Utilities Department Solid Waste Transfer Station Update

1. Utilities DepartmentSolid Waste Transfer Station Update December 1, 2009

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

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

4. 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

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

6. Transfer Stations History • Porter Transfer Station (1972 - present) • Tangerine Transfer Station (1982 - 1990) • Tropical Transfer Station (1976 - 1986) • McLeod Transfer Station (1986 - present)

7. Transfer Stations History • 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

8. Transfer Stations History • Porter Transfer Station

9. 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

10. Transfer Stations History

11. Solid WasteTransfer Station Update • Transfer Stations Functions • Transfer Stations History • Facilities Planning • Current Situation • Action Plan

12. Facilities Planning • Refuse Disposal Facilities Plan -1990 • Identified need for transfer station in northwest to meet future growth • 187,800 tons/year

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

14. Facilities Planning • 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

15. 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

16. 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

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

18. 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

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

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

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

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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. Modern Transfer Station