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11 <br />SWAG. A comprehensive technical assessment of opportunities may require the <br />assistance of a consultant. A waste composition study should be considered. <br />6. Secure Permanent Emergency Storm Debris Management Sites <br />• Larger site for extreme weather event in Northern Orange <br />• Replacement site for Millhouse Road site when park development begins <br />Suggested Timeframe: Staff will initiate evaluation of alternative sites. Suggested <br />options to be presented to and discussed with SWAG in fall of 2015. The issue of a larger <br />northern site will be the first staff priority as the current southern site is adequate until <br />the future Millhouse Road Park property is ready for development. <br />7. Develop strategy for measuring and tracking solid waste services <br />Suggested Timeframe: The staffs would discuss the various indicators, yardsticks and <br />benchmarks available or necessary as those relate to various programs and services. Staff <br />would then consider the data collection methodology and reporting frequency that would be <br />suitable. Establishing data collection and reporting protocols could be phased in, beginning <br />with services /programs with the most interest. <br />Initial discussions and data collection and reporting recommendations could take place over the <br />summer of 2015. Full broad -based program data reporting and monitoring (including program <br />cost data and efficiency and effectiveness measures) could take up to 1 -2 years depending on <br />other workload and data objectives. Also, to have a meaningful evaluation of program <br />performance and objectives it is necessary to have data collection over a multi -year period. It is <br />likely that this data collection and reporting effort will be an ongoing and evolving activity. A <br />first step recommendation is being recommended at the May 20, 2015 meeting. <br />Note: It is unlikely that staff can proficiently manage any more than the above <br />priorities over the next 2 -3 years. The SWAG can reorder the priorities from <br />among the above and below issues; however there is a practical limit to the <br />number and complexity of projects staff can manage at one time. Not on this <br />priority list but a previously identified BOCC priority is the modernization of <br />Solid Waste Convenience Centers that is also to be managed within the 2 -3 year <br />timeframe. Some of these priorities can be addressed simultaneously. <br />8. Evaluation of Non - residential Programs (initial data gathering underway) <br />• Improve /expand non - residential collection programs <br />• Consider both wet (food waste) and dry (co- mingled recycling) materials <br />• Facilitate maximization of recovery from non - residential programs <br />