While I commend Northport City in endeavouring to manage the waste we produce I consider the sites you have proposed to be wholly unsuitable, short sighted and there was no evidence in the meeting held on the 29th of January that you have considered the short medium and long term effects this will have on existing and future development on and around Toledo Blade. The 5 proposed sites are based around one of only 3 road arteies off the I75, this is where we want hotels, shops, residential properties etc. Site A: Is a prime site for a hotel and highly visible from the I75 and Toledo Blade. Site B: Diagonally opposite shops including food outlets. It's also on a major cross-roads with Price and Toledo Blade. Sites C & D: By your own admission, may deter future investment as it will be visible from the I75, it's also in close proximity to schools. Site E: This is again close to Publix and other food outlets and school. Additionally your predicted cost savings are only pie in the sky, by the time it would be built the market would have fluctuated so much in terms of payback for recyclables, cost of fuel, wages etc. A $200k saving per annum is not significant when you consider the money we taxpayers are going to have to pay to get it going. You describe this as a waste transfer station. At the meeting what you in fact described was a material recycling facility with waste being segregated into waste streams prior to being transferred. This entails waste being tipped onto conveyor belts or similar to be sorted, this then exposes our population to potential dust, fumes, odours, noise etc. You also said to be financially viable it must include recycling, so your aim isn't just for it to be for waste transfer. It is highly unlikely that waste will be transferred away on the same day due to the process involved above and even longer over weekends and public holidays therefore increasing the risk of vermin, birds and disease. Taxes will rise but those unfortunate residents who live in the area will see no reduction. You said this at the meeting when asked the question. You use the term Environmental Park, I guess that can conjur up some lovely facility with lots of trees, waterfeatures and wildlife, nothing could be further from the fact. Your intention is to attract similar businesses who can support the station. Interestingly not one member from the City, making these decisions lives near any of the proposed sites. I implore you to reconsider and explore other options. Finally your methods of communication with the people of Northport regarding this is unsatisfactory. The possible locations were only announced a few hours before the meeting, this is unacceptable. In addition this has the potential to have such a large impact I think you should be using for forums of communication other than relying of folk using your website. There are many people who do not know how to use your site and have no access to a computer. Please consider contacting the citizens of Northport either by mail or through the press.