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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 9, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1 <br />SUBJECT: Solid Waste Matters <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager /Solid Waste PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />As listed in "Background" John Link/Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />Gayle Wilson, 968 -2885 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss various solid waste management matters, as outlined in the <br />"Background" section of this abstract. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />a. 60 Acre Greene Tract Portion Set Aside as Solid Waste Management Site <br />The Board will continue the discussion it began on this topic during the November 3, 1999 <br />meeting. The Board may also wish to discuss the process for, and timing of, the necessary <br />zoning of the designated 60 acres of the Greene Tract to permit certain solid waste activities, as <br />contemplated in the approved Solid.Waste Interlocal Agreement (see Attachment 1 -a). <br />b. Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling and Disposal Options <br />The Board requested a report on options available for the recycling and disposal of C &D waste. <br />Chapel Hill Solid Waste staff have prepared the report at Attachment 1 -b. Staff will be prepared <br />to respond to the Board's questions, and to accept the Board's direction on subsequent steps to <br />be taken related to C &D recycling and disposal. Staff will also present information on a <br />discussion between the County Manager and staff at the State's Solid Waste Division that <br />relates to the process and timing of the submission of a permit application for a possible <br />Eubanks Road C &D site. <br />c. "Future Search" Process for Solid Waste Management <br />Triangle J Council of Governments (TJCOG) has convened regular meetings of the region's <br />local government solid waste planners since 1991. This group, the Triangle Region Solid <br />Waste Planners Committee, recently issued a report urging the Triangle's local governments to <br />work more closely on planning infrastructure to manage solid waste beyond the next ten years. <br />As a means to initiate productive action on a regional level, the Triangle Region Solid Waste <br />Planners Committee is proposing that the region conduct a "Future Search," which is a <br />