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Commissioner Gordon said that Commissioner Nelson brought up rail access as a criteria last time and it is included as a footnote in the technical criteria. Ed Schuffler said that Commissioner Nelson had mentioned adding railway as exclusionary criteria, and the consultants were concemed that if this is done, then it just gives athree-mile radius on either side of the railroad and excludes a lot of the space. He thinks that the intentions of Commissioner Nelson were to rank sites higher that had rail access nearby. He asked if the Board wanted to leave this in technical criteria, or make it an exclusionary criterion. Chair Jacobs said to flag rail access along with item B, access to major transportation routes on the technical criteria. 4. Public Comment Period Neloa Jones distributed a handout. She said that she finds it fascinating that there was any discussion of excluding any sites very early in~the process before developing all of the criteria, such as community-specific criteria. She said.that every manual suggests developing all criteria fast and then applying it. She said that she read the resolution and it suggests that the public will participate. in a meaningful manner in this process. She wants to know how the resolution will ensure that Orange County residents and representatives from civic groups will indeed meaningfully participate in this arduous process that is already going very badly. 5. Adoption of Proposed Resolution on Public Participation tamended per Feb ,) ,~ th A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Carey to adopt the Orange County Transfer Station Siting Process Resolution Commitment to Public Participation. Chair Jacobs read the resolution. Orange County Transfer Station Siting Process Resolution Commitment to Public Participation WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners authorized County management to begin planning a solid waste transfer station for the Eubanks Road site in March 2007; and WHEREAS, the hoard agreed in November 2007, to activate a process for identifying and evaluating alternate sites for locating a solid waste transfer station; and WHEREAS, the services of Olver, Inc., an independent engineering consulting firm, were engaged in December 2007 to guide grid assist the Board -serving as a "committee of the whole"- through the technical phases of a search process -from defining site criteria to the ranking of candidate sites -leading ultimately to a site selection; and WHEREAS, the Board is aware and appreciates the sense of urgency and magnitude of effort required by this undertaking -given the existing landfill is projected to be at capacity by 2011; and WHEREAS, the Board is keenly concerned and committed to conducting a process that provides for a high level of public information and abundant opportunity for meaningful public participation throughout; and