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Board of County Commissioners Meeting
October 21, 2008 - 5:30 p.m.
Southern Human Services Center
2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Press Release

TRANSFER STATION PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS:

   The Orange County Board of Commissioners held a scheduled work session on September 16, 2008 on the topic of    siting a Solid Waste Transfer Station.  Included in the materials for that meeting were documents related to    soliciting public comment as part of the on-going siting process.  Neither the future steps in the process nor the    “Community-Specific Criteria-Public Input Form” suggested by the consultant, Olver Incorporated, were approved    by the Board. No deadline for submitting public comment was established by the Board either.

   Olver Incorporated was instead directed by the Board to suspend the proposed public meetings and to report its    independent professional findings under the Community-Specific criteria at the next Transfer Station siting    meeting. County management and Olver Incorporated will provide a recommended strategy to the Board at the    next Transfer Station siting meeting on how best to incorporate public comment into the overall siting process.

   The next Transfer Station siting meeting will be held at the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road in    Chapel Hill on Tuesday, October 21 starting at 5:30 p.m.  Each Transfer Station siting meeting agenda includes a    period reserved for public comment.  The Board of Commissioners values public comment, has built opportunities    for residents to speak into every step of the process, and will continue to do this in keeping with Orange County    traditions of openness and participatory government.