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APPROVED <br /> up and multiple buses go by there. We're talking within feet. That's how close the bus stop is <br /> from this proposed facilities entrance. The plan to consolidate the two existing sites that were <br /> fine, they don't collect everything, but they could. It just doesn't make sense for the rural <br /> community. Not one person has asked for this proposed site. Not one person has asked for <br /> consolidation. It places a burden on the rural neighbors that we've talked to. It's really <br /> something to consider that we have not asked for this. Ok I could go on. Thank you and I will be <br /> seeing you again. <br /> Fowler says next is Les Chaffin followed by Joshua Setzer. <br /> Chaffin says thank you for having us here today. I live with this fine group of folks out at College <br /> Creek neighborhood. I just want to take a little time to ask the same questions I asked at the <br /> second community meeting. The first one was what other sites have you considered besides <br /> what looks like taking a line between Bradshaw and the other one, and doing this, and saying ok <br /> that's in the middle. What other sites have been looked at, that's question one. <br /> Williams replies that that question will be answered when we post the answers to the rest of the <br /> questions on the site. <br /> Chaffin says ok let me ask you another way, have other sites been looked at. <br /> Williams says yeah four sites along that corridor were looked at and evaluated by our <br /> engineering firm, our engineering consultant and the one that we are considering, that we're <br /> talking about now, was the one that they came back to us with and was recommended to meet <br /> all of the needs to place a suitable site, a hybrid site at that location. <br /> Chaffin says I would like to ask the second question again, which is what was the decision <br /> criteria that made you select a site that has a population of four times more residential density <br /> than any other site. <br /> Fowler states that the purpose for this is public comment and we don't usually provide answers <br /> at this time. <br /> Chaffin says I understand. I just want to make sure you have those because we asked before <br /> and never got an answer. <br /> Williams says yes sir, and like we said, we want to get everybody's questions. We listened, we <br /> wrote them down, we answered them, and I have a couple more that came in and we got those <br /> answered. I'm looking to have those posted by Friday. <br /> Chaffin says ok I appreciate it and I appreciate you mayor saying we need to have another <br /> meeting to put our recommendations in before you take to the BOCC because it sounds like <br /> we've asked a lot of questions. We've got the petition out there, but you're going to the board <br /> next month or in November for it. And the third question is what are the next steps? What are <br /> the steps we can see going through this approval so we can make sure we're voicing our <br /> opinion at all of those steps. And I'm really surprised, I think you mentioned when we were <br /> asking about permits at the meeting, that the permit to put in this recycling center is not much <br /> different than a permit to put just one bin out in a lot, that's sort of the permit required nowadays. <br /> You don't have to get any permits basically you just go get this approved. We asked about road <br /> studies, we asked about pollution studies. <br /> Fowler states we have heard your questions and hopefully you guys have written all those down <br /> and we'll be able to answer them on the website. Finally you'll hear from Joshua Setzer. <br /> Setzer says hello I live in rural Orange County as well, a little over 1000 feet from the proposed <br /> new site. I attended the two neighborhood information meetings that were mentioned and <br /> listened to the rationale for the proposal to close the waste convenience centers at Bradshaw <br /> Quarry and Ferguson. I encourage the SWAG board to take a look at those recordings if you <br /> haven't had a chance. They were kind of strange meetings. So around 100 citizens showed up <br /> each time. All of them were concerned and it felt a little bit like we were being pitched on a sort <br /> of elaborate solution to a problem none of us had actually articulated. We were told about the <br /> need to modernize waste centers, which sounded nice, that makes sense. But then we were <br /> told that instead of upgrading the two like Walnut Grove and High Rock, we were actually <br />