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• Authorized the manager to formalize an agreement with the City of Durham for utilization of the Durham Transfer Station for a period of 3-5 years, • That such an agreement would extend priority to Orange County's leadership in waste reduction and recycling, • Directed the Manager to work with the towns on amending the 1999 Interlocal Agreement in preparation for the shift in hauling waste to the City of Durham, • Work with the towns in examining and reconsidering participation in the current Interlocal Agreement's other provisions including solid waste planning, • Directed County staff and the SWAB to develop a timeline and framework for a public process to evaluate alternative methods of solid waste disposal, including multi-jurisdictional options, and to return with a proposed framework no sooner than September 2010, • Authorizes no funding for consultants to pursue these matters without specific approval of the BOCC, and • Excludes the Millhouse Road-Rogers Road-Eubanks road communities from future waste facilities. The most practical consequence of the motion was that there was no transfer station site selected. A report is provided (attachment 2) that discusses the status of the various topics and issues included in the adopted motion. The Solid Waste Advisory Board is currently discussing a recommendation with regard to the framework and timeline for evaluation of technological alternatives to landfilling. At its October 13 meeting the SWAB endorsed a preliminary set of recommendations to the BOCC with regard to a new Interlocal Agreement for Solid Waste Management that will be further refined and finalized as soon as possible. 1) The Manager and staff have had discussions with the City of Durham counterparts over the period following the Board's in-county transfer station decision. The City of Durham agreed and acknowledged that they will welcome Orange County's waste either on an interim basis or more permanently. Nothing in writing has been prepared or executed pending decisions by the Towns. 2) The Towns' and County staffs have conducted two formal meetings and have had various informal conversations with regard to the Town's intentions in joining the County in an interim delivery of waste to the City of Durham Transfer Station. The towns have apparently been exploring various alternative options in order to identify the most agreeable solution for their needs and especially to reduce their expected increase in transportation costs they would incur in hauling to the City of Durham. 3) The SWAB is preparing to recommend an outline/framework for a comprehensive new Interlocal Agreement (IA) that acknowledges the County's decision to deliver its waste to the City of Durham on an interim basis. The proposed revised IA would recommend eliminating many of the current (IA) provisions that deal with the Greene Tract and the transfer of employees and property from Chapel Hill to the County, propose a new solid waste advisory board, and a host of other elements that are further presented in an upcoming report. 4) Over the past several months various interested residents, SWAB members, the Manager's office, technology vendors, entrepreneurs and speculators have made suggestions toward, urged investigation of, forwarded information on or raised issues with regard to a number of disparate and derivative technologies, including mostly what are considered in the industry as "emerging technologies." The SWAB