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Draft Appendiz A Board of County Commissioners Motion to transfer waste to Durham City transfer station December 7,2010 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to approve adopting option B- City of Durham Transfer Station: (1)Authorize the County manager to proceed with validating an interlocal agreement between Orange County and the City of Durham formalizing future arrangements as an intermediate solution (3-5 years). Staff should seek in such discussions to assure to the greatest extent possible Orange County's continued leadership in reducing solid waste and promoting recycling. (2) Direct County Management to begin working with the towns on amending the 1999 Interlocal Agreement as necessary with regard to the County obligation to provide solid waste disposal facilities and formalizing waste stream flow commitments so that any agreement with the City of Durham provides the towns and county with the best rate possible over the course of a long term agreement. (3) Reengage the towns as full, proactive participants in the Inter-Local Agreement and in solid waste planning, and determine what they are willing to support, knowing already what they oppose. (4) Direct County staff and the Solid Waste Advisory Board to establish a discrete timeline and framework for a public process to evaluate alternative methods for solid waste disposal, with an emphasis on strategies that are environmentally sensitive, socially responsible, cost- effective, and multi jurisdictional across county lines. Said framework for evaluation to return to the Board no sooner than September 2010. (5) No additional funding for consultants to pursue these matters shall be authorized without explicit direction from the Board. A friendly amendment was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger: (6) To exclude the Millhouse Road -Rogers Road-Eubanks Road communities from any future solid waste facilities. Commissioner Jacobs and Commissioner Hemminger agr�ed with the friendly amendment. Commissioner Gordon said that she came into the meeting with some thoughts that she wanted to share, but she has decided to cover only the highlights of her statement. She said that the County Commissioners had agreed to site a WTS in Orange County and made a commitment to a defined site selection process. Of the candidate sites, she did not believe that there was one that was ideal, but she did believe that following the site selection process means rejecting the site in Eubanks Road area. A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier to add a friendly amendment. She said that there is still a landfill in Orange County, and if the County Commissioners want to stick with their values, they need to take care of their own trash. She said that in the interim, and with the study between the jurisdictions, they need to specify to look at the possibility for a landfill in Orange County. She said that if everyone is concerned about having trash in their own backyard, they should be concerned about where they are sending it. She wants to stick to the values. 50