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JUL 10 BOOK Commissioner Scurlock inquired about the possibility of a single family home owner coming in and claiming he composts, etc., and Director Pinto stated that while theoretically that could be approved, he doubted it would.be. Commissioner Scurlock stressed that he certainly wants to see the new franchise agreement done concurrent with any mandatory collection. We are going to be adding about 9,000 new customers; we must set out service areas; and he wants to see that settled with the agreements negotiated and in hand. Chairman Eggert wondered how it would be policed when someone came in for a variance and said what they are doing with their waste. Director Pinto agreed that you really have to be careful when you grant a variance. You have to have the ability for the variance in the ordinance, and when it comes to the point where one is granted, you have to look at the feasibility and financial cost of tracking. It can become a very expensive process. If it were up to the Department, he would say we don't want any variances, but we must be realistic. Commissioner Scurlock asked if Director Pinto is looking at having a variance board or having this just a departmental decision that can be appealed to the Commission, and Director Pinto indicated it would be the latter. Commissioner Bird inquired about the specifics for someone with a house out in the country, for instance. Do they now have to separate all these different materials, paper, metals, different colored glass, etc.? Director Pinto explained that staff in trying to set this up has taken every ordinance they could find in the state, plus some others, and found they are too cumbersome; so, they tried to whittle them down. He looked at this as the enabling legisla- tion we need to make this happen and that requires policy to be set by Resolution. 52 _ M M