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Approved February 13, 2015 <br />3 <br />• SW Funding Option 44 <br />■ There is value in right to access; ability to use Convenience Center when needed may <br />have value not reflected in costs based primarily on frequency of use <br />■ 3% yearly increase for four years, including possible growth <br />• Generally, rural fees are higher because they include significantly more (2/3) of Convenience <br />Center expenses <br />• Ward asks if any of the Options include UNC and /or UNC Healthcare <br />• Wilson states that they do not. Different from residential and commercial currently <br />served <br />• BJ Tipton states that UNC -owned single - family residences, leased out for university <br />families, pay fees and receive service <br />• For Options including phased expansion (gland 44), County would expand current program, <br />acquiring two additional trucks and drivers <br />• Survey currently being conducted at SWCCs, tentatively to be completed by early March <br />Update on Fees Charged by Other Counties <br />• Pollock reviews research for county availability fees <br />• No two fee systems are exactly the same. No fee system seems to be "best" <br />• Orange County has approximately 700 low - income homeowner fee exemptions supported by General <br />Fund <br />SWAG Fee Recommendation and Boards /Council Decision - Making Process <br />• SWAG supports Option #1 and Option 94 <br />• Share funding recommendation made at March 6"' SWAG meeting at respective board meetings before a <br />joint meeting of all four boards to be held on March 26th <br />Other <br />24 -Hour Recycling Drop -off Site Tonnages Update <br />Urban Curbside Program Tonnage Update <br />Next Meetings <br />o February 13, 2015 @ 6pm <br />• Discuss incorporating UNC and UNC - Healthcare into solid waste system <br />• Choose short-term goals for SWAG and type of Solid Waste Agreement <br />• Decide on future of SWAG, possibility of involving the public <br />o March 6, 2015 @ 6pm <br />• Review SWCC survey <br />• Make decision on Fee Recommendation for March 26"' Joint Meeting <br />7,000 rural roll carts are being distributed. 116 households have been added to waitlist. Rural curbside <br />tonnage is expected to increase <br />Public Comments <br />Terri Buckner, Orange County resident, encourages SWAG to recommend Option 94. Rural residents <br />have valid objections to usage fee, as stated at Public Hearings. Option 94 will increase participation and <br />decrease objections <br />Meeting adjourned at: 7:45pm <br />Name of Minute Taker: Jennie Knowlton <br />