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Kittitas County Transfer Station <br /> April 2018 Community Meeting Summary <br /> <br />Updated 5/31/2018 <br />3 <br /> <br />Feedback <br />14 paper surveys were submitted at the community meeting. To see a summary of this feedback, please <br />see the April Feedback Summary. <br /> <br />Question and Answer session: <br /> <br />The following questions were asked and addressed during the Q&A period of the April community <br />meeting: <br /> <br />• Why is the traffic study occurring so late in the process? <br />Response: Traffic studies are very expensive, and it is not in the best interests of taxpayers’ money <br />to expend such funds on each site before it is chosen. Once a site is selected, then the project team <br />will complete a detailed analysis of the selected site. The current layouts presented are just <br />preliminary. If traffic is important to you, we encourage you to list it as one of your priorities on the <br />comment form. <br /> <br />• Currently there is no way to recycle office materials, school papers, etc. Will there be mixed paper <br />recycling at the new site? <br />Response: Offering more recycling drop-off options requires more space than is available at the <br />current site. This is one of the reasons for the new transfer station. We are not sure yet what new <br />materials might be accepted at the new transfer station. <br /> <br />• Will there have to be an environmental clean-up of the current site before it can be used for a <br />different purpose? <br />Response: The current site is owned by the City of Ellensburg and leased by the County Solid Waste <br />Department. Before the County Solid Waste Department returns the property to the City, we will <br />complete all necessary tests on the site. However, the potential for contamination is very low. <br /> <br />• Why can’t we upgrade the current site? <br />Response: Population growth and flooding cannot be alleviated or mitigated at the current site. The <br />current site isn’t large enough for the current population or for future projected growth. The public <br />has requested more recycling options and shorter wait times, which the current site cannot <br />accommodate. Additionally, increased traffic creates issues of safety on the tipping floor for <br />employees and customers. <br /> <br />• What about the ground water in each of the three sites? Was the cement plant site entirely on the <br />floodplain? <br />Response: The depth to reach the ground water is very shallow on all of these sites, which is partly <br />due to the nature of the valley in general. When building a transfer station in areas with shallow <br />groundwater, all three sites will require placement of structural fill material to develop a facility