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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0403_ChambersDev_MSWLF_FranAgreeSupplement2_DIN26327_200807.pdfSECOND SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT (this "Second Supplement") dated as of July _, 2008, is made and entered into by and between ANSON COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina (the "County") and CHAMBERS WASTE SYSTEMS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., a North Carolina corporation, formerly known as Chambers Development of North Carolina, Inc. ("Chambers"). Recitals A. The County and Chambers are parties to an Agreement dated as of June 4, 1991, concerning the design, construction and operation of a solid waste landfill in the County (the "Agreement"). B. The parties have previously supplemented the terms of the Agreement by entering into a Supplemental Agreement dated as of February 26, 1997 (the "Supplemental Agreement"). C. The parties have also entered into a lease agreement dated as of April 9, 2002 (the "Lease Agreement") to provide sites for five convenience centers at a rental rate of $1.00 per year for a 10-year term ending April9, 2012. D. The Agreement, the Supplemental Agreement and the Lease Agreement are collectively referred to in this Second Supplement as the "Existing Agreements." E. Pursuant to the Existing Agreements, Chambers currently operates: (I) a solid waste landfill (the "Regional Landfill Facility") at a site owned by Chambers in Polkton (the "Regional Landfill Site"); (2) a regional recycling and collection facility at the Regional Landfill Site (the "Regional Recycling Facility"); and (3) five convenience centers for recycling and collection (the "Convenience Centers") at the sites leased from the County under the Lease Agreement, identified as follows: • Burnsville • Lilesville • White Store • Gatewood • Ansonville F. The County and Chambers wish to further supplement and modify the Existing Agreements as set forth in this Second Supplement. 6455218.2 Agreement NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, for themselves and their successors and assigns, agree as follows: 1. Recitals. The Recitals are incorporated herein by reference. 2. Convenience Centers. (a) Chambers shall operate each of these five Convenience Centers and the Regional Recycling Facility for the remaining term of the Lease Agreement, as such term may be extended by future agreement of the parties. If the term of the Lease Agreement is not extended, Chambers shall, upon expiration of such term, be required to operate only four Convenience Centers and the Regional Recycling Facility for the remaining term of the Agreement in accordance paragraph 2 thereof. (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Existing Agreements, Chambers shall cause the Convenience Centers and the Regional Recycling Facility to be operated as follows: mean: 6455218.2 (i) Each of the Convenience Centers and the(Regional Recycling Facility) shall be open and operated by Chambers, for their intended purpose, each Tuesday and Saturday from 7:00 a.m. (local time) until 7:00 p.m. (local time). Chambers may change these hours of operation with the prior consent of the County's Manager, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. (ii) Only waste in plastic, non-open bags (i.e., tied trash bags) may be deposited in the bins at the Convenience Centers and the Regional Recycling Facility, which are to be provided by Chambers at the sites. (iii) All white goods and furniture must be placed in the open-top containers that are to be provided by Chambers at the sites. (iv) Recyclables shall include paper, plastic, glass and aluminum in accordance with applicable rules and regulations established by the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources or other government agencies with jurisdiction over those materials. 3. Yard Waste. (a) For purposes of this Second Supplement, the term "Yard Waste" shall (i) land clearing waste to include stumps, tree trunks, limbs and leaves; and 2 (ii) High carbon nitrogen ratio yard trash that results from yard maintenance, such as brush and tree limbs but specifically not including grass clippings or similar materials with low carbon nitrogen ratios. (b) During the term of the Agreement, Chambers shall accept and dispose of Yard Waste in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2(a) of the Agreement, supplemented and modified as follows: (i) Yard Waste shall be accepted and disposed of by Chambers in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the letter dated February 21, 2008, from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources to Mr. Mike Gurley, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference. (ii) Yard Waste generated by residents of Anson County shall be accepted and disposed of at the Regional Landfill Facility during the hours that the Regional Landfill Facility is required to be open. (iii) Yard Waste shall not be accepted or disposed of at the Convenience Centers. (iv) Yard Waste generated by residents of the County shall be accepted at Chambers' expense and without charge (a) from individual County residents (including residents of towns located within the County), provided, that individual residents may be required to certify, or present reasonable proof of, residency in the County and (b) from haulers employed or engaged for that purpose by the County or towns within the County to the extent the Yard Waste is generated by residents of the County (including towns within the County). The amount of Yard Waste as described in this section to be accepted by Chambers shall not exceed .6,000 cubic yards in any calendar year. (v) Except as provided in (iv) above, Chambers may impose a charge for accepting Yard Waste (a) generated outside the County or (b) generated or delivered by commercial or industrial establishments (including landscape businesses) located within the County at rates established in accordance with paragraph 2(a) of the Agreement. 4. Regional Landfill Facility (Hours). Chambers shall cause the Regional Landfill Facility to be open and operated for its intended purposes at hours Chambers determines in its discretion to be appropriate based upon business conditions provided, however, that the Regional Landfill shall at a minimum be open eight hours a day, Monday through Friday, except New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The County may request Chambers' consent to changes in these hours of operations, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 6455218.2 3 5. Ratification. Except as supplemented or modified by this Second Supplement, the Existing Agreements are hereby ratified and remain in full force and effect. Copies of the Existing Agreements are attached hereto, for convenient reference, as composite Exhibit B. [Signatures begin on the following page] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written, pursuant to authority duly given. 6455218.2 CHAMBERS WASTE SYSTEM OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. By: _____________ _ Name: Title: ANSON COUNTY By: _____________ _ Name: Title: 4