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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 19, 1992 <br />SUBJECT: Access to Potential Landfill Sites <br />DEPARTMENT County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S) <br />Proposed Resolution <br />Proposed Interlocal Agreement <br />5/4/92 Letter from Joyce Engineering <br />NCGS 40A -11 <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No =�V L4 <br />PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br />INFORMATION CONTACT <br />County Manager, ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel.Hil1 968 -4501 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a resolution and interlocal agreement between <br />Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill that authorizes <br />the Town of Chapel Hill to act on behalf of the jurisdictions <br />comprising the Landfill Owners' Group in exercising the statutory <br />authority granted to each jurisdiction to conduct testing of potential <br />sites for a sanitary landfill. <br />BACKGROUND: The Landfill Search Committee has identified four <br />potential landfill sites - OC -2, OC -9, OC -11, and OC -17 - that will <br />require subsurface testing for further evaluation of the suitability of <br />each site . The results of this testing would permit development of <br />preliminary engineering plans and cost estimates. These would allow <br />the LSC to compare alternative sites along the lines of social <br />implications, capital and operating costs, and environmental effects. <br />The attached letter from Joyce Engineering outlines the status of <br />efforts made to gain permission for access to potential landfill sites <br />from owners of property-"located within the boundaries of the four <br />landfill sites under active consideration. Although entry upon <br />each parcel may not be necessary, it is essential that access to all <br />properties be available so that questions can be answered concerning <br />matters such as depth to bedrock, subsurface water and direction of <br />flow, soil types, and the like. In that not all property owners have <br />voluntarily granted access, staff recommend that the County use its <br />authority under GS 40A -11 to enter upon lands specified for the purpose <br />of making surveys, borings, examinations and appraisals as may be <br />necessary or expedient in selecting a site for a future landfill. <br />Property owners can receive compensation for damages that occur as a <br />result of required testing. <br />