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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-07-11 - AGENDA REPORTS - SOLID WASTE STATUS REPORT (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council DATE: July 11, 1990 SUBJECT: SOLID WASTE STATUS REPORT DEPARTMENT: Public Works/" The Integrated Waste Management Act (AB 939—Sher) is landmark legislation which will require many California cities to restructure the methods they use to dispose of solid waste. Santa Clarita is in a positive position to implement AB 939 and achieve its solid waste reduction goals of reducing waste to landfills by 25% by 1995 and 50% by the year 2000. The UCLA study and the Council's action of appointing a Solid Waste Committee has placed our City six to eight months ahead of many cities. Whereas other cities must. start from Source Analysis, we are proceeding with the. implementation process. Staff feels we are ahead of cities who have haphazardly implemented curbside programs and have small participation percentages and must now work toward an ultimate, more effective approach. It is important to understand that recycling is only one of the six components of an integrated solid waste plan, and City staff is actively pursuing each of these components. These components are: 1) Source Reduction 2) Recycling 3) Composting 4) Transformation (Waste to Energy) 5) Landfill 6) Household Hazardous Waste To date, City staff has accomplished the following: 1) Opened negotiations with the three residential refuse haulers who operate in the City with the aim of franchising this service for greater control. We hope to present this item for Council's consideration in August/September of this year. 2) The above negotiations have included the costs of operating a form of curbside recycling programs within the franchise as an option. Staff at this time is not convinced that all curbside programs are the most cost—effective nor a program which would provide the highest recycling percentage. Agenda Item: 2 SOLID WASTE STATUS REPORT July 11, 1990 Page 2 3) UCLA has offered to perform a supplement to the study and conduct another waste analysis to -assure the study's recommendation conform to recent "clean up" legislations passed since AB 939. 4) Schedule interviews for the new position of Solid Waste Coordinator during the month of August. This person will provide full—time efforts toward enforcing the. refuse franchise agreement, implement the provisions of AB 939 and develop a community awareness program for precycling and recycling. To dispel the perceived notion that .the City has not been active with regard to recycling, the attached press announcement was released Monday, June 25, 1990 highlighting City waste management activities. Also attached is a more detailed summary of activities taken by staff and the Integrated Solid Waste Committee's June status report. Attachments GAC:del:hds f If City of Santa Clarita Jo Anne Darcy Mayor Carl Boyer, 3rd Mayor Pro -Tem Jan Heidt Councilmember Jill Klajic Councilmember Howard "Buck' McKeon Councilmember 23920 Valencia Blvd. Phone Suite 300 (805) 259.2489 City of Santa Clarita Fax California 91355 (805) 259.8125 • Contact: Gail Foy at 805/255-4314 •_N I 1• **'1- • B Q o-6 l, • e• , • u With the passage of AB 939, which requires all California cities to divert 25% of its current solid waste from landfills by 1995, and 50% by 2000, cities are working to comply by, among other. things, creating an integrated waste management plan to take them into the new century. By having an integrated waste management study prepared by UCLA, Santa Clarita is six months ahead of many cities who have yet to take any steps in developing an integrated plan. Additionally, UCLA has agreed to provide Santa Clarita with another waste stream analysis for the City, to assist with conforming to clean up legislation for AB 939. Thus far, the Santa Clarita City Council has appointed a Citizens' Advisory Committee, who will be providing comment on the City's plans for conforming with AB 939 totheCity Council. Currently, much is being done by the City of Santa Clarita to comply with AB 939 and create an effective waste reduction and recycling program to take the City into the 21st century. This. work includes the following: coordination with residential refuse haulers to implement a curbside recycling program in conjunction with their current service; analyzing the feasibility and cost of building and siting a Material Recovery Facility (MRF), currently estimated to start at $2 million; the city is also working with the Mine Reclamation Corporation and exploring the possibility of utilizing rail haul in the City's Integrated Waste Plan. -more- Page 2 Additionally, city staff is working with the Envipco Corporation by approving reverse recycling vending machines, (six are currently in the area), with one recently approved for the Von Is Store on _Lyons Avenue; tenative approval has been received by the city from the property owner of the old Alpha Beta Shopping Center to re-establish a recycling drop off center; private business has been approached by the City to collect used motor oil and other toxic substances for recycling and proper disposal; staff is finalizing a new recycling brochure and is working to establish buy-back or drop off centers for ease of utilization; and staff is developing a precycling information program for business and industry. "Our staff is putting a tremendous amount of effort into creating an integrated waste management program that includes recycling, but also addresses the larger aspect of AB 939 — reducing the amount of solid waste going to landfills," explains John Medina, director of public works. "The worst thing we could do right now is to expend large amounts of money and time on a half -way kind of program that would really accomplish very little. our goal is to create a comprehensive, worthwhile program that will provide solid waste reduction to 258, 508 as a long-range goal and beyond, as well as a recycling program for the entire city," he continued. -30- AB 939'AND RECYCLING PROGRESS REPORT The City has been actively pursuing the six components of an integrated waste plan as required by AB 939. City activities and -plans are aimed to implement these mandated programs and assist residents who desire to recycle on their own. These plans and activities include: • The UCLA Study The City acquired consulting services from UCLA on AB 939 and also a waste analysis at no cost to the City. The City of Palmdale recently put out a bid for similar services and selected a consulting firm at a cost of approximately $180,000. Staff believes that comparable services to the UCLA Plan and Waste Analysis could go as high -as $250,000. UCLA has agreed to supplement our study to. assure their recommendations and plan conform to recent "clean up" legislation passed since AB 939 was enacted. • Refuse Franchise Agreements Staff is working with the owners and managers of the local residential refuse companies (Atlas, Blue Barrel and Santa Clarita Disposal) on a franchise agreement. Additionally, staff is working on a separate franchise agreement which would include a curbside recycling program. • Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Staff commenced discussions with Laidlaw Corporation on the possibility of Laidlaw building a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) at their Chiquita facility. Staff is also pursuing the construction of a permanent MRF through another source at another facility. A MRF has the capability of recovering nearly 100% of all recyclable materials including composting. The tipping estimates for processing waste through the proposed Laidlaw MRF is $25.00 per ton. The current gate -tipping rate at Chiquita is $23.50. The cost per ton has a direct impact on a resident's monthly cost. • Rail Haul Staff has met with the Mine Reclamation Corporation and the possibility of utilizing rail haul in the City's Integrated Waste Plan. Staff is also investigating another rail haul project to the Amboy site. • Satellite Recycling Buv-Back and Drop -Off Centers Staff recently approved reverse recycling vending machines (buy-back machines) for the Vons #111 on Lyons Avenue. These machines are made and operated by the Envipco Corporation. This company currently has six locations at supermarkets in the SantaClarita Valley. Staff is encouraging them to place more. AB 939 AND RECYCLING PROGRESS REPORT Page 2 Staff has received tentative permission from Champion Development to reestablish a drop-off center behind the old Alpha Beta located on Lyons. The City Attorney has been requested to draft documents to protect the City and allow the City to use this property as a recycling drop-off center. Blue Barrel Disposal has offered to deposit and pick up the refuse bins at this location. Staff has had discussions with Cal -Coast on the possibility of establishing satellite buy-back centers throughout the City. • Household Hazardous Waste Staff is working with the Martin Pumping Company to establish another used motor oil drop-off center. Staff is also investigating the cost and liability of conducting a scheduled program of motor oil and household hazardous waste round -ups. A rule of thumb for costs show that round -ups cost approximately $100 for each household that participates. The average range of households showing up to County Sanitation District round -ups are between 1,500 and 2,000. • Source Reduction Staff is working with the Solid Waste Committee in developing a "precycling" campaign (source reduction). The City will promote precycling by printing .on reusable and recyclable shopping bags the slogan, "Buy Smart," and lists hints on how to do this. • City Hall Programs Staff is reviewing policies and ordinances of other cities to give preference to companies which use recycled materials in their products. Staff is running an "in-house" recycling program for newspaper, computer paper and aluminum cans. The Parks Division is using products made from recycled plastic. • Business Fair Staff attended a recent exposition for manufactures and vendors of recycled products. Staff will work with the exposition's organizers .to bring many of these -same exhibits to the Business Fair. Our aim is to expose local businesses to recycled products and stimulate the growth of recycled products in the marketplace. AB 939 AND RECYCLING PROGRESS REPORT Page 3 • Near -Term Activities Meet with the ten area supermarket managers to discuss how we might work together on source reduction and recycling. Also request that recycling bins for newspaper and HDP be placed near their stores. Working with the City Parks Department to place newspaper bins at as many parks as possible. Blue Barrel will donate transportation of the bins. Writing two brochures on recycling and source reduction. Working. with Caltrans to use park -n -ride lots as possible recycling drop-off centers. Developing a City map identifying all recycling drop-off and buy-back centers in the Valley. Staff has met with representatives of the Santa Clarita Civic Association and Pride Committee to discuss methods we may work together on regarding source reduction or precycling. DEL:hds -AHv,c- yV-t.A - T► CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT TO: City Council City of Santa Clarita DATE: May 19, 1990 SUBJECT: INTERIM REPORT — JUNE 1990 The Citizens Advisory Committee on Integrated Waste.Management, (Committee) is pleased to submit the following progress report as required by Resolution 89-126 and later amending Resolutions. 1) This report covers the period of time from January 31, 1990 through May 17, 1990. Eight Committee meetings were.held during that period as well as numerous Sub—committee meetings. The Sub—committees are up to three members in size. 2). Two members of the Committee found it necessary to resign because of personal reasons. The Committee requested replacement for those vacancies in February. During the May 10 meeting, the Committee agreed to request the City Council to change the composition of the Committee from eleven members to nine members. The Committee feels it is now too late to readily integrate new members prior to the completion of its current assignment. 3) The Committee heard information presented by Mr. Robert Zapple relative to the Lopez Canyon Landfill and the problems he felt resulted. 4) The Committee heard information presented by Mr. Don Naylor, L.A. County Sanitation District. 5) The Committee received the UCLA report on Waste Management as forwarded from the City Council. This report was extensively reviewed and a report issued to the City Council on May 21, 1990. The overall assessment was favorable. There were some areas of minor concern outlined in the report to the City Council. 6) The Committee received an update on the status of the proposed Elsmere Landfill from Mr. John Medina, Director of Public Works. ., 7) The Committee received the L.A. County Hazardous Waste Management Plan, Volume I. Mr: John Medina provided information on this plan and advised his department was also reviewing on the plan. The Committee reviewed the .plan and has recommended to Staff that the City of Santa Clarita work with L.A. County as allowed by the plan. 8) The Committee received a.draft ordinance from the City of West Covina on commercial hazardous waste reduction plans. The Committee _ recommended that the City of Santa Clarita further investigate this sample ordinance for possible adoption. 9) The Committee received a Staff report on AB 2622 (Easton) and suggested the City support the Bill. However, this support should only be given if all glass containers are included in the Bill and not just beverage bottles. 10) The Sub -committees of this Committee have their reports about 85 percent in the final draft stage. The entire Committee is now in the process of reviewing presentations by each Sub -committee of their respective reports. The final Committee report to the City was targeted for June 1, 1990. The Committee is estimating - the completion of this final report to the City at September, 1990. The Committee has voted to meet each week, rather than twice a month, in an effort to expedite the transmittal of the final report to the City. -2- Gene L.,Green Chairman