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May 2, 2011 (Work Session) Page 414 C &D / Municipal Solid Waste units, all stormwater monitoring, as well as closure and post closure costs for the existing C &D site. This would eliminate the need for the General Fund to have to contribute to the landfill's closure / post closure fund. If you add future operating costs and monitoring while in operation, the savings realized to the County could be $5 million. Another very exciting aspect of the proposal is that Greenway Waste Solutions would construct and operate a state of the art compost facility on the C &D Landfill property. This would be a type 3 compost operation that would be able to accept food waste. We would have the potential to eliminate Cabarrus County's food waste from entering landfills - which takes up valuable landfill space and creates methane gas, which harms our air quality. In return, beneficial compost would be produced. Please note once again that any public / private partnership is contingent on NC DENR granting a permit. Also note that because of our limited air space remaining, we must move quickly to work towards obtaining a permit modification and approval from NC DENR to proceed in this direction. I am asking the Board of Commissioners to provide us with guidance on these options with the recommendation that we pursue a public / private partnership with Greenway Waste Solutions. The public / private partnership is as follows: CABARRUS COUNTY - GREENWAY WASTE SOLUTIONS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is between Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA (the "County ") and Greenway Waste Solutions, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability corporation ( "Greenway. "). It relates specifically to the Irish Potato Road C &D Landfill located at 4441 Irish Potato Road, Concord, North Carolina 28025 (the "Current Landfill "). WHEREAS, the County is the permit holder, owner, and operator of the Current Landfill and the County is losing money on the operation; WHEREAS, the County desires a solution to keep the Current Landfill open while not being responsible for operations, monitoring, and closure; WHEREAS, Greenway is the owner and operator of five construction & demolition (C &D) landfills throughout the Carolina's, one gypsum wallboard /sheetrock recycling operation, and one large scale indoor C &D recycle center; WHEREAS, the County and Greenway desire to enter into a public /private partnership to arrive at a creative solution for the Current Landfill and to enhance the County's sustainability programs; WHEREAS, Greenway desires to submit to NCDENR a permit application for an un -lined expansion of the Current Landfill and to construct and operate a Class III Compost Facility; WHEREAS, Greenway desires to enter into an Operating Agreement with the County if and only if NCDENR accepts and approves Greenway and County's permit application (the "Permit ") for an un -lined expansion of the Current Landfill (the "Expansion Area ") and agrees to maintain the County as the permit holder; and NOW THEREFORE, the County and Greenway agree to establish the parameters around the partnership, and to clearly define the roles and responsibilities of both parties. Both the County and Greenway mutually agree to the following: