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Commissioner Nelson made reference to the community-specific criteria, and asked if greenhouse gas emissions would be an example of that and Ed Shuffler said yes, whatever the community wants that is important to them could be brought forward to consider. He said that the technical criteria is more for the consultants and is straightforward. Commissioner Nelson asked about the exclusionary criteria and asked if there would be opportunity for input from the Board of County Commissioners and the public. Ed Shuffler said that exclusionary criteria is fairly simple and is usually not taken to the public. Chair Jacobs asked for examples of exclusionary criteria. Ed Shuffler said that this includes site size, land use and zoning, watershed areas, major highways, etc. The County Commissioners asked clarifying questions about the meeting schedule, which were answered by Ed Shuffler and Bob Sallach. Chair Jacobs said that the idea is to have most of the meetings in the southern part of the County, where 2/3 of the waste is generated, but there might need to be a bigger room. Bob Sallach said that Board of County Commissioners' input is needed on the detailed schedule. Laura Blackmon said that most meetings on the schedule are before a regularly scheduled meeting, which only gives an hour to an hour and a half. February 11th is listed as a special meeting with 2-3 hours. A lot of it will depend on how long it will take for the discussion items and public input. There may need to be additional meetings. Commissioner Gordon said that December 11th comes after the new Board is elected. Laura Blackmon said that this schedule is showing that there is a lot of work that needs to be done. If this is to be done before the new Board is elected, then some meetings will have to be lengthened and moved up. Commissioner Foushee would like to make a site selection before a new Board is seated and Commissioner Nelson and Commissioner Carey agreed. Chair Jacobs said that most special meetings indicated are prior to regular County Commissioners' meetings. Today the meeting started at 5:45 p.m. and he does not want to move back into the afternoon times, so additional meetings may need to be added. Commissioner Carey said that these meetings need to be held no matter what, even if all five County Commissioners cannot meet. Chair Jacobs suggested televising the sessions and the Board agreed. It does not have to necessarily be live, but just available on television. Discussion ensued on the possible schedule of meetings. Ed Shuffler said that comments would be taken back to staff and a revised schedule would be brought back to the County Commissioners. 4) Discuss Expanded Site Use and Size Requirements Chair Jacobs explained to Commissioner Nelson that the Board asked staff to come back with land use maps and potential options to include or exclude on the site. Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson said that what really matters on the site size is how much of the site is usable. He reviewed the following table, which gives proposed sizes of sites. Facility Estimated Acreage Cumulative