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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
and the
ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
JULY 6, 1993
The City Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in an
Adjourned Regular Meeting on Tuesday, July 6, 1993 at 6:30 p. m.,
in the City Council Chambers Conference Room,
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Fasching, Lojeski, Margett and Ciraulo
Councilmember Harbicht (arrived at 6:52 p,m.)
It was MOVED by Councilmember Margett, seconded by Mayor Ciraulo
and CARRIED to EXCUSE the absence of Councilmember Harbicht,
The City Manager requested a Closed Session to discuss the
"Memoranda of Understanding", and at 6:42 p. m. the Council
ENTERED the CLOSED SESSION, adj ourned and RECONVENED the regular
adjourned meeting at 6:52 p.m.
AB 939, the California Integrated Waste Management Act, mandates
a Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) , which requires
cities and counties to develop plans for waste reduction goals
to divert waste from landfills of 25\ by January 1995 (this date
could be extended to 1997), and 50\ by January of the year 2000,
The City baa since joined the San Gabriel Valley Solid Waste -
Joint Powers Authority, to develop and implement the Source
Reduction Element as well as the Household Hazardous Waste
Element. In Kay of 1993 the City Council approved funding for
administration of the City's program and staff was retained.
Staff reported the City has currently attained 8.2\ of the 25\
goal and have developed four (4) programs which will help meet
the 25\ requirement as follows:
1) A cOllllDercial. industrial recycling progr8lll. Several months ago
the Council approved joining with the Cities of Duarte and
Monrovia in a multi-jurisdictional approach for the commercial-
industrial recycling program. Negotiations are currently under
way for the recycling of this type of waste. Staff anticipates
an October 1st implementation of this program.
2) Multi-family-unit recycling. In June, 1993, staff implemented
a pilot program at eight multi-family complexes throughout the
City, Currently these participants recycle aluminum, plastic,
tin, glass and newspaper. To date this program appears to be
successful ". participation is incredibly high, according to
staff A City-wide program could possibly divert approximately
7.1\ of the residential recyclables base,
3) A backyard composting program was explained in detail by
staff. Yard clippings or green waste represents 26\ of the
City's residential refuse stream, Staff displayed an "earth
machine", which was a barrel type bin to be used for mixing
compost from yard clippings, This too could be a pilot program.
Staff noted that they do not expect to direct 100\ of the City's
residential green waste through this program. The cities of
Sierra Madre and Monrovia are also interested in this program and
purchasing the bins together could reduce the cost, staff
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reported, depending on the number of homes involved, At a later
date, staff will request that the City subsidize the pilot
program, which will require the participants to attend a class
on composting, If the pilot program is succ,'ssful, the City
should achieve 2,3% of the total residential r fuse diversion,
Staff added the compost bin has a lock and they ar~ not aware of
any safety problems with this program, This in response to the
City Attorney's question,
4) Staff reported the City's present contract with Newco Waste
Systems for residential refuse collection will expire March 1994,
The City will then go out to bid for this service _ Staff
considers a multi-jurisdictional approach to the residential
service contract could be economically beneficial to the City, I
Staff suggested the Cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Sierra
Madre and Temple City could join together to send out Requests
fur Proposals for a joint residential refuse/recycling program,
The combined population of these communities is approximately
150,000, and staff believes this could be beneficial to a refuse
hauler also, Currently Newco services Duarte, Monrovia and
Arcadia, if Sierra Madre and Temple City could be added to the
RFP package only one administrative process would be required to
achieve a savings for all five cities involved. Staff noted also
they had considered hiring a consultant to represent all five
cities which could result in an unbiased analysis of the refuse
haulers returning the RFP's. The cost for this service would be
shared by all five cities and possibly could be passed on to the
hauler, Staff explained in detail the services they would like
to include in an RFP which would be beyond the basic services,
such as a franchise fee; promotional waste management panels en
each refuse truck; require that the refuse billing be handled by
the City; landfill site commitment, and more. Staff explained
also, the future hauler may be expected to expand the recyclable
materials that are currently collected to include other
materials.
In reference to the closure of the Arcadia County Park, the
objections of the City Council to this possibility will be stated
in a letter to b. prepared for the Mayor's signature. In
particular, Council's position that County revenues received from
the golf course at the park should be used to maintain the rest
of the park, to keep it open. Also Council's position in this
matter will be stated in the next City Newsletter.
Staff reported the City of Monrovia, developer Charles Bluth, and
Mr. Pokrajac are negotiating to move the Bluth water tanks to a
less visible site in Monrovia.
At 7:27 p.m, the Adjourned Regular Meeting ADJOURNED sine die.
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