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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 1, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~_ <br />SUBJECT: Hampton Pointe Recycling Site <br />DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Site Drawing <br />Draft Memorandum of Understanding <br />(INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />PURPOSE: To endorse plans to develop a permanent recycling dropoff site at the Hampton <br />Pointe shopping center in Hillsborough and to authorize staff to develop a memorandum of <br />understanding with Hampton Pointe/Home Depot regarding responsibilities far operation, <br />maintenance, and related issues for the recycling center.. <br />BACKGROUND: When the Hampton Pointe shopping center was going through the Town of <br />Hillsborough's approval process a few years ago, one of the permit conditions was that the <br />developer was required to provide a dedicated area for a recycling site. The permit was non- <br />specific about when the site must be provided, and the first phase of Hampton Pointe was <br />constructed without the designation of a permanent recycling site. This did not create <br />operational concerns because the County was already operating a dropoff site approximately <br />one mile away on property leased by WalMart at the Hillsborough Commons shopping center. <br />However, when WalMart relocated to Hampton Pointe in 2003, the owner of the Hillsborough <br />Commons shopping center asked the County to remove its recycling dropoff site there, which <br />was accomplished in July 2004. <br />Since late 2003, County staff have been in discussions about a specific location for a recycling <br />site with the Hampton Pointe developers, and more recently, also with representatives of the <br />planned new Home Depot Store there. Staff have recently concluded successful discussions <br />with Hampton Pointe and Home Depot and have developed plans to construct a dropoff site <br />that will be convenient and accessible to citizens and safe and efficient for the County to <br />operate. The accompanying diagram outlines the general configuration of the recycling site, <br />adjacent to the planned Home Depot at the southern end of the Hampton Pointe development. <br />Staff recommends that the Board endorse the construction of the permanent recycling dropoff <br />site and authorize the Manager and staff to develop and enter into a memorandum of <br />agreement with Hampton Pointe/Home Depot that will govern the use of the site and mutual <br />responsibilities for its construction, operation, maintenance, etc. <br />