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APPROVED 8/2/17 4 160 Tony Blake spoke about Triangle Tire and Service Center changing ownership and wondered if that negates aspects 161 of being grandfathered-in. He remarked that there is another such tire business over on Old Greensboro with the 162 same situation. 163 164 Craig Benedict explained that only if the business was trying to expand the facility can Planning kick-in new 165 standards, but a lot of these businesses are continuing as is. 166 167 Patricia Roberts asked about free tire disposal program wherein you could bring all your tires to the landfill or 168 somewhere else. 169 170 Craig Benedict said that there used to be grant funding for a variety of things. There used to be a get-rid-of-your-171 mobile-home day, back 10-12 years ago, and those monies dried-up too. There are a lot of people that may leave 172 their mobile home in the woods. It is a lot to try and move a mobile home to our landfill. Planning keeps looking for 173 funding to help with these issues. Our Solid Waste Department, as of July 1st, has a mattress disposal program. He 174 remarked that things you see alongside of the road – old tires and mattresses – at least we’ve moved towards 175 mattress disposal program. Maybe the County can look into an even better tire collection and disposal program as 176 well. He hopes that Solid Waste, the Health Department and Planning can come together to be the eyes in the field. 177 178 Paul Guthrie suggested that whoever is involved in that discussion should figure out where the tires are going from 179 disposal. He thinks that most of the tires are from international transit; they grind them up and separate metals from 180 rubber and other materials. He said that a lot of that is probably going to the Port of Wilmington and getting hauled 181 overseas. He said that he thinks it’s worth asking - where do you dispose of your stuff, and when you do move stuff 182 out? 183 184 Craig replied that Planning will keep all comments in mind. 185 186 Randy Marshall gave a brief background regarding his complaint about the tires. He said that since he brought this 187 topic up, he would like to give a couple of comments. He started by saying that it’s different than mattresses and 188 mobile homes. This is a health hazard because of the mosquitos. If Zika cases pop-up in Orange County, there is 189 going to be a huge uproar on why we haven’t done something about tires. There’s a mobile home park right behind 190 that tire establishment and those tires have been there for weeks. He said that he cannot see where any tires have 191 been hauled off. It seems like to him that handing out ducks and spraying people when they go into parks is woefully 192 inadequate to address the health concerns – not nuisance – but the health concern that the tires provide. It seems 193 not unreasonable to him that there would have someone on the staff of Orange County to make people remove tires 194 because they are a health hazard. That same person could look for standing water in different places. He just wants 195 someone to say “You need to get rid of these tires. It’s a problem.” He said that nobody in several of the Orange 196 County departments seems to have ownership to do this. 197 198 Tony Blake responded to Randy Marshall’s point. He would pose a question to a business that if they want to look at 199 who’s the most at risk, it’s them. There is a public health hazard here and they are likely to be the one most exposed. 200 This approach might hit home. 201 202 Craig Benedict shared an experience of working with a city where the Health Department took the lead role to 203 declare a health nuisance, whether it was rats or garbage or mosquitos. They seemed to have the higher power than 204 the Zoning Department regarding health hazards. He said that Planning will continue working on this and will report 205 back regarding collaboration, and maybe jump start a program with funding. 206 207 Kim Piracci reiterated that in the meantime, someone should reach out to the business. 208 209 Paul Guthrie also reiterated that someone should talk to the owner regarding health hazards and warned about the 210 possibility of a business being named as a source. 211 212