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Resolution B <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION INDICATING ORANGE COUNTY'S INTENTION TO <br />ELIMINATE FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION THE DEVELOPMENT OF <br />A CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION LANDFILL ON A 178 ACRE PARCEL <br />OF LAND NEAR GUESS ROAD <br />WHEREAS, the member governments of the Landfill Owners Group have for several years <br />been seeking to identify, acquire, and develop a new construction and demolition (C&D) landfill <br />site to replace the existing facility when it reaches capacity; and <br />WHEREAS, the governing boards of the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill have ceded <br />authority to the Orange County Board of Commissioners to decide whether or not to site a new <br />C&D landfill at one of two prospective sites, located near Eubanks Road and Guess Road, <br />respectively; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has received a report and has taken public comments <br />at a public .hearing regarding the technical evaluation of the suitability of both sites; and <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Chapel Hill, acting on behalf of the other owners of the current landfill, <br />holds an option to purchase the Guess Road site, which option expires on September 30, 1999; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the proposed Guess Road site does not merit <br />further evaluation as a potential C&D landfill site: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />does hereby indicate its intent to discontinue further consideration of the Guess Road site and <br />to allow to expire the option to purchase the 178 acre site near Guess Road. <br />This, the 29"' day of September, 1999. <br />