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Minutes - Regular Meeting Solid Waste Advisory Board February 5, 2009 Approved March 5, 2009 Attendance : Jan Sassaman, Bonnie Norwood, Linda Bowerman, Al Vickers, Remus Smith, Doug Guild, and Michelle Grunwald Staff: Gayle Wilson, Blair Pollock, Paul Spire, Hary Howard, Bob Sallach, Olver Inc . , Ernie Parker, Olver Inc . , and Wanda McCain Guest: Orange County Voice - Bonnie Hauser, Susan Walser, and Tony Blake 1 . Opening, Welcome and Tour of New Administration Building Sassaman suggest that the tour happen after the meeting . 2 . Adoption of Minutes from August 7 SWAB meeting Norwood moves to accept. Vickers 2n6. Passes unanimously 3 . Board Member Comments Sassaman states that the facility is really nice and something we can be proud of. There are a lot of re-use of materials, something that we in Orange County think is important. Norwood requests that at the Eubanks Rd . site the sign on the dumpster closest to the office be moved from the side of it to the end . 4 . Transfer Station Site Search Update and Discussion Wilson states that at the BOCC last meeting two decisions were made . One was in response to the proposed citizen advisory committee to be established around the location of whatever the decision of the transfer station would be . The eligibility for that would be expanded from those that lived within the general proximity to include those that lived in the Towns or anyone that had an interest in how that facility might be developed and operated . The charge was amended to also address the concern of citizens and the goal of minimizing the impact on citizens of the facility . A letter will be sent to the Towns informing them of the Boards decision to encourage people who live in the Towns to participate on the committee once a decision is made of where the site will be . Sassaman asks if there are any details of charter of that committee in terms of size . Wilson replies that there was a recommendation made based on a model used in Wake County that it not be highly structured but essentially an open advisory committee so that anyone that is interested could come and participate . It would have to have a chair and meet regularly . The other thing that was decided at the meeting was commensurate with the evaluations on the two final candidate sites, both of which are on Hwy 54 West, that we would initiate another process that would include investigating alternative approaches, partnerships and methodologies for waste disposal in Orange County in 1