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8 1 businesses that have expressed interest in this property. The problem is where the parcels can 2 go in the future. 3 Frank Clifton said that the two staffs need to work on this to find out the feasibility of this 4 project. 5 Commissioner Jacobs said that they should have the conversation in the context of lake 6 watershed protection and staff could invite OWASA staff to the table too. 7 Steve Brantley suggested doing an environmental assessment too. 8 9 3. Carrboro's Vision for Use of the New Town Hotel Tax 10 Mayor Chilton said that Carrboro has had the authority to levy a hotel tax (approximately 11 3%). The estimates are that there is about $95,000 worth of revenue when applied to the new 12 hotel that is currently being built. Under the terms of the current authority from the legislature, 13 the Town can spend 2/3 of that money on visitor promotion and 1/3 of the money on visitor 14 services. Visitor promotion is very narrowly defined and includes activities that would 15 encourage people to spend the night in the community and spend the night in the hotels. One- 16 third of the money has to be spent on things that would serve the visitor community. He said 17 that visitor promotion will be done on a contract basis with the Orange County Visitor's Bureau. 18 The terms of the agreement will be up to the Board of Aldermen. 19 20 4. Solid Waste and Related Issues Update 21 a) Joint Efforts 22 Assistant County Manager Michael Talbert said that the County-owned landfill is 23 scheduled to close on June 30, 2013, creating a need for the County to find a suitable means of 24 disposing of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in Orange County. County staff has 25 recently entered into negotiations with the City of Durham regarding use of the Durham waste 26 transfer station (WTS) by any and/or all of the jurisdictions within Orange County. Based on 27 those negotiations, a draft agreement (Attachment A) was developed by Orange County and is 28 currently under review by the City of Durham. The draft agreement includes provisions for the 29 use of the Durham Waste Transfer Station by the Town of Carrboro, should it choose to do so. 30 It is anticipated that this agreement will be finalized and executed prior to the end of 2012. 31 32 Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement: 33 In 1999 Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and later Hillsborough entered into an 34 interlocal cooperation agreement (Attachment B), the Agreement for Solid Waste Management 35 ("Interlocal"), regarding the future of the Greene Tract, and also the disposal of municipal solid 36 waste (MSW), construction and demolition waste (C&D), and recyclable materials. 37 The Interlocal provides in great detail for the management of MSW. However, its provisions 38 related to C&D waste and recyclable materials are extremely limited. 39 In September 2011 the attorneys for the County and Municipalities met and 40 discussed the Interlocal Agreement. Their determination was that upon the June 30, 2013 41 closure of the Orange County Landfill, the Interlocal effectively terminates with regard to the 42 provisions related to MSW. Given the limited extent to which the Interlocal addresses the 43 management of recyclable materials and C&D waste, if the governing boards of the County and 44 Municipalities desire to continue the current method of the collection and processing of 45 recyclable materials, a new Interlocal Agreement should be developed. Regardless of whether 46 the County and Municipalities continue to partner with regard to the management of MSW, it is 47 wise for the County and Municipalities to continue to partner with regard to planning for the 48 management of MSW and recyclable materials. Joint planning, waste reduction goal setting 49 and reporting would particularly benefit the County and assist the County in its state-mandated 50 planning responsibilities.