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Chair Jacobs asked that this be put in the list of decision items for this fiscal year, and he noted this may change the cost of the program. Michael Talbert asked for clarification that the Board is asking staff to come back to the June 3 meeting with a district map, as drawn, with the idea of serving as many high density communities in area as possible, and continuing the basic program with funding from reserves or another source to be determined. Gayle Wilson said that is next to impossible at this point. He said his staff is fully engaged in preparing to distribute over 18,000 roll carts in the three municipalities starting June 9th. He said there are all kinds of special situations, and every effort is being made to ensure that no mistakes are made. He said the proposed action would also cut service to those folks in the rural program that are not in a subdivision but who participate regularly in the curbside program. He said this would be done with no time for outreach or explanation. He said there is a lot more to this than just identifying the dense areas. Michael Talbert suggested that the service continue for the current 13,700; and with the efficiency of roll carts and single stream it may be possible to pick up another 1,500 to 2,000 customers that would like to participate. He said this expansion could be done with the distribution of roll carts in the fall. Chair Jacobs said part of the commitment to the urban program was to cement the partnership. Commissioner Pelissier said she does not want to cut any of the rural curbside recycling. She said this does not need to be done piecemeal. Commissioner Gordon agreed with Commissioner Pelissier. She said there is not much time left, and she would like to see them build on something that has been discussed this year. She said continuing the service to the 13, 700 residents would be consistent with this. She does not know that roll carts have been authorized for all of these residents, and she does not want to buy roll carts that will not be used. She said it is late to talk about anything that has not been agreed to by the partners. Commissioner Gordon said it seems to her that a fee needs to be created, and if a property tax was what people wanted, they could have done the tax district. She feels that additional revenue needs to be raised, and valid points have been made for future discussions. Commissioner McKee said he thinks the manager's recommendation is the best option at this time. He said they passed any other decision point in April. He said he will not agree to any rollback in service, because there is no way to define it. Commissioner porosin said this means the County is going to keep doing something that they know is flawed. He noted that Commissioner McKee did not make a motion at the meeting in April. Commissioner McKee said he accepts his portion of blame for what was done at that meeting, and he stated publicly that he was not going to make a motion that night. He said the Board has to choose from a basket of bad options. Chair Jacobs suggested that the Board would like to continue service to the current customers. He said he heard the manager say that service might be provided to additional customers without increasing the cost, and if this is true, it should be articulated in the proposal. He said the other issue is how to pay for it, and the manager has a proposal to do this out of reserve funds. He said the Board just needs to decide if there is a more equitable way to pay for it, and whether just charging the rural recycling from the reserve fund is equitable or if all curbside recycling should be paid for from this fund for this year. He said this is what should come back to the Board for options. He said the idea of self supporting convenience centers or property tax as an alternative could be brought back as a motion on June 3�d or 17tn.