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9 1 In December 2010 the BOCC established a Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement Work 2 Group, with Commissioner Steve Yuhasz appointed as the County representative in June, 3 2012. Mayor Mark Chilton was appointed as the Town of Carrboro's representative, with 4 Alderman Randee Haven O'Donnell selected as an alternate. This Work Group has not been 5 activated for reasons relating to the Rogers Road community mitigation request of May 2011 6 and the uncertainty with regard to the outcomes of the Town of Chapel Hill's decision to 7 conduct a comprehensive analysis of its solid waste services and programs. 8 9 10 11 b) Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) 12 Michael Talbert said that the Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) was established as 13 part of the 1999 Interlocal Agreement for Solid Waste Management and has been active with 14 regard to a number of policies, programs and acting as a public forum since that time. Given 15 the uncertainty surrounding the decision to close the landfill on June 30, 2013 and Chapel Hill's 16 ongoing analysis of its future solid waste services and practices, the SWAB has been less 17 active and currently experiences no representation from Orange County or the Town of 18 Carrboro. Presently only the Towns of Chapel Hill and Hillsborough have active members, 19 along with ex-officio membership from the University. Commissioner Yuhasz is County Liaison 20 to the Board. The SWAB has recently formally recommended that existing vacancies be filled 21 so its work can continue until some more permanent long term resolution can be determined 22 among the jurisdictions. The SWAB believes that some joint relationship among the local 23 governments will be necessary to effectively continue solid waste management efforts into the 24 future, efforts that will, at a minimum, involve waste reduction and recycling services/programs. 25 26 c) Greene Tract 27 Michael Talbert said that the Greene Tract (164 acres) was acquired in 1984 for 28 $608,000 and came to the County as an asset in the Solid Waste Fund. As a result of the 29 Interlocal Agreement, sixty (60) acres of the Greene Tract was conveyed to Orange County for 30 "Solid Waste management purposes". The Inter Local Agreement (amended April 12, 2000) 31 provided for the three owning partners to determine, over a two-year period, the ultimate 32 disposition of the remaining 104 jointly held acres. 33 A Greene Tract Work Group that included representatives of all parties to the Interlocal 34 Agreement began meeting in 2001 and presented Recommendations on March 21, 2002. 35 A Greene Tract Work Group Resolution, making a recommendation on the 104 acres jointly 36 owned by Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro, was approved by the BOCC on December 37 10, 2002. Attachment C is the Resolution from December 10, 2002. The remaining 60 acres of 38 the Green Tract continues to be owned as an asset in the Solid Waste Fund. 39 A five-year payment plan for the 104 acres jointly owned by Orange County, Chapel Hill 40 and Carrboro was agreed to by all parties. Fiscal Year 2012/13 is the 5th year of the five year 41 plan. The Town of Carrboro did not provide its Fiscal Year 2011/12 payment of$29,524. 42 43 Frank Clifton said that the Town of Chapel Hill is doing its own solid waste study about 44 what to do about its trash when the landfill closes. He said that the County does not know if the 45 towns have any ideas about what they will do when the landfill closes. 46 Mayor Chilton said that there has been only minimal contact on the elected official level 47 with the Town of Chapel Hill. He said that the Town wants to continue with the recycling. He 48 does not anticipate major changes in the way the Town of Carrboro does things. He said that 49 the staff feels obligated to the taxpayers to look at other options besides going to the Durham 50 transfer station because of the expense.