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Gayle Wilson said that if you had a user that would use the steam or raw methane, it would reduce the cost rather than turning it into electricity and then selling it. He will bring back some information on the economics of using methane and the possibilities. John Link made reference to the resolution and urged the County Commissioners to go ahead and adopt the segments of the resolution, especially #1 and 2. Commissioner Brown asked that the fifth whereas include protection of the streams and extension of the County trail system so that it is noted in the document. Commissioner Jacobs changed the designation to future resale to proposed. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Barry Jacobs to approve the resolution to include Phase I, Phase II, Phase III and #6 as stated below. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 3. Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance Rod Visser introduced this ordinance. He said that this Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance has been through several drafts. Gayle Wilson summarized the ordinance. He said that this ordinance has the potential to regulate both recyclable C&D materials and other materials with a goal of keeping those materials from being landfilled and requiring that they be separated for recycling instead. The proposed ordinance regulates on- site separation, requires submission of materials management plans for large construction projects, and licensing of waste haulers to haul the separated regulated materials. Passage of the ordinance would significantly alter the ways in which construction and demolition waste is managed in Orange County and has the potential to reduce the amount of material landfilled if properly implemented and administered. In answer to a question from Commissioner Brown about the Bay Scouts' recycling, Rod Visser said that County staff will be meeting with them to determine what role they will play in recycling in Orange County. With reference to open burning, he listed the acceptable burning items and those not acceptable. Gayle Wilson said that they had several meetings with citizen groups which, on the most part, approved of what the ordinance says. As far as the timeline, he is ready as soon as the County Commissioners are ready. The next step is to hold a public hearing. They have recommended an 8-month grace period which would provide the time needed to put in place the staff to support this ordinance. Commissioner Brawn made reference to agricultural burning and Geoffrey Gledhill said that it is set up so that anyone can burn leaves or brush. It is a major cultural undertaking to stop people from burning brush. Commissioner Brown feels that people need to be mulching and not creating all the air pollution. It could be a complaint-based ordinance. People could be shown alternatives to burning. Chair Halkiotis asked about the possibility of using the trucks that suck up all the leaves. John Link will look into these ideas. He said that one of the most dangerous practices is where people rake leaves in the ditch and burn them. Gayle Wilson will look into this and check with DOT to see if they monitor this practice. Commissioner Brown made reference to the quality of air and said that perhaps people don't realize that burning debris adds to the air quality problem, which is very serious. Geoffrey Gledhill said that prohibiting all leaf burning in Orange County would depend on having adequate resources and an alternative to burning. Commissioner Gordon said that the County could be more stringent on code red and code orange days. Commissioner Jacobs said that he would propose an educational effort to educate people an why they should not burn an code red or code orange days. We would work with people and set a framework far why this ordinance is important. Chair Halkiotis asked about pallets and if the landfill still mulches the pallets and Gayle Wilsan said that they had a pilot project.