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Chair Jacobs asked if the site was completely wooded and Ken Freedland said that the site where the building is was largely clear-cut and the parking lot has been thinned. Chair Jacobs asked if the parking lot was designed for a school bus to easily turn around and Ken Freedland said that it was designed for all sizes of tour buses, trucks, and staff parking. Chair Jacobs asked that the doors to the public meeting room be handicapped accessible and Ken Freedland said that they would meet all requirements for both handicapped and building codes. Commissioner Gordon asked that the meeting room be designed so that everyone can see the audiovisuals. Chair Jacobs said that the County Commissioners would like periodic updates about the design and any variations in the design. Commissioner Gordon asked clarifying questions about the number of offices. Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson said that they were building an extra office for passible expansion. There are 20-21 offices. Commissioner Foushee asked if the offices were designed to accommodate more than one person. It was answered that the average office space was 10' x 12'. Commissioner Halkiotis asked if there were any innovative ways to capture and recycle the material from work boots an a rainy day sa that it would not get tracked into the buildings. He challenged Hal House to think about this. Chair Jacobs expressed his excitement about being able to incorporate these design elements into a new building. The County Commissioners all agreed. Commissioner Halkiotis pointed out that the architectures were local. Ken Freedland said that they would come back with responses to the questions before going forward with the design. They need to have this discussion within the next month. b. SWAB Recommendation Regarding Transfer Station Siting Rod Visser said that last fall there was another Solid Waste Matters work session and one of the topics was a review of the County's master plan for solid waste facilities. Part of the direction that was received from this was the County Commissioners asking staff to move forward and begin same analysis, with help from the SWAB, with regard to the future need for a transfer station. At this time, capacity will probably be reached at the MSW landfill sometime in 2010. At the mast recent SWAB meeting on March 2nd, they adopted a resolution, which is included in the materials. Chair Jacobs invited Jan Sassaman, SWAB Chair, to come to the table. Gayle Wilson said that they have known that they were going to have to have a transfer station since 1997 and the Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution four or five years ago declaring that there would be no more new MSW landfills in the County. A few years ago, when the Board was discussing the solid waste master plan for Eubanks Road, the Board stated that the item should be referred to the SWAB far a recommendation on where the transfer station should be located. They have discussed whether there would be sufficient space at the Eubanks Road landfill area for a transfer station. The SWAB has adopted a resolution recommending that the transfer station be located at the Eubanks Road site and that it be designed, developed, permitted, and operating as soon as passible so that there is an opportunity to preserve some landfill capacity on south Eubanks Road before it reaches capacity. Jahn Link asked how much property the transfer station would consume and Gayle Wilson said that it would be a large amount of space. Several things would have to be relocated. This would be part of the cast of the transfer station.