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<br />trips) trips daily, five days per week. We believe the County Manager/BOCC/Planning <br />Director may have some flexibility in requiring an analysis for projects that do not reach <br />800 trips daily. . <br />Given the negligible additional traffic estimated to be caused by a transfer station at the <br />Eubanks Road landfill, we believe that no detailed traffic impact study would be <br />required. The overall traffic situation on Eubanks Road could be studied by DOT or <br />others at any time. We are aware of no formal analysis currently underway. However, if <br />the transfer station were to be located elsewhere in Orange County, conditions may make <br />the need for a traffic impact study more compelling given the projected quantity of traffic <br />generated by the facility in a new area. <br />Contingency <br />A memorandum from our transfer station design and permitting consultant Olver Inc. is <br />provided as Attachment A. Olver is suggesting consideration of a combination of <br />utilizing existing infrastructure as the waste transferpad, relocating the current operations <br />from that pad, carefully utilizing remaining landfill capacity and prioritizing waste from <br />local governments. <br />Population/Waste Generation Center <br />In consultation with the County Planning Department we have estimated the current <br />centers of population and commerce using available data. Attachment B provides that <br />estimate for current and for projected 20 years future, with the existing landfill indicated <br />for reference. <br />Municipal Property <br />Staff has spoken to Carrboro Public Works staff regarding a 23 acre property located on <br />Old Highway 86, (Attachment C) just south of the Eubanks Road intersection. Carrboro <br />staff has indicated that no conceptual site plan has been prepared for their Public Works <br />Operations Center and presently it is not known how or whether a transfer station maybe <br />able to be developed on this property. Carrboro has indicated that planning for the <br />Operations Center may begin in 2011, but the timeframe is currently uncertain. <br />Generally, the property appears to have reasonably gently topography and is partially <br />cleared. There is a large pond on the front of the property limiting development. A <br />previous consultant has provided the Opinion that approximately 13 acres of usable <br />acreage exists. The property is surrounded by a good number of residential areas and this <br />section of Old Highway'86 may have some safety related issues regarding trucks entering <br />and leaving the site. It is not possible to speculate any further concerning the potential <br />for this property to host both the Carrboro Public Works Center and a transfer station <br />without further conceptual planning by the Town of Carrboro. <br />2 <br />