HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-05-24 - AGENDA REPORTS - COMMERCIAL WASTE COLLECTIONAGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
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Jeff Kolin
CONSENT CALENDAR
DATE: May 24, 1994
SUBJECT: SIX MONTH REVIEW OF THE COMMERCIAL WASTE
COLLECTION AND RECYCLING PROGRAM -PROGRESS REPORT
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
BACKGROUND
At the July 13, 1993 City Council Meeting, council approved the Commercial Waste
Collection and Recycling Program. Council's approval was in part predicated on a six
month review of the effectiveness of the Commercial Waste Collection and Recycling
Program and the commercial rate band. Staff had planned to present the review of the
program in February of 1994, however complications resulting from the Northridge
Earthquake required that the review be rescheduled for May of 1994.
During April of 1994 Solid Waste Division staff, in coordination with the Valencia Industrial
Association and the Canyon Country and Santa Clarita Valley Chambers of Commerce,
distributed seven hundred surveys to local businesses to evaluate the effectiveness of the
Commercial Waste Collection and Recycling Program and the commercial rate band
established in the contracts with Atlas Refuse Removal, Santa Clarita Disposal and Blue
Barrel Disposal. To date; the City has received sixteen completed surveys. This level of
response does not afford City staff the ability to adequately assess the effectiveness of the
program. In order to obtain sufficient data, staff, in conjunction with the Valencia Industrial
Association and the Canyon Country and Santa Clarita Valley Chambers of Commerce,
intends to host joint meetings in the ensuing months to increase business participation in the
review process.
RECOMMENDATION
Direct staff to conduct joint meetings with the Valencia Industrial Association, and the
Canyon Country and Santa Clarita Valley Chambers of Commerce to increase business
participation in the review process of the Commercial Waste Collection and Recycling
program and to report the survey results to City Council in October of 1994.
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