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Home My WebLink About1990-08-14 - AGENDA REPORTS - NEWSPAPER RECYCLING @ PARKS (2)AGENDA REPORT City Manager Approval Item to be presented CONSENT CALENDAR DATE: August 14, 1990 SUBJECT: NEWSPAPER RECY(ILING AT PARKS DEPARTMENT: Public Works Af\_ BACKGROUND John E. Medina Staff has identified 13 locations where residents can presently recycle. Ten of these locations are supermarkets which take only bottles, aluminum and PET bottles marked with the California redemption label. The remaining three are Cal Coast and Big Mikes, which take most recyclable materials, and the Signal, which takes solely old newspaper. Attached is a map indicating the locations. Staff has identified three convenient recycling methods for our community and is actively pursuing all three. These are: a curbside program, a drop-off program and a buy-back program. An immediate recycling need identified through resident complaints and speaking with interested community group members is newspaper recycling locations. Currently, newspaper has minimal monetary value to create an interest to recycling companies. Consequently, recycling companies have not pursued in this area. Residents, therefore, who simply desire only to keep newspaper out of the waste stream have not found convenient locations. To address this immediate need, staff proposes placing three cubic yard commercial refuse bins dedicated to newspaper only in a minimum of six locations throughout the City. Three of these locations involve other organizations. and will involve written permission to use their properties. The remaining three are proposed for three City parks: Santa. Clarita, Valencia Glen and Canyon Country. Public Works staff would eventually like to see newspaper recycling bins at all City parks, but the three above will allow staff to resolve any unforeseen problems prior to establishing other locations. See Attachment II, III and IV for location maps. Staff is working with the City's residential refuse haulers to provide the bins and service to them. At this time discussions have centered around the City purchasing the bins . and the haulers servicing them at no or low cost to the City. The bins are estimated to cost $300 each. Bin location may also require the construction of cement pads of approximately $200 per pad. Staff is investigating the possibility of a grant to help fund this service. A budget transfer is necessary at this time to proceed with the program. The Parks and Recreation Commission has expressed concern for the potential problems that may occur at the drop bins. Public Works will present to the Commission at their next meeting, a report on this program and also address their concerns. Staff feels that the program is essential and would monitor the areas closely to assure clean and neat collection sites and increase the pickup frequency if necessary. PROVED Agenda Item: I NEWSPAPER RECYCLING AT PARRS Page 2 1. Direct staff to place newspaper recycling bins at Santa Clarita, Valencia Glen and Canyon Country Parks. 2. Direct staff to transfer $3,000 from unallocated Reserve, Account Number 01-4101-290, to Public Works Special Departmental Supplies, Account Number 10-6000-215, to pay for six newspaper recycling bins and pads. ATTACHMENTS City Locations Map Santa Clarita Park location map Valencia Glen Park location map Canyon Park location map .TEM:del:hds RE( LOi CITY OF SANTA CLARI TA (� f{oj J - A ` � 2 4- r �I C6 SCHOOL YARD 0 c) 0 LOS ROUGES DRIVE GUADILAMAR DRIVE Pro � a,• ?"cv s'�,h k0«k-:aV\ ` `MM\NGPpO , 50XV110 •�J 0 � SAHO EA Irr LAWN VIA DABNA LAWN Y �- VIA AVANT L1W PARKINGLOT a TENNIS COURTS ,,,f r• LAWN...i ,fir � j, L,, � ��•. +,.� MILL VALLEY ROAD VALENCJA GLEN PARK w� :.3 N 00,4,LA ',.i ice, i,,,, ✓ �, J �"i r•�-.., 1. f"..' `..i VIA DABNA LAWN Y �- VIA AVANT L1W PARKINGLOT a TENNIS COURTS ,,,f r• LAWN...i ,fir � j, L,, � ��•. +,.� MILL VALLEY ROAD VALENCJA GLEN PARK p .\\\` CANYON COUNTRY PARK:. FR {„ \ ♦; i.,. N.\\ \ 1N ti \ \ \_\.a\\.�V u\ \,i\\\\.\.v\Vw.\.\ \tel\\\\\�6\\ \�\\uU4 \\...\\\\\l 1 GROUND COVER t WALKWAY .• F 1 \ K \� r-, w RECREATION QR:� BUILDING —\ PLAY AREA BASEBALL DIAMOND �� ;'✓ LAWN PARKING LOT �: i'L••,,II 4.� LAWN f� N• i✓ s� ,W V• ti. M Y.' 1 GROUND COVER SOL D D CANYON ROAD LAWN GROUND COVER C' ,y