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2. Creation of special solid waste tax districts where the tax levied in each district reflected, to a <br />certain degree, the level of service provided within it, <br />3. Development of availability fees in which each member of each class of system user is <br />charged according to the services they have available. In the short run case of bridge financing, <br />the availability fee could be levied on two to four residential classes of system users. <br />The SWAB was not able to provide a single recommendation from among these bridge fmancing <br />mechanisms, but it does urge the Board and Manager to use at least one or some combination of <br />funding options to provide adequate solid waste program funding until a permanent, stable <br />funding source can be put in place. <br />In its deliberations over solid waste financing, the SWAB received considerable technical <br />assistance in development of financial models from iJNC's Environmental Finance Center <br />especially Jeff Hughes, and Joe Cook. A presentation by Prince William County's Solid Waste <br />Director Tom Smith informed the SWAB about this innovative model. The Orange County Solid <br />Waste staff provided additional information about the solid waste budget and the waste reduction <br />plan that also helped the SWAB in its deliberations. Finally the SWAB was also able to draw on <br />the work done by the Alternate Finance Committee during the tenure of the Landfill Owners <br />Group through 1999. <br />ES-4 <br />