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Director Mansour said that is correct. During the last Council meeting we went over the initial language. We have stated that it is going to go out for public notices. We did receive the Commissioners comments. There are certain things that also were going to wait after the public hearing to see if theres additional language or comments that we may receive. It may impact the current language, so we can do one modification prior to publication. We can start having the public hearings around mid-January. Chair Adams opened the discussion to see if the Commission would be able formal public comments at this meeting, as the next scheduled meeting date is late January. Responding to the Commissions comments, Director Mansour said safety is our No. 1 concern. And the trailer that was utilized for the safety purpose of maneuvering at the site was 6 by 9 feet. I know some of your comments say its five by ten or what have you but theres certain comments that we can entertain, and safety is going to trump other comments, but he welcomed the discussion, he said. Commissioner Robinson mentioned a concern raised during the last meeting about banning trailers at the transfer stations, leading to illegal dumping with people who dont have the ability to load greenwaste, construction waste, or whatever into their cars. Is it possible that we could look at allowing trailers on certain days of the week that are not as trafficked, to address the safety issue of having too many cars and trailers? Because the other concern about having your personnel be responsible to let people know, no more trailers, is the same output as letting the public know trailers are allowed (on certain days), because there are still people who can use the transfer station, which can address the problem of illegal dumping. Director Mansour said the intent was addressed during the Council meeting to allow possibly one day, Wednesday, of the week for trailers only, and its only going to be covering five sites. Currently, its going to be four because Wai is still under construction. So were not talking allowing trailers to all sites. He just wants to make this clear to everybody. There are only four sites that we looked into, and were going to do some minor modifications to allow trailers to come in once a week for greenwaste, for white goods, and for garbage. We targeted the facilities open seven days a week, so hopefully people will continue to act responsibly by keeping our beautiful, will not do any illegal dumping, and hopefully they could arrange their waste for the next day because they still have six days to use that facility. So one day for trailers should not trigger more illegal dumpling. Signs and notifications will be posted at the facilities. Commissioner Robinson asked whether there will be four stations now, not five. Four stations will allow trailers one day a week and every other station will have no trailers at all. The Director said that is correct. So, would allowing trailers one day a week at the four stations, versus all the stations allowing trailers now, lead to illegal dumping on those other locations, Commissioner Robinson asked. 10