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MDSSSCAR6'):JR.,C1vA/R -ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS b~EPHEN H. FfALl0077S, V/CE CHAlR P. O . BOX $ 1 s '1 MARGARET W. BROWN AL.IC$M. GOROON 200 S. CAMERON STREET BARRrJACaes HILLSBOROUGH, N.G. 2727$ March 24, 2000 The Honorable Rosemary Waldorf, Mayor Town of Chapel Hill 306 N, Columbia Street Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Dear Rosemary: At our meeting an March 21, 2000, the Orange County Board of Commissioners completed discussions on the recent biological and cultural surveys of the Greene tract, and reached a conclusion on the 60 acres of the tract to be transferred to the County under the proposed interlocal solid waste agreement. Previously, at our meeting on March 14, 2000, the Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to that agreement that removed rezoning of a 60-acre portion of the Greene Tract as a condition far transfer of solid waste management responsibility to the County. In addition, at the regular meeting on March 21, 2000, the Board unanimously approved a resolution "to withdraw Orange County's support for the rezoning request" for the Greene tract. The minutes of the meeting will reflect this action, and County Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill has determined that this action is sufficient to document the County's position on this matter. With our actions an these issues, we have tried to maintain the momentum that we have all worked so hazd to achieve during the past year towazds completing. the reorganization of the solid waste management structure in Orange County. Our tazget now far the handaver of solid waste responsibility is Monday, April 17. 7n order to meet that timeline under the provisions of the amendment to the interlocal agreement we have approved, there would also need to be agreement from the governing boards of Carrbaro and Chapel Hill by March 31 to the delineation of 60 acres of the Greene Tract and to the interlocal agreement amendment. As we. understand it, these are the only remaining policy decisions needed to complete the transfer from. the Town of Chapel Hill to Orange County. The reason far the lag between final decisions by the three governing boards and the effective date of the transfer is that County staff will need at least one full two-week pay period to arrange pay and benefits enrollment, and to carry out related administrative actions necessary to transfer the Solid Waste Department staff from Chapel.Hill to Orange County employment, if either or both the municipal governing boards aze unable to reach agreement with the County on the 60-acre designation and the amendment to the interlocal agreement by March 31, then we will revise the target date for handover to the start of the subsequent County pay period, which is May 1. With regazd to the 60-acre Greene Tract designation, Map 1 (attached) shows the area that Orange County would like to have transferred to County ownership. This area was selected after considerable discussion and review of site characteristics, and offers an opportunity to preserve You Count !n Orange County (9i9) 245-2130 . FAX(919) 644-0246