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5 Memorandum To: Frank Clifton, County Manager From: Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Director Attachment 2 Subject: Follow-up on December 2009 Transfer Station Resolution Date: November 18, 2010 On December 7, 2009 the Board of Commissioners (BOCC) adopted a motion (attachment 1) that concluded the transfer station site search process and included six items requiring Manager/staff follow-up. The current status of these six issues is provided below: (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-S 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. The Manager and staff have had discussions with our City of Durham counterparts over the period following the Board's in-county transfer station decision. The City of Durham has agreed and acknowledged that they will welcome Orange County's waste either on an interim basis or more permanently. Nothing is writing has been prepared or executed pending decisions by the Towns. The status of the Town's of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough with regard to their commitment to delivery of waste to the City of Durham's waste transfer facility is provided in (2) below. While there is still time for the Town's to further consider their options given that Orange County's current landfill capacity projection has been extended to about March-June 2013, the County may at some point have to proceed alone if necessary. It is my understanding that the City of Durham is still exploring both the development of anew transfer facility on currently owned City property and major modifications to the existing facility and decisions will unlikely be based on Orange County's delivery of waste. Staff will attempt to reassure continuation of Orange County's leadership in waste reduction and recycling in discussions with the City of Durham, but it is unlikely that any agreement with Durham can achieve the overall assurance that Orange County operated facilities can provide in this regard.