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As a point of information, the Eubanks W &R Facilities project costs exceed the costs of the previously completed Walnut Grove Church Road W &R Center project by about $1,650,000, not including engineering consulting services or land acquisition costs. Several reasons explain this cost difference: • Includes relocation of the landfill entranceway and scale house operations • Being located in the Town of Chapel Hill planning jurisdiction created additional design and construction requirements and standards and an extended approval process • Includes the extension of sewer connections • Includes additional z -wall slots • A four year timeframe from establishing the current project budget and an almost three year construction delay resulted in project cost inflation (costs were not escalated or increased for inflation over that time period) • Includes additional storm water structures required to meet the regulations for storm water control in Chapel Hill. • Includes both east and west bound turning lanes required to address NCDOT standards for the projected traffic volumes obtained from a comprehensive traffic impact analysis. • Walnut Grove Church Road center had an existing large concrete pad that was preserved that Eubanks does not have • Includes a much larger HHW facility(service relocated from south side of Eubanks) with loading dock to accommodate the large quantities of material received at Eubanks Road • Includes additional amenities that were incorporated based on lessons learned from Walnut Grove Church Road Center e.g. larger and better placement of center operator observation building, storage shed for site equipment and shelters at the compactors for center operators. • The Eubanks Road Center requires a substantial amount of fill material to make the site useable. Much of the filling operations required to make the Walnut Grove site work was coordinated by County Staff and free clean structural fill generated from an area construction site. A preconstruction meeting with DF Griffin is scheduled for January 31. A Notice to Proceed would be issued at or immediately following this meeting. Erosion control device installation, land clearing, deconstruction and cut - and -fill activities would begin the first week of February. The project should be completed in November /December of 2017. Temporary Center Operations A temporary W &R Center will be established at the Future Millhouse Road Park property on Millhouse Road. This center will provide reduced services for the duration of project construction to include yard waste, electronics recycling and municipal solid waste. The hours of the temporary site will mirror the hours of the Eubanks Road W &R Center (6 days /week). Due to operational restrictions on the temporary center residents with recyclables will be directed to the recycling drop off sites of which Cedar Falls on Weaver Dairy Road is the closest. Residents with scrap tires, clean metal, clean wood, waste oil, bulky wastes, etc. will be diverted to another W &R Center or the facilities located at the landfill.