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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board March 8 , 2007 Approved April 5, 2007 Wilson replies that they are open on the top because that is how they will be loaded . They will be loaded and then pulled to a staging area where they will be tarped . The contract will be ruthless about how they will control litter and tarp their trucks . 5 . Programs/Services Update SW Operations Center Wilson states that we are almost finished with the design of the new administrative offices . There have been some difficulties with the septic system and water reuse system and getting the health department to sign off on it. We ' ve had to relocate and redesign and should be ready to go out to bid in three to four weeks . Highzvay 57 Convenience Center Site Identification Wilson states that the site will close at 7pm on Apri124th . By the first the fence will be down, everything will be removed and it will be turned back over to the owner . Simultaneously we have purchased property adjacent to the Walnut Grove Convenience Center and are going to temporarily expand that site to handle the traffic that will be diverted from the Hwy ite will need to be up and ready by the time Hwy 57 57 closure . The new temporary s closes . Once a new Hwy 57 site is identified we will get off the leased property and construct a smaller modern convenience center for the Walnut Grove area . It' s not clear when a new site will be identified . The cost of the temporary expansion is $190, 0000 Walnut Grove Convenience Center Temporary Expansion See above . Mixed Paper to Curbside Collection Programs Pollock states that the bin distribution is just about complete . The first couple months of data in the urban area show about a twenty percent increase 'n tonnage . We are dealing with people ' s increase in shredding paper and including the CD ' s and credit cards . They have ways of getting it out but it increases the cost. Other Wilson states that legislation is being introduced now as an outflow of the landfill moratorium that was passed last year . The State was trying to respond to the two large landfills that are planning to take waste from the northeast. The proposals I ' ve seen [for tipping fee surcharges and new double lined landfills] would make our tip fee go from $46 / ton to the $ 70 / ton. DENR has not been willing to discuss the details of these bills . If you' re requiring double liners, that doegn t necessarily mean the single liners are failing, but it definitely makes waste disposal more expensive . 6 . Other Sassaman states that we need to come back to the solid waste management plan process . How do we get this moving? 8