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10 <br />approximately 1,000 homes to the biweekly recycling program during the fall of 2010 to <br />locations where demand for curbside recycling service has been strong and where new areas <br />are logical and efficient extensions of current routes. This expansion, which was planned for FY <br />2008-09 but postponed by the County Manager due to broader budgetary issues, can be <br />accomplished with current resources and will fully utilize the collection capacity of the current <br />rural curbside system. The Work Group consensus also included converting the rural (and <br />urban) curbside recycling program to single-stream collection in 2011. Subsequent discussions <br />of the Work Group will finalize recommendations. <br />Rural Area Waste Col{ection Evaluation Update <br />The Work Group preliminarily favored continued consideration of somewhat broader County <br />control/involvement over waste collection. The Work Group has previously discussed the issue <br />of unincorporated curbside waste collection including the issues of franchising, licensing and <br />flow control. Further discussion of this topic has been delayed so that focus could be applied to <br />SWCC operations and funding issues. <br />