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Resolution B <br />A Resolution Establishing the Intention of the Board of Commissioners to Provide a New <br />Construction and Demolition Landfill in Orange County and to Initiate a Site Selection <br />Process <br />WHEREAS, the existing construction and demolition landfill located on Eubanks Road is <br />expected to reach capacity in the spring-summer of 2001; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners and others have participated in many discussions <br />regarding issues related to construction and demolition waste disposal, in recent years; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners have indicated intentions to reduce and recycle <br />increased amounts of construction and demolition materials in the future; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners have recognized the need for a new local and <br />environmentally sound construction and demolition waste disposal option; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners have given careful consideration to the issue of <br />construction and demolition disposal: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: <br />That the Orange County Board of Commissioners endorse development of a new construction <br />and demolition landfill in Orange County which will assure an environmentally sound and <br />convenient option for local generators of construction and demolition waste. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Orange County Board of Commissioners directs the Manager <br />to submit for Board consideration by April 2001, a proposal for initiating a new construction and <br />demolition landfill site search process within Orange County. <br />This, the day of , 2001 <br />Stephen Halkiotis, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Beverly Blythe <br />Clerk to the Board of Commissioners