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2. Solid Waste Updates Regarding Future Recycling/Waste Reduction Initiatives Gayle Wilson said there have been efforts to increase emergency preparedness by adding two new storm debris management sites. He said the landfill property was historically the only site approved for storm debris management. He said the two new sites are located on Mincey Road near Highway 57, as well as a location on Millhouse Road, near the future Millhouse Road Park. He said these sites are temporary and are only utilized in a declared storm event. He said these sites have capacity for Town use. He said Orange County has also executed contracts for the collection and processing for some quantities of storm debris. Gayle Wilson said the Board of Commissioners has planned a total modernization and reconstruction of the Solid Waste Convenience Center (SWCC) on Eubanks Road. He said the site is planned to be larger, with more recycling opportunities. He said compacters will be installed for efficient hauling; there will be paved surfaces for a more sanitary facilities; and there will be expanded recycling to include cooking oil, food waste, textiles and plastic film. He said the hazardous waste facility will be moved and incorporated into the SWCC. He said the landfill scales will be moved from the south side of the road to the north side to eliminate large trucks crossing the road. Gayle Wilson said there was a meeting last week with the town of Chapel Hill. He does not know when the construction will begin, but he believes the current users will be pleased with the new facility, despite the disruption of 3 or 4 months of construction. He said a new Interlocal Agreement for Solid Waste management needs to be in place before July 1, 2014. He said Town and County staff drafted an outline last year, with the objective of building the framework for future discussions. He said this outline has been shared with all of the Town staff. He said it would be helpful to staff if elected officials could agree on a process to move the outline forward to a formal agreement that can ultimately be adopted by all parties. Gayle Wilson said, after further guidance, staff will attempt to further refine and develop the current draft outline. He said the attorneys and elected officials will have to be involved at some point. He gave an update on Roll Carts for the curbside program. He said staff is ready to move forward with these for both urban and rural programs, but these cannot be implemented simultaneously. He said the urban program will be addressed first. He said the weekly urban curbside program is operated by private contractors administered by the County. He said collected materials are delivered to the Eubanks Road recycling processing center and then hauled to market. He said 10-20 gallon bins have been used since the program was initiated 25 years ago, and the program was previously funded by an annual urban 3-R fee of$52 per year. He said the every other week rural curbside program is operated by County staff and equipment, using the same bins. He said this service was previously funded by rural 3-R fee of$38 per year. Gayle Wilson said the multi-family program is operated with County staff and equipment using roll carts. He said roll carts have been used since conception and no additional carts are contemplated moving forward. He said this was previously funded using 3- R fees of$19 per year per unit. Gayle Wilson said if the County and towns agree, staff can proceed with the purchase of these roll carts and implement the program by July 1, 2014. He said the Towns have applied for a state roll cart grant that would total up to $214,000 to supplement the urban program roll cart acquisition cost of$1,043,000.