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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No V ,f_ D <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 20, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Replacement of County Solid Waste Greenbox System <br /> DEPARTMENT County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> None Don Willhoit <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss options for replacing the County greenbox system <br /> and transitioning to a system of staffed solid waste convenience <br /> centers. <br /> BACKGROUND: County staff, with input from the Orange County Solid <br /> Waste Committee, have been pursuing the conversion of the existing <br /> system of 22 unstaffed greenbox sites in unincorporated Orange County, <br /> to a system of staffed solid waste convenience centers. It is highly <br /> desirable to make this conversion as quickly as possible in order to <br /> improve control over the kinds of materials that get into the waste <br /> stream that goes to the landfill. It is suggested that the County <br /> consider establishing a deadline of July 1, 1994 for all unstaffed <br /> greenbox sites. Staff can investigate ways to expedite this process. <br /> At this meeting, staff will present a brief report on some options for <br /> a possible interim approach that would involve converting some of the <br /> County' s existing consolidated greenbox sites to staffed, controlled <br /> access greenbox sites. The remaining greenbox sites would be closed <br /> as soon as practicable. In the meantime, staff would work with the <br /> Township Advisory Councils and the Solid Waste Committee to find <br /> locations that would be developed as the full-service solid waste <br /> convenience centers that have been discussed extensively at public <br /> meetings throughout the County. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : Discuss options for closing the County' s unstaffed <br /> greenbox sites no later than July 1, 1994 . <br />