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7 <br />S. What would be the start- uA_._time for the new -landfill? <br />In the past few weeks, Draper Aden and Associates, our consulting <br />engineers for our existing landfill, have completed their. design <br />for the new landfill area south of Eubanks Road. They have also <br />calculated our remaining useful life on the existing portion of the <br />landfill on the north side of the road. We now believe that the <br />current landfill will last through 2000. This is about 2 - 2.5 <br />years longer than we estimated when we began the search for a new <br />landfill. This extra time is the result of design of the <br />prospective fill area, operating practices on the north side <br />(including the relocation of the University's coal ash from the <br />main fill area of the landfill to a separate fill area), and <br />reduced waste, the latter of which we believe to be the result of <br />both successful waste reduction and recycling and the rather soft <br />local economy over the past few years. <br />we believe that we will need from. 5 to 8 years lead time to <br />complete selection of a site, acquire the property, design the <br />site, receive permits, and have the first cell at a new landfill <br />constructed and ready to receive garbage. <br />9. Has the idea of moving the airport_ been considered in <br />coniunction with locating a new landfill site? <br />The Managers' Committee on the Airport, composed of Chapel Hill <br />Town Manager Cal Horton, Carrboro Town Manager Bob Morgan, Orange <br />County Manager John Link, and then Vice Chancellor for Business and <br />Finance of the University of North Carolina Ben Tuchi, made their <br />report to the Coordination and Consultation Committee on May 18, <br />1992. Separate reports were made to the managers' respective <br />governing bodies in subsequent weeks. <br />The Managers' Committee recommends a preliminary dialogue process <br />(see attachment #7,) for exploration of possible options for <br />relocation of air traffic operations from the Horace. Williams <br />Airport site. The process would be facilitated by representatives <br />of the Institute for Environmental Negotiations, an independent <br />consultant having no ties to the community. <br />To date, the Chapel Hill Town Council has agreed to partially fund <br />the cost of the proposed work and has appointed two members of the <br />Council as their representatives for participation in the process. <br />Chancellor Paul Hardin has stated his support for the proposed <br />process. The Town of Carrboro has agreed to allow their Town <br />Manager to observe the process and appears open to discuss further <br />participation. The orange County Commissioners have not concluded <br />their discussions. <br />Whether the proposed process will be initiated is not certain at <br />this time. Even if it goes forward, there is no assurance that <br />discussion would advance beyond the preliminary stage. one <br />possible outcome would be a conclusion that a negotiated resolution <br />would be highly unlikely. If the preliminary dialogue process is <br />successful, the next step would be to conduct more in -depth <br />