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15 1 the RTP announcement was that the RTP master plan requires rail service in order to be 2 successful. 3 4 PUBLIC COMMENT: 5 Alex Castro is a resident of Bingham Township and he said he had an answer to 6 Commissioner McKee's question. He said he has page 24 of the RTP master plan, which 7 covers the two proposed commuter rail stops and shows an internal light rail that would run 8 through the development. 9 Chair Jacobs said having a comprehensive report on the entire bus plan would be good. 10 He said it is important to refer to the corridor as 1-85/Highway 70, instead of just 1-85 to avoid 11 causing concern on an issue that is important to the Board. He said a partnership is being built, 12 and it is good to see that progress is being made. 13 14 b. Scheduling Public Hearings — Proposed Unincorporated County Recycling 15 Service District 16 The Board considered dates and locations for two public hearings on the proposed 17 Recycling Service District for unincorporated Orange County and provided a summary of 18 possible financing alternatives for rural area recycling. 19 Gayle Wilson said this is a follow up to the January 23 meeting. He said the Board of 20 County Commissioners asked for more information on the four recycling options: 21 He referred to the proposed district map on the screen, and listed the following four 22 options: 23 • Tax district 24 • Subscription service- opt in or opt out— covers same area as the service district 25 • Rely exclusively on a network of existing and new Solid Waste Convenience Centers 26 • Fund rural recycling through the general fund (district, or combined urban and rural) 27 28 Gayle Wilson said the proposed tax district statutorily requires a public hearing and the 29 proposed dates are: 30 - March 18th at 6pm at Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill 31 - April 1- at DSS in Hillsborough starting at 6pm 32 33 Gayle Wilson said it was suggested to him by a resident that the mailing should include 34 a simpler single color map. 35 Michael Talbert said he would like for the Board to consider limiting the options to have 36 at these public hearings. He said these options have been discussed many times before, and a 37 couple of them are unrealistic. He said funding through the general fund is an insult to the town 38 partners. He said it is not fair for town residents to assist in paying for rural curbside. 39 He said the other idea that he feels could come off would be the idea of moving forward 40 with just convenience centers and eliminating curbside recycling. He said this would harm the 41 County's goal of moving toward 61 percent. 42 He said this would leave the tax district and the subscription service as the two options. 43 He noted that the subscription service was also discussed in detail in December, and the Board 44 decided not to go that route. He said a public hearing with four options would be difficult for the 45 Board and the citizens. He said he would like to bring closure to this discussion and move 46 forward to the public hearings. 47 Michael Talbert said these meetings would begin an hour early. He said this needs to 48 move toward a decision by April 15 in order to move toward implementation July 1.