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would the residents be told that it would be indefinite. He recommended this be a pilot program for one year, to determine if there are benefits to the expansion. Director Mehta clarified that residents currently have the option of contacting the designated franchise service for pickup service for their residential garbage collection; and that recycling is included in the solid waste assessment fees available to all residents, whether they subscribe to garbage collection or not. He said that at this time staff is not recommending mandatory garbage collection. He revealed that staff had been successful in the negotiation process with the franchise haulers by maintaining the existing garbage collection rates until 2009. Ardra Rigby, 8465 59th Avenue, recalled that there had not been a workshop for the container bins (Vice Chairman Davis noted them as roll -off containers at the Convenience Center), and felt that had there been one, the Board would have made a more informed decision. He questioned the competition process, and urged the Board to consider bringing small, minority owned businesses into the Enterprise Zone. Bill Rigby, 8465 59th Avenue, wanted clarification, since recycling is not mandatory, as to when tax fees are taken out of the tax bills for recycling white goods. Vice Chairman Davis interpreted the generation unit of residential, and confirmed that it is not for recycling, but for solid waste. He then justified how recycling offsets the cost of solid waste expenses. Director Mehta explained the solid waste assessment recycling component and how it helps to implement the recycling program. He addressed this as a volunteer program and noted that under the Franchise Agreements, the waste haulers would pick up recycling throughout their September 23, 2008 3 S.W.D.D.