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OCT 13 1987 BOOK 69 PAGE 668 consultant look not only at the needs study that is asked for under the franchise, but also look at our system of collection to determine whether we should regulate commercial, whether we should have districts, and whether or not we should have mandatory collection, then staff would set their recommendation aside and agree we should have that kind of study. Commissioner Eggert noted that she is not speaking pro or con in terms of the applicants; she just feels that right now the picture is foggy and was not sure it is fair to anyone to do anything now when we are within a month or six weeks of getting some of these things straightened out. She felt possibly we would be better off tabling these applications until we have had the study. Commissioner Wheeler understood we have two franchises countywide at this time and asked if they specifically exclude commercial or do they specifically point out that the franchise is only for residential. Director Pinto explained that the franchises specifically say that the commercial rates are unregulated. Commissioner Wheeler felt the needs study would need to be done for either, and Director Pinto agreed if we are going to do the study, we should do it 100%. Chairman Scurlock noted that actually this is a very complex subject. He was not even sure we have the unilateral ability to set up districts; possibly we do, but he believed there might have to be some negotiation with the two existing valid franchises. He did believe it would be inappropriate for us to direct each of these applicants to go out and do a needs study, and ^felt the residential should stay status quo until we do a study. He noted that Director Pinto obviously feels strongly that commercial should be unregulated and doesn't have a problem with additional franchises, and if the majority of the Board feels that is all right, we could issue franchises for commercial and leave the other in abeyance. 26 _ M M v