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Mr. Lynch said he likes the option of being able to drop everything at the curb. Ms. Mueller said that what she has presented is what BFI is able to do now, but this is something staff will look at constantly. Mr. Schilling said he is not interested in continuing to subsidize the County. He said he does not think the brown boxes are a big issue. He said he would like to understand what the profit/cost has been for recyclables and would like a similar report on the disposition of all these things (amount recycled and not recycled). He said he appreciates staff' s work. Dr. Brown said he would like to know the proportion of residents who participate in curbside recycling and a sense of the proportion of people who drive to Mclntire Recycling Center. Ms. Mueller noted that 17% of users of the Recycling Center are not City or Albemarle County residents. It was the sense of Council to get more information and further pursue the proposal. REPORT: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS Mr. O'Connell said that the recommendation is that the focus for the Comprehensive Plan Update be less on land use and more on larger community issues. He said the purpose of this discussion is to get Council guidance and questions. Mr. Tolbert said that the purpose of the May 12th work session is to get buy in from Council and the Planning Commission on the process. He said it is important to narrow the focus to six to ten issues. He said Council will also be asked at the work session to validate the guiding principles and vision, talk about the issues raised by the community, and talk about the idea of a steering committee. Ms. Hamilton said the neighborhood put a lot of work into identifying issues and that seems like the place to start: what got done, what did not, and what the neighborhood wants to see happen. Mr. Tolbert said staff is try8ing to meet regularly with neighborhoods but is trying to do things differently this time. He said we cannot create unrealistic expectations again. Mr. Lynch agreed with Ms. Hamilton about focusing on neighborhood plans. He said things have changed in five years. He suggested taking an updated version of the plans back to the neighborhoods to get their feedback and find out if they are still the problems. Ms. Hamilton said people do not want to waste time on a strategic vision. Mr. O'Connell said we are trying to get at a bigger focus that would drive future budgets. Ms. Hamilton said that people in neighborhoods that have historically been neglected want to see specific projects. She said in some neighborhoods capital projects are the vision. Mr. Caravati said that part of the strategic plan is to decide if we want to use the CIP to catch up neighborhoods. He said we should tackle the process of projects. Mr. Schilling said he concurs with Ms. Hamilton regarding certain neighborhoods, and noted that those neighborhoods have been historically underrepresented on this body. He said he was the lone voice with concerns about spreading out the CIP money instead of using it in certain neighborhoods where it is deserved.