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6 <br />Resolution C <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 Locate the Facility at a <br />Site on Eubanks Road <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 examined several potential sites for a new <br />landfill, with only one candidate site remaining under consideration; 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 that the Orange County Board of Commissioners designate the <br />Eubanks Road site adjacent to existing solid waste facilities as the location for the new <br />construction and demolition landfill. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners: <br />• authorize local government approval of the site in conformance with .0504(1)(e)(1), <br />• authorize the Director of Planning to provide a zoning letter in conformance with <br />.0504(1)(e)(ii), <br />• authorize the Manager to proceed with acquisition and permitting of the site, and' <br />• direct the Manager to coordinate with the landfill neighbors regarding the development of <br />the facility, keeping them informed and involved throughout the development process: <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