) . This document reflects the LOG' s recommendations of conditions under which the governing bodies should go ahead with the planned purchase of the Neville Tract. The LOG unanimously passed a resolution at their meeting on October 25, 1995 endorsing these recommendations and recommending that the three governing boards authorize the Town of Chapel Hill to complete the acquisition of the Neville Tract. If approved, the Town of Chapel Hill would purchase the property using funds in the Land Reserve account of the Landfill Fund, which is administered by the Town on behalf of all three local governments. The Neville tract is immediately between the south side of the current Eubanks Road landfill and the Greene tract. The Neville tract would provide access between the two larger LOG owned tracts, and could provide a source of cover soil for landfill operations in the new lined landfill cell on the south side of Eubanks Road. The County Commissioners previously approved a resolution authorizing the Town to purchase the Neville Tract, on March 8, 1995. A revised resolution is submitted for reconsideration due to changes in the circumstances surrounding the purchase of the property, as embodied in the negotiations between LOG representatives and members of the community near the Neville Tract. RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board approve the resolution authorizing the purchase of the Neville tract.