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Town of Carrboro y° �= Public Works Department memorandum To: Steve Stewart, Town Manager From: George Seiz, Public Works Director Cc: Re: Future Transfer Station Site - Impact on Town Date: May 21, 2008 of Carrboro Solid Waste Services I. Introduction This memo provides a brief summary on how various Town solid waste services may be impacted depending on the future site chosen for a solid waste transfer station. The information contained herein is simply an analysis of potential impacts and should not be misconstrued as suggesting or recommending a particular transfer station site. The impacts discussed are based on time and distance travelled from the center of Town (determined to be a roughly the intersection of Sudbury Lane and Pathway Drive). The services that will be directly impacted are the multi - family /commercial dumpster service, single family residential waste collection, and bulky item pick -up. Yard Waste and recycling materials will continue to go to the current disposal site at Eubanks Rd. The time and distance travelled to a disposal site is an important factor in the design. of solid waste systems. Services provided by the Town of Carrboro have been designed around the time and distance to travel to the current disposal site at Eubanks Rd. which is approximately 5.9 miles from the center of Town, and takes on average 11 minutes to drive one way in a large solid waste vehicle. II. Impact on Multi- family /Commercial Dumpster Service: See attached Table 1.0 for dumpster service information and assumptions. The Town has provided dumpster service to Multi - family housing units and commercial businesses for many years. This service is supported by the General Fund and fees charged to commercial customers. The number of commercial businesses utilizing the service was cut roughly in half when the Town started charging for this service in 2003/2004 (about 35 accounts remaining). The number of commercial accounts has been relatively stable for the last couple of years. In an effort to increase efficiency and reduce cost, the Public Works Department combined the multifamily and commercial routes in 2006/2007 and was able to reduce the number of trucks for this operation from 3 to 2. The oldest truck (which was up for replacement) was auctioned off in October of 2007 based on the fact that there was no foreseeable growth in this service area, and the anticipation that the transfer station was going to be at the current Eubanks Rd. site. The combined service reduced the labor hours from 1.15 fte to 1.0 fte, and the expense of a third truck was eliminated.