HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 12-11-2007-6eORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 11, 2007
Action Agenda
Item No. h -~ _
SUBJECT: Transfer Station Site Search Consultant Selection
DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): (Previously Provided
Under Separate Cover)
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Statement of Qualifications - Olver Inc.
Statement of Qualifications -Draper Aden
Associates
Gayle Wilson, 968-2885
PURPOSE: To select the technical consulting firm that will assist the Board of County
Commissioners in locating a site for the development of a new Orange County Waste Transfer
Station.
BACKGROUND: At the March 27, 2007 BOCC, meeting the Board selected the existing landfill
property on Eubanks Road as the location on which Orange County would develop a new solid
waste transfer station. At the November 15, 2007 BOCC meeting, the Board decided to initiate
a new process for identifying and evaluating alternate locations for an Orange County Waste
Transfer Station. Also at that November 15 meeting, the BOCC authorized the Manager to
arrange a process by which the BOCC could evaluate and select between two existing
contracted professional consulting firms to assist the Board in its new siting process. Finding
one of the currently under-contract firms acceptable would expedite the search process
significantly.
The BOCC conducted interviews of the two firms currently under contract at the December 7,
2007 Work Session, and expressed general satisfaction with engaging either to expedite an
expert facility siting process. The firms interviewed were Draper Aden Associates of
Blacksburg, VA. and Olver, Inc. of Charlotte, NC.
Upon selection of a firm, the Manager is prepared to proceed expeditiously to initiate the first
organizational meeting for the Board and the firm to fully develop and clarify critical elements in
a proposed scope of work. The scope of work is likely to address, among others: substantive
and timely opportunities for public comment and participation; provisions and techniques for
accommodating environmental justice considerations; the extent of ancillary facilities to be co-
located at a transfer station site; and overall timeline for process completion. Existing
professional service agreements with each firm contain provisions for additional services that
would provide for timely authorization of a site search scope of work and budget, and
commencement of the search project.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There will be a cost for the site search project to be negotiated by County
Management consistent with the projected scope of work. Funds for the transfer station siting
project will be provided from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board discuss the waste.
management facility siting credentials of each firm and select one of the following to assist the
Board in developing and executing a new process for a transfer station:
a. Olver Inc.
OR
b. Draper Aden Associates