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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 1, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 10 _ Q <br />SUBJECT: Update and Recommended Actions — Solid Waste Transfer Station Site <br />Selection <br />DEPARTMENT: County Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />Solid Waste Management <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />UNDER SEPARATE COVER <br />1) Orange County Environmental <br />Impact Ordinance (EIO) Summary <br />2) West 54 LLC Site /Olver EIO <br />Application Findings — Book One <br />and Book Two <br />3) Conceptual Plan /Maps — Paydarfar <br />Site Option <br />4) Reimbursement Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank W. Clifton, Interim County <br />Manager, 245 -2306 <br />Gwen Harvey, Assistant County <br />Manager, 245 -2307 <br />Gayle Wilson, Director, Solid Waste <br />Management, 968 -2885 <br />PURPOSE: To provide an update the County Commission on several issues and <br />recommended actions for moving the site selection search process for a Solid Waste Transfer <br />Station in Orange County to a conclusion. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Emergence and Status of Proposed Town Site: <br />(Portion of the Town Operations Center located on Millhouse Road, Town of Chapel Hill, <br />approximately 8 acres) <br />At the May 14 BOCC Transfer Station Work Session held with invited municipal officials, the <br />Town of Chapel Hill Mayor, Kevin Foy, introduced the concept of utilizing a portion of the Town <br />of Chapel Hill Operation Center property as a possible alternative site to Site 056 (NC 54; <br />Owner, West 54, LLC) for the new transfer station. Presently the approximately 8 acre site is an <br />unused portion of the overall Town Operations Center complex. The Mayor made clear the <br />suggestion should not be considered an offer of the site as the Town Council had not formally <br />discussed the matter and that ultimately the Council would need to make a formal decision. <br />Furthermore, the Mayor indicated he would prefer the BOCC evaluate the site for its technical <br />suitability as a transfer station site and, if the BOCC considered the location suitable and <br />expressed its interest in pursuing the site further, the Town Council would address the matter. <br />