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COPY- <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM_ ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: i November 19, 2013 <br />SUBJECT: Urban Curbside & Multi - familv Re <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Draft Letter of Intent <br />Draft Interlocal Agreement (Staff Outline) <br />November 6, 2013 Presentation to the <br />Chapel Hill Town Council <br />Summary of Solid Waste and Recycling <br />Services — April 2013 <br />Attachment 4 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7 -b <br />ng Discussion <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Michael Talbert, 919 - 245 -2308 <br />Gayle Wilson, 919 - 968 -2885 <br />John Roberts, 919 - 245 -2318 <br />34 <br />PURPOSE: To update the Board of Commissioners on progress between the Towns and <br />County regarding urban curbside and multi - family recycling services. <br />BACKGROUND: Over the past several months, the Towns and County have been considering <br />various options with regard to the future of the long term recycling and waste reduction <br />partnership and how Urban Curbside and Multi- family services would be funded. Previous 3 -R <br />Fee funding for those municipal services, along with the Rural Curbside program, were <br />determined on the advice of legal counsel to not to be consistent with recent state court legal <br />opinions. <br />The Towns, facing potential loss of County funding and management of these programs, elected <br />to evaluate other options for obtaining these recycling services through the issuance of a <br />Request for Proposals. The Towns' Managers and staffs have been evaluating the proposals <br />received, had reached preliminary conclusions and wished to discuss and clarify various service <br />and cost issues with County staff. On November 1, 2013 the County and Towns Managers and <br />their respective staffs met. <br />There was the following consensus from the meeting: <br />• The County cost for providing the urban curbside recycling services was competitive with <br />the proposals received from private haulers and that there may be some additional <br />advantages for the County to continue managing this service; <br />• County staff will proceed immediately with the Request for Proposals (RFP) process for <br />collection services and cart acquisition by December 31, 2013. County staff has <br />