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13 1 hearing; and ultimately a final decision by the Board. He said these steps must all be taken in a 2 deliberate and timely manner if the Board wishes that the district be established and effective 3 by July 1, 2014. 4 He reviewed a map of the district, which was compiled to include the original 13,750 5 residents that are currently eligible for the service and previously paid the 3-r fee. He said 6 additional parcels have been added to comply with the requirement in the statute that the 7 parcels that comprise the district be contiguous. He said additional parcels that contain more 8 densely populated areas, suitable for expansion, have also been included. He said the district 9 also includes parcels and roadways that link these denser areas to the existing service area to 10 create functional collection routes. 11 Gayle Wilson said the district includes sufficient service points to allow for maximizing 12 the efficiency of existing staff and equipment to allow for the addition of approximately 2,000 13 additional service points. He said the proposed district contains about 8,000 additional parcels 14 from the existing service area. He said the current area was converted to single stream 15 collection last year, and efficiency was gained in this transition. He said this efficiency will be 16 further enhanced by new collection vehicles and roll carts. 17 He said 1,715 tons were collected from the existing service area last fiscal year. 18 He said phase 1 of the implementation plan consists of cart distribution and initiation of 19 service to the existing service area by November of 2014. He said phase 2 would be to 20 distribute carts and provide service to the newly added areas no later than the fall of 2015. 21 Gayle Wilson said the preliminary cost estimates for the district are $630,000 or 1.5 22 cents per $100 of property value. He reviewed the manager recommendations outlined in the 23 abstract. 24 Michael Talbert reminded the Board of the past meetings leading to the consideration of 25 district, while using solid waste fund reserve balances for the current fiscal year. He said there 26 are many ways to pay for this, including: franchise, general fund taxing authority, or contracting 27 with a third party to provide a similar service. 28 Commissioner Gordon asked that the district be shown on a map of the entire County. 29 She referred to pages 10 and 11 and said it should be clear that this is a recycling service. 30 Michael Talbert said the district is primarily for the purpose of recycling, but the statute 31 authorizes a Solid Waste Service district, so it needs to be called that. He said recyclable 32 material is solid waste that has been removed from the solid waste stream for recycling 33 purposes. 34 Commissioner Price asked about the solid waste that is not recycled. 35 Gayle Wilson said nothing is being proposed related to garbage as a part of this district 36 at this time. 37 Commissioner Price asked about the reference on page 2 to services provided to the 38 elderly or disabled. 39 Gayle Wilson said special service is provided for bin pickup for elderly or disabled 40 residents unable to take it to the curb. 41 Commissioner Dorosin said the summary gave a projected tax rate of 1.5 cents per 42 $100 of property value. He asked if there has been any analysis of the values of the property in 43 the proposed district to arrive at that number. 44 Gayle Wilson said yes, this analysis was done. He noted that the total valuation of the 45 district is shown at the bottom of the map, and this number is $4,452,893,165. 46 Commissioner Dorosin asked Michael Talbert, if the Board wanted to fund this out of 47 their general fund, what $630,000 would mean in taxable value for the whole county. 48 Michael Talbert said this would equal .3 cent (1/3 of a penny). 49 Commissioner Dorosin noted that the report shows the 2011-12 program cost was 50 $506,000 for the program, and now the projected cost would be $630,000.