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• Attachment 2 -12/8/98 Letter from Mayor Waldorf, with 12/7/98 Chapel Hill Town Council Resolution • Attachment 3 - 9/22/98 Letter from Mayor Nelson 2. Outstandin Ig ssues The Board may wish to discuss any additional information needed and/or indicate agreement in principle that Orange County will assume overall responsibility for solid waste management. 2 3. Timetable/Milestones Staff has prepared a draft of some of the major tasks that would need to be accomplished in a transition between Chapel Hill and Orange County solid waste operations. A necessary precursor to the transition effort would be a signed interlocal agreement between the County and its municipal partners that would bind all parties in a long-term commitment to an economically viable solid waste management enterprise. While the time required to carry out the transition plan could vary depending on workload and other major projects, the general assumption underlying the timetable is that County oversight of solid waste could be undertaken within six months of the adoption by all parties of an interlocal agreement. Staff will respond to the Board's questions on this topic. Related Documents • Attachment 4 - 2/18/99 Draft Timetable/Milestones 4. Completion of Interlocal Agreement The Board may wish to discuss/confirm a process for re-engaging and fmalizing the solid waste management interlocal agreement. The Chapel Hill Town Council has suggested (see Attachment 2) that "the partners set up a work group composed of the Mayors and Chair or other single representatives chosen by the governing bodies, and the Managers to negotiate the revision of the eighth draft of the Interlocal Agreement... ". A meeting of such a group was tentatively scheduled for February 16, but has been postponed pending~the discussion at this BOCC work session. Related Documents • Attachment 5 -10/7/97 Draft of "Interlocal Agreement Concerning Solid Waste Management Matters " • Attachment 6 - 2/1/99 Memo from Mayor Waldorf, "Completing the Interlocal Agreement on Solid Waste Management for Orange County" 5. Alternative Financing Mechanisms Since Spring of 1998, this subcommittee has met regularly to discuss the options for ensuring that adequate revenues will be in place to develop and operate the facilities and programs necessary to achieve the waste reduction goals laid out in the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan. There has been extensive discussion about the possible use of availability fees to finance most or all of the recycling and waste reduction programs, but the Committee has not reached a point where it is ready to recommend the use of that specific mechanism. Background materials from the Committee's most recent meeting are included for the Board's information. The Committee requested that each governing board review and comment on option III, namely that each jurisdiction would take responsibility for establishing and implementing its own revenue mechanism(s) for its share of recycling and waste reduction programs. The