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ri MEMORANDUM TO: Roger Stancil, Town Manager FROM: Lance Norris, Public Works Director SUBJECT: Orange County Transfer Siting Process DATE: May 6, 2008 Background and Discussion The Town of Chapel Hill currently collects and hauls its municipal solid waste (MSW) to the Orange County Regional Landfill. That landfill is scheduled for closure in 2011. Currently, the Orange County Board of Commissioners is conducting a site search to construct a Transfer Station. The selected location could impact the Town of Chapel Hill negatively and/or financially. The Town of Chapel Hill's interest is, "To support the environmental sustainability of our community y actively pursuing the goal of 61 % waste reduction and by reducing our carbon oot rp int by 50% by 2020. Criteria that could impact our operation are: • An increase in non-productive route time, driving to and from the route to the disposal site is a major consideration. We have conducted time and distance studies from the geographic center of Chapel Hill to distances of 10, 12, 15 and 20 miles away. These study included Highway 54 West, I-40 West and Highway 86 North. Beyond the 12 mile point, which adds 38 to 40 minutes round trip drive time depending on location, we would need to add another crew with equipment to continue the same level of service we currently provide. • An equipment change to a dual axle residential fleet. Currently, only two trucks are dual axle. Three more will be delivered to the Town due to the normal fleet replacement cycle this fall. That will leave five rear loaders to be changed out at cost of approximately $700,000. • Fuel cost will increase if the site is other than the current site. The amount of increase would vary depending on the distance and time of travel. As an example of the impact of changing to a more remote hauling site, a time and distance study was conducted from various Chapel Hill locations to the Durham Transfer Station (DTS).