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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 15, 2006 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Solid Waste Matters DEPARTMENT: County Manager /Solid Waste PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: As noted in "Background" Rod Visser, 245 -2308 Gayle Wilson, 968 -2885 PURPOSE: To review and discuss various solid waste management - related matters. -• A. Solid Waste Operations Center Design The architectural firm of Dixon Weinstein will provide the Board of Commissioners with a presentation on the proposed design of the new Solid Waste Operations Center to be located on the south side of Eubanks Road, immediately adjacent and to the west of the County's mixed solid waste (MSW) landfill. The Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) received a brief presentation from the architects at their March 2 meeting and gave a favorable review to the planning efforts to date. After receiving the Board's direction on facility design elements, staff and the architects will make appropriate revisions and schedule a meeting with community representatives to review with them the BOCC's proposed design for the facility. The project timeline at this point contemplates soliciting and awarding construction bids in late summer or early fall, with move in to the new facility targeted for mid -2007. No Attachments B. SWAB Recommendation Regarding Transfer Station Siting At the November 9, 2005 work session on solid waste matters, the BOCC instructed staff to conduct analysis and proceed with developing recommendations regarding the siting of a transfer station in Orange County. The County's MSW landfill is expected to reach capacity sometime in 2010 and, in light of the policy decision not to site any new MSW landfills in Orange County in the future, a transfer station will be needed as a staging point for the shipment of waste to disposal facilities in other jurisdictions. The SWAB has reviewed the analytical work performed by staff and the County's consulting engineering firm (Olver Incorporated) and has adopted the attached resolution recommending that the BOCC direct staff to proceed expeditiously with permitting, design, and construction of an MSW transfer station.