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M M <br />we might not•even get to Phase III. He felt people do have some <br />resentment of government mandating things to them; however, we <br />have a significant responsibility to the environment and to our <br />community, and, therefore, we may get to that third phase in a <br />year and a half or two years because we see no other way to <br />achieve our goal. <br />Commissioner Eggert felt that if we are not going to go into <br />mandatory collection, we really should go hard on recycling. <br />Indian River Shores has been asking for it along with some of the <br />other areas. They really haven't seen a big organized thing <br />about what to do except from the City of Vero Beach, and it seems <br />to be causing more and more frustration. It is fine to ask them <br />to separate their materials and take them out to the transfer <br />stations, but there really ought to be something that we can get <br />into in the meantime if we are not going to go into mandatory <br />collection. <br />Commissioner Bowman emphasized the need for more public <br />education on this matter. We have to get it out to the people <br />that either you do it yourself or you are going to have to pay. <br />Commissioner Eggert noted that another thing that came up in <br />Gifford, where they are very concerned about having to get into <br />mandatory collection, was trying to get a head start on community <br />cleanup. She didn't feel we should drop those plans just because <br />we are not going to go to mandatory collection. There are areas <br />in the county where we need to have a massive cleanup effort <br />coordinated between the community and the county. She believed <br />that would be very helpful in getting things started and would be <br />very good public relations. <br />Commissioner Wheeler agreed that education is probably the <br />most significant thing we an do, but he would like to see more <br />recycling collection centers such as ones the City of Vero Beach <br />has added. <br />Commissioner Scurlock felt he was hearing from all five <br />Commissioners to redouble our efforts on recycling and put a <br />little more resource toward that activity. <br />Utilities Director Terry Pinto assured the Board that <br />Utilities would do everything possible in the effort to increase <br />the voluntary recycling until we see whether or not it will work. <br />As part of this plan, he recommended that we hire a full-time <br />person through Code Enforcement or Environmental Health to <br />monitor the illegal dumping and enforce our ordinances. His <br />main concern here todays goes beyond meeting the 30% mark that <br />the State is requiring, and that is to reduce the amount going <br />,a <br />53 <br />