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Memorandum To: John Link, County Manager From: Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Director Subject: New Solid Waste Operations Center Date: February 7, 2005 In 2001 the Board of County Commissioners approved a Eubanks Road Solid Waste Facilities Master Plan that was recently reviewed with the BOCC at the February 8 work session. Among the various components of the Plan was the placement of a new Solid Waste Operations Center on a 4-acre parcel directly adjacent to and west of the southern portion of the Orange County Landfill. Architect Selection - In November of 2004 staff' interviewed architectural firms to design the proposed facility. Three firms submitted proposals, Staff hopes to be making a recommendation to and receive approval from the BOCC sometime in March 2005 on a design firm. General Location Issues -The proposed operations center was originally recommended to Ue located on Eubanks Road Uecause it has long been assumed that the Eubanks Road Solid Waste Facility will continue as the central base of operations for county provided solid waste services into the foreseeable future. Even though the MSW landfill is scheduled to reach capacity and close in 2010, significant other waste management operations will continue, such as the construction & demolition (C&D) landfill, vegetative waste processing, C&D recycling, FIHW collections, electronics recycling, possibly a transfer station, and perhaps even a recyclable materials processing facility. It seems reasonaUle that the administrative and operations huU for such continuing operations would be located in the Eubanks Road area, While there could be some advantages to integrating this operations center with other county facilities in Hillsborough, these advantages seem to be outweighed Uy the need to actually be located physically near solid waste operations. Fundin - It is anticipated that the design costs will be paid from existing FY 2004/05 budget. Construction costs are proposed to Ue debt financed. All previous capital/financial planning has included this facility. The current working assumption of total project cost is approximately $1,000,000 (including design and permitting), however, in-house site grading and the notion of several hundred square feet of unheated storage space should reduce the cost somewhat. Other opportunities to reduce costs will be pursued throughout the design and construction process, The square foot cost seems to be in-line with other recent projects of a similar nature. Utilities -The property has a suitable pero-site for a septic system and, if not located just within the rural buffer (eastern property line is actually the rural buffer Uoundary), could be relatively easily connected to a nearby sewer line. Public water service is available and will be provided to the property. Conceptual S~ce Requirements -The preliminary conceptual space requirements envision approximately 5,500 sq. ft. of heated space and approximately 1,000 sq. ft. of unheated storage space.