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Minutes --Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> April 11 , 2002 <br /> Approved May 9, 2002 <br /> Sassaman states what he got from the meeting was a sense of mis information and <br /> fuzzy concepts of what' s going there . The offer of Tara Fikes [Orange County <br /> housing] to bring the operation to the community was a great idea in helping people <br /> go through the process . <br /> Visser states that OWASA deserves a lot of credit for coming to the meeting . Greg <br /> Feller [OWASA public relations staff] has been great throughout the project in <br /> sharing information . <br /> Gist suggests that the SWAB sends a " Thank You" letter to the OWASA staff . <br /> Jacobs states that we talked about a " How to " list for the homeowners and after the <br /> staff works on it this board could take a look at it . The reason that a lot of people <br /> didn' t know about the meeting was because the addresses were wrong . That is <br /> correctable and in subsequent meetings we will try to get the information out better . <br /> The other thing that was notable at the meeting was the mention of compensation <br /> and that it sounds like a lot of people would not qualify . We budgeted a certain <br /> amount of money that we thougllt would go toward grants , if it turns out that we <br /> are not reaching that many people then maybe we need to have a [sliding] scale of <br /> grants . <br /> Sassaman states that what he understood what Jacobs was trying to convey at the <br /> meeting was what the Commissioners were trying to do was accommodate about <br /> 80 % of the total expense and that the formula could be re -hought if it turned out that <br /> the bar was set too high . <br /> Norwood states that another thing that was brought up was that in other areas <br /> where water and sewer have gone into a neighborhood, the [water] companies let <br /> them know if they hooked up early they could pay a reduced price . People were <br /> wondering why that didn' t fit in with this project . <br /> Sassaman states that one of the basic costs is a fixed cost from OWASA that would <br /> only change if your house is smaller . <br /> Jacobs states there' s a limited signup period after which there won' t be any grant <br /> available . That is the incentive to sign up soon, you' re eligible for the grants . Other <br /> places subsume part of the cost of the hookup in their general fund which we don' t <br /> do . One other thing that may have an effect is that there may be sewer lines running <br /> 6 <br />