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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No =X--A <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 15, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Saddle Club Road Solid Waste Site Lease <br /> DEPARTMENT: Manager/Public Works PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Solid Waste Site Assessments Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> Site Suitability Criteria Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 <br /> Saddle Club Road Site Chronology TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To provide direction to staff concerning the proposed <br /> lease of the Saddle Club Road Solid Waste Convenience Center. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the November 16, 1993 meeting, the Board of <br /> Commissioners gave conceptual approval to the long-term leasing of an 8 <br /> acre site owned by Mr. Carl Walters, on Saddle Club Road in Cheeks <br /> Township, as a location for a Solid Waste Convenience Center. On <br /> February 15, 1994, the Board heard a report from staff on progress on <br /> the planning for the site. A number of area residents indicated <br /> opposition to the planned site, and the Board agreed to ask the Orange <br /> County Solid Waste Committee (OCSWC) to conduct a community meeting <br /> with residents of Cheeks and Cedar Grove Townships to receive comments <br /> on the Saddle Club Road site and alternative sites suggested by members <br /> of the community. <br /> At that meeting in March 1994, the OCSWC received citizen comments <br /> after reviewing preliminary staff assessments of the alternative sites <br /> against a set of criteria that had been established for evaluating <br /> solid waste site suitability. Copies of these documents, produced in <br /> March 1994 , are included as Attachments 1 and 2 to this abstract. <br /> At their next meeting in April 1994, the OCSWC heard from Mr. Walters, <br /> who indicated his desire to terminate, by December 31, 1994, his lease <br /> with the County for the existing High Rock Road interim solid waste <br /> site. The OCSWC discussed citizen comments from the March meeting, <br /> and the suitability of the various sites that had been presented. <br /> The Committee voted to recommend to the Board of Commissioners that <br /> the Board enter into the long-term lease for a permanent Saddle Club <br /> Road Solid Waste Convenience Center. The Committee did indicate to <br /> area residents that it would remain open to any additional site <br /> suggestions made prior to Mr. Walters ' s planned termination of the <br /> High Rock Road lease. <br />