HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03032015 - D.7RECOMMENDATION(S):
RECEIVE update from the County’s Stormwater Manager regarding efforts and costs to comply with the mandated
70% reduction in trash entering the storm drain network by 2017; and
ADVISE staff regarding next set of actions to take.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Current costs to reduce litter throughout the unincorporated County exceed $500,000 per year. These costs are
expected to rise in order to achieve 70% reduction in 2017. County contractors will need to expand on-land cleanups
and County staff will need to spend additional time to develop volunteer litter abatement programs. Once volunteer
cleanup programs become established, costs will begin to drop as volunteer activities replace contractor conducted
on-land cleanups. After volunteer programs are fully implemented, base costs for overall trash reduction activities,
will be difficult to estimate, but will likely be at least $250,000 per year to coordinate volunteer efforts, assess
effectiveness of trash reduction strategies, and conduct other trash related activities.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 03/03/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Cece Sellgren (925)
313-2296
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 3, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: C. Sellgren, Flood Control, C. Windham, Flood Control
D. 7
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:March 3, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Long-Term Trash Reduction Plan, Countywide. (100% Stormwater Utility Assessment District 17 Funds) Project No.
7517-6W7078
BACKGROUND:
In 2009, the San Francisco Water Quality Control Board (Waterboard) issued a Bay Area wide NPDES (National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) stormwater permit, called the Municipal Regional Permit (MRP), to
Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara Countywide Stormwater Programs, as well as the cities of
Fairfield, Suisun, and Vallejo in Solano County. In 2010, the Central Valley Waterboard issued a nearly identical
permit for the eastern portion of Contra Costa County. Within both permits was a new requirement to reduce the
amount of litter and trash from entering local streams, the Delta, and the Bay by 40% by 2014, 70% by 2017, and
100% by 2022.
Contra Costa County prepared a Short-Term Trash Reduction Plan in 2012 and a Long-Term Trash Reduction
Plan in February 2014. Although the plan met the requirements of the Regional Boards, the County Watershed
Program is revising the plan to obtain community input and better cost estimates to implement. This revised plan
will be submitted to the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee and the Board of Supervisors later
this year for approval.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to implement the trash reduction plan will result in violations of the County’s NPDES Permits, potential
fines from the Regional Waterboards, and possible third party lawsuits for failure to comply with the Clean Water
Act and the Porter Cologne Water Quality Act.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENTS
BOS Trash Update
March 3, 2015
Cece Sellgren
Stormwater Manager
PresentationOutline
Review trash as a water pollutant
Review achievement of 40% trash reduction
& response by SF Waterboard
Review costs to implement trash reduction
strategies
Look forward to next steps
Trash as a water pollutant
Great garbage patches in every ocean
Regulated as by US EPA and State Waterboards
Must achieve
40 % by 2014
70% by 2017
100% by 2022
Failure can lead to
Fines - $10,000/day + $25/gallon of polluted water
Third party lawsuits
Long Term Trash Reduction Plan
Bay Point
North Richmond
Unincorporated Richmond
Rodeo
County Achieves 42%
Trash Reduction!
27 % through on-land clean-ups
o Adopt a Road volunteers
o Contract with firm for 2x/week trash pick-ups
o 9 % through in stream- clean-ups
o Volunteer clean-ups
o Homeless abatement in Flood Control District
stream facilities in unincorporated County
o 4 %through full trash capture devices
o 2 % for outreach and education efforts
FY 13-14 Trash Reduction Relative
Contributions by Community
Countywide Trash Reduction Efforts
Alamo, Blackhawk, and
Diablo (ADB)
Bay Point (BPT)
El Sobrante (ESB)
Unincorporated Martinez
(MPN)
North Richmond (NRM)
Rodeo (ROD)
Unincorporated Richmond
(RPN)
Rural Areas
Cost of on-land Clean-up
for 6 month period (3-14 to 9-14)
$-
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$40,000.00
$50,000.00
$60,000.00
$70,000.00
$80,000.00
$90,000.00
Bay Point North Richmond Rodeo Richmond
(Unincorporated)
Rural Roads
Staff Costs
Contractor Costs
Annual costs of on-land clean-up
if we maintain
litter pick-up frequency
Community
# of Clean-ups
per year Amount
Bay Point 20 $ 91,000.00
North Richmond 20 $ 103,000.00
Rodeo 10 $ 45,000.00
Richmond (Unincorporated) 10 $ 40,000.00
Rural Roads 36 $ 143,000.00
Staff time (planning & assessments)$ 15,000.00
Annual Cost $ 437,000.00
SF Waterboard Dissatisfied
Ignored most volunteer efforts
Didn’t count trash reduction that failed to change trash
load category
Ignored all in-stream cleanups
Ignored most outreach & education efforts
County discounted to 30% Trash Reduction
“Mitigated Non-Compliance”
Threat of Notice of Violation
Coordination between
County Departments
PWD
County Watershed Program
Maintenance Division
DCD
Solid Waste Division
Building Inspection Division
Health Services -Environmental Health Division
Sheriff Department – Quality of Life Police Units
Important Issues to Address
Rural vs Urban Areas
Shifting from “maid service” to “self service” to “no
need for service”
Challenges of hiring local youth
More Trash Capture Devices?
North Richmond
Rodeo
Double Street Sweeping in Commercial Zones
In High & Medium trash areas
Meaningful Community Outreach
With measurable results
Initial Trash Rates for Unincorporated County
Proposed New Trash Rates
Questions???
Cece Sellgren
Stormwater Manager
925-313-2296
csell@pw.cccounty.us