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~~ 3 facility for recycling and reuse of both separated and mixed construction waste at the landfill. Funds for this facility would be included in the 1997-98 budget proposal. We would compaze the information from this estimate with the information gained from a request for proposals we recommend be issued in the spring of 1997 to determine a level of interest from the private sector. Regardless of whether a construction and demolition waste reduction project is publicly or privately operated, revenues now received from construction waste tipping fees would need to be used to finance the facility and thus may not be available for funding other programs. Before proceeding with any facility we would compare our costs with those from a private vendor. • ' Acquisition of a minimum of 25 acres of additional land adjoining the existing north side of the landfill to manage construction and demolition wastes, stockpile materials for marketing or processing, and landfill what .cannot be reused or recycled. We expect-the north side of Eubanks Road construction and demolition waste disposal area will be full in early 1999. We _ cannot develop a construction _ and demolition waste management facility on the existing site without additional ` P~PertY In .addition to those measures previously considered, this memorandum contains additional detail on the "no-build", landfill only and transfer station options for construction and demolition wastes. The key recommendation is to proceed with development of a detailed integrated management plan for construction and demolition waste over the next four months and include it as part of the fiscal 1997-98 budget request Due to the complexity and cost of this recommendation, we would expect that discussions would continue at the January Owners Group meeting. Alternative financing methods will also be presented at that meeting. Background Construction and Demolition Revenues and Costs During fiscal year 1995-96, 31,200 tons of construction and demolition waste were delivered to the Orange Re;ional Landfill. This represents about 3596 of the total waste buried excluding coal ash from LTNC's powetplant. Generally, this component of the waste stream has grown at the same rate as all other wastes. ~ However there was an overall decline in waste brought to the landfill during fiscal year 1995-96 Fees received in FY 1995-96 for disposal of construction and demolition waste debris totaled approximately $1,003,001 oc 2996 of total tip fee revenues. For fiscal year 1995-96, we had projected construction and demolition tonnage of 33,500 tons estimated to generate 51,038,500 in revenue. However we received 7% less, since construction activity declined somewhat and there may have been some waste reduction in response to the increased tipping fees, higher prices of building materials, and solid waste planning requirements in the Town of Chapel Hill. .,