Agenda - 09-30-1998 - Additional Information

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"Local governments shall continue to work, through the LOG, to site a transfer station and work to develop options for materials recovery and construction and demolition disposal." COM IEENT: There is also a difference here between the Council's July 2nd position and the County's. TRANSFER STATION: The Council's position was to plan for a transfer station (meaning in Orange County) if no regional alternatives could be found. Sites in Orange that have been mentioned for this facility include the three properties on the north side of Eubanks (Mrs. Deng - Johnson`s parcels and the one in between), the Greene Tract and the Economic Development Districts. The LOG staff is in the process of getting information on the possibility of use of the Durham transfer station. This will include information on whether the Durham transfer station could accommodate Orange garbage as well as additional costs to local governments for hauling garbage to the Durham station. A presentation on this will be made to the LOG at its September 10th meeting. The Council's July 2nd resolution acknowledged that there will be no search for a future landfill site at this time. There seemed to be a recognition that while we need to work on a transfer station, this issue was not as critical at this time as the MRF and C&D sites. MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY: The County's position of woridng to develop options for a materials recovery facility is another area of difference. The Council's July 2nd position was that we need to acquire a site (or use an existing LOG owned property) for a MRF by fall. There is a much more immediate need for a MRF than a transfer station The LOG already has options for a MRF. There will be a staff report at the , ptember 10th LCG meeting on tiie Economic Development Districts in the County and costs associated with using those sites for a MRF and transfer station. We also have under consideration the three tracts of land on the north side of Eubanks Road as well as the Greene Tract. Funds for a MRF consultant were allocated in ,last year's solid waste budget and presumably will be reappropriated in this year's budget. The staff has just completed a search, selected a consultant and is in contract negotiations now. When this work is finalized in the near future, there will be a need, certainly within a short time, for a chosen site for the consultant, in order to work with the LOG, all other elected officials, the public and the staff; to develop plans for the facility. We have a variety of options for a site and and on July 2nd the Council acknowledged the need to make a selection and move forward. CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION SITE: Once again there is a difference between the Council's and the County's positions. The staff calculates that our present facility has possibly 18 months of life left. This does create a need to move ahead with siting a replacement facility or face the possibility of not having a C&D facility in Orange County. The LOG i has three sites under consideration, including the Greene Tract, Mrs. Blackwood's property and the site on Old 86. A public hearing on these sites as well as the need for a C&D facility was set by the LOG and endorsed by the Council. The time for that public hearing is September 10th, at 7:30 PM after the LOG meeting. This will be h--.d in the Orange County Humaz Resource.- Building on Homestead Roan.