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Commissioner Gordon said that it looks like they were excluding hauling to out of county facilities. She said that people may be alarmed if there were inert debris, or any debris since this would be a large area. The County Commissioners have gone on record saying that there would be no landfill in Orange County. She does not want to rule out the hauling to out of county facilities. Gayle Wilson said that they must be sensitive to neighbors, and as far as hauling out of county, it is expensive and they wanted to offer something locally. Commissioner Halkiotis said that Commissioner Jacobs' memory is correct, and he thinks they need to call another meeting of the small group. The bottom line is that a lot of these statements cannot be enforced. He wants to call a meeting of this group as soon as possible before the holiday break. He also asked if the Solid Waste Advisory Board and the Solid Waste staff have discussed crushing down items to different sized aggregate that can be sold for a variety of activities. Gayle Wilson said that they have not proposed processing inert debris on this particular site. There was never any discussion that it would be buried. Commissioner Halkiotis said that they would find greater acceptance if there was a totally clean facility that took natural, compostable products that could be sold. He thinks there are many opportunities here. John Link said that this is exactly what they wanted to discuss. He thinks that they need to look at this from the standpoint of a hierarchy of needs. It is close to winter and in 2002 they had the major ice storm in December, and Orange County had just taken over the landfill. There has to be a place to put storm debris. This should be the priority. Chair Carey asked if they are accepting inert debris at the current C&D landfill, and Gayle Wilson said that at $41 a ton, they get very little. Commissioner Gordon asked about the small group and what it did. Rod Visser said that this was a small informal work group with Commissioner Halkiotis and Commissioner Jacobs and staff that discussed what is legally permissible within the regulatory environment. The staff only has authority over sites of two acres and smaller, and they did not pursue this further because it did not receive a warm reception during public hearing comments. The group also included citizens that needed a place to dispose of debris. Chair Carey urged the group to look at alternatives to expanding activities at this location because the Board made promises about this site. 9. Items for Decision--ReaularAaenda a. SportsPlex Facility Management Agreement The Board reviewed and considered approving an agreement between Orange County and Recreation Factory Partners, Inc. to provide overall facility management for the Triangle SpartsPlex, upon the County's anticipated closing on the acquisition of that facility in December 2005 and authorizing the Chair to sign, subject to final review by staff and the County Attorney. Rod Visser said that they are bringing back a proposed management agreement with Recreation Factory Partners at a monthly cast of $6,250. They would be responsible for overall management of the entire facility. They would not provide programming of the senior center. They would use existing employees and their own employees to provide programming for ice- skating, aquatics, fitness, food services, etc. The budgets are part of the contract and this is described in the abstract. It would be run as an enterprise fund, just like the solid waste budget. Geof Gledhill did much of the work on the contract. He introduced John Stock of Recreation Factory Partners, Inc. Mr. Stock made a PowerPoint presentation of some of their existing facilities in the area. Their concept is that they are in the sports and entertainment business and the customers are primarily parents and children. They plan to create a venue where families can eat, shop, and play. He described the venue in Wake Forest.