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Attachments • 4/01 Potential Framework for Determining the Disposition of the Remaining 109 Acres of the Greene Tract • 3/00 Agreement to Amend the Agreement for Solid Waste Management • 9/99 Solid Waste Agreement Extract -Definition of "Reimbursable Amount" Town of Chapel Hill's "Pav As You Throw" Proposal In December 2000, the Chapel Hill Town Council approved a resolution that indicated the Town's interest in implementing a "pay-as-you-throw" (PAYT) financing mechanism for residential solid waste collection in the Town of Chapel Hill. In mid-January 2001, Mayor Waldorf wrote to the County Commissioners requesting input from the BOCC regarding the County solid waste system's ability to support implementation of the Town's PAYT proposal through July 2002. Solid Waste Department staff prepared an analysis of the implications of the Town's request. The County's Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB} reviewed and discussed the Town's proposal and the staff analysis in February and March, providing comments in a memo to the BOCC but reaching no specific recommendation as to whether or not to support the Town's request. Staff strongly supports the concept of PAYT as an effective tool for the County and Towns to use in pursuing the goal of 61 percent per capita solid waste reduction by 2006. However, staff believes that PAYT will be mare effective if it is pursued collectively by all jurisdictions in a coordinated manner in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Plan framework that was approved by all governing boards in 1997 and updated per State statute in 2000. The solid waste system resources are also constrained in their ability at this point in time to accommodate the higher volume and broader spectrum of recyclable materials that would be needed to make Chapel Hill's move to PAYT more effective. Staff proposes to draft a letter that will respond to the points enumerated in response to Chapel Hill's January request. The Board could review, edit as needed, and approve that letter at this April 25 work session. The draft response will be prepared and distributed to the Board under separate cover prior to the work session. Attachments • 1/16/09 Letter from Mayor Waldorf • 3/8/01 Memorandum from SWAB Chair • 1/22/01 Memorandum from Solid Waste Management Director Memo • 4/26/01 Draft Letter from Chair to Mayor Waldorf (to be provided under separate cover) Ordinance Regulatina Recyclable Materials In ,1999, the BOCC authorized creation of a construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling task force. That task force completed its work with a report to the BOCC presented in August 2000. A key task force recommendation was passage of an ordinance regulating recyclable C&D Materials. This ordinance requires staffing, facilities development, and coordination with other departments and governments within Orange County, as well as the regulated community of developers and waste haulers. The draft ordinance attached has potential to regulate both recyclable C&D materials and other materials with a goal of keeping those materials from being landfilled and requiring that they be