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the work of the Task Force not be "pre-empted" as they were charged with "bringing forward recommendations to mitigate impacts". Attachments 1, 2, and 3 are background materials relative to the siting criteria under previous use, extracted from EPA guidance materials, a revised siting project timeline, and a copy of the June 12, 2007 memo estimating remaining landfill capacity for BOCC consideration. Issues the BOCC may wish to address as it resumes discussion of Eubanks Road and reopening a search for alternate transfer station sites include, but are not limited to, the following: • Implications for the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force in progress • Implications for Eubank Road in a formal decision by the BOCC to reopen a site search; i.e., would the BOCC temporarily suspend or permanently exclude Eubank Roads from further consideration? Should County staff continue the course of the March 27 directive of obtaining a permit for a transfer station at Eubanks Road? • .What criteria or factors might the BOCC wish to adopt, taking into account those previously employed by the Solid Waste Advisory Board, contained in EPA transfer station guidance manuals, or generated by the BOCC? ® How might the BOCC seek to include and involve the community or general citizenry in a reopened site search given the complexity and likelihood of revived controversy? Would the BOCC choose to serve as its own "search committee of the whole"? • In order to expedite the business at hand, will the BOCC schedule special meetings or work sessions to conduct the business of the search process? • To what degree should ancillary services, if any, be considered for co-location along the transfer station? • Concern and consideration for the critical timelines involved in project implementation and expectant costs in a reopened site search. The BOCC is reminded that current predictions are that the landfill will reach capacity sometime in April-May 2011. County Management and Solid Waste, in follow up to the BOCC discussion that began on November 5, are prepared to utilize one of two qualified and capable professional consulting firms currently under contract with Orange County for a variety of solid waste environmental monitoring, regulatory compliance and engineering services. Neither of these two firms have been involved in the local search for a transfer station site, although Olver, Inc. has been performing design and permitting work relative to the previous Eubanks Road transfer station site. Either firm could perform the site search work in an objective and unbiased manner and could be available to begin working with the BOCC immediately. Alternatively, staff is also prepared to retain the services of an outside professional consulting firm that would also bring the requisite technical skills and expert objectivity to assist and support the BOCC. Staff is prepared to immediately initiate a Request for Proposal (RFP) process to obtain these services