2011-05-05 EnerSol Resolution of SupportRESOLUTION 2011-OS-OS
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY
OF PITTSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA TOBACCO INDEMNIFICATION AND COMMUNITY
REVITALIZATION COMMISSION APPLICATION ENDORSEMENT
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization
Commission (the "Tobacco Commission") was created to help foster economic development in
the tobacco dependent communities of Southside and Southeast Virginia; and
WHEREAS, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (the "County"), is an independent political
subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia (the "Commonwealth"), and is located wholly
within the Tobacco Commission's footprint;
WHEREAS, EnerSol Technologies, Inc. ("EnerSol"), a Springfield, Virginia
corporation, has developed the Plasma-Enhanced Gasification System ("PEGS") that converts
waste into fuel; thereby, potentially enhancing the Commonwealth's energy security, reducing
greenhouse gas emissions, and prolonging the lifespan of its waste facilities; and
WHEREAS, EnerSol has proposed the construction of anext-generation waste to energy
demonstration unit (the "Demonstration Unit") in the Tobacco Commission's footprint to
demonstrate the viability of PEGS in the municipal waste arena, specifically to build a fifty (50)
ton per day demonstration unit to convert municipal solid waste into electrical power; and
WHEREAS, EnerSol, on September 9, 2010, submitted an application for FY11 research
and development funds to the Tobacco Commission to construct and operate said Demonstration
Unit; and
WHEREAS, EnerSol's application for research and development funds was
sponsored/supported by Mr. Peter Su, Director, Virginia Department of Business Assistance and
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Trade; and
WHEREAS, EnerSol has approached the County, and has proposed construction of the
Demonstration Unit at/in the Pittsylvania County Landfill; and
WHEREAS, upon information and belief, the Demonstration Unit project offers near
and long term benefits into the Tobacco Commission's footprint including, but not limited to,
the following: creating fifty (50) to one-hundred (100) jobs during the construction phase of
twelve (12) to eighteen (18) months; employing twenty-five (25) to thirty (30) skilled and semi-
skilled workers annually at the Demonstration Unit; creation of a supply chain footprint for the
proposed project of over seven million dollars ($7,000,000); opening of an engineering office by
EnerSol upon grant award in the Tobacco Commission's footprint to create long-term green jobs;
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potential to develop up to nineteen (19) five-hundred (500) ton per day commercial waste
gasification projects in the Tobacco Commission's footprint; a minimum of an additional five
million dollars ($5,000,000) benefit to the supply chain base over the first ten (IO) years of the
commercialization of the technology in Virginia and worldwide; more than $4.6 billion
economic activity over the next twenty (20) years from construction with one-thousand (1,000)
jobs in the Tobacco Commission's footprint; and over two-hundred eighty-seven million dollars
($287,000,000) from economic activity annually from operations and two-thousand (2,000) jobs;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Pittsylvania, Virginia (the "BOS"), as evidenced by a majority affirmative vote at its
Monday, May 2, 2011, lawfully advertised and convened public meeting, does hereby support
EnerSol's application to the Tobacco Commission for the potential construction of the
Demonstration Unit at/in the Pittsylvania County Landfill, recognizing, inter alia, the following:
that this resolution is an expression of interest only; said resolution does not bind or obligate the
County, the BOS, or the Industrial Development Authority of Pittsylvania County, Virginia (the
"IDA"), to the reimbursement for or payment of any local match money, fees, or any and all
other costs associated or related to EnerSol's application or the Demonstration Unit's
construction, maintenance, or operation; said resolution does not hinder any party's ability to
seek current or future Tobacco Commission funds; any potential future construction, placement,
and operation at/of the Demonstration Unit at/in the Pittsylvania County Landfill will be subject
to comprehensive legal review, and must comply with any all federal, state, and local laws and
regulations; and the County, BOS, and/or the IDA can withdraw its support of the Demonstration
Unit project and application thereof at any time, without penalty, recourse, or civil, criminal, or
equitable legal recourse or redress from/by EnerSol.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the BOS, does hereby authorize the Board
Chairman and/or County Administrator to sign apd execute this resolution endorsing/supporting
EnerSol's application. / ~,
William D. Sleeper, Cl rk of the Bo
Board of Supervisors of Pittsylvani County, Virginia
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