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facility is open after being closed for the previous 4 or 11 days(depending on facility). Some recent data for the Fremont facility is provided in a note at the bottom of the Table. DISCUSSION A New Option Because the committees supported different options, we've created an"Option 1.5." Based on committee feedback,that option was designed to satisfy as many of the following criteria as possible: • Support increased participation in the HHW system, in the range covered by Options 1 and 2. • Maximize convenience to customers,either by being open on Sundays or in any other feasible manner. For example, every week service at every collection center is more convenient than alternate week service, as is the case now and in Expansion Option 1. • If possible,be open the same hours and days every week. Although some Board members pointed out that this is not essential, others pointed out that it is desirable.And County staff explained that operational experience shows that materials get dropped outside the gate in the street,or are illegally disposed in frustration, if a facility is not open when the customer expects it to be open. As participation increases over time,regular hours would help with these problems. Option 1.5 satisfies all three criteria. It involves four day a week(Wed-Saturday)operation at the Oakland and Fremont collection centers, and two days a week(Friday and Saturday)at the Hayward and Livermore centers. All facilities would open from 9:00 to 2:30 on weekday and 9-4 on Saturdays. It would increase the number of open days per month from 12 to 16 at the Oakland facility, and from 6 to 8 at the Hayward and Livermore facilities. These increases are about a 33%increase at each facility, supporting the objective of'equal service.' This option can support participation up to the'maximum' targeted level of service in Option 2(60-70,000 per year;or 12-14%of households), if the facilities were to handle 150 cars(households)per day,on average. Option 1.5 addresses Sunday service and convenience by adding 8 more(12 total)'parking lot'drop-off events to the program budget. (We added 4 per year to the program budgets presented in June, as compared with the program budgets presented in April.)These events cost more per pound of HHW collected,but are more convenient for customers and can be located and scheduled flexibly to support the objective of'equal service.' They would service about another 6,000 customers per year(about 500 per one-day drop-off event). More information about Sunday service is provided below. Option 1.5 is estimated to require about$4.9 million per year of additional revenue,on average over the six year planning period(2015-2020, inclusive). This is more than Option 2 in the June committee memos($4.641 million),but involves fewer days of operation open to the public than did Option 2. This is because Option 1.5 includes more parking lot drop-off events,the costs associated with a Proposition 218 protest vote,and would serve the number of cars(households)previously estimated to be served in Option 2. Option 1.5 amounts to a little more than$9 per occupied dwelling unit per year. If lower cost is a higher priority than having regular hours and days every week at every location(and therefore greater convenience),the best way to cut costs from Option 1.5 would be to alternate days of service each week in Hayward and Livermore(e.g.,Wed/Th in Hayward one week, Fr/Sat in Livermore that week,and the opposite in alternating weeks). Doing that would save about$400-$500,000 per year, or about$1 less per household each year. More on Sunday Service Permanent facility Sunday service is appealing on a common sense level,but upon investigation it is unclear whether the public would actually use the permanent collection centers on Sundays enough to 2 32