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ORANGE COUNTY ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 14, 2000 Action Agenda Rom No. SUBJECT." Solid Waste Matters — Greene Tract and Amendments to Solid Waste lnterlocal Agreement DEPARTMENT: Manager/ERCD/Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No Attorney ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 34)/00 Staff Review Memo Rod Visser, ext 2300; David Stancil, ext Proposed "Agreement to Amend the 2590; Craig Benedict, ext 2592; Geof Agreement for Solid Waste" Gledhill; 732 -2196 BACKGROUND: in September 1999, Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill ouiminated a lengthy process of negotiation regarding solid waste management. That process resulted in the signing by the three parties of an interlocal agreement under which Orange County will exercise overall responsibility for the future management of solid waste in Orange County. One of the provisions of that agreement included the rezoning of a 60 -acre portion of the Greene Tract to make permissible, under zoning regulations, certain solid waste management activities. The Board of Commissioners at their February 29 meeting decided to withdraw the request. for that rezoning, and directed the Manager and Attorney to develop. suggested changes to the approved interlocal agreement that would be needed as a result of that decision. The target date for assumption by the County of overall solid waste management authority was adjusted from March 20 to April 17, 2000. The additional time was intended to allow the parties to agree to amendments to the interlocal agreement and on the exact delineation of the 60 -acre portion of the Greene Traci., The Board commissioned two surveys of the entire Greene Tract to inform the decision about which 60 acres should be transferred to the County. A final report on the cultural/ archaeological resources on the property, and an interim report on the biologicaVenvimnmental resources, were considered by the Board in their February 29 deliberations. The final