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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 01051993 - 1.91 RECEIVED it . 0 s"- FFn ? I IQq� CLERK BO'—JE STV - CO y'`r - G-��`� .�Jam✓ �,,�- . �,� _i��:��.��'�� =,� y eta,,. Z�L Kolinsky� ct West it sb Joaquin 9.nCq 945ti5;.2cJ24 Donald & Susan Swartz 91 Estates Drive Orinda, CA 94563 = RECEIVE® December 18, 1992 =BOARS, Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors CLERD OFSUPERVI ;;� CONTRA COSTA CO. 651 Pine Street Martinez, CA 94553 Members of the Board: We are appalled that you expect the citizens of Orinda and Moraga to continue to pay exorbitant rates, the highest in the state, for garbage collection. There seems to be no end to the money grabbing Acme-Browning Ferris to squeeze every possible dime out of their monopoly operation, all because you, the members of the Board, have neglected your responsibilities to the property owners. This monopoly can not be allowed to continue. Other solutions to the disposal problem must be found if we are to prevent a maJor crisis. Previous rate increases have required people to shift from two cans to one and, in some cases, . to stop the garbage collection service altogether. Now, the solution seems to be to share one can with your neighbor and to put the excess in a plastic bag. This will result in reduced income for the company followed by another rate increase. Is this really the way to solve the problem? We think not. It's high time that you address the real issue and work to find an acceptable solution to the problem now, not to continuously expect us to pay for your mistakes. You can expect that we will publish this letter and your reply in the paper. Sigcerely, Donald and Susan artz ell DEC 2 81992 CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA Co. - l �14 v- Ir r � t cwt•. i i George D. Gould 68 Orchard Road Orinda, CA 94563 RECEIVED I�LDEC 1 51992 /,J' c '''I✓y C.O-'4TR 7X4 7- 16-11 r /�'t.�•a. ,.ern-��-�!��ys��j G�"2�c.�. Z'�- .�-�t—,-,� -ell ,�rGi Z4- z4 r, Wallace Dodson 149 Meadow Lane Orinda,CA 94563 r Coy seder wL4� I; t OEC 3 01992 4 Ichabod Lane Orinda, CA 94563 CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS December 28, 1992 CONTRA COSTA CO. Board of Supervisors 651 Pine Martinez, CA 94553 Re: Orinda-Moraga Garbage Disposal Dear Sirs or Madams: We have lived in Orinda for five years and have been substantially burdened by utilities raising their rates on an annual basis. We had no idea that our utilities would be higher simply because of the neighborhood in which we live. Nor would we have ever believed that it would cost us approximately $600 a year to have our garbage picked up. In order to reduce this cost, we decided to reduce our consumption from two cans to one can. Now we understand that the garbage company wants to raise its rates because so many people have done the same thing. When will it end. Utilities are the only companies that can raise their rates because people are not using as much. Not only have we reduced our consumption, we recycle, have a compost pile and shred much of our lawn trimmings. To penalize us for conserving is totally unfair. If changes need to be made, I would think that it would make more sense to reduce the service than to charge higher fees. Perhaps the service to cut out or reduce would be the three annual clean-up pickups. Also, why do seniors in this area get a reduced rate? Isn't their garbage as valuable as ours? Most of the seniors that live in Orinda and Moraga already have substantially reduced monthly expenditures and for them to be charged the same rate as other families would not be unfair. Please quit making the working middle class carry the brunt of this poor economy. By making us pay more for required services, we have little leftover to spend to help stimulate the stagnant economy. Very truly yours, Susan Norton cc: Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Con soder lel L ,RECEIVED DEC 2 9 l FRED B. GEORGE 527 MSBRIDE DRIVE LAFAYETTE, CALIFORNIA 94549 CLERKBOF OARD gORS CONTRA COSTA CO� Q� der Michael Silbergh RECEIVED 121 Tappan Lane — Orinda, California 94563 TO: (510) 2546003 DEC 2 91992 CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA Co. Garbage monopoly rate hikes • All Orinda and Moraga and some Lafayette residents face an increase in our garbage pick up rates,possibly up to 29 percent,in the near.future. Our already high rates are due primarily* to poor planning and delays by our County Board of Supervi- sors.They delayed agreeing on a new garbage disposal site and then agreed to pay Browning Ferris about$76 P C4_f per ton to dispose of our garbage. These organizations i which have a monopoly given to them, by our County P,,- Supervisors have raised the disposal fees by approxi- mately 300 percent in the last 5 years.They have asked for an increase to S90 per ton which was turned down but will probably be back again with another rate in- t crease request. This monopoly could be broken if the County Super- visors would approve a garbage transfer station. Our Orinda Moraga Disposal Service corporation estimates' their disposal fee would drop to about one-half of the fee they now pay if the monopoly could be broken. If enough people write their Board of Supervisors at 651 Pine, Martinez, 94553, maybe they.will approve a i transfer site and a year from now our garbaige�^disposal j costs will go,down instead-of up even more. Wallace Dodson Orinda