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10 1 2 Jerry Snipes said he is a resident of Efland Cheeks Township. He said he has over 500 3 signatures against this tax, and many people he has talked to do not want this tax. He 4 questioned why the County would want to send their trash to a neighbor's county. 5 6 Doug Efland said he received 6 notices for the parcels he owns, and all but one of these 7 is farmland. He referred to item #30 on the FAQ sheet. He said he does not understand why 8 landowners that have vacant properties in the district are asked to pay for service and those 9 outside are not asked to pay for it, as neither of these residents receive any benefit from it. He 10 referred to the statement about suspension of fees and said he noticed that his tax bill for 2012 11 and 2013 showed that, even though the $37 fee was suspended, he was asked to pay a $30 12 increase in other fees for solid waste. 13 14 Paul Rockwell said he lives on the east side of Orange Grove Road. He expressed his 15 gratitude to the Board for allowing him to express his opinion. He said he likes the services 16 offered by the County at the convenience centers, and he feels the taxes he pays for this are 17 well invested. He said curbside recycling is not something he would use, and he does not want 18 to pay for a service, he does not need or want. He likes the idea of a subscription service 19 option, as it allows residents to get the level of service they would like. He said incentivizing 20 recycling might also help reach the goal faster than irritating the public with additional taxes. He 21 said incentivizing has been proven effective in other areas. 22 Thomas Linden said he lives in the Stoneridge neighborhood, which contains about 243 23 houses in unincorporated Orange County. He said his neighborhood and the neighborhood 24 next to his really need recycling. He said about 80 percent or more of the homes in his area 25 have recycling bins in front of them. He said people cannot selectively choose the taxes that 26 benefit them. He said if this was the case, there would be no functioning society. He said 27 Orange County is a recycling leader in the state and there needs to be more recycling, not less. 28 He said he would likely have to double the amount he pays for the service, but he feels it would 29 be well worth it. He thinks it would be useful for the County to pursue a pay-as-you-throw 30 model for private hauling. He said he puts out very little trash, but he pays for a big bin. He is 31 in favor of the tax district. 32 Lynne Jaffe said that many people seem to be against the taxing of this service. She 33 said she has paid for many services that she does not use, including schools and other 34 services; however she does not see the justice in paying taxes for someone else's trash. She 35 does not see how this tax supports recycling. She said this is a rural County and many people 36 have inherited their land and own a lot of land. She said many of these people are on a fixed 37 income and are unable to pay more taxes. She said County residents are increasingly 38 penalized and asked to support so many services that provide them no benefit. 39 Jane Gaede lives in Orange County, in Hillsborough Township. She said she has 40 received 7 first class individual mailings from the solid waste office in reference to this district 41 tax public hearing. She said there is a need to consolidate this. She said there is curbside 42 recycling in her area, and she does not want, or need the service. She does not have trash 43 pick-up, so she takes trash and recyclables to the convenience center at the same time. She 44 said she is perfectly happy to pay a fair share of cost to maintain the convenience centers. She 45 said it makes no sense to have curbside recycling in these rural areas, and it only tears up the 46 roads and generates air pollution. She said she is in favor of recycling, but she does not need it 47 picked up. 48 Norma White said she has four parcels and she is in the tax district; but the people at 49 the end of her road are not in the district and are taxed at a different rate. She thinks that a 50 consensus has been formed around recycling in Orange County. She said the towns, the