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5 <br />March 24, 2000 <br />The Honorable Rosemary Waldorf, Mayor <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />.306 N. Columbia Street <br />Chapel Hill, NC .27514 <br />Dear Rosemary: <br />At our meeting on March 21, 2000, the Orange County Board of Conunissioners completed <br />discussions on the recent biological and cultural surveys of the Greene pact, and reached a <br />conclusion on the 60 acres of the tract to be transferred to the County under the proposed <br />interlocal solid waste agreement. Previously, at our- meeting on March 14, 2000, the Board of <br />Commissioners approved an amendment to that agreement that removed rezoning of a 60-acre <br />portion of the Greene Tract as a condition for transfer of solid waste management responsibility <br />to the County. hi addition, at the regular meeting on March 21, 2000, the Board unanimously <br />approved a resolution "to withdraw Orange County's support for the rezoning request" for the <br />Greene tract.. The minutes of the meeting will reflect this action, and County Attorney Geoffrey <br />Gledhill has determined that this action is sufficient to document the County's position on this <br />matter. <br />With our actions on these issues, we have tried to maintain the momentum that we have all <br />worked so hard to achieve during the past year towards completing Che reorganization of the <br />solid waste management structure in Orange County. Our target now for the handover of solid <br />waste responsibility is Monday, April 17. In order to meet that timeline under the provisions of <br />the amendment to the interlocal agreement we have approved, there would also need to Ue <br />agreement from the governing boards of Carrboro and Chapel Hill by Macroh .31 to the <br />delineation of 60 acres of the Greene Tract and to the interlocal agreement amendment. As we <br />understand it, these are the only remaining policy decisions needed to complete the transfer from <br />the Town of Chapel Hill to Orange County.. The reason for the lag between final decisions by <br />the three governing boards and the effective date of the transfer is Yhat County staff will need aC <br />least one full two-week pay period to arrange pay and benefits enrollment, and to carry out <br />related administrative actions necessary to transfer the Solid Waste Department staff from <br />Chapel Hill to Orange County employment. If either or both the municipal governing boards ace <br />unable to reach agreement with the County on the 60-acre designation and the amendment to the <br />interlocal agreement by March .31, then we will revise the target date for handover to the start of <br />the subsequent County pay period, which is May 1. <br />With regard to the 60-acre Greene Tract designation, Map I (attached) shows the area that <br />Orange County would like to have transferred to County ownership. This area was selected after <br />considerable discussion and review of site characteristics, and offers an opportunity to preserve <br />