HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 04-15-2008 - 3 earlyEXHIBIT 3
Preliminary Community-Specific Siting Criteria
Discussion Points
^ Environmental Justice Considerations
• Facility clustering in areas -inequitable share of negative environmental
consequences
• Potentially cumulative environmental impacts on a community of neighborhood
• Alternate solutions
^ Impact on Air Quality
• Emissions from collection and transfer vehicle exhaust
• Dust from waste transfer operations
• Potential impacts from other existing mobile or stationary emission sources in
immediate area
^ Impact on the Local Infrastructure
• Roadways
• Water and sewer
^ Adjacent Land Uses
• Zoned or planned land use -actual use
• Customary uses -hiking, gardening, fishing, hunting, outdoor activities
• Existing environmental stressors
^ Proximity to Schools, Recreation Sites, and Residences
• Facility related vehicle traffic
• Likelihood of exposure to sudden, accidental environmental releases
^ ,Prevailing Winds
• Off-site odor impacts
^ Number of Residences Impacted
• Demographics
• Community History
^ Presence of Natural Buffers
• Visibility
• Noise Abatement
^ Impacts on Existing Businesses
• Development of neighboring property
• Displacement of existing jobs
^ Buffer Zones and Screening Measures
• Open spaces, greenways, natural or wooded areas, streams
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EXHIBIT 3
Preliminary Community-Specific Siting Criteria
Discussion Points
• Topography
^ Traffic Compatibility
• Restrictions on vehicle traffic routes
• Bike lanes or pathways
• Congested areas and dangerous intersections
^ Impact on Historic or Cultural Features
• Cultural-traditions, events
• Historical land uses
• Local institutions
^ Impact on Non-protected Neighborhood Character
• Traffic, noise, and odor
• Litter
• Look of community
^ Cost
• Facility Construction Cost
• Impact on existing collection system costs of users
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