HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-18-2008-4cORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 18, 2008
Action Agenda
Item No. ~I' - G
SUBJECT: Public Information Sessions -Transfer Station Siting Process
DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT (S):
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Board of County Commissioners
Olver Consultants
Donna Baker, 245-2130
PURPOSE: To consider authorizing two transfer station siting public information sessions in
April.
BACKGROUND: The Board is being asked to consider and authorize two transfer station siting
public information sessions, which will be held on Thursday, April 3, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to
10:00 p.m in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom, 106 East Margaret Lane, in Hillsborough, North
Carolina and on Thursday, April 10, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the Southern Human
Services Center, 2501 Homestead Rd. in Chapel Hill. ,
The information sessions will include a presentation describing the function and operation of a
solid waste transfer station. The transfer station siting process will also be discussed in detail
focusing on the purpose and use of technical and community specific criteria and weighting
factors in the evaluation and final selection of a recommended site.
Technical Criteria include specific engineering,. operation, and transportation
parameters that should be considered to assure that sites are feasible from a technical
design, environmental, and economic prospective.
• Community-Specific Criteria consider the impacts that the facility will have on the
surrounding community.
The primary objective of these information sessions will be to, provide the public with information
regarding the operation of a transfer station; to provide the public with information regarding the
site selection process; and to receive public input and comment on the preliminary set of site
selection criteria and weighting factors, so that the needs and concerns of the residents of
Orange County can be integrated into the final decision-making process.
These two information sessions are not Board of Commissioners' regular meetings.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
RECOMMENDATION (S): The Manager recommends that the Board authorize two transfer
station siting public information sessions:
Thursday, April 3, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom, 106
East Margaret Lane, in Hillsborough, North Carolina and on Thursday, April 10, 2008 from 7:00
p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Rd. in Chapel. Hill.