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In 1986 1 began to look for expansion opportunities for my present business. e
and only opportunity to expand came with our addition at 1371 Monterey St. A short
time later, I soon realized that if we were going to continue to grow, we would have to
secure more property. In the last three years, our sales have increased from 14 million
to just under 20 million dollars last year. We've reached our limit.
I have looked at and considered the following locations; Bear Valley shopping center,
Tank Farm road and Higuera St., the old Vons location on Broad, the comer of Broad
and Orcutt, the Avila property located just below KSBY and the McBride property. I have
been negotiating personally with Bill McBride for the past several years, all of which
proved to be entirely too expensive for one person to complete.
We are currently landlocked on Monterey St: Our neighbors constantly complain about
the noise, the intercom system, and the amount of traffic. Our facility is over 65 years
old; we have only one bathroom for our customers and employees, we have no
employee parking and minimal customer parking. Our parts delivery and car delivery
trucks have nowhere to unload and have been ticketed several times by the Police.
We've experienced over$40,000 in vandalism over the past several years. The current
trees in our parkway have caused us thousands of dollars in paint damage.
We need.to move. Our employees and our customers deserve more.
I would urge you all to consider not only the McBride property, but also consider other
things that many cities in California have done to keep automobile dealers such as,
redevelopment districts, low interest loans, reimbursement of sales tax increases, fee
waivers and anything else that will make this project affordable for all of us. Our family
has been in this city since the late 1800's when my grandfather Chris Anholm first
arrived here.. Like my grandfather and my father, we want to stay here and make our
living here, but to accomplish this, we need any help the city can give us.
Thanks for taking the time to consider this. RECEIVED
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FROM: John Moss, Utilities Director
Prepared By: Ron Munds, Utilities Conservation Coordinator
SUBJECT: TENTATIVE APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO SOLID WASTE AND
RECYCLING SERVICES
CAO RECOMMENDATION
Consider and provide conceptual approval of modifications of the current solid waste and
recycling collection system to:.
1. Change the current source separated orange bin recycling program to a commingled
recyclable waste wheeler service; and
2. Eliminate the Orange Bag program for refuse collection and initiate a new 19 gallon waste
wheeler service.
Direct staff to:
1. Incorporate the addition of a commercial and residential commingled waste wheeler
service in the year 2001 base year application analysis.
2. Incorporate the addition of a 19 gallon waste wheeler service level in the year 2001 base
year application analysis.
3. Develop a public information program to phase out the Orange Bag service level by
January 1, 2001 contingent upon the approval of the 19 gallon service level.
DISCUSSION
Backmund
The City has strived for the past ten years to develop a solid waste management strategy which
promotes waste reduction and recycling in a cost effective manner. Many program changes have
occurred during this period, all of which have been implemented to reduce the amount of waste
going to the landfill by 50% by the end of the year 2000.
In 1994, the City Council adopted the Rate Setting Process and Methodology Manual for
Integrated Solid Waste Rates (Manual) which identified the following four rate structure
objectives for the solid waste management program:
1. Promote source reduction, maximum diversion, and recycling.
2. Provide equity and fairness within classes of customers.
3. Be environmentally sound.
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4. Be easy to understand.
As stated previously, Council has approved programs and a rate structure to achieve a majority of
these objectives. Staff is proposing two modifications to service that will enhance the City's
ability to further reduce waste, encourage recycling and have a positive impact on the
environment.
Commingled Recycling
Currently, commercial and residential customers are required to separate newspaper and mixed
paper in different bags and place these items next to their orange bin which contains the glass,
metals and plastics. The primary reason for the current practice of separating paper and
cardboard from the other material is that the SLOCO Recycles facility on Tank Farm Road
needed this source separation in order to efficiently process the material. A new Material
Recovery Facility (MRF) has recently been constructed at Cold Canyon Landfill. This facility is
equipped with state of the art material processing equipment and is able to accept and process all
recyclable material completely commingled. This means that customers no longer need to
separate material prior to collection at the curb. Customers would place all their recyclable
material in a blue waste wheeler. This type of service has been implemented in Arroyo Grande
and Pismo Beach and has resulted in higher participation and a dramatic increase in the tons of
recyclable material collected.
Moving to this type of collection system is consistent with the Council approved 32, 64 and 96
gallons refuse service program which enables San Luis Garbage Company (SLG) to collect the
containers with an automated truck. Similarly, utilizing waste wheelers for recycling will enable
SLG to collect recycled materials by either semi-automated or automated trucks. Additionally,
this system is likely to decrease the number of work related injuries resulting from lifting the
orange bins.
From the customer's standpoint, a waste wheeler will be more convenient in terms of storage of
recycled material (i.e. animal proof, more sanitary), easier to transport to the curb and offer
expanded capacity over the orange bin. The waste wheeler will also protect the paper and
cardboard material from moisture damage during wet weather. If the Council chooses to move in
this direction, the program would be implemented by January 1, 2001.
Addition of a 19 Gallon Waste Wheeler Service Level
As stated previously, one of the four rate setting objectives is be environmentally sound. The rate
setting manual specifically states "Working towards environmental soundness means phasing out
the use of disposable container (orange bags)". In an effort to achieve this goal, City staff and
SLG implemented a pilot program in October 1999 to evaluate the use of a 19 gallon waste
wheeler as an alternative to orange bags. The goal of the program was to determine if the 19
gallon waste wheeler would be acceptable from both a customer and collection standpoint.
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Eighteen households voluntarily participated in the program. Cost was the key issue with all the
participants. The overwhelming response was that if the service was priced comparable to what
they were paying for orange bag service, the container met or exceeded their expectation. If the
19 gallon waste wheeler were priced consistent with the volume based rates effective February 1,
2000, the cost of the service would be approximately $5.20 per month. An orange bag customer
who put out either one or two bags per month currently pays $4.63 or $6.62 respectively. From
the collection standpoint, SLG determined the containers were compatible with their collection
process and would be an improvement to the overall collection system.
If Council recalls, one of the reasons for adding the 32 gallon waste wheeler service level was to
move more customers out of orange bags and into a container that could be collected by an
automated truck The goal was to make the collection system more efficient and decrease the
number of work related injuries to SLG employees resulting from lifting the bags. By adding the
19 gallon waste wheeler service and phasing out the use of orangeags, t
bhe solid waste collection
system will have the potential to be collected entirely by an automated truck. Additionally, state
law requires solid waste be collected at a minimum of once a week. Technically, orange bags
customers who do not place their garbage out every week are in violation of this law. By moving
to a waste wheeler service, customers can place their garbage out every week without incurring
an additional cost.
Phasing Out Orange Bags
If council concurs with the recommendation to move to a 19 gallon waste wheeler, it is
recommended that the City phase out the orange bag service level by January 1, 2001. In order to
transition to the new system, it is recommended that a public information program begin as soon
as possible so that customers do not buy more bags than needed. Staff will work with SLG to
ensure a reasonable buy-back program is developed in the event customers have extra orange
bags after the phase out date.
CONCURRENCES
San Luis Garbage Company concurs with the recommendations made in this report.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact resulting from the recommendations made in this report. A thorough
analysis of the service level changes recommended in this report will be presented to Council as
part of the base year rate setting process.
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