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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> December 6, 2007 <br /> Approved February 7, 2008 <br /> far and they make mid-stream adjustments or go back and re-dos . You plan for <br /> significant public input. <br /> Carver replies I understand the bureaucracy however supposedly this process had <br /> already been done . Supposedly, we looked at the county, we looked at various sites <br /> previously before we came to Eubanks Road, so why are we starting from scratch? <br /> Using GIS and other things you have a starting point. <br /> Sassaman states that you are asking the wrong body that question. We no longer are <br /> in the process . We haven' t been asked anything [or for further opinion by the BOCC] . <br /> Carver states that you are still in a position to do some advising. It is to the <br /> consultant' s advantage to stretch it out. He is not interested in doing it fast and <br /> efficient. <br /> Nelson states that this can ' t be stretched out. We are about to run out of landfill space . <br /> Siting a transfer station, going through the permitting process , State and local, is <br /> going to take a long time, so this cant be stretched out for a long period . The reason <br /> that this process is being opened up is because we want things to be transparent, we <br /> want criteria that are clear . I understand your anger -- we are just trying to do it <br /> better this time, do it right this time and it is going to take a little while . <br /> Carver states that it is good that it is opened up . That was a good decision. I think it <br /> is the right way to go but I don' t think you have to start from scratch. I think a <br /> consultant does stretch out the time unnecessarily . <br /> Wilson states that we are starting at zero because that' s the intention; we don' t want <br /> to be influenced by any of the things that happened before . The sites that were looked <br /> at before were not generated by a systematic, comprehensive, county-wide process . <br /> The Board would get more criticism if they didn' t go back to zero . We are going to <br /> start from scratch. <br /> Carver states that if you don' t want to end up at the same point, the simple solution is <br /> to say up front Eubanks Road is off the list. That makes it a valid search. <br /> Sassaman states that the SWAB does not have a say in this particular issue at this <br /> point in time . The BOCC are the ones who ' ve said " We will make the decision . " If <br /> you want to be heard by someone that can help you, you need to talk to them. We <br /> have said our piece and we're done with it. <br /> i <br /> Carver states that maybe I misunderstood that the last go around that this advisory <br /> board made a recommendation to the county commissioners that the Eubanks Road <br /> site was the proper site . <br /> 11 <br />