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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 7, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. to - q <br />SUBJECT: Update and Recommended Actions - Solid Waste Transfer Station Site <br />Selection <br />DEPARTMENT: County Management <br />Solid Waste Management <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Under Separate <br />Cover <br />1) Preliminary Concept Plan for a <br />SWTS on Hwy 54 <br />2) Preliminary Concept Plan for a <br />SWTS on Paydarfar Property <br />3) Paydarfar Property - Environmental <br />Assessment (EA) <br />4) Paydarfar Property - Finding of No <br />Significant Impact (FONSI) Report <br />5) Decision Making Flow Chart and <br />Narrative <br />6) Staff Response to Questions <br />Conceming the Adopted <br />Exclusionary Criteria <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT(S): <br />Frank W. Clifton, County Manager, 245- <br />2306 <br />Gwen Harvey, Assistant County <br />Manager, 245 -2307 <br />Gayle Wilson, Director, Solid Waste <br />Management, 968 -2885 <br />Craig Benedict, Director, Planning, 245- <br />2592 <br />PURPOSE: To provide an update on several issues and recommended actions for bringing the <br />search process for a Solid Waste Transfer Station (SWTS) in Orange County to a conclusion. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Summary of Actions and Events Since BOCC Direction to County Management on <br />September 9. 2009: <br />• The Chapel Hill Town Council acted on September 28, 2009 to remove the Town -owned <br />8 -acre site on Millhouse Road near the Town Operations Center from further <br />consideration by the County for use as a Solid Waste Transfer Station. <br />• County Management and Legal provided notice to West 54, LLC that the proposed <br />Highway 54 site (0.7 miles west of Orange Grove Road on NC 54 ; 142.7 acres and <br />North Side of NC 54, 8.0 acres) remained under active consideration by the BOCC for <br />use as a Solid Waste Transfer Station. <br />