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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.
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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.
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VI. Waste -Free Lunch
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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.
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VIII. Public Comments
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There was no public present at the meeting.
Director Ooten adjourned the meeting at 12:55 p.m.
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