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' 3. Improved transportation of waste off site using compactors to increase load capacity and reduce the number of vehicle trips; 4. Improved user experience with paved surfaces limiting dust, and permanent /movable site signage to direct customers, and lower material loading height 5. Incorporation of the Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) program into the site to provide additional operational hours for collection (moving HHW from existing location on the south side of Eubanks Road); 6. Relocate the landfill scales to the north side of Eubanks road to position them closer to the active construction and demolition landfill, reducing the traffic on Eubanks Road; 7. Create a single entrance that will be shared between the convenience center and the landfill to minimize the number of driveways; 8. Increase on site queuing to greatly reduce the potential for traffic to back up onto Eubanks Road; 9. Possible extension of sanitary sewer and water to the site; 10.Addition of recyclable materials such as plastic film, residential food waste, cooking oil, textiles, etc., and 11. Generally, shifting most operations from south of Eubanks Road to the northern side and away from surrounding neighborhoods. County staff has recently met with Chapel Hill Planning staff to introduce the preliminary site plan and discuss the permitting process. Plans are also being made to develop a temporary waste /recycling location to use while the existing center is under construction, although there may be reduced services available during this interim construction period. The construction schedule has not yet been developed. Interlocal Agreement for Waste Management in Orange County County and Chapel Hill solid waste staff collaborated on preparation of a draft outline for a new Interlocal Agreement for Solid Waste Management /Recycling (Attachment D) in anticipation of changes necessitated by the closure of the Municipal Solid Waste landfill and the restructuring of financing mechanisms for the Rural and Urban Curbside Services and the Multi- family Service due to elimination of portions of the 3 -R Fee. Over several meetings last winter, the staffs examined potential issues of interest so that the Managers and elected boards could consider the process by which a new Interlocal Agreement could be more fully developed, negotiated and adopted. This outline was submitted to Carrboro and Hillsborough solid waste staff for their consideration. Town and County Managers also received this draft outline. It is critical that a formal Interlocal Agreement be adopted by all parties before July 1, 2014, but sooner would be preferable, so as to clarify and inform all parties of responsibilities, obligations, limitations, etc. with regard to solid waste management and recycling in Orange County, including delineating funding sources. It would also be of interest to involve the University of North Carolina in the discussions at some point as well. Roll -carts for Curbside Proarams County staff is ready to proceed to implement roll carts in both the Urban and Rural Curbside Recycling programs, following resolution of the organizational and financial arrangements with the Towns. It will not be reasonable to assume that both program implementations can be