HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12081992 - 1.83 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - Contra
FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON - Costa
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT County
DATE: DECEMBER 8, 1992
SUBJECT: AGREEMENT TO PROCESS THE CITY OF EL CERRITO'S OFFICE PAPER AND
RECYCLING OF CHRISTMAS TREES FOR VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE UNINCORPORATED
AREA
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Authorize the Community Development Department and General Services
Department to establish an agreement with the City of El Cerrito
Recycling to cooperatively market recycled office paper.
Authorize the County to Hold Harmless the City of E1 Cerrito for
the use of their chipper by County Workfare crews during the month
of January, for the chipping of Christmas trees at the El Cerrito
Recycling Center.
Authorize the Byron's Boys Ranch to accept Christmas trees for
chipping into mulch by County Workfare crews during the month of
January.
FISCAL IMPACT
None to the General Fund.
The costs for processing the recycled paper will be recovered from
the sale of the material once it has been sorted. The cost for
supervising the sorting and baling of the paper received from the
City of E1 Cerrito will be deducted from its sale price. A 1%
surcharge on the sale of the paper will also be included. This is
part of an already budgeted program.
The costs for staffing the chipping program will come from the
litter control program.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATU
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) :
ACTION OF BOARD ON 2.A-PPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Julie Fisher (510/646-4198) ATTESTED
cc: Community Development Department (CDD) PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
General Services Department THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
City of El Cerrito (via CDD) AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Byron Boys' Ranch (via CDD)
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Agreement to Process the City of E1 Cerrito's
Office Paper and Recycling of Christmas Trees
for Various Portions of the Unincorporated Area
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BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
The City of E1 Cerrito has asked the County to process the paper
that they receive through their recycling programs. They would
deliver the paper to the new County Government Recycling Center on
Glacier Drive, where it would be sorted by Workfare and Work
Alternative workers. The costs of supervising the sorting, baling,
loading, etc. would be deducted from the sale of the paper. A 1%
overhead will also be credited to the County. This program would
provide additional work for the expanded Workfare crews that the
County expects to assign to the Center.
The Christmas tree chipping program will be performed by the County
roadside litter crews. Providing locations where Christmas trees
can be dropped off for recycling will prevent trees from being
discarded on roadsides, where they present a large litter problem.
Every year, the County collects a large number of trees from
roadsides, which must then be taken to landfills for disposal.
This program will save landfill space, reduce the tipping fees paid
for disposal, generate mulch, and provide work experience for
Workfare crews. The trees in El Cerrito will be chipped using the
City's chipper. County equipment will be used at Byron Boy's
Ranch.
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