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8 <br />(2) Direct County Management to begin tvorki~zg i~~ith the towns on amending the 1999 • <br />Interlocal Agreenrer~t as necessary tivith regard to the County obligation to provide solid <br />Z~~aste disposal facilities and formalizing it~aste sheam flow commitments so that any <br />agree~srent i~~ith-the City of Durham provides the towns and county lvitls the best rate <br />possible oves• tlxe course of a to~rg ter7~t ag,•ee~saent. <br />The Town's and County staffs have conducted two formal meetings and have had various <br />informal conversations with regard to the Town's intentions in joining the County in an <br />interim delivery of waste to the City of Durham Transfer Station. The Town's have <br />apparently been exploring various alternative options in order to identify the most <br />agreeable solution for their needs and especially to reduce their expected increase in <br />transportation costs they would incur in hauling to the City of Durham. <br />We will continue to monitor the Town's evaluation/investigationprncess in order #o <br />achieve a decision as soon as possible. It is uncertain at this point, from prior discussions <br />with the City of Durham, that preferential disposal ra#es can be obtained even if all <br />governments in Orange County deliver the wastes they controiled/collect to a City of <br />Durham facility. <br />(3) Reengage the to3~~ns as full, proactive participants in the Inter-Local Agreement and <br />in solid waste planning, and determine ~+~h~at they are ~s~illi~tg to support, Inzowi~zg <br />already ti~~hat they oppose. <br />The SWAB is preparing to recommend an outline/framework for a comprehensive new • <br />Interlocal Agreement (IA) that acknowledges the County's decision to deliver its waste to <br />the City of Durham on ~n interim basis. The prospective revised IA would recommend <br />eliminating many of the current (IA) provisions that deal with the Greene Tract and the <br />transfer of employees and property from Chapel Hill to the County, proposes a new solid <br />waste advisory board, and a host of other elements that are further presented in an <br />upcoming report. <br />The Solid Waste Advisory Board's last two meetings have featured substantive <br />discussions of the future IA issues. At their October meeting the SWAB reached <br />consensus on a recommendation that the can ent IA be terminated and a new <br />comprehensive IA developed to address the changed conditions in local solid waste <br />management. The recommendation is intended to be finalized in a report to the BOCC at <br />the SWAB's December 8 meeting. General, elements of a new lA that the SWAB has <br />agreed should be incorporated include: <br />! Financial responsibility for closure and post-closure of landfills <br />• Provision of storm debris management/processing . <br />• Provision of yard waste managementlprocessing <br />• Greene Tract issues, if any ' <br />• Solid waste transfer and disposal <br />• Local government solid waste advisory body <br />• Solid Waste Collection systems in Orange County, including Convenience <br />Centers • <br />