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2 D. Park preserves. E. Sites (single parcel or combination of parcels) must be at least 25 acres. F. Site must be located within Orange County. G. Site must be located within 3 miles of US 15-501, NC 54, NC 86, US 70, NC 57, 1-40, or 1-85).' H. Site cannot be located in a critical watershed.2 Ed Schuffler said that the list has changed a little based on the discussions at the last meeting. He made reference to items A, B, C, and D and said that the consultants have been working with Planning staff on setting these definitions. These items are all under what is considered the Primary Conservation Area, and they are defined under the land use element. These definitions will be brought back on March 18th and reviewed. Regarding the floodplains, the FEMA flood insurance rate maps will be used. There was some discussion of eliminating areas within city limits, but Commissioner Gordon said that some towns may have property they want to offer up, so it was left as an option. Commissioner Gordon made reference to eliminating areas with steep slopes and asked what was decided about this. Ed Schuffler said that this would have to be added as a separate category. Commissioner Foushee said that she thought this was discussed in the context of the technical siting criteria and not preliminary exclusionary criteria. She made reference to Exhibit 5, item 1. Ed Schuffler said that if there were too steep of an area, it would have to be excluded. He said that just because something is on the technical criteria list does not mean that it cannot also be used as exclusionary criteria. Commissioner Gordon said that steep slopes were brought up under technical criteria, but she thinks that it belongs in exclusionary criteria. Ed Schuffler said that he would like to add steep slopes 15 percent or greater into the exclusionary criteria. He asked the Board of County Commissioners about this. Commissioner Gordon made reference to excluding towns and Geof Gledhill had said that the cleanest thing to do was to not go into the towns or the extraterritorial jurisdictions. She thinks that if there were a town or University site that was offered, that it should not be excluded. Otherwise, she thinks that if there is any conflict that the towns and ETJ should be left out. Commissioner Carey said that he does not have a problem with including steep slopes above a certain percentage in the exclusionary criteria. He asked for more discussion about park preserves. Ed Schuffler said that the Planning staff is looking at this now and pulling together the definition. Chair Jacobs asked why NC 57 was on the highway list. Also, he wants to know what part of NC 86 is being considered. He does not think that large trucks should have to travel from the source of most of the solid waste through Hillsborough and to the north. Ed Schuffler said that the Planning staff pulled the map together that showed the major roadways. This was discussed at a previous meeting about setting up a distance off of 'Recommend that location of site with respect to rail access be included in the consideration of Technical Criteria. 2 Recommendation that protected watersheds also be included in the criteria being reviewed by County staff.