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Commissioner Brawn reiterated that she would like the County to have a master plan for solid waste facilities. She was confused about the timeline for the decisions about the solid waste facilities. John Link recommended looking at what was available (i.e., Eubanks Road). Chair Carey said that the County really needed to tie down any additional properties on Eubanks Raad before developing a master plan. Jahn Link said that the County would be pursuing the parcels that have already been identified and discussed. He said that the staff would be glad to come up with a master plan by the December meeting. Commissioner Brown asked if the solid waste staff would need any help from a design firm in developing the master plan. Gayle Wilson said that they could use some help in some areas, primarily appearance, etc. Commissioner Brown clarified that by December the staff would bring back some of the issues of a master plan for review by the Board. Commissioner Halkiotis said that more visual buffers should be created for these solid waste facilities. Gayle Wilson asked if the Board wished to wait until December to talk about acquiring the previously discussed adjacent property on Eubanks Road. Commissioner Jacobs asked if these scenarios were solely for the Eubanks Road site. He would like to see different site scenarios. Commissioner Brown said that she was not interested in waiting several months to look at potential properties. Rod Visser clarified with Gayle Wilson that the staff could come back before December with some concepts that are not necessarily tied to a piece of property. John Link said that the staff was ready to bring the parcels forward to a closed session. He said that it was just a question of time. Commissioner Halkiotis suggested that the Board review the copies of the plan that were paid for by the old LOG. Commissioner Brown also asked for some GIS maps so the Board can see the parcels in context with the neighborhoods around them. 6. Solid Waste Advisory Board SWAB Rod Visser said that the Board of Commissioners considered a charge to the SWAB last November and reiterated what was in the interlocal agreement signed by all local governments. The staff has prepared a memo that suggests some of the items the SWAB ought to consider taking up fairly quickly. Harmony Whalen left at 9:37 p.m. Gayle Wilson spoke about a draft of the first agenda for the meeting an September 14t" of the SWAB and asked for some feedback from the Board. Commissioner Brown asked if the Board was going to suggest how often the SWAB would meet. Chair Carey said that it would be a function of what was on the agenda rather than a specific set number of meetings. Rod Visser said that the assumption was that the SWAB would have monthly meetings. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the issues should not be reinvented. He said that minutes as well as tapes of the meetings were needed. Commissioner Brown said that she was very interested in the SWAB coming up with an annual report for the Commissioners and the citizens. She would also like the SWAB to set up what would be in the report. She would like more information on electronic recycling, food composting, commercial recycling, and pay as you throw. These are things that the SWAB could address.