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0 <br />Brian Lowen, Mayor Pro Tem, Hillsborough Town Board <br />Kathleen Ferguson, Hillsborough Town Board <br />Mark Kleinschmidt, Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill <br />Jim Ward, Chapel Hill Town Council <br />Lydia Lavelle, Mayor, Town of Carrboro <br />Randee Haven - O'Donnell, Carrboro Board of Aldermen <br />The SWAG has met four times and discussed a wide array of issues related to <br />development of an interlocal agreement for solid waste management, including: <br />• funding of recycling services and programs <br />• development of a local transfer station <br />• notice and approval protocols related to tipping and recycling fees <br />• enterprise fund organization <br />• current services and interests of UNC- Healthcare and UNC - Chapel Hill <br />• various language alternatives for the draft interlocal agreement and as was <br />contained in a town and county staff issues outline of April 2014, and <br />• a number of other solid waste related matters. <br />The following link is provided to the web page established for the SWAG: <br />http: / /www.orangecountync.gov /recycling /AdvisoryGrouP.asp <br />Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can <br />discuss issues related to this item as necessary. <br />No Attachments <br />4. Update on Possible Bond Referendum <br />In recent meetings over the past fiscal year, the Board of County Commissioners has <br />discussed the need for a future bond referendum to fund some County and School long - <br />range capital needs, and potential affordable housing projects. <br />The most recent Orange County general obligation bond referendum occurred in <br />November 2001. That bond referendum totaled $75 million and the items included on <br />the referendum were as follows: <br />♦ School related projects totaling $47 million. <br />♦ Parks and Recreation projects totaling $20 million <br />♦ Senior Center projects totaling $ 4 million <br />♦ Low and moderate income projects (Affordable Housing) totaling $4 million <br />All of the individual items on the bond referendum were approved by the voters in the <br />November 2001. The total bond referendum passed with an average approval rate of <br />approximately 55 percent. <br />Due to recent changes enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly related to the <br />dates in which a general obligation bond referendum can be held, a general obligation <br />bond referendum can only be held on even numbered years. Therefore, the two possible <br />closest upcoming dates for the Board of County Commissioners to conduct a voter <br />