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transparent the process, the more likely that people will know why you are where you are in the <br />end. She explained the process. At first, they management team would sit down with all of the <br />stakeholders- elected officials, staff, advisory committees - to identify exclusionary siting criteria <br />(or fatal flaw). She said that siting a landfill is different than a transfer station, and transportation <br />networks are the biggest concern with a transfer station. She went over the bullets on Section <br />IV, page 2: <br />Typical Process: <br />Through our previous facility siting efforts, we have developed several processes for identifying <br />locations for solid waste management facilities. The first and most commonly used process has <br />been to develop exclusionary siting criteria (fatal flaws), as well as technical and community- <br />specific siting criteria (weighted relative to importance), and numerically rank available sites <br />identified through parcel size, relative to these criteria. The process typically adheres to the <br />following process: <br />- Compile and review current County mapping and information, including but not limited to <br />topographic, land use, parcels, wetlands, floodplains, and utilities, as well as waste <br />generation data, previous studies, etc.; <br />- Develop a draft target parcel size and siting methodology, along with draft fatal flaw criteria <br />and selection (technical and community-specific) criteria with weighting; <br />- Coordinate activities with the selection committee, particularly to finalize the siting <br />methodology, establish fatal-flaw and selection criteria, review the ranking process, and <br />oversee the consultant's efforts; <br />- Apply exclusionary (fatal flaw) criteria to the County and eliminate the areas failing these <br />criteria from further consideration; <br />- Identify all parcels of the target size located within the remaining area of the County <br />subsequent to the fatal flaw analysis. At this time, the parcels will be assigned a number <br />that will remove ownership identification; <br />- Rank the parcels based on the siting criteria, and develop a short list of sites for the <br />facility, and review them with the selection committee; <br />- Once approved by the selection committee, conduct a more thorough evaluation of the <br />short-listed sites, including potential site drive-bys or walk-overs; work may include title <br />evaluations, preliminary wetlands assessments, preliminary environmental site <br />assessments, preliminary geotechnical investigations, and other site-specific evaluation <br />activities; <br />- Re-rank short-listed sites and list benefits or liabilities of each, including potential costs of <br />development, and obtain concurrence with the selection committee; <br />- Participate in public meetings to present information and to field questions; <br />- Re-evaluate site rankings (if needed) based upon any new information disclosed during <br />public presentations; <br />- Submit a final ranking of sites with a recommendation for project implementation to the <br />BOCC. <br />Jeff Crate said that the overall process that is used will be decided by the management <br />team and the Board of County Commissioners together. Another option is a selective screening <br />process, where there are multiple tiers of screening. <br />Commissioner Nelson said that it is not yet known where the waste will be going and he <br />asked how important a factor this is in siting. Jeff Crate said that, from an environmental <br />standpoint, you want to minimize carbon footprint. It all leads to getting the waste as quickly as <br />possible from the waste center to a major traffic corridor. <br />