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9 Council Member Cianciolo asked if the service being paid to remove the CRTs are simply putting them in someone else's landfill. Gayle Wilson said no. He said the County is subsidizing the remanufacturing of the CRTs, but the market for them is becoming obsolete. 4. Joint Training Center for Public Safety— Interim Fire Chief Matt Sullivan Chief Sullivan reviewed the following memorandum, found in attachment 4: Chief Sullivan said he is here to provide an overview of discussions surrounding needed public safety training facilities in Orange County. He said initial discussions have identified a possible opportunity for a multi-jurisdictional/multi-discipline training facility. Chief Sullivan said this project is a future project and will not need funding in fiscal year 2016-2017. He said he envisions more conversation over the next few months about the feasibility of this project. He said this is not a new idea because the County Fire Chiefs have had this as a priority for some time. Chief Sullivan said the need for fire-training facilities was a topic during the October 1, 2015 Orange County Commissioner's meeting with the County Fire Chiefs. He said the necessity of improved and/or new training facilities have been topics of conversation for multiple years. He said the Orange County Fire Chiefs support the concept of a multi- jurisdictional/joint training facility. He said such a facility would maximize resources of the collaborating partners and provide additional opportunities for joint training. A sub-set of the Orange County Fire Chiefs have begun meeting to further the discussion and visioning process, regarding training needs and the specific elements needed at the facility. Chief Sullivan said as they continue to vision this facility, they strongly believe that additional synergy can occur from the inclusion of law enforcement and emergency service partners who also have a need for additional and updated training facilities. He said informal conversations with several of these Chiefs and department heads have resulted in additional support for the project. Chief Sullivan said the Community College system could also be an important partner in this initiative. He said Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College has demonstrated success in the development of a joint public training facility in Woodfin, North Carolina. He said over the past several years the Triangle J Council of Governments has been assessing the feasibility of building a regional joint public safety training facility. He added that while this is an important initiative, the regional site will not serve the day to day training needs of our County public safety entities. Chief Sullivan said over the next several months their plan would be to pull together representatives of all public safety agencies in Orange County and the Community College to continue this conversation with the interest of bringing a proposal to the County Commissioners and the local elected bodies for additional action and consideration. Chief Sullivan showed the Boards some PowerPoint slides of various training facilities around the State. He said this facility is in the explorative phase. Commissioner Dorosin asked if the size of land parcel that would be needed is known, and if this facility could be considered economic development. Chief Sullivan said anywhere from 15-40 acres for a site is needed, and there are economic development possibilities since other counties and cities would pay to come and use this facility. He said Orange County personnel are currently traveling outside the County for training. Council Member Parker asked if there is a timeline in place for the next steps of this project.