Agenda - 02-25-2016 - Agenda for BOCC and Hillsborough Board of Commissioners

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11 Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the Board can discuss issues related to this item as necessary. No Attachments 4. INFORMATION ITEMS (Written Updates — Not for Specific Discussion) a) Solid Waste / Recycling Orange County Solid Waste Management continues to provide weekly residential curbside recycling services as has occurred since the program's inception in 1989 within the Town of Hillsborough and adds new homes as they become occupied. The County's recycling program also continues to expand recycling services to new businesses as we are contacted with service requests. The County provides recycling services at all Town government buildings and Gold Park. Should the Town be successful in its pending grant request to the State of North Carolina for pedestrian recycling containers for downtown and along Riverwalk, the County and Town will initiate services for those containers similar to the arrangements now in place for servicing Carrboro and Chapel Hill downtown recycling receptacles. County Solid Waste Department wishes to acknowledge the following businesses for participation in the commercial food waste program: • Weaver Street Market retail store at N. Churton Street • Weaver Street Market Food House (central bakery and commissary) • Hillsborough Barbeque Company • Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center • Food Lion Daniel Boone Village • Food Lion Churton Square County staff is currently in discussions with other businesses regarding participation in the food waste recycling program and hope to be expanding to these new locations as soon as collection logistical issues are resolved. The County continues to plan for summer implementation of curbside recycling and roll carts to the final approximate one-third of unincorporated Orange County residences. It is anticipated that this rural collection service will be initiated in July, 2016. The County Manager is currently engaged in discussions with the Town Managers of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough regarding a draft new Interlocal Governmental Agreement for Solid Waste and Recycling. This agreement would replace the previous agreement that was dissolved following the closure of the county municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill in 2013. Once the Managers reach general consensus on the new draft agreement, it will be submitted to the Towns and County Board for consideration and approval, with an anticipated effective date of July 1, 2016. The County is eager to reestablish the long and productive partnerships between the Towns and County with regard to provision of solid waste and recycling services and facilities.