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Minutes - Special Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> March 31 , 2009 <br /> Approved May 7, 2009 <br /> Hauser states that on the facility costs if you use 25 acres at $15 , 000 / acre which is <br /> $375 , 000 but we are looking at a $ 900, 000 market value plus the illegal road and the <br /> other improvement at an asking price of $1 million for the Howell property . I just <br /> want to make sure we know what numbers we are using . <br /> Sallach states that what we have included in the model as Bonnie has said the <br /> $375, 000 as far as the price of the land would be allocated for this project. We haven' t <br /> included any asset value of that land at the end of the 20 years . <br /> Hauser asks if the $5 million to build the site . Does it include planning and design <br /> time ? The numbers seem low . Two years ago Orange County estimated $5 - $7 <br /> million [with] no land [cost included] to put a waste transfer station on Eubanks Rd . <br /> where we have water and sewer . Somehow we are now looking at $5 million to build <br /> a transfer station three years later in a place where we know it is going to cost <br /> $250, 000 just to make the road improvement to 54 . <br /> Wilson states the reason it is less is because it is smaller than the original version . We <br /> have gone through an excruciating budget process, so we ' ve taken a look at all the <br /> numbers . We are not going to recommend 143 acres to be purchased . There are a <br /> number of things going on . This is a fluid process . We have shaved as much as we <br /> can off those numbers . <br /> Hauser states that at least 30 % of our waste is handled by private haulers so the rates <br /> that you used for the Carrboro trucks might not apply to the private hauler rates and <br /> because of our living wage our costs might be a littler higher than a private hauler so I <br /> was curious how that would factor into the costs . <br /> Reynolds states that the material shown was an example we used for Carrboro . We <br /> did the same thing for Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and the County . The 8 . 7 miles that <br /> you are looking at may be the difference Carrboro has to [Hwy] 54 and they don' t <br /> start at Eubanks to go to [Hwy] 54 . <br /> Hauser asks how do you handle the private haulers ? What cost did you use for the <br /> 30 % of the rest that is done by private haulers ? <br /> Reynolds states that the portion of private haulers that we did not account for is 17 % <br /> of the waste stream . <br /> Hauser asks is there an agreement that we will look at the numbers and get a re. <br /> statement of the numbers based on some assumptions that we think might have been <br /> misapplied . <br /> 16 <br />