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Please consider alternatives to the fee increase at the transfer station, as suggested below. I doubt it will achieve its stated goals and will merely double yet another fee on homeowners
such as myself. I haul my trash because the local service is too expensive. I already wait as long as I can, arrive with a small truck fully loaded, and rarely exceed the minimum tonnage.
Thank you for considering my concerns.
Sharon Rader
970-903-3586
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From: Sharon Rader
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2023 8:31 AM
To: acairns@co.jefferson.wa.us <acairns@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Subject: question about other alternatives to fee increase
Hi Al,
Since about 45% of the car traffic are self-haulers like me, most of those vehicles (small trucks or trailers) are already fully loaded and will not be able to delay the trip to the
dump. Also, I wait as long as I can to accumulate enough trash for a full load, which in my small household is about a month to 6 weeks. I rarely exceed the minimum, and most often
am paying a much higher per-ton rate due to the relatively small amount of trash my household generates (we are avid recyclers, composters, and reuse champions). Your proposal will
not slow my trips since my truck will only hold exactly the amount it holds right now. What it will do is double the rate I pay and create a justification for throwing MORE stuff away.
My questions for you:
1. Wouldn't the traffic bottleneck be better solved by having 2 workers in the booth during high volume times? That would double the speed of outflow. The worker in the booth works as
quickly and efficiently as they can. But running back and forth between the 2 windows slows things down on both sides. Please don't tell me you can't do that because there is only one
computer!
2. If the recycling center were moved to a location outside the gate, recyclers would be better served, and that traffic would be diverted from the line. The county owns the entire parcel.
This would enable another change that could ease traffic (see #3).
3. Route exiting traffic around the building, through the relocated recycling area and onto the longer exit road. During low volume times, the old egress could be opened. I have attached
a drawing. The red circle represents the relocated recycling center; the blue represents an alternative traffic pattern.
4. Alternatively, can specific hours for commercial loads be considered, perhaps during the last 2 hours of the day? They are much slower to unload. Small homeowners could voluntarily
avoid those times in order to avoid adding to the traffic.
5. Finally, reopen on Mondays so you are not concentrating traffic on the fewer days of operation. Stop making excuses about staffing challenges.
Looking forward to your response.
Respectfully,
Sharon Rader
970-903-3586