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Attachment 1 <br />• <br />Agenda Item from <br />November 18, 2010 <br />ORANGE COUNTYWork Session <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 18, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ,~ <br />• <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Solid Waste Management issues/Convenience Centers <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />December 7, 2009 Adopted Transfer <br />Station Motion <br />Report -- Status ofi Transfer Station <br />Motion Issues/Actions <br />Report -- Solid Waste Planning Work <br />Group Convenience Center <br />Recommendation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Management <br />Direc#or, 968-2885 <br />WiAie Best, Assistant County Manager, <br />245-230$ <br />PURPOSE: To present the Solid Waste Planning Work Group (Work Group} recommendation <br />regarding future Solid Waste Convenience Center design, operations and financing, and to <br />present a follow up report on the status of issues. contained in the December 2009 Transfer <br />Station decision motion adopted by the Board of Commissioners. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />December 2009 Transfer Station Motion <br />The Board of Commissioners (B4CC) adopted a motion (attachment 1} in December 2009 that <br />concluded the site search process for a waste transfer station that was to manage County solid <br />waste once the current municipal waste landfill reaches capacity. This motion included <br />provisions that: <br />• Authorized the Manager #o formalize an agreement with the City of Durham for utilization <br />of the Durham Transfer Station for a period of 3-5 years, <br />• That such an agreement would extend priority to Orange County's leadership in waste <br />reduction and recycling, <br />Directed the Manager to work with the towns on amending the 1999 Interlocal Agreement <br />in preparation for the shift in hauling waste to the City of Durham, <br />• Work with the towns in examining and reconsidering participation in the current <br />Interlocal Agreement's other provisians including solid waste planning, <br />• Directed county staff and the SWAB to develop a timeline and framework far a public <br />process to evaluate alternative methods of solid waste disposal, including multi- <br />jurisdictional options, and to return with a proposed firamework no sooner than <br />September 2010, <br />3 <br />