Proposed Waste Management Ordinance

Transporting of heavy containers down long driveways. Is not an option for most Senior citizens.

The Tesuque Transfer Station is an integral service for our community. Attempting to replace it with a curbside service that, no doubt, will be expensive, unsightly, and totally inefficient makes no sense for this area.

We are a community in need of this transfer station, please don't close it.

I am a resident of Tesuque, and I oppose the closure of the Waste Transfer station.

I live at 84 Camino Amor and I have a quarter mile long graveldriveway. This would not work well for me.

Pls don't change the system

I live at 8 Vista Tesuque, Tesuque, NM 87574 and I strongly oppose closing the Tesuque Solid Waste Transfer Station.

This would be a huge mistake. Please do not close the Tesuque Transfer Station.

Closing the Tesuque facility is the opposite of “improving solid waste disposal services.” Whereas the facility along State Road 592 is convenient and trips there can be integrated with other errands thereby saving fuel and minimizing pollution, closing that facility will result in increased driving and emissions . . . if we are lucky. When access to a solid waste transfer facility is both inconvenient and costly, expect an increase in illegal dumping that has manifold negative impacts: it is unsightly, unhealthy and uneconomical. The first point is obvious by inspection and will become more so. The linkages between trash, vermin and disease are undeniable. The cost to clean up and remediate spontaneous dumpsites exceeds the cost of hauling away trash from the transfer station. Don’t turn our neighborhoods, roadways, and arroyos into dumps. The idea that solid waste disposal services ought to be self-supporting is wrong-headed. With the exception of the water enterprise fund, the housing enterprise fund, and the regional planning authority, County government services are not expected to ‘break even.’ We pay taxes to fund those services. When the Indigent Services Fund pays 10s of thousands of dollars in a month to La Familia Medical/Dental Center, our tax money was spent to improve the lives of our neighbors. When the Alcohol Programs Fund paid Capital City Cab thousands monthly, the cost of cab rides was substantially subsidized in the interest of keeping us all safer. The Tesuque solid waste transfer station is a vital public service deserving the support of our tax dollars. Indeed, for poorer residents, the cost should be lowered, or waived altogether in the public interest.

Absolutely no curbside garbage/trash pick up at 41 Vista Hermosa by the county. Leave our transfer station "As Is". Richard and Kitty Lindley

I strongly oppose any proposed curb side pickup services for the area of Tesuque and Chupadero. I would not sign up or pay for such a service. Listen to your tax paying residents and leave the Tesuque Transfer Station as it is.

Our road is very steep - I don't see how the trash truck will be able to maneuver on it. Also, our driveway is gravel and over .1 mile long. It would be difficult to get all the garbage and recyclables up there, especially in the winter. I think the transfer station is an efficient way to handle it

The Tesuque Station is operated efficiently and is cost effective. The location is very convenient for many county residents. Driving to another location (30 minute round trip) makes no sense.

We live in lower Chupadero where "curbside" is absurdly inefficient and unmanageable. We have been using the Tesuque transfer station since 1996, and have endured both a cutback in the number of days that the transfer station is open for use and an increase in the annual fees that we pay for the decreased service. All the reasons stated in this petition against closure we strongly agree with, and we are shocked to learn that the County would make such an ill considered move to close the transfer station. Please think this matter through carefully and DO NOT CLOSE the Tesuque Transfer Station!!!

please do not close the station, curbside pick up is not feasible here, for one thing we don't have curbs.......

Please do not close the Tesuque Transfer Station!!!! it is very important to the community of Tesuque and surrounding areas.

Closing the Tesuque transfer station would be a big mistake. We need convenient recycling and trash disposal since curbside pickup would be impractical and not suitable to this location.

We have been using the Tesuque Village Transfer Stations since 1992. We strongly oppose the proposed closing of SR592 Tesuque waste disposal station. Carl Stern & Holly Hayes 47 Vista Hermosa

We began utilizing the Tesuque Transfer Station over 30 years ago when there were far fewer residents in the area. Please do not close it! It is so much more used and needed now. Curbside pick-up is not efficient or environmentally friendly in these sorts of rural communities, i.e. idling trucks, polluting fumes, gravel/dirt road damage, etc.

Please do not close the Tesuque Village Transfer Station. This station provides a vital, efficient, convenient service to our residences. A curbside trash pick-up would provide no value to me and I would not sign up for that service. I would be forced to find another much less convenient transfer station for my trash. The Tesuque transfer station is a very visible, good use of our tax dollars. Sincerely, Mary Habeeb 61 Three Rock Road