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of long-term waste disposal solution had been taken to also include technological alternatives as well. Together with the parallel issue of reasonably extending the life of the current landfill to optimize capacity, it appears that there may be a window of opportunity that could allow local governments to avoid or at least severely limit the duration of the interim delivery to the City of Durham Transfer Station by moving expeditiously to discuss future organizational issues within the larger framework of long-term disposal alternatives. The Solid Waste Advisory Board indicated that a report regarding alternative technologies had already been developed for and presented to the Board of Commissioners, and that further examination of the range of technical, economic and risk-related issues surrounding a thorough and effective consideration of alternative technologies for solid waste may require more resources and expertise than the SWAB has available. Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can discuss issues related to this item as necessary. Attachment -See Attachment 2-a -Memo to BOCC from SWAB dated November 11, 2010 3. Future Facility Development at County Southern Human Services Center The County's main southern-Orange services campus at 2500 Homestead Road is the location of two facilities: the Southern Orange Human Services Center and the Robert and Pearl Seymour Senior Center. The Board of Commissioners has previously discussed campus expansion including, but not limited to, a dental clinic and additional operating space at the Human Services building. In February 2007 the Board of Commissioners approved a master plan of the Southern Human Services Center site. In November 2010 the Board authorized the preparation of a formal master plan of the campus, updating the long-term needs and correlating such with the available capacity of the site. In addition, the Board accepted the recommendation that the County explore the possibility of advance site preparation of identified building sites, which will require modification to the Special Use Permit currently governing the site. A recommendation for funding such an initiative will be considered during the upcoming Capital Investment Plan deliberations. Staff will briefly discuss the existing approved master plan at the meeting and receive questions from Council members and Commissioners, and the governing boards can discuss issues related to this item as necessary. Attachment 3 -Concept Plan 2006: Southern Human Services Campus FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with discussion of these topics. There are no action items requiring formal decisions. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Managers recommend the governing boards discuss the topics listed and provide appropriate direction to the respective staffs.