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He does not know the solution, but the various rules need to be discussed if there is an infrastructure project that is going to happen here. He said that the reason there is no building there now is because the building burned down and the Town of Carrboro did not put the fire out because of the unknown chemicals on the site and washing them into University Lake. Alderman O'Donnell said that the owner of the property has come before the board several times with concerns about the lack of potential to bring in incubators or other businesses that have expressed interest in this property. The problem is where the parcels can go in the future. Frank Clifton said that the two staffs need to work on this to find out the feasibility of this project. Commissioner Jacobs said that they should have the conversation in the context of lake watershed protection and staff could invite OWASA staff to the table too. Steve Brantley suggested doing an environmental assessment too. 3. Carrboro's Vision for Use of the New Town Hotel Tax Mayor Chilton said that Carrboro has had the authority to levy a hotel tax (approximately 3%). The estimates are that there is about $95,000 worth of revenue when applied to the new hotel that is currently being built. Under the terms of the current authority from the legislature, the Town can spend 2/3 of that money on visitor promotion and 1/3 of the money on visitor services. Visitor promotion is very narrowly defined and includes activities that would encourage people to spend the night in the community and spend the night in the hotels. One-third of the money has to be spent on things that would serve the visitor community. He said that visitor promotion will be done on a contract basis with the Orange County Visitor's Bureau. The terms of the agreement will be up to the Board of Aldermen. 4. Solid Waste and Related Issues Update a) Joint Efforts Assistant County Manager Michael Talbert said that the County-owned landfill is scheduled to close on June 30, 2013, creating a need for the County to find a suitable means of disposing of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in Orange County. County staff has recently entered into negotiations with the City of Durham regarding use of the Durham waste transfer station (WTS) by any and/or all of the jurisdictions within Orange County. Based on those negotiations, a draft agreement (Attachment A) was developed by Orange County and is currently under review by the City of Durham. The draft agreement includes provisions for the use of the Durham Waste Transfer Station by the Town of Carrboro, should it choose to do so. It is anticipated that this agreement will be finalized and executed prior to the end of 2012. Solid Waste Interlocal Agreement: In 1999 Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and later Hillsborough entered into an interlocal cooperation agreement (Attachment B), the Agreement for Solid Waste Management ("Interlocal"), regarding the future of the Greene Tract, and also the disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW), construction and demolition waste (C&D), and recyclable materials. The Interlocal provides in great detail for the management of MSW. However, its provisions related to C&D waste and recyclable materials are extremely limited. In September 2011 the attorneys for the County and Municipalities met and discussed the Interlocal Agreement. Their determination was that upon the June 30, 2013 closure of the Orange County Landfill, the Interlocal effectively terminates with regard to the provisions related to MSW. Given the limited extent to which the Interlocal addresses the management of recyclable materials and C&D waste, if the governing boards of the County