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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 15, 2008 <br />SUBJECT: Landfill Gas Recovery Process O <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management <br />Action Agenda -~ <br />Item No. <br />ons <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Memorandum of <br />Understanding <br />Project Map <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 <br />PURPOSE: To follow-up the December 11, 2007 Board of Commissioner meeting regarding <br />direction to staff to meet with, University of North Carolina staff to negotiate a Memorandum of <br />Understanding (MOU) for the purpose of development of a .gas recovery project at the Orange <br />County landfill. <br />BACKGROUND: At the December 11, 2007 BOCC meeting, the Board considered three <br />options regarding how to proceed with development of a landfill gas recovery project. The <br />options were: <br />1. to enter into a formal Memorandum of Understanding with the University to grant UNC <br />exclusive negotiating privileges on a potential landfill gas recovery project <br />2. to proceed with a Request for Proposals process, encouraging the University to <br />participate <br />3. for Orange County to proceed to develop a landfill gas recovery project itself. <br />On December 11, the BOCC directed the Manager to meet with University staff in an attempt to <br />reach a preliminary agreement on a MOU and return to the January 15, 2008 Board meeting <br />with a mutually agreeable draft MOU for BOCC consideration. Should the Manager be unable <br />to reach a mutually agreeable draft MOU, the Board would be informed of the areas of <br />disagreement and consider any additional Manager recommendations. <br />The proposed MOU (attached) is the product of meetings held between County Management, <br />Solid Waste, and UNC officials in response to direction by the BOCC and an effort to establish. <br />mutually agreeable language to ensure due diligence and anticipate effective implementation of <br />a landfill gas recovery project. The impacted project area is also shown in the accompanying <br />map. The principal elements of the MOU are summarized below: <br />