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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: <br />November 17, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Solid Waste Management Issues <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Public Works <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/l~ <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />8/11/98 BOCC Solid Waste Proposal <br />9/22/98 Letter from Carrboro Mayor Nelson <br />10/6/98 Letter from Carrboro Manager Morgan <br />10/26/98 Letter from CH Mayor Waldorf <br />Table -Comparison of Responses <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300; Wilbert <br />McAdoo or Wayne Fenton, ext 2625 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss the County Commissioners' possible courses of action, in light of responses <br />from the governing boards of Carrboro and Chapel Hill to the Commissioners' August 1998 proposal for <br />future solid waste management responsibilities. <br />BACKGROUND: At their August 11, 1998 work session, the Orange County Commissioners <br />developed a "Proposal for Assuming Responsibility for Solid Waste Management Operations". This <br />proposal was transmitted to the governing boards of the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill for their <br />review and deliberation. Both municipal governing boards have provided written responses. There are <br />numerous points of consensus, but several important matters remain to be resolved. These include, but <br />are not limited to: 1) the siting of several key solid waste management facilities; 2) the financing <br />mechanisms for the construction, development, and operation of those facilities; 3) the specifics of the <br />future governance/organization of solid waste management in Orange County; and 4) the timing and <br />sequencing of decisions about governance and facility siting. <br />The Board may wish to review the points of consensus and differences between the three governing <br />boards, and to discuss whether/how some or all of those differences may be overcome. Additional <br />discussion on this topic could be scheduled for the Board's bimonthly work session on December 8, or a <br />subsequent Commissioners' meeting. <br />Chapel Hill Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson will be available to respond to any questions the Board <br />may have about future solid waste management facilities, and specifically, about a creative proposal <br />presented at the most recent LOG meeting that could result in several solid waste facilities being <br />accommodated on LOG owned property at the Eubanks Road landfill. <br />