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SOLID ~`'ASTE ISSUES John Link, Orange County Manager, stated that both Chapel Hill and Carrboro had responded to Moses Carey's August 10th letter regarding the County's idea of extending water and sewer to the County's new solid waste facility to be located on Eubanks Road. This facility is being proposed for this site because the current facility is located off Airport Road on University property. It seems to be very functional to combine administrative staff with solid t~--°aste staff located on Eubanks. Although the MS W landfill will reach capacity by 2010, at least through 2020 there will be solid waste operations where they are now located. It is believed that the County will be using this facility for the next 20 years at least. It is a good idea to have the facilities all together. Rod `'isser, Assistant County Manager, stated that in April there was approval of a conceptual design. The County Commissioners want sizeable meeting space to accommodate training area for staff, community meeting space, public meeting space, and educational facility for students. He stated that the property is located just inside the rural buffer and has an approved perk site. The building can be located closer to the road if sewer is provided to this property. The County Commissioners have approved a pump and lift station. The ultimate design will be subject to OWASA's appro~•~al. John Link said that the co-location of these t~vo facilities is part of a master plan that the County Commissioners have been working on for three or four years. He stated that they feel the operation of the solid waste facility is an essential service and thinks it meets the criteria in Section 3 of the water and sewer boundary agreement. Mark Kleinschmidt asked ho«~ the meeting space is an essential public service. John Link said they want the facility large enough for meetings of staff, municipal employees, and school students. Mark Kleinschmidt stated that the need for the landfill is essential but he does not see the need for w ater and se«~~er for a meeting space. You would not propose a meeting space and then say it was an essential public service. l~loses Carey said that they would say the meeting facility was an essential service by itself. The function of a solid waste facility, along with the activities that go along with it that are not being adequately met now, is a combination of the two that makes it an essential public facility. Diana lUlcDuffee said she thinks you do need meeting space in that part of the County. Her current voting precinct is at Homestead Center and it is very inadequate. She hopes it can be used as a precinct. However, what she sees most. attractive is running it down Rogers Road instead of down Eubanks Road. The neighbors of the landfill w anted water and sewer. Paul Spier, with the Orange County Solid waste Division, stated that it would have gravity flow into system developed by Chapel Hill when they put their facility on Mill House Road. It will not have a pump station.. John Herrera stated that Carrboro just annexed all those neighbors in that area. He stated that he feels the County will have a stronger case for sewer if the sewer was offered to the Rogers Road neighborhood. Sally Cneene asked tivhat functions are currently not being well served. Moses Carey said the educational functions associated with solid waste management operations are not being served. The municipal staffs and county staff could use the facility to conduct activities that cannot be done at the current site.