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y ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 17, 2000 Action Age; da Item No. ~~ SUBJECT: Solid Waste Facilities - Sitin O tions DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 10/3/00 SW Director Memo w/Attachments A - H (under separate cover) INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Director 968-2885 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE; To respond to information requests and questions raised at the Board's August 30, 2000 solid waste work session. BACKGROUND: At the August 30 work session, the Board asked staff to develop a report discussing the compatibility of various existing and potential future solid waste facilities and to examine siting options both on Eubanks Road and conceptually at other undefined Orange County locations. The accompanying memo from Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson describes the interrelationships between various kinds of solid waste facilities that the County operates now, or may operate in the future. The memo includes drawings which reflect conceptual layouts and required acreage of potential future solid waste facilities that are non- site specific. Other drawings demonstrate generally how existing and additional solid waste facilities could possibly be accommodated at the current Eubanks Road site, and with the possible addition of some additional acreage adjacent to the existing Eubanks Road site. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The financial impact of solid waste facilities could be significant, depending on Board decisions. Costs associated with the design, construction, and operation of any solid waste facilities would be borne in the Solid Waste/Landfill Operations Enterprise . Fund. The report itself will have no direct financial impact. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board provide guidance to staff regarding Orange County solid waste facility locations, including the possible acquisition of additional property, and to make final determinations on C8~D recycling and disposal facilities, Solid Waste Department administrative offices, and a transfer station and/ar other facilities, as soon as possible. Once decisions are made regarding siting options, staff will prepare a detailed facility master plan and a comprehensive cost analysis and operations plan.