Utilities Department Solid Waste Transfer Station Update December 1, 2009

Solid Waste Transfer Station Update Transfer Stations Functions Transfer Stations History Facilities Planning Current Situation Action Plan

Solid Waste Transfer Station Update

Transfer Stations Functions Provide efficient and economical management of solid waste Make the cost of garbage collection and disposal equitable to all residents Eliminate thousands of cross-County truck trips –Easing traffic on major roads –Reduces greenhouse gases Transfer stations handle about 60% of the County’s Class 1 waste

Solid Waste Transfer Station Update

Transfer Stations History Porter Transfer Station ( present) Tangerine Transfer Station ( ) Tropical Transfer Station ( ) McLeod Transfer Station ( present)

Porter Transfer Station –37 years old –Surrounded by residential developments –Rated at 187,800 tons/year –Currently processing 161,000 tons/year 43,000 tons/year commercial 118,000 tons/year residential –One-shift operation –Cannot be expanded Transfer Stations History

Porter Transfer Station Transfer Stations History

McLeod Transfer Station –Lease with the City of Orlando –Renovated in 1986 –Rated at 250,000 tons/year –Currently processing 235,000 tons/year 185,000 tons/year commercial 50,000 tons/year residential –One-shift operation Transfer Stations History

Solid WasteTransfer Station Update

Facilities Planning Refuse Disposal Facilities Plan –Identified need for transfer station in northwest to meet future growth –187,800 tons/year

Facilities Planning 20-acre site purchased –Vulcan Road Public outreach –Traffic and roads impact –Operations Decision to delay construction

In 1995 experienced significant reductions in solid waste deliveries to transfer stations and the landfill –New private transfer station In 1999 initiated a business plan for the Solid Waste Division –Impact of new business trends –Address financial impact –Evaluate options Facilities Planning

Solid Waste Business Plan –Identified additional tonnage needed to maintain financial feasibility –Flow control was not an option at the time –Pursue commitments from municipalities through interlocal agreements Apopka, Ocoee and Winter Garden required the County to commit to building the transfer station on the northwest Facilities Planning

Solid Waste Master Plan –Initiated in 2006 –Identified extensive growth in the west and northwest –Identified need for new site for transfer station Purchased site no longer met the projected needs More efficient and cost-effective to build a large facility and close Porter Transfer Station Estimated capacity of 313,000 tons/year Capacity could be expanded –Recommended option – NWWRF –Public outreach started in 2007 Facilities Planning

Transfer Station Siting Effort –New consultant with design and siting background –21 potential sites were evaluated Facilities Planning

Sites were ranked and a short list of the top five sites was developed –Three sites in unincorporated Orange County –One site in the City of Ocoee –One site in the City of Winter Garden City of Ocoee –Amended land use ordinance City of Winter Garden –Express objections to potential site Facilities Planning

Solid Waste Transfer Station Update

Current Situation Again experiencing a decline in solid waste delivery to our facilities –Solid waste volumes have declined 17% overall in the last year

Current Situation Financial situation has changed –Significant expenses Closed two cells Opened new cell –Credit Market Challenges –Reserves –Economic outlook is uncertain

Solid Waste Transfer Station Update

Action Plan Modify Porter Transfer Station Operations –Evaluate interim cost-effective internal efficiencies to increase capacity –Divert commercial waste from Porter to McLeod Transfer Station Makes available a residential capacity of 50,000 tons/year to meet future growth Potential financial impact on businesses

Action Plan Modify McLeod Transfer Station Operations –Increase hours of operations 1 ½ shifts Can increase about 125,000 tons/year capacity About 90,000 tons/year available to meet future growth Monitor waste volumes closely Postponed siting of new transfer station –Initiate process again in 2012

Action Plan Develop a Contingency Plan –Economy recovery faster than currently projected –Acts of Nature Contingency Plan –Increased hours of operations –Potential private-public partnerships with existing private transfer stations

Modern Transfer Station