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Gayle Wilson said that they have been fortunate in being able to extend the life of the landfill a couple of years. The County Commissioners need to determine the location of the transfer station so that planning can begin. The transfer station should be ready by the spring of 2010. They would like to begin preliminary design and permitting in 2007. If the County Commissioners chose to put it at a place that was not previously recommended, then the timeline will have to be backed up to identify a location. Commissioner Gordon encouraged the SWAB to look at where this facility could be located. Commissioner Jacobs said that Chapel Hill still has not signed on to the Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance. He asked for an explanation of this. Gayle Wilson said that he did not know, but they inquired last spring and the Chapel Hill Planning Director had same questions and the County staff answered them. He thought Chapel Hill was ready to sign on, but he has not heard anything since. He does not know why Chapel Hill has not signed on and the Chapel Hill staff cannot give him a reason either. Commissioner Jacobs said that it would be advisable that Chapel Hill signs on. He recommended the Chair of the SWAB and the Chapel Hill representative bring this up. Jan Sassaman said that they made a presentation to the Town Council in early December and were pretty strong in the statement to them that they should sign an and that there could be some downstream regulatory issues if they do not sign on. Commissioner Jacobs suggested having a letter from the Board of County Commissioners' Chair to the Mayor. Chair Carey encouraged the Chair of the Solid Waste Advisory Board SWAB) and the Chapel Hill representatives to address the matter with Chapel Hill. He will generate this letter. Commissioner Halkiotis said that there should be a list of other outstanding issues that are hanging out there. He is amazed that this is still out there. He thinks it should be Manager to Manager or Chair to Mayor. This need to be resolved. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the ordinance and asked how it was going with deconstruction versus demolition. Gayle Wilson could not answer this with accuracy. Commissioner Jacobs asked that this be put in writing and shared with the SWAB. c. Three Year Solid Waste Management Plan Update; (including steps to address Tawn of Chapel Hill program/service interests) Gayle Wilson said that they need to get back on track and revisit this plan. He has proposed a Waste Reduction Plan Work Group that would include one or two members from each of the elected bodies, a representative from the University, a SWAB liaison, and others. The work group would meet periodically over the next 14-16 months to review the work done by staff and the SWAB. The work group would be reexamining and reconsidering a portion of the plan that serves as a means to achieve 61 reduction. They would be looking at residential and commercial recycling collection, equipment and staffing, materials, regulatory issues, processing issues, financial implications, and the implementation issues. He would like the process to include input from the public, all of the elected boards, the University, and the advisory board. The plan needs to be adopted by the elected bodies and submitted in June 2006.