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Storm Debris Management <br />Orange County continues to operate without a storm debris management plan capable of <br />responding to another major storm event that will inevitably occur. Staff has, for several <br />years, advocated development of a plan including a suitable site for receiving, processing, <br />and storage of such vegetative debris. The SWAB believes that the County continues to <br />be both lucky and vulnerable. <br />Staff has previously suggested, and the SWAB agrees, that a dual purpose facility <br />capable of handling the debris generated by a major storm event, but which also has <br />ongoing daily utility in accepting land clearing and inert debris (LCID) for recycling, is <br />badly needed. Such a facility would receive LCID as a normal daily function, helping to <br />fund the operation and fill a local waste management need, while at the same time <br />maintaining emergency storm debris management capability. This would operate as an <br />alternative to burning and land filling. Most LCID is now hauled out of Orange County <br />destined for cheaper disposal sites elsewhere. There is no-full -scale LCID disposal site in <br />the County although small private sites do operate sporadically. <br />Solid Waste Operations Center <br />The existing Solid Waste Management Department administrative offices must be <br />relocated by December 31, 2006 due to the expiration of an agreement between the Town <br />of Chapel Hill and UNC for lease of the current site. The Town has commenced <br />construction of their new operations center on Millhouse Road and anticipates relocating <br />by that deadline, deconstructing and removing its old facilities as required by the <br />agreement. The Solid Waste Department has shared the existing facilities for several <br />years. <br />The County has purchased a 4 -acre parcel on Eubanks Road and approved that parcel in <br />their Solid Waste Facilities Master Plan as the home for a new Solid Waste Management <br />Department Operations Center. The County has recently received proposals from <br />architects in response to a formal request and staff is preparing to recommend to the <br />BOCC an architectural firm to design the new operations center. The SWAB requests <br />that the BOCC authorize the hiring of the recommended architect and commence to <br />design the new building. <br />The SWAB urges the BOCC to consider incorporation, to the extent practicable, of <br />sustainable design practices and techniques. While these sustainable design elements <br />usually add up -front costs to the design and construction phases, they have proven to be <br />cost effective over time. The SWAB also advocates for a facility of sufficient size and <br />functionality to consolidate the department's many disparate employees, to provide basic <br />amenities that are currently lacking at some existing facilities, and to conveniently serve <br />the many citizens who visit the Solid Waste offices. Should the current County solid <br />waste collections activities be transferred from the Public Works Department to the Solid <br />Waste Management Department, additional space will be required to accommodate those <br />staff and equipment. <br />Page 6 of .10 <br />213/2005 <br />
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