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2 (Household Hazardous Waste, batteries, waste oil, electronics, etc.), recycling drop -off sites, recycling at solid waste convenience centers, education and outreach, enforcement, planning, etc. It is anticipated that the Towns will levy an Urban Curbside Fee ($59 /year) and a Multi- family Fee ($19 /year) to improved residential properties within incorporated municipalities and funds weekly curbside recycling service. Not related to recycling, the County also assesses a county -wide Solid Waste Convenience Center Fee that is billed in conjunction with the annual property tax. The Unincorporated Areas Fee is ($40 /year /Household), Incorporated Areas Fee is ($20 /year /Household), and Multi- family Fee is ($4 /year /multi - family unit). This basic Solid Waste Convenience Center Fee covers a portion of the operating costs of the County's five (5) Convenience Centers. Timeline of Board Discussions regarding Orange County Recycling Programs: Attachment 1 is the Abstract from the April 9, 2013 regular BOCC meeting outlining the legal, operational and funding options first considered for Solid Waste and Rural Curbside Recycling in Orange County. At its April 23, 2013 regular meeting, the Board held a public hearing to discuss operational and funding options for Orange County's Solid Waste and Recycling Programs (see Attachment 2). The Board instructed the Manager to maintain the current recycling programs, meet with the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough to discuss options and formulate an interim funding plan for Fiscal 2013/2014 by June 30, 2013. There were no additional 3 -R Fee billings for urban or rural curbside, along multi - family recycling fees for Fiscal 2013/2014, which resulted in revenue loss of $1.1 million. At a BOCC work session on October 8, 2013 the Board reviewed the process of creating a Solid Waste Tax Service District (see Attachment 3). At that time the Town of Chapel Hill was still exploring alternative options for solid waste disposal, as well as ways of increasing efficiency with solid waste collection. The Board was not willing to move forward with any recycling options until the Chapel Hill Town Council determined the Town's direction on Solid Waste options. The Board authorized the Manager to draft a letter of intent to the Towns, outlining that Orange County was very interested in continuing the long and successful partnership with the Towns with regard to recycling and waste reduction. At the November 19, 2013 regular meeting, the Board authorized the Manager to execute the attached Letter of Intent with the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough (see Attachment 4). The County Attorney, working with the Town Attorneys, prepared an interim agreement that allowed the County to proceed to expedite implementation of the roll carts and new collection service for the Urban Curbside Program that will be fully operational by July 1, 2014. The Letters of Intent with the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough have been executed and the roll carts have been ordered. At the December 10, 2013 regular meeting, the Board reviewed three options to fund Rural Curbside Recycling. All three options can be for either the approximately 13,700 households currently receiving rural curbside recycling services or expanded to the entire unincorporated area of Orange County (see Attachment 5).