Minutes - Board - 1999-08-10• COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
Minutes of the Board of Directors Special Meeting Held August 10, 1999
The Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District attended a meeting of the
Costa Mesa Sanitary District Recycling Committee at 9:00 a.m. in conference room
1A at the Civic Center, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.
Directors Present: Dan Worthington, Art Perry
Staff Present: Rob Harriers, Lois Thompson, Joan Revak, Ron Hayes
Household Hazardous Waste Program
New Agreement to Expand Services
Ms. Thompson informed the Committee of a new agreement to expand services with
Curbside, Inc. to be presented to the Board of Directors at the regular meeting on
• August 12, 1999. Currently the rate per stop is $65.00 and will be increased to
$95.00 per stop. Ms. Thompson reported there is sufficient money in the budget to
accommodate the increase. The new agreement has been reviewed by Alan Burns,
Attorney for the District. More aggressive advertising for the program is planned for
this year.
1999 -00 Household Hazardous Waste Grant (Seventh Cycle)
Ms. Thompson advised the Committee that a competitive grant offered by the State
of California was awarded to the District. The award of $20,000 will pay for half of
the pick up charge for senior citizens and disabled residents. A formalized
agreement with the State will be presented to the Board for approval at the regular
Board meeting of August 12, 1999.
Addendum to Agreement with Curbside, Inc.
An addendum to the Agreement with Curbside, Inc. which details ownership of all
drawings, design plans, specifications, notebooks, tracings, photographs, negatives,
reports, findings, recommendations, etc., as required by the California Integrated
Waste Management Board in awarding the grant, was presented and Board
is approval will be requested at the August 12, 1999 meeting.
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Minutes of the Board of Directors Special Meeting August 10, 1999
• Large Item Collection Program
At the end of the eighth week of the large item collection program, 324 tons have
been collected, 57 tons have been recycled and the net cost of the program is
$5,400. The cost is 19% higher than last year at this time. The entire program cost
in 1998 was $6,500 and this year's program may run over the $7,000 budgeted for
this item.
District Newsletter Topics
Ms. Thompson informed the Committee a Fall newsletter will be published. An item
of significance will be the District's compliance in "Reaching 50W with an emphasis
on the many special programs offered by the District. Another topic to be accented
will be the trash schedule for the Christmas and New Year's holidays as they fall on
Saturday. Staff received an exorbitant number of telephone calls re the 4`" of July
holiday because of confusion by residents over the trash collection schedule.
Broadcast Opportunity - Costa Mesa Television - Channel 74
Mr. Harriers presented a letter received from the City of Costa Mesa extending an
invitation to the District to broadcast video tapes that would be of interest to the
community. Costa Mesa Television - Channel 74 is the City's Municipal Access
Channel, providing the citizens of Costa Mesa with governmental, informational and
special interest programming. Approximately 27,000 homes in Costa Mesa receive
CMTV 74. The Committee agreed it would be a good idea to take advantage of the
broadcast opportunity provided staff has availability. Ms. Thompson reported staff
has a copy of a video tape recorded by CR Transfer on their recycling and MRF
facility that could be reworked with Costa Mesa information and broadcast.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 a.m.
No action was taken by the Board of Directors of the Costa Mesa Sanitary District.
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