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Minutes - ~ Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board February 14, 2002 Approved March 14, 2002 Input Document for the BOCC Planning Retreat Sassaman states that this is the final version of what went to the commissioners . One of the items in that was a discussion of Smart Growth Commission' s objectives . Barry Jacobs has said that Smart Growth commission report is done . We could decide to adopt a Smart Growth Solid Waste Recommendations that we send to the BOCC and perhaps by extension to our legislators, that' s something we might put on the table, we ' ve already identified that we would look at the Smart Growth Plan after we deal with the alternative financing issues . Particularly the planning goals . February 5 BOCC Rogers Road Waterline Connections Report Visser states that the policy was adopted on February 5, 2002 . They deliberately held off on the loan program . The people the Commissioners are most trying to help should be helped through the grant program . The grant program is ready to go . Norwood states that we started this program asking for compensation for certain things but somewhere along the line, the word ' compensation' is being left out . We wanted the landfill out, but the water was supposed to compensate for the fact that we ' re going to keep landfilling . Since there are about 18 % who will not in any way come near (the level of income for ) the grant program and will pay . There might be just one home on my street that would fit into the grant program but if you include everyone' s income in the house, they might not qualify . We' ve already paid for our wells, so if some of this funding, if we get anything free like the boxes, or the availability fee could be waived [that would help] , as many of the houses are far from the road and it would cost $2,800 to $3, 000 to get water and even if you save $ 100 per month, that' s a financial burden. We need some compensation . Visser ask if people going to submit applications anyway ? Norwood states that people are afraid that if they put the application in there may be some loopholes [in their income, that will jeopardize other social benefits they may receive] . Visser states that if they have any questions at all to call Tara . Tipton asked if people are reluctant to fill out the application because of what they disclose about themselves ? Norwood replies yes . If you haven t been in the Medicare / Medicade system you have to be very careful because you could go one dollar over and lose your benefits 5