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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 17, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C~ - d <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Board of County Commissioners' Policy to Require Alternatives to Open <br />Burning for County Funded Projects <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Draft Letter to OCS w/attachments Barry Jacobs, County Commissioner, 732-4941 <br />Draft Elements of Proposed Policy John Link, County Manager, ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving: (1) a letter to the Orange County School Superintendent regarding <br />open burning of wood debris; and (2) elements of a proposed BOCC policy to require a disposal plan that <br />uses burning as a last resort for any project that uses funds appropriated by the BOCC. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners expressed concerns in June 1999 with regard to open <br />burning ofright-of--way wood debris by Piedmont Electric Membership Corp. The Board subsequently <br />received correspondence and a positive response regarding that situation from Randy Brecheisen, General <br />Manager of Piedmont Electric. <br />The draft letter (see page 2) to Randy Bridges, Orange County School Superintendent, expresses the <br />Board's concerns regarding the plan to burn wood debris resulting from clearing the site for the new OCS <br />elementary school. In addition, Commissioner Barry Jacobs has suggested that the BOCC consider a <br />policy that requires a disposal plan that uses burning as a last resort for any project that uses funds <br />appropriated by the BOCC. The list on page 7 includes initial staff recommendations for elements that <br />would be included in such a policy. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None at this time. If the Board should subsequently adopt a policy along the <br />lines noted, there could be budgetary implications for agencies which receive County funding. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the BOCC provide direction on the <br />proposed letter to Superintendent Bridges and on the proposal for a policy as referenced above. <br />