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TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE n 'y
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DATE:
September 11, 1989 �• � _ .-�~
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SUBJECT: REPORT RECOMMENDING REVISED ASSIGNMENTS OF ACTIONS IN REGARD
TO THE REPORT ON PLASTICS IN THE WASTESTREAM
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Agree to allow the Community Development Director and Purchasing Agent until October 23, 1989 to complete
work on Recommendations # 22 and # 23 in,the Board's Order of July 18, 1989 regarding plastics in the
wastestream.
2. Refer to the Plastics Recycling Task Force created by the Board of Supervisors on August 15, 1989
Recommendation#10 from the Board's Order of June 6, 1989 regarding plastics in the wastestream and request
the Task Force and the Community Development Director to make a report to our Committee on this subject
December 11, 1989.
BACKGROUND:
On June 6, 1989 the Board of Supervisors directed the Community Development Director to conduct an in-depth
study as outlined by the Solid Waste Commission to determine methods and actions that the County can use to
stimulate the development and expansion of manufacturing plants that use waste plastics and other secondary
materials in their products and forward his report to the Solid Waste Commission by September 30, 1989.
In addition, on July 18, 1989, the Board of Supervisors asked the Purchasing Agent to consider an addendum on
purchase orders that requests vendors to use the minimum amount of packing material which will transport and
deliver the product safely and consider imposing a 2% penalty on the use of loose expanded polystyrene pellets as
a packing material and report his recommendations to our Committee by September 1, 1989.
Finally, on July 18, 1989 the Board of Supervisors directed the Community Development Director and the
Purchasing Agent to develop guidelines for the purchase of products made with recycled plastic and other secondary
materials. Community Development and the Purchasing Agent were asked to report their findings and
recommendations to our Committee by September 1, 1989.
Continued on attachment: YES Signature:
Reco mendati f ounty dministrator Recommendation of Board Committee
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Signature(s): TOM POWERS SUNNE WRIGHT MC PEAK
Action of Boar on: September 19, 1989 Approved as Recommended x Other
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
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Director of Community Development Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
Purchasing Agent(Director of General Services)
Purchasing Services Manager of Supervisors and County Administrator
Solid Waste Commission 1 Q
Sheila Cogan,Resource Recovery Coordinator By OLa.A-%At , 4 , Deputy Clerk
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Community Development Department staff have asked for more time to complete these assignments and have also
asked that the in-depth study on methods and actions that the County can use to stimulate the development and
expansion of manufacturing plants that use waste plastics and other secondary materials in their products be referred
to the newly formed Plastics Recycling Task Force and that they be given more time in which to complete their review
of the report.
We agree that the additional time which has been requested and the referral to the Task Force are appropriate. As
a result we are making the above recommendations.
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