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3a <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION <br />Intentions Regarding Acquisition of the Kirby Property <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has an active Lands Legacy Program which includes a <br />component for the acquisition of future park sites; and <br />WHEREAS, the property owned by Mr. Fred Kirby (hereinafter "the Kirby property") in Little <br />River Township, as identified in the attached map, meets the identified needs for a district <br />park in north-central Orange County dating back to the 1988 Parks Element of the <br />Comprehensive Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the Kirby property has two streams that flow north to the South Fork of the Little <br />River; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County may have the need for a solid waste recycling and solid waste <br />disposal convenience center to serve the northeast quarter of the County; and <br />WHEREAS, a solid waste recycling and solid waste disposal convenience center can be <br />located on the Kirby property compatibly with County protected watershed regulations and <br />compatibly with the planned district park so long as the center's access roads/drives come <br />from Mincey Road; and <br />WHEREAS, before any facilities are sited on the property, the County will establish a <br />collaborative planning process that includes public input from the community; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />will acquire the Kirby property as defined in the attached map as the site for the future district <br />park in north-central Orange County, with a master plan and park construction to occur at an <br />undetermined point in time in the future. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby. <br />states its intention to accept a conservation easement on the property substantially in the <br />form of Exhibit A to the Offer to Purchase and Contract, granted to a qualified conservation <br />organization, which will prohibit the location on the property of a solid waste landfill or a solid <br />waste transfer station. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any Orange County recycling and solid waste disposal <br />convenience center located on the property will have its access roads/drives from Mincey <br />Road. <br />This the 11th day of December, 2007. <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board <br />