Minutes - Board - 2008-12-02COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING
DECEMBER 2, 2008
The Costa Mesa Sanitary District held a Special Meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
December 2, 2008 at 628 W. 19th Street, Costa Mesa.
Directors Present: Art Perry, Arlene Schafer, Bob Ooten, Gary Monahan, James Ferryman
Staff Present: Robin B. Hamers, Manager /District Engineer; Tom Fauth, Assistant
Manager; Joan Revak, Board Secretary/Program Manager /Clerk of the
District; Sherry Kallab, Management Analyst
Others Present: Dean Ruff ridge, Sr. Vice President Solid Waste
Paul Relis,
• CR &R Incorporated
11292 Western Avenue
Stanton, CA 90680
Ken Kanofski, Chief Executive Officer
Charles Munro, General Manager, Strategic Projects
WSN Environmental Solutions
1 Homebush Bay Drive
Rhodes, NSW 2138
President Art Perry called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m. and turned the meeting over
to Mr. Relis of CR &R, Incorporated.
I. Discussion of ArrowBio Technology with CR &R and WSN of Australia
Mr. Relis noted WSN of Australia has been developing the ArrowBio technology for the
past ten years. The technology uses a "wet- sort" method to remove recyclables and
separate the materials, then anaerobic digestion to convert the material to compost while
retaining the gas by- product as an energy source. The dedication of the plant in Sydney
was held in July 2008 and is the first commercial scale plant of its type in the world. WSN
owns and operates Australia's largest and most advanced network of waste recycling and
processing facilities. Mr. Kanofski and Mr. Munro gave a PowerPoint presentation on
ArrowBio technology.
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December 2, 2008
• Mr. Kanofski and Mr. Munro will be making a presentation to the California Waste
Management Board in Sacramento as part of their effort to have the proposed CR &R plant
with this technology approved for construction in Perris, California.
Mr. Relis and the CMSD Board discussed the opportunity to have the CMSD residual
waste from the CR &R plant in Stanton, California, further processed at the proposed plant
in Perris. The resulting diversion rate would be approximately 85 %.
Mr. Relis stated he and Mr. Ruff ridge will be informing the District of the progress of the
planning stages for the proposed plant and look forward to another meeting to garner
interest from the District.
IV. Public Comments
No members of the public were present.
ADJOURNMENT
President Perry adjourned the meeting at 3:28 p.m.
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