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1 <br /> APPROVED 4/15/2008 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> TRANSFER STATION SITING WORK SESSION <br /> February 19, 2008 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Transfer Station Siting Work <br /> Session on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services <br /> Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners <br /> Moses Carey, Jr., Valerie P. Foushee and Alice M. Gordon <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mike Nelson <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geof Gledhill <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br /> Manager Gwen Harvey and Willie Best, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other <br /> staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br /> PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE <br /> MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br /> Chair Jacobs said that Commissioner Nelson was ill this evening. <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> The purpose of the meeting will be to receive public comment regarding preliminary <br /> exclusionary criteria. Information regarding exclusionary criteria, technical criteria, and <br /> community specific criteria will be presented for discussion, feedback, direction and <br /> public comment. <br /> 1. Review and Discussion of Preliminary Exclusionary Criteria based upon <br /> Comments and Feedback from February 11th Meeting (Exhibit 1, Exhibit 2, Exhibit 3 <br /> and Exhibit 4) <br /> Ed Schuffler said that he would review what was discussed at the last work session. <br /> He said that he took the County Commissioners' comments regarding the website and the <br /> consultants are writing up the synopsis this week for the launching of the transfer station <br /> siting website. He recommended that the exclusionary criteria be approved on March <br /> 18th. The Board will spend some time at this meeting discussing the exclusionary data <br /> and then there will be public comment. The preliminary list of exclusionary siting criteria is <br /> shown below: <br /> PRELIMINARY EXCLUSIONARY SITING CRITERIA <br /> A. Wetlands and floodplains. <br /> B. Endangered and protected flora and fauna habitats. <br /> C. Protected sites of historical, archeological, or cultural significance. <br />