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Commissioner Gordon said that she does have a concern that if the Board just adopts something like this that is not on the printed agenda, then it is not a transparent process. She would like to keep the convenience center open. Commissioner Nelson agreed. PUBLIC COMMENT: Mike Hughes is a resident and member of Orange County Voice. He said that there are 1,500 families that use the BQCC, which is four dollars per family, per month. He believes that the costs of keeping the center open are substantially less than the cost of those families transporting the waste somewhere else. Suzanne Nelson said that when she heard of the costs and how little it cost to keep this open, then she decided to come and speak. She said that she was attracted to Orange County because of its solid waste management. She encouraged the County Commissioners to think about the fact that the impact on rural residents is different than the impact in the urban areas. Bonnie Hauser said that she is proud that the Board is reconsidering this and she has a letter from the owner of the Bradshaw Quarry site that he would consider extending the County's lease on this property and would keep the rent at $400 a month. Myra Dotson asked the County Commissioners to please not extend curbside recycling to rural residents. She said that this should be deferred until the Solid Waste Working Group plan is complete. She quoted some of the recommendation: "expansion of existing curbside recycling into a portion of the area previously served by the Bradshaw Quarry Road Center. Staff is prepared to initiate this expansion by the end of 2009 at no additional cost or budget impact, if desired resources could be included in the FY 2010-11 budget that would allow for the remaining portion of the Bradshaw Quarry SWCC service area to be added to curbside recycling." She said that what this statement does not say is that the next year the Solid Waste Department will add a mandatory recycling fee of $38 to each household whether or not they use the service. She asked the County Commissioners to please not allow the County to charge for services or add new fees to this community until the work group plans are done. If a fee is added, then the fee should be used to fund the continual operation of the Bradshaw Quarry Convenience Center in some sort of capacity. She said that residents are willing to work closely with the County to find a solution that is budget neutral and works for everyone. She said that rural residents would like to be heard and constructive citizen input is the basis for good government. Susan Walser spoke for Orange County Voice. She said that the Solid Waste Work Group Plan is an unvetted plan and any suggestion to reduce the total number of convenience centers is premature. She said that ideas that are being discussed in this planning process have been used to justify the closing of the Bradshaw Quarry Convenience Center. She said that services such as curbside recycling and vendor franchises to provide curbside trash collection may not work for rural residents. She said that there are many questions that need to be answered before the plan can be finished, including whether October 20th was enough time to get input from rural residents to find out what is really needed in the rural part of the County. She said that eliminating Bradshaw Quarry now is premature and jumps the gun on important information from the Solid Waste Working Group. She asked that the center be kept open a couple of days a week at least for the next year until the plan is done and the County has finalized a plan for funding solid waste services. Norma White said that she is a resident of the Schley community and she has a 15- mile round trip to the nearest solid waste convenience center. She does not mind that drive and would rather do that than to worry about curbside collection because she has a long gravel driveway. She said that she is here to support the Bradshaw Quarry Convenience