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Appendix A <br /> Board of County Commissioners Motion to transfer waste to Durham City transfer station <br /> December 7, 2010 <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to <br /> approve adopting option B- City of Durham Transfer Station: <br /> (1) Authorize the County manager to proceed with validating an interlocal agreement betwveen <br /> Orange County and the City of Durham formalizing future arrangements as an intermedia�te <br /> solution (3-5 years). Staff should seek in such discussions to assure to the greatest exteint <br /> possible Orange County's continued leadership in reducing solid waste and promoting re�cycling. <br /> (2) Direct County Management to begin working with the towns on amending the 1999 In�terlocal <br /> Agreement as necessary with regard to the County obligation to provide solid waste disp��sal <br /> facilities and formalizing waste stream flow commitments so that any agreement with the City of <br /> Durham provides the towns and county with the best rate possible over the course of a lo�ng <br /> term agreement. <br /> (3)Reengage the towns as full, proactive participants in the Inter-Local Agreement and in solic� waste <br /> planning, and determine what they are willing to support, knowing already what they <br /> oppose. <br /> (4)Du�t County staff and the Solid Waste Advisory Board to establish a discrete timeline ��nd <br /> framework for a public process to evaluate alternative methods for solid waste disposal, with <br /> an emphasis on strategies that are environmentally sensitive, socially responsible, cost- <br /> effective, and multi jurisdictional across county lines. Said framework for evaluation to <br /> return to the Board no sooner than September 2010. <br /> (5)rro additional funding for consultants to pursue these matters shall be authorized without <br /> explicit direction from the Board. <br /> A friendly amendment was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner <br /> Hemminger: <br /> (6)To exclude the Millhouse Road -Rogers Road-Eubanks Road communities from any <br /> future solid waste facilities. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs and Commissioner Hemminger agreed with the friendly amendme�nt <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that she came into the meeting with some thoughts that she�wanted <br /> to share, but she has decided to cover only the highlights of her statement. She said that the <br /> County Commissioners had agreed to site a WTS in Orange County and made a commitment to <br /> a defined site selection process. Of the candidate sites, she did not believe that there w��s one <br /> that was ideal, but she did believe that following the site selection process means rejectir�g the <br /> site in Eubanks Road area. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier to add a friendly amendment. She said that <br /> there is still a landfill in Orange County, and if the County Commissioners want to stick with their <br /> values, they need to take care of their own trash. She said that in the interim, and with the <br /> study between the jurisdictions, they need to specifically look at the possibility for a landfill in <br /> Orange County. She said that if everyone is concerned about having trash in their own <br /> backyard, they should be concerned about where they are sending it. She wants to stick:to the <br /> values. <br /> 53 <br />