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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> June 7, 2007 <br /> Approved August 2, 2007 <br /> rid of corrugated cardboard easily at a nearby drop off site but I wouldn' t drive to <br /> Hillsborough but once or twice a year when I have a car load of stuff to get rid of and <br /> I wouldn' t mind traveling further to get rid of. <br /> Pollock states that that moves us to the drop -off sites and those pros and cons . One <br /> scenario is status quo, six centers exactly where they are . The Animal Shelter will <br /> leave once we move . One scenario says ' that' s a big hole . Another scenario is to <br /> eliminate Meadowmont as it' s a poor performer and other sites that are poor <br /> performers . Allow the Eubanks site to take up the volume from Cedar Falls Park . <br /> That leaves you with a pretty good distribution. We would save some money from <br /> cutting drop- off sites way back, but would the citizens accept that as a reasonable <br /> trade off for adding additional materials available for curbside recycling collection? <br /> Wilson states that the sites will not be able to expand much more than from what they <br /> take now . We won' t be able to take electronics or garbage at unstaffed sites, maybe <br /> textiles but no significant expansion of the sites . <br /> Sassaman asks what is the vision of the sites once cardboard is collected [at the curb] . <br /> Wilson states that residential use may drop a little . People still use the sites . There is <br /> also the commercial sector . Some small businesses don' t generate enough cardboard <br /> for a dumpster or don ' t have the space . Long-term some of the sites could be used by <br /> the small cardboard- generating business . We could promote this use but we don' t <br /> encourage or discourage it now . <br /> Pollock states that here are some pivotal things to look at -- Southern Village doesn' t <br /> exist now, so in terms of distribution, is that a good thing should it be a substitution <br /> for the Carrboro site ? The University Mall site will be there as long as it can be there . <br /> It' s our most popular site . The Carrboro site is a poor site but is likely to stay . The <br /> Cedar Falls pro and con argument is if the Eubanks Rd site is turned into a super <br /> center and with expanded hours, is there a need for the Cedar Falls site ? From an <br /> operational standpoint we now have a lot of cleanup particularly at that site . <br /> Wilson states that it is also in a situation where it can not be expanded or improved . <br /> The Meadowmont site is easy from a non-political point to argue to close as if a poor <br /> performer . Southern Village is a little tricky because it is in a great location but there <br /> may be some Chatham stuff but it doesn ' t matter that much if it' s only recycling . The <br /> key issue is there another $250, 000 to put into a site there given all the other demands <br /> for money . <br /> Norwood states that on the Meadowmont site getting the population figure for how <br /> many people live there and have an idea of how may use the Eubanks Rd . site then <br /> 5 <br />