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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board September 6, 2007 Approved October 4, 2007 Norwood states that the other plan is little better because it has the convenience center there . Wilson states that it also includes a MRF . It all comes together or it doesn' t work . Orange County Comprehensive Plan Pollock states that you all submitted a series of goals for the County' s broader comprehensive plan for solid waste back in June as a component of the public services element of the comprehensive plan . What happen to that is that the county solid waste goal that was stated in the plan was to reduce solid waste as much as possible and handle what remains in an environmentally sound manner . Because the county had adopted a 61 % waste reduction goal and that was in your memo because there were some other specific things to address, it may be worth rejoining that issue . I will be reminding my counterpart in [the County] planning [office] that there was a set of goals put by the SWAB . The planning department' s reaction to brining up the specifics was that it was too early in the process for the specifics . Take a look at the County' s web page to see the process they' re engaging in . The next meeting of the advisory boards playing a key role in the plan is October 16 from 7pm to 9pm at Southern Human Services . I am your liaison to the planning process for this advisory board . Pollock agrees to send Comprehensive Planning process materials to SWAB . Closure of Recycling Center at Animal Shelter/Horace Williams Wilson states that as of September 30 the site will be closed permanently . It was the original recycling center in Chapel Hill . It was part of the University ' s direction to start reducing non- university traffic on that property . Solid Waste Convenience Centers Opening at Lunch Weekdays Wilson states that beginning September 17 the convenience centers will stop being closed at lunch . They will still be closed on Wednesday . Other Pollock states that last July (' 06) the household hazardous waste program hours were expanded to include Monday and Tuesday . There has been a 20 % jump in participation [compared to the previous year] which is commensurate with the new hours and we reduced overhead costs by managing paint better . We also opened the site to small businesses that generate less than 100 kG per month . They brought twenty percent of the waste last year to HHW or about 40, 000 pounds . 6 . Other Business Norwood notes the dust issue at Eubanks Rd . convenience center . Spire states that there was a preliminary survey of staff at all the manned sites . The recommendations I received from their supervisors were to help traffic flow and make them more user friendly . At almost every site, part of the recommendation was to put more gravel down to make more them accessible to the citizens . Subtle changes will 5