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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 13, 2012 <br />SUBJECT: Landfill Neighborhood Illegal Dumping Cleanup /Collection <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment 1 — Map of Three - Fourths Mile <br />Area <br />Attachment 2 — Locations of Two Large <br />Unregulated Dump Sites <br />(approximate) <br />Attachment 3 — Memo from County <br />Attorney <br />Attachment 4 - Outline of Proposed <br />Neighborhood Cleanup <br />Protocol <br />Action Agenda L <br />Item No. U <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Management <br />Director, 968 -2885 <br />Michael Talbert, Assistant County <br />Manager, 245 -2308 <br />PURPOSE: To review staff's plans and timeline and authorize staff to proceed with the cleanup <br />of waste improperly dumped on properties within 3/ mile of the Orange County Landfill. <br />BACKGROUND: On October 4, 2011 the Board of Commissioners (BOCC) authorized staff to <br />proceed with a `one -time' effort to clean -up illegal dump sites located within three - fourths of one <br />mile of the landfill boundary (Attachment 1), at no cost to the individual property owners. This <br />item provides the opportunity for the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to review staffs <br />plans and timeline to proceed with the cleanup of waste improperly dumped on properties within <br />3/ mile of the Orange County Landfill. The plan is subject to modification relative to other <br />priorities. <br />Subsequent to the October 4th authorization, staff has performed a windshield survey of the area <br />as well as spoken to property owners and otherwise inquired about the extent of the illegal <br />dumping problem. As a result, staff has acquired additional information that will impact final <br />cleanup planning. There appear to be two large, unregulated (non - permitted) and currently <br />inactive for - profit disposal sites within the delineated 3/ mile area (Attachment 2). These sites <br />raise complicated legal issues surrounding potential County and property owner liability that <br />require a more measured approach. This has caused staff, pursuant to County Attorney advice, <br />to amend the previous planning to take this, and perhaps other, unexpected and potentially <br />problematic dump sites into account (Attachment 3). <br />One property of concern has been recently purchased by St. Paul AME Church. The church <br />has submitted applications to the Town of Chapel Hill for a rezoning of 20.4 acres from R -1 to R- <br />5 zoning and for a special use permit as a mixed use development (to be developed in phases) <br />