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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABBTRAGT <br />Meeting pate: December 11, 2661 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item NO. S-G <br />SUBJECT: Bitl Award. Constmction of Cartboro Plaza Recycling Site <br />DEPARTMENT: Pu¢hasingl5olitl Waste PUBLIC HEARING (VIN( No <br />ATTACHMENT(5(: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, 245-2652 <br />Bid Tabulation Gayle Wilson, 9fi8-2885 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsboreugh ]32-8181 <br />CM1apel Hill 9684501 <br />Durham 688-]331 <br />PURPOSE: To wnsitler awaNingabib for wnsWCtion ofatlropoff recycling center to be lccatetl al <br />Carrboro Plaza. <br />BACKGROUND: The County operated erecycling tlrop-off site at Cartboro Plaza from 1991-1996. <br />At the request of the previous property owner, the site was closed tlue [o excessive Illegal dumping <br />antl littering- Town of Carrboro officials and Solid Waste Management staff unsuccessfully sought ar <br />alternative location within Cartboro for about 18 months. Ultimately, Town of Carrboro officials <br />determined, following discussicns with the new owners of Carrboro Plaza, that the Plaza was the bas <br />potential location for s recycling drof}off center within the Town. <br />From that timeforwaN, Sclitl Waste Management staff, Carrboro offcials, and Carrboro Plaza <br />management have been working to design and consVUd a new site a[the location of the old atte, any <br />to resolve the eatlier problems of illegal dumping. GonsWCfion of the site had to await resolution of <br />several Issues, primarily those relatetl to Park antl Ritla Lot construction at the shopping canter. <br />Carrboro Plaza has offeretl [he site at no fee for a periotl off 0 years, provitletl the Town antl Solid <br />Waste Depadment maintain certain stantlaNS of cleanliness. The BOCC approved a no-fee lease <br />agreement with the Plaza owners on June 5, 2001. Carrboro Plaza management has requestetl <br />several adtlitional assurances related to site cleanliness antl security that staff believes can be <br />modeled within the scope of the lease approval by the BOCC in June 2001. Stag expects that <br />Carrboro Plaza management will sign the 10-year lease agreement within the ne# week or so. <br />This project oaneiets of two crJncrate pads on which the recycling conteinare will be placed, fence for <br />screening recycling containers, protective bollards, antl the relocation of a water line where the pads <br />are to be located. The site will be located at the northeast comer of Cartboro Plaza, immediately <br />behintl the ABC Stare that feces onto NC54 Bypass. <br />Specifications were developed by staff that met fhe Countys needs. The bid call was advedised and <br />bids were solicited from seven vendors. A pre-bid conference was heltl. Two bitltlers respantletl m <br />