In an effort to evaluate the quality of each alternative in addition to the financial costs, a weighted decision matrix was created.  Seven factors were identified as major concerns for the local communities and as such, were taken into consideration for this analysis.  Each factor was assigned a weight based on its significance to the community.  Each alternative was then ranked according to each factor, with 3 being the highest rank.  The rank of each alternative was then multiplied by the weight of the factor to determine a score.  The scores for each alternative were the summed to give a total score, thus providing a way to compare the quality of each alternative against the others.