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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXERCISE OF ORANGE COUNTY'S <br />AUTHORITY TO ENTER UPON PRIVATE LANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF <br />CONDUCTING SURVEYS, BORINGS, EXAMINATIONS AND APPRAISALS TO <br />ASSIST IN THE SELECTION OF A SITE FOR A NEW LANDFILL TO SERVE <br />ORANGE COUNTY AND APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THE <br />EXERCISES OF THAT AUTHORITY <br />WHEREAS, Orange County is a member of -the Landfill Owners' <br />Group and is a part owner of the present Orange County <br />Landfill; and, <br />WHEREAS, Orange County and the two other owners of the <br />present landfill, the Town of Chapel Hill and the Town of <br />Carrboro, have appointed a citizens' Landfill Site Search <br />Committee to consider sites for a new landfill for orange <br />County; and, <br />WHEREAS, the owners of the Orange County Landfill have <br />appointed representatives to the Landfill Owners' Group which <br />is considering issues related to the operation of the present <br />landfill and possible location of a site for a future <br />landfill; and, <br />WHEREAS, as part of the process of evaluating potential sites <br />for a future landfill for Orange County, it is necessary to <br />enter upon properties which have been identified as possible <br />sites for a future landfill; and, <br />WHEREAS, under North Carolina law (N.C.G.S. 40A -11), Orange <br />County, as an agency with the authority to exercise the power <br />of eminent domain, may enter upon lands for the purpose of <br />making surveys, borings, examinations and appraisals as may <br />be necessary or expedient in carrying out and performing its <br />powers of eminent domain, specifically in this case to select <br />a site for a sanitary landfill to serve Orange County; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County <br />Commissioners that the Board hereby approves the exercise of <br />the County's authority under -G.S. 40A -11, to enter upon the <br />lands described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated <br />herein, for the purpose of making surveys, borings, <br />examinations and appraisals as may be necessary or expedient <br />in selecting a site for a future landfill to serve Orange <br />County; <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners <br />authorizes the County Manager to execute the attached <br />interlocal agreement on behalf of Orange County with the <br />other owners of the Orange County Landfill, whereby the Town <br />of Chapel Hill is designated to exercise said authority on <br />behalf of Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel <br />Hill, and ratifies said agreement. <br />3 <br />