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The staff has begun a preliminary analysis, and once they reach a certain point, it will be brought to the SWAB far discussion. Commissioner Gordon asked why the SWAB's recommendation has not been taken to the other jurisdictions for approval. She does not think there should be a separate group. Gayle Wilson said that there were strong expressions of interest of participation in a process to make sure that some municipalities' concerns are adequately addressed. Chair Carey would like to know what the SWAB thinks about this. B. J. Tipton said that one thought was to have some dialogue between the jurisdictions and professional staff so that there is same buy in before the stakeholders have to decide. Jan Sassaman said that the SWAB members are representatives and they do the best for those wham they represent. If they get more active representation from elected officials, then there can be a buy in at the planning process and it would go a lot smoother. With regard to Gayle Wilson's proposal, he thinks there should be more involvement of the SWAB. He suggested having two SWAB members on the work group so that there would be an equal weighting. He said that for this to work, the representatives ofthe municipalities must be elected officials and not just two citizens. He said that the SWAB members have been educating themselves an these issues for years and some of them are professionals in the area of solid waste. Commissioner Jacobs suggested that the SWAB have a meeting and invite two elected officials from each elected body. Anew group would not have to be formed for this. Chair Carey said that there could still be a process for stakeholders to have input. Commissioner Jacobs suggested using the Assembly of Governments meeting to get this started. John Link said that the intersect between the interlocal agreement and the three- yearplan talks about how to increase the percentage of recyclables that are diverted. He asked if this gets to the point of discussing a Material Recycling Facility (MRF}. He thinks it would be a good idea to refresh us collectively as jurisdictions as to what the interlocal agreement says and where it stops and where the three-year plan begins. Gayle Wilson and Jan Sassaman agreed. Jan Sassaman said that the focus of Chapel Hill's plan was that it continued to call far 61 % recycling, but did not state a means to achieve this. He said that Chapel Hill wants to keep the options open for a pay as you throw system, and the SWAB has a problem with this system if it is implemented by only one jurisdiction. Commissioner Jacobs painted out that April 28th is the Assembly of Governments meeting. Randy Kabrick said that he would not like to take them away from the process that has already been set up. He agreed with adding some elected officials. Bonnie Norwood said that she believes it would be easier to bring elected officials into their group to educate them.