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2 the order of the size of the Public Meeting Room at the Government Services Center in Hillsborough) to accommodate various departmental meeting and training functions as well as community meeting space for the Landfill Neighborhood Group, etc. Details are provided in the accompanying staff memo, and staff will be prepared to respond to BOCC questions about conceptual planning to date. The Constn~ction and Demolition Recycling Task Farce made recommendations to the Board of Commissioners in August 2000 that included, among others: • aggressively pursuing partnerships with other entities, public and private, inside and beyond Orange County to increase opportunities for recycling, reuse and reduction of C&D wastes; • considering locating a retail used building materials collection and resale point at or near any future C&D management facility; • finding a location at which to condtact C&D waste management, with Orange County taking responsibility far reuse and disposal of its own C&D wastes; and • promoting deconstruction and greenbuilding as sustainable alternatives to traditional approaches. To those ends, the Solid Waste Facilities Master Plan of October 2001 contemplates the construction of a recycled material resale facility on property acquired by the County in 2003 on the north side of Eubanks Road, immediately to the west of the current recycling pad. With development of the new construction & demolition landfill there and resulting siting constraints, it may be prudent to review if there are other opporttanities in the same general vicinity to locate a resale facility. The County has also engaged in a number of highly successfial deconstruction projects in recent years, and has stockpiled a fairly extensive inventory of used building materials that need permanent storage. The construction of the new solid waste operations center may provide an opportunity also to construct cost-efficient, convenient, and appropriate storage space for deconstructed building materials for use in future County projects. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with the review and endorsement of the solid waste operations center conceptual plan, The subsequent submission (tentatively planned for the April 19, 2005 regular meeting) to the BOCC of the recommendation to award the architectural contract will explain anticipated costs related to the planning and construction of the new operations center. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board consider the proposed solid waste operations center conceptual plan, provide any additional guidance for staff, and endorse the plan so that staff can proceed to submit a contract for architectural services for the Board's consideration at the April 12, 2005 regular meeting.