Minutes - 20080211 - Transfer Station

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Establish each Criterion's Relative Weight and Importance Identify Potential Sites based upon Exclusionary Criteria Evaluation of Potential Sites with Respect to Final Technical Criteria and Weighting Factors Determination of Final Candidate Sites 4> Evaluation of Final Candidate Sites based upon Final Community-Specific Criteria and Weighting Factors Final Ranking of Candidate Sites Site Selection Bob Sallach said that changes have been made to the meeting timeline based on the comments from the Board. The other issue that was discussed at length was the size and the use of the site. He said that he interpreted the Board's recommendation to be to revise the schedule based on completing the siting process by November 18th, to incorporate public participation and input sessions into each meeting, and to look at sites greater than 25 acres. Also, all parcels would be considered, but there would be a heavy weighting towards the freely offered parcel. The other direction received was basically to amend the County Commissioners' calendar to include the special meetings required to accomplish the siting by November 18th He made reference to Exhibit 2, Revised Transfer Station Siting — Process Flow Schematic, and reviewed it. He said that there is an opportunity for public input on each of the major items prior to any decisions being made. For this meeting, the decisions are for the approval of the siting process and the schedule. There will also be discussion of the exclusionary criteria, public participation, and preliminary discussions on the technical criteria. He said that there are a series of three sets of meetings for public participation outside of work sessions and regular County Commissioners' meetings. The key decisions are with regard to the exclusionary criteria, the technical and community-specific criteria, and then the final candidate sites. There will be a public participation and comment process after that decision. There would then be a ranking of the sites by the Board of County Commissioners, another public meeting, and then the final selection of the site. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the flow chart and said that sometimes the decisions are at the beginning of a meeting and sometimes at the end of a meeting, and it would be helpful if the template were adjusted. She also suggested that "Board direction" is not the same as "Board decision". She thinks that the point that the Board is trying to convey to the public is that it will really consider public input before making decisions. Commissioner Carey asked about the components of the public comment meetings. Bob Sallach said that the public input meetings would be augmented and would be advertised public meetings. The input would be received on the criteria. He said that it would be prudent to have two public meetings — one to address technical criteria and one to address community-specific criteria. Those two meetings would have to be scheduled between March 18th and April 15th. An information packet would be put on the website, citizen advisory groups would be notified, etc. Commissioner Carey verified that the Board of County Commissioners would come as a member of the audience and the consultants would summarize the results and present it to the Board. Bob Sallach said that there would be an official record of the meeting and comments would be given to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration. Bob Sallach made reference to the flow schematic and said that they are trying to screen sites to keep them at a minimum of ten sites, apply technical criteria to these sites and rank them, and then develop a final listing of candidate sites. He continued reviewing the specifics of the flow schematic. There are three major public participant processes outside the meetings of discussion.