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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 16, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. Lv - a - ~, <br />SUBJECT: Solid Waste Transfer Station Site Search Process -Millhouse Road Suggestion <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />A. Millhouse Road Site Preliminary <br />Evaluation - Olver Inc. (Under <br />Separate Cover) <br />B. SWAB Memorandum <br />C. Hauling Analysis <br />Revisions/Updates - <br />Olver, Inc. <br />D. Draft Letter from the Chair to the <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gwen Harvey, Assistant County <br />Manager, 245-2307 <br />Gayle Wilson, Director, Solid Waste <br />Management, 968-2885 <br />Mayor <br />PURPOSE: To present as requested by the BOCC on May 14, 2009, the preliminary evaluation <br />of a Town of Chapel Hill owned property on Millhouse Road as the possible location for the new <br />County solid waste transfer station. <br />BACKGROUND: At the May 14 BOCC Transfer Station Work Session the Board held with <br />invited municipal officials, the Town of Chapel Hill Mayor, Kevin Foy, introduced the concept of <br />utilizing a portion of the Town of Chapel Hill Operation Center property as a possible alternative <br />site for the new transfer station. This approximately 8 acre site is a currently unused portion of <br />the overall Town Operations Center complex. The Mayor made clear his suggestion should not <br />be considered an offer of the site as the Town Council had not formally discussed the matter <br />and that ultimately the Council would need to make a formal decision. Furthermore, the Mayor <br />indicated he would prefer the BOCC evaluate the site for its technical suitability as a transfer <br />station site and, if the BOCC considered the location suitable and expressed its interest in <br />pursuing the site further, the Town Council would address the matter. <br />Olver, Inc. Preliminary Analysis of Chapel Hill Operations Center Site -Millhouse Road <br />Olver, Inc. has evaluated the Millhouse Road site as a potential alternative site to Site 056 on <br />Hwy 54 for the new transfer station. Initial assessment has included obtaining various existing <br />documentation and data from the Town associated with its own site investigation and permitting <br />process for the Town Operations Center project. Attachment A is a complete copy of the <br />Olver, Inc. report on the Millhouse Road site, identified as Site 744. The key points of the <br />evaluation to date are summarized below: <br />