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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 15, 2008 Action Age ~ a I Item No. --mot SUBJECT: ~ Draft Interim Solid Waste Plan DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste No ATTACHMENT(S): 1. Staff Memo re: Draft Interim Solid Waste Plan 2. December 3, 2007 Agenda Item Recommending Plan Adoption Strategy 3. Draft Interim Solid Waste Plan (Under Separate Cover) INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 Blair Pollock, 968-2788 PURPOSE: To accept, as information only, the Draft Interim Solid Waste Plan as reviewed by Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) at its April 3, 2008 meeting; to authorize the Solid Waste Management Department with SWAB to establish the May 1, 2008 SWAB meeting as a public meeting for input to the Plan; and further to authorize staff to set meetings with all three towns to present the draft plan that includes the public input from May 1. BACKGROUND: The ten year comprehensive solid waste plan must be updated every three years. The scheduled June 2006 update for Orange County is overdue. In December 2007, the BOCC authorized staff to produce an interim plan for SWAB review and subsequently host the required public meeting. The public meeting would be advertised with paid print ads, a news release and a mention in the monthly scheduled "Watching Our Wasteline" article in the April 20t" edition of the Chapel Hill Herald. The Board also authorized staff to establish follow up presentations to all three town governments with the intent for them to sign a cooperative resolution endorsing the plan after providing input. Attachment 1 is an accompanying staff memo regarding the Plan. Attachment 2 is the December 3 2007 BOCC agenda item detailingthe approval strategy previousl~r adopted by the BOCC. The draft Interim Plan as revised by SWAB, is provided under separate cover at Attachment 3. All substantive plan information is contained in the draft Interim Plan. Staff notes that the voluminous required descriptive appendices are not included to save paper and time for review. These materials are available for BOCC and public review in the County Clerk's Office or by contacting Solid Waste staff. Background documents as cited simply describe existing programs and do not impact the overall plan.