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Minutes Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board January 15, 2009 Approved February 5, 2009 Attendance : Jan Sassaman, Linda Bowerman, Doug Guild, Al Vickers, Remus Smith, and Michelle Grunwald Staff: Gayle Wilson, Blair Pollock, Wanda McCain and Hary Howard 1 . Opening and Welcome Sassaman states that there is a new member to the board, Doug Guild . We will go around the room and introduce ourselves and have Doug give a little information about him self. Guild states that I ' ve been environmental consulting for 25 years . I ' ve dealt with solid waste issues with industrial clients primarily . 2 . Adoption of Minutes from October 2 SWAB meeting Vickers moves to accept. Bowerman 2nd . Passes unanimously . 3 . Board Member Comments Smith says I have been asked by people in the southern part of the county, other than a transfer station, what could be done with the garbage . Wilson states that every community in the state has waste collection. It is a necessity for public health and the environment. For those communities that do not have a local landfill or a local alternative waste management facility such as an incinerator, then there has to be a transfer station to efficiently and effectively deliver the waste that is generated to a distant waste management facility . In Orange County there was a six-year landfill search in the 1990s that was unsuccessful . Since 1997 it was clear that the county would have to have a transfer station. The reason for a transfer station is because the collection vehicles for the waste are not geared or designed to both collect and haul long distance to discharge it. What else could be done ? In the short term, nothing . The landfill will close in two years and there is nothing else that could be conceived and developed that could handle the waste . Smith asks are there any new processes in the near future . Wilson states that there are a number of technologies that are being researched . Waste-to -energy and mass burn technologies have been proven effective and efficient and safe for a number of years . Many of the other alternative technologies have not proven on a large scale that they can handle a mixed waste stream . Sassaman states that also if the alternative waste processing facility is put in a remote distance from the area where garbage is generated a waste transfer station is still needed . Smith states that another question that was asked of him is why are we dumping on them and why is 110 acres needed for a site . 1 i