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<br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:December 11, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.7-a <br />SUBJECT: Approval of Temporary Emergency Storm Debris Management Sites <br />DEPARTMENT:Solid WasteManagementPUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />MapsGayle Wilson, 919-968-2885 <br />Existing Storm DebrisSite Michael Talbert, 919-245-2308 <br />Storm Debris Site A Frank Montes de Oca, 919-245-6100 <br />Storm Debris Site B <br />Storm Debris Site C <br />PURPOSE: <br />To endorsethe designationand permitting fortemporary emergency storm debris <br />management sites within the County as part of the Disaster Debris Management Plan. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Solid Waste staff have been working with Emergency Services staff for <br />several months in order to developa comprehensive emergency debris management plan for <br />the County. The purpose of the plan is to be prepared to handle the quantities of debris <br />produced by severe storms such as an ice storm, major flood, hurricane or tornado. Solid <br />Waste staff unfortunately has considerable experience with managing major quantities of storm <br />debris as a result ofinvolvement with Hurricane Fran in 1996and the 2002/03ice storm. <br />Since those two major storm events, the existing County-owned area at Eubanks Road <br />availablefor receiving and processing loads of storm debrishas substantially diminished. The <br />state regulations governing emergency debris management siteshave also increased,the <br />County will soon haveinsufficient solid wastestaff available to conduct emergency operations <br />due to the closing of the landfill and accompanying staff reductions, and the rules relating to <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding have changed considerably. The <br />space available at Eubanks Road solid waste facilities is significantly less than during previous <br />major storm events due to the construction of landfill over previously unused land. FEMA <br />regulations and policies are much more detailed, restrictive andcomplicated as related to debris <br />management operationsand reimbursementeligibility. <br />Therefore staff is involved in development of a comprehensive planning effort to address these <br />issues and attempt to assure Orange County is proactively prepared to handle any likely severe <br />stormdebris impacts. In June of 2011 the BOCC approved a contract with Neel-Schaffer to <br />perform storm event operations monitoring and reporting in order to properly document to FEMA <br />so reimbursements can be maximized. The contract included providing assistance to County <br /> <br />