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RESOLUTION
Intentions Regarding Acquisition of the Kirby Property
WHEREAS, Orange County has an active Lands Legacy Program which includes a
component for the acquisition of future park sites; and
WHEREAS, the property owned by Mr. Fred Kirby (hereinafter "the Kirby property") in Little
River Township, as identified in the attached map, meets the identified needs for a district
park in north-central Orange County dating back to the 1988 Parks Element of the
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Kirby property has two streams that flow north to the South Fork of the Little
River; and
WHEREAS, Orange County may have the need for a solid waste recycling and solid waste
disposal convenience center to serve the northeast quarter of the County; and
WHEREAS, a solid waste recycling and solid waste disposal convenience center can be
located on the Kirby property compatibly with County protected watershed regulations and
compatibly with the planned district park so long as the center's access roads/drives come
from Mincey Road; and
WHEREAS, before any facilities are sited on the property the County will establish a
collaborative planning process that includes public input from the community,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners
will acquire the Kirby property as defined in the attached map as the site for the future district
park in north-central Orange County, with a master plan and park construction to occur at an
undetermined point in time in the future.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby
states its intention to accept a conservation easement on the property substantially in the
form of Exhibit A to the Offer to Purchase and Contract, granted to a qualified conservation
organization, which will prohibit the location on the property of a solid waste landfill or a solid
waste transfer station, and which .will restrict permitted development from encroaching on
stream buffers that will be determined by mutual agreement on the property.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any Orange County recycling and solid waste disposal
convenience center located on the property will have its access roads/drives from Mincey
Road.
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