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Minutes - Recycling - 2010-01-251 7_� COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT MINUTES OF RECYCLING COMMITTEE MEETING January 25, 2010 The Costa Mesa Sanitary District Recycling Committee met at 12:00 p.m. at 628 W. 19th Street, Costa Mesa. Directors Present: Robert Ooten and Jim Ferryman Staff Present: Tom Fauth, Teresa Gonzalez, AJ Cully Others Present: Trisha Throop, Community Relations Recycling. Coordinator CR &R Director Ooten called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. 0 I. Recycling Committee Goals for 2009 -2010 Staff reviewed the Recycling Committee Goals for 2009 -2010 with no recommended changes. The Board of Directors will consider "Recycling Goals" at the Strategic Planning session in 2010. Il. Orange County Waste and Recycling Sub - Regional Meetings and Grant Program The Recycling Coordinators meeting held on January 21, 2009 was attended by Jocelyn Schamber of the City of Costa Mesa and Trisha Troop of CR &R. Ms. Troop reported that at the meeting information about the new Waste Free OC was provided. Waste Free OC is a public education and outreach campaign sponsored by the County of Orange. The purpose of the campaign is to save room in local landfills by providing suggestions and local resources on waste reduction, reuse and recycling. Information can be obtained at the newly launched website www.wastefreeoc.org. Also at the meeting, information was provided for a 2011 exhibition at the Discovery Science Center that will focus on a trash sorting exhibition. With regard to the 2007 -08 Grant, Mr. Fauth informed the Committee that he is working on preparing and submitting the December '09 OC Waste & Recycling Quarterly Grant Status Report due by the end of January. Mr. Fauth reported that a check from the County in the amount of $142,256 was received for the 2008 -09 Grant. This is a cooperative grant for the Costa Mesa Sanitary District, the City of Costa Mesa and the City of Huntington Beach. Protecting our community's health by providing solid waste and sewer collection services. www.cnudcagov • Costa Mesa Sanitary District Minutes of Recycling Committee Meeting January 25, 2010 Page 2 The funds are intended for public outreach, education, composting, and vermicomposting, and to provide earth machines for local schools. A large portion of the funds will go toward purchasing of the earth machines for local schools and a portion of the grant will fund presentations at the schools by Pat McNelly. The school presentations are being planned as mass presentations and the consultant, Pat McNelly, is working on developing strategies to ensure sustainability of the earth machines at the schools. IV. 2009 Telephone Book Recycling Program Ms. Revak provided the final report on the 2009 Telephone Book Recycling Program and the Weekly Collection Data 2009 chart. All 20 participating schools met the 1/2 book per student requirement and therefore, qualify for a participation award of $300. Staff also recommends a grand prize award in the amount of $400 to one school in each category, elementary, middle and high school and those schools are Kline Elementary, TeWinkle Middle School and Estancia High School. An extra award in the amount of $500 is recommended for schools collecting 10 -20 lbs. per student (St. John the Baptist) and an Exceptional Effort award of $800 to schools collecting over 20 lbs. per student (Harper Preschool Center, Kline School and St. Joachim School). Ms. Revak also provided charts related to the school program that originated in 1996 along with a history of the program through 2009. Both Director Ooten and Director Ferryman were very pleased with the schools' participation and commented that the modifications to the program have put the Telephone Book Recycling Program back on track. Board approval of the Awards will be requested at the regular January 28, 2010 meeting. V. Greeting Card Program with St. Jude's Ranch Mr. Fauth gave a brief history of the District's past participation in the Greeting Card Program. The District participated in the Greeting Card Program about five years ago but stopped the program when informed by St. Jude's Ranch that they were inundated with cards and did not have the need for the District to continue providing cards. St Jude's Ranch has informed the District that they have resumed the program and will accept cards through February 28, 2010 and will start accepting them once again in November 2010. Collection of greeting cards in the past was achieved by placement of collection boxes at different locations such as at City Hall, Senior Center and several fire stations. The greeting cards were bundled and mailed to St. Jude's Ranch with postage paid by the District. The decision to participate in this program will be revisited in the Fall, before St. Jude's Ranch collection cycle begins. Protecting our community's health by providing soCul waste and sewer collection services. www.crosdcagov • • VI. Waste -Free Lunch Costa Mesa Sanitary District Minutes of Recycling Committee Meeting January 25, 2010 Page 3 Ms. Cully reported on the three "Waste Free Lunch Day' presentations given to Davis Magnet School on January 5, 2010. The students were very enthusiastic and the school is very committed to improving the environment due to its active participation in the "Green up our Schools Program ". It was observed that a large number of students purchase school lunches and therefore, it is difficult for those students to control their personal level of waste. To encourage full participation recommendations were made to the school principal. Staff is scheduled to return to the school on January 26th to conclude the "Waste Free Lunch Day'. VII. CR &R Report on Other Agencies Recycling Programs Ms. Troop of CR &R requested District Staff to approve the brochures prepared for CMSD residents and to provide a tentative date for mailing. A couple of changes were requested which were, to include the large item pickup dates and to remove the street address of the Orange Coast College Recycling Center. The mailing date was agreed to be during the week of May 3rd Ms. Troop reported on the Christmas tree collection running from December 28, 2009 through January 15, 2010. Information and collection dates were advertised in the City's quarterly newsletter "One Person's Trash ". According to Mr. Fauth the collection period was extended from two weeks to three weeks as a result of CR &R's annual evaluation and its extension was documented in the annual evaluation as well. The extension caused some confusion with CR &R's operations team, as they were not made aware of the one week extension. Ms. Troop and Director Ferryman recommended additional coordination between the District and CR &R for next year's Christmas tree collection. VIII. Report on Other CMSD Recycling Programs Mr. Fauth reported that the City of Costa Mesa Code Enforcement Officers have begun placing hanging notices on containers notifying residents of the rules on removing containers from public view in a timely manner. About two hundred notices have been disbursed by the Code Enforcement Officers. Mr. Fauth reported that only one negative response has been received from a resident disliking the notice on his trash container. Mr. Fauth provided a copy of the City's newsletter "One Person's Trash ". The newsletter included several District articles. A lot of interest has been received from the community and residents regarding the composting and vermicomposting article. Mr. Fauth also provided information that stated that legislation for the push to charge for shopping bags has been shelved and an invitation to the San Diego Zero Waste Conference. No plans for attendance to the conference were made. Protecting our community's heafth by providing soCuf waste and sewer co&tion services. www.crosdcagov • 0 VIII. Public Comments Costa Mesa Sanitary District Minutes of Recycling Committee Meeting January 25, 2010 Page 4 There was no public present at the meeting. Director Ooten adjourned the meeting at 12:55 p.m. Sec etaty `: President Protecting our community's health by providing soUd waste and sewer collection services. www.crosdcagov