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expansion was planned for last year, but all service expansions were suspended due to <br />budgetary concerns. Recycling bins have already been purchased, existing recycling <br />collection routes can be adjusted, and the program implemented by about December 1. If <br />desired, resources could be included in the Fisca12010/11 budget that would allow for the <br />remaining portion of the Bradshaw Quarry SWCC service area to be added to curbside <br />recycling. <br />Longer term measures that could make access to solid waste services for the unincorporated <br />area more geographically equitable and efficient while pursuing further convenience center <br />modernization and consolidation include: <br />• If the BOCC decides to locate the Transfer Station on Hwy. 54 West we would <br />recommend considering also developing a new, modernized full service SWCC at that <br />location which would serve the previous Bradshaw Quarry Road center customers and <br />would also allow the closure of Ferguson Road center with those customers also being <br />redirected to a new Hwy. 54 SWCC. <br />• Reconfigure the two northern SWCC's by modernizing High Rock Road center, closing <br />the current Walnut Grove Road center, and developing a new SWCC on County owned <br />land on Mincey Road (site of the previously proposed Hwy 57 SWCC replacement <br />center). <br />• Maintain and modernize the existing Eubanks Road SWCC. <br />• Consider a waste collection franchise arrangement for the unincorporated portion of the <br />County to ensure that all County residents and businesses have access to dependable and <br />reasonably priced waste collection. <br />• Continue to expand curbside recycling within the unincorporated portion of the County. <br />• Consider how to maintain efficient (compactors for waste) and expanded services and <br />opportunities (new recyclable materials, HHW, food waste, material reuse, etc.) available <br />at SWCC's, while at the same time encouraging use of curbside services that are typically <br />more efficient and environmentally responsible collection methodologies. <br />• Consider alternative methods for full or partial funding of SWCC operations such as Pay- <br />As-You-Throw, sanitation district fees, charges for bulky items, selling of compost and <br />mulch, etc. <br />The attached maps illustrate: <br />• the existing distribution of SWCC's (Figure 1); <br />• distribution of SWCC's when Bradshaw Quarry Road center closed, including for <br />reference, a five mile coverage radius and current curbside recycling routes (Figure 2); <br />• a five mile coverage radius of post Bradshaw Quarry Road center SWCC distribution and <br />existing curbside recycling routes, including proposed new Bradshaw Quarry Road area <br />curbside recycling expansion (Figure 3); <br />• Possible longer term equitable SWCC distribution using five mile radius and overall <br />county SWCC availability (Figure 4). <br />We believe that there is considerable value and public interest in the continued existence and <br />operation of SWCC's, but that certain system improvements to increase efficiency and equity <br />are necessary. Should the BOCC agree, staff is prepared to .work with the Solid Waste <br />2 <br />