Agenda - 11-18-2008 - Transfer 1

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1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 VA Carl and Eleanor were also avid environmentalists, having a great love and appreciation for land and nature. They are well known at the Triangle Land Conservancy as my grandmother donated a 74-acre tract of land, also known as Bald Mountain, in 1995 in memory of my Grandfather who had recently passed away. It has since been renamed Pegg Hill. As a little girl, I remember hearing stories about my grandparents packing a lunch every Sunday and hiking to the top of the mountain to enjoy its beautiful rock formations and trees. More recently, my grandmother gifted another parcel of some 90 acres in Chatham County in order to preserve a beautiful piece of land, which also contains rare plants, near Bynam on the Haw River. With this gifting she was able to fund an Exhibit Hall at the UNC Botanical Gardens and funded an additional $200,000.00 to the already existing Pegg Scholarship Fund. This fund, started in 1983, has provided over 550 scholarships to students who otherwise would not be able to attend college. In her will, my grandmother has also stated that additional monies will go to the Pegg Scholarship Fund. I appeal to you, and Orange County, to respectfully remove this parcel from consideration for the Transfer Station due to the enormous amount of gifting my graparents have done. They have enabled many to enjoy over 150 acres of land they have gifted to TLC and UNC and provided the ability for literally hundreds of North Carolina students to attend UNC. By losing this tract, whether in its entirety or partially, further gifting may be jeopardized. Please supply me with the appropriate contact at the Orange County Board of Commissioners for further appeal. I merely ask you to consider the extensive gifting my grandparents have done, and may do in the future. I appreciate your attention to this matter. Should you have any questions, or seek further information, please contact me directly. Sincerely, Suzanne H. Upton POA for Eleanor Pegg Dan Eddleman said that he has served on the Orange County Planning Board and Board of Adjustment. He presented some material from a book entitled, Waste Management Practices..A compilation of EPA, state, city and professional organizations best practices by John Pichtel. This source strongly emphasizes a need for access to major truck routes. He said that the availability of rail lines would significantly help reduce costs in this operation. He said that full water and sewer would be needed for the fires that may occur at these sites. He gave some examples of fires in other transfer stations. He said that with compacted trash, the odds of spontaneous combustion is much higher. He pointed out that the cost comparison between building a new transfer station and a dump facility is extremely close. Greensboro has had to raise taxes because of the building of a transfer station, which is ideally suited on 1 -40/1- 85. He said that the cost would be huge for this transfer station. John Kizer said that he was a member of the Planning Board when the County adopted the land use rezoning. He said that it would be ironic if the preservation of this area the County has served only to leave large tracts of land available on which public facilities can be placed without regards to the needs or expectations of the residents who live in this area and have preserved these places for the County. He made reference to comments from Commissioner Gordon in some of the minutes that, "it would preferable to place a transfer facility 'in an area already zoned for such an implication." He said that this position has been endorsed by citizen comment at public meetings. He said that zoning amendments must be reasonably necessary to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare and to achieve the purpose of the 7