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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />.Meeting Date: September 29, 1999 <br />Action Agent <br />Item No. - Q, <br />SUBJECT: Construction & Demolition Landfill Siting <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Draft Resolutions John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />Gayle ~Ison, 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 consider adoption of resolution(s) indicating the Board's direction regarding the <br />selection, rejection, and/or further evaluation of two proposed construction and demolition <br />(C&D) landfill sites currently under consideration. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Site Search Process The C&D landfill currently operated by the Town of Chapel Hill on <br />behalf of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Orange County, is expected to exhaust its capacity to <br />accept additional waste by the summer of 2000. For the past several years, Chapel Hill Solid <br />Waste Department staff, acting under direction from the Landfill Owners' Group, have been <br />exploring options for a new C&D site within Orange County to replace the current facility when it <br />reaches capacity. <br />During the past few months, the Board of Commissioners has taken the lead among the three <br />LOG partners in considering two specific sites -one adjacent to the current facility on Eubanks <br />Road in Chapel Hill Township, and the other near Guess Road in Little River Township. While <br />Joyce Engineering, Inc. has been conducting technical evaluations of the suitability of these two <br />potential sites, the BOCC has sponsored several meetings, including an August 10 community <br />meeting in Caldwell, the presentation of the Joyce Engineering report on September 7, and a <br />public hearing on the potential C&D sites on September 21. <br />Among the perceived advantages of the Eubanks Road site are its proximity to the major waste <br />generation center, its proximity to existing solid waste management operations, the fact that <br />much of the site is already publicly owned, and its comparatively lower estimated development <br />cost ($150,000). Perhaps the most significant perceived disadvantage is its location in a <br />