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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board October 4, 2007 Approved December 6, 2007 finishes jointly designing that and making some adjustments in the sewer, it will have to be re-appraised to come up with a new value of the easement. As an imposition on the private property, there is now more than one intrusion on to the property . We' ll be lucky to have it by the end of the year . Orange County Comprehensive Plan Pollock states that this is the county ' s first effort in twenty-five years to update their comprehensive plan. They are going through an extraordinary deliberative process to do this . You all, back in May, submitted a memo [where] you made four recommendations regarding solid waste - reaffirming work towards the 61 % goal, land use zoning regulations need to clearly allow for a variety of necessary solid waste facilities and made a comprehensive list, new construction remodeling must set aside space for solid waste management and process and regulations for siting solid waste facilities be done in a manner that things are possible, not impossible . The county ' s staff is going to meet Monday and talk about the facilities and services part of the update . I will bring back your May 3 memo to them stating that this has already been submitted and approved by the SWAB . On October 16 there will be the joint advisory boards update on the plan . Your participation as citizens is also invited and there is a list of key boards involved including liaisons from the various boards that are not key element boards . Some specifics such as siting a food waste composting facility may be highly relevant to the planning process . Talk to your colleagues on other boards to let them know about the importance of solid waste . Other Wilson states that over the past year or so there has been a great change in the economic viability of landfill gas projects, particularly in medium and small landfills like ours especially due to carbon credits, the market for which is still evolving. For years we struggled to get a project and no one ever came . Now it seems like a bunch of people want it, including the University . We ' ve been talking with the University about a possible project and they want us to sign a memorandum of understanding which allows them ninety days exclusive negotiation time during which they will negotiate only with us, until we can come to an agreement. If we can t reach an agreement then we are free to talk to anyone else . We are leaning towards our consultant' s recommendation of issuing a Request for Proposals, which the University may bid on, along with anyone else . We wouldn t mind working with the University, all other things being equal, but we perceive that things could take a long time with them compared to how quickly we believe private groups may be able to mobilize and implement a project. A gas project would also have a significant impact on odor reduction and odor is a big concern of the neighborhood . 5