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t ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 6, 1997 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Update on Solid Waste Matters DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Public Works PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) NQ BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) 1 - ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Critical Time Path Chart Rod Visser, ext 2300 Report of LOG/Landfill Neighbors Work Group Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 4/15/96 Memo from Attorneys Draft Resolution Relating to the Greene Tract TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To review and discuss, as needed,recent developments regarding solid waste management issues in Orange County; further,to establish dates and times for two required public meetings or hearings. BACKGROUND: Work continues on the proposed interlocal agreement that would shift primary responsibility for solid waste management and landfill operations from the Town of Chapel Hill to Orange County. A group of elected officials appointed by the various jurisdictions has been providing direction to Attorney Bob Jessup, who has been preparing the various drafts of the document. The next draft of that document should be available for distribution to the Board during the week of October 6. Discussion of that document by the Board of Commissioners is slated for the October 21 regular meeting. The next draft will reflect direction provided by the elected officials working group at their most recent meeting on Wednesday, October 1, 1997. Following are brief updates on specific topics related to the solid waste management interlocal agreement. December 1 Deadline The elected officials group has been operating under the assumption of a self-imposed deadline of December 1 for making all decisions related to the interlocal agreement, including approval of that document itself. The deadline is based on the desirability of making all decisions on open solid waste management matters prior to new municipal governing boards taking office in December, in that current elected officials have acquired familiarity with the solid waste issues at hand. A"critical time path" document is attached showing the major decisions that are outstanding, and recommended timetables for each governing board to consider the issues involved. Final decisions by the Board of Commissioners on the interlocal agreement and the siting of a new landfill would need to be made at the meeting scheduled now for November 24 (the quarterly public hearing with the Planning Board), or at another special meeting to be established(perhaps for Tuesday,November 25).