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Commissioner Price said she would like to monitor and reduce the amount of tonnage <br /> and track where it is coming from. She would also like to know if everything being collected in <br /> recycling is actually able to be recycled. <br /> Blair Pollock said the switch to single stream is more economical, but there is more <br /> residue. He said residents assume that more stuff can be recycled, and the sorting process is <br /> less than perfect; however the increase in the net amount being recycled is still far greater <br /> than the increase in residuals. <br /> 4. Potential 2016 Bond Referendum <br /> Chair Jacobs referred to the white sheet outlining the 2001 bonds. He said there was <br /> unified request from Chapel Hill and Carrboro, specifically for the parks bond, regarding an <br /> aquatics center in 2001. He said now the municipalities can start to think about a coordinated <br /> approach for 2016. He said it is important to use this opportunity to sit down with their <br /> neighbors to determine what should be funded. <br /> Clarence Grier said the Board is in discussion about a general obligation bond <br /> referendum to be held in 2016. He read through the following information from the abstract: <br /> BACKGROUND: In recent meetings over the past fiscal year, the Board of County <br /> Commissioners has discussed the need for a future bond referendum to fund some County <br /> and School long-range capital needs. Due to recent changes enacted by the North Carolina <br /> General Assembly related to the dates in which a general obligation bond referendum can be <br /> held, a general obligation bond referendum can only occur during even numbered years. <br /> Therefore, there are only two possible dates for the Board of County Commissioners conduct a <br /> voter approved general obligation bond referendum — May 2016 and November 2016. If not <br /> held at one of these 2016 dates, a potential general obligation bond referendum would be <br /> delayed until May 2018 or November 2018. Bob Jessup, Orange County Bond Counsel, and <br /> Orange County staff has provided a schedule provided the Board with a brief timeline <br /> comparison related to both dates (Attachment A). <br /> The most recent time that Orange County held a general obligation bond referendum was in <br /> November 2001. That bond referendum totaled $75 million and the items included on the <br /> 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 /> He said all of the individual items on the bond referendum passed on the November 2001 <br /> bond referendum. The total bond referendum passed with an average approval rate of <br /> approximately 55 percent. Additionally, some of the steps included in the process to prepare <br /> for the general obligation bonds referendum were as follows: <br /> 1. The Board of County Commissioners decided to proceed with a general obligation bond <br /> referendum. <br /> 2. The Board of County Commissioners formed and appointed members to a Capital Needs <br /> Advisory Task Force to make a recommendation as to the needs and components of the bond <br /> referendum (See Attachment B). <br /> 3. Once the components of the general obligation bond referendum were decided, the <br /> Board of County Commissioners appointed a Bond Education Committee to inform the public <br /> of the purpose of and the components of the general obligation bond referendum (Attachment <br />