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AUG-03-1995 00:04 FROM ORANGE CTY PUBLIC WKS TO 3004 Ppp.144 R 12 " " 3M M TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNM S t l d PUBLIC WORKS C h a s 5 100 Park Drove,P.O.Box 12 276 Researth Triangle Park,NC 27709 R e ` l o n 919.549_OSSt iAx-,9t9.549.9390 Date: July 31, 1995 To: Distribution From: Leigh Scott-Prat , HW Program Administrator Here's the July progress report for the Triangle Region HHW Collection Program. Facility Design and Construction Planning. Most of this month was spent reviewing and revising the drawings and.specifigtions for the Chatham,Orange, and Wake facilities. We are now starting our final review,and soon we will place advertisements inviting construction bids. Durham Collection Events. Durham ran two successful Collection events this month on the second and fourth Saturdays. Publicity was minimal to avoid being initially overwhelmed;how- ever,the events still drew a reasonable number of participants(60 on July 8 and 96 on July 22)_ The Cost of these events has been higher than expected,so plans are again underway to establish a permanent facility for Durham. One possibility might be to use an empty building at the wastewater treatment plant,provided that the necessary modifications can be made. Publicity and Education, We recently made arrangements to run our program advertisements in six Triangle-area newspapers, Our plan is to wait until the collection facilities are open and then run a series of ads_ This advance planning and purchase of our ad space has enabled our graphic designer to develop the ad designs now and have them ready to run. Our other five publicity pieces(i.e.,brochure,poster,trash can hanger,postcard,and flyer)are still in the design phase but are nearing completion. They will soon be ready to go to print,so bids on this project have been solicited from three printers_ We plan to select a printer and run the job now,although distribution of these publicity pieces will not occur until later. As a supplement to the program-specific materials that we are producing ourselves,we have ordered a large quantity of commercially-available brochures that will give readers more information concerning common types of HHW and less toxic alternatives. These brochures will be imprinted with our program logo and with the phone number for the information line. Concerning other media besides print,we have been working on development of two other publicity items, specifically: 1)the telephone information line,and 2)an educational videotape. We have finished writing the script for the information line and have sent it to the CityLine staff for review;they wig do the necessary recording and programming so that the One will be ready when facility constwion is finished. Regarding the educational videotape,we recently placed a contract with Moonlight Communications to modify the Cumberland County HHW piece. This arrangement will enable us to get a video for a fraction of the usual price. It wig be a short, 12-minute educational piece for use in for school or civic group programs. HHW Training. The basic training session has been scheduled for Septenber 6. This one-day class is now completely full,with 35 registrants. A second,more advanced training session wig be held later,after the facilities have opened and we have gained some operating experience. nistribution: Phil Caner Bob Morgan Bill Rentrow Judy Kincaid Nancy Newell Mace Turner Wilbert McAdoo Blair Pollock Matt Young TOTAL P.14