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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04191988 - IO.1 TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM• Cwtra INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE DATE. April 11, . 1988 J SUBJECT: Program for stronger Litter . Control SPECIFIC REQUESTS) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AMID JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Pursue as a part of 'the Board' s 1988 or 1989 Legislative Program legislation which will permit the Court to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of a .failure to appear or failure to pay , fine on littering violations so DMV will withhold renewal of .a driver' s license until the citation or fine is resolved. 2 . Request County Counsel to . advise our Committee May 9 at 8:30 A.M. on what the licensing requirements are for people who 'Are in the business of. hauling garbage, including what the penalties are for* violating State law or, County ordinances in this regard. i 3. Request the Sheriff to report to our Committee May 9 at 8:30 A.M. on what enforcement has. taken place against those who are in the 'business of hauling garbage, but are not licensed for this activity in the unincorporated area of the County. 4 ._ Request the. . County Administrator to consider fixing responsibility . for litter control and enforcement activities in . a single department and report his recommendations to our Committee May 9 at 8:30 A.M. 5 . Request the .County 'Administrator to prepare a proposal which the Board of Supervisors can make to the Municipal Court Judges Association for a special program on litter enforcement and return a proposal along these lines to our Committee on May 9 at 8:30 A.M. 6 . Request the Sheriff ,to report to our Committee May 9 at 8:30 A.M. how many of the reports of littering he receives result in a referral to the District Attorney for prosecution. 7 . Request the County Administrator to obtain from the Municipal Court• . Administrator data on ' the number of convictions for littering which have occurred in the County CONTINUED ON .ATTACHMENT: YES' - SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION _OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ` RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE X APPROVE OTHER -�� - SIGNATURE(S): Sunne W. P1cPeak p Tom Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON April 19, 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT IV , AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ` AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: County Administrator ATTESTED ......... -- Sherl ff-Coroner PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Count, Counsel SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Health Services Director Municipal Court Administrator General Services Director BY ,DEPUTY M382/7-83 Board Members Page. 2 7 . (continued). recently and what level of fines have been imposed on those who are convicted, and report this data to our Committee on May 9 at 8:30 N.M. 8 . Request the County Administrator to write to the Police Chief of each city and town in the County asking for data on the number of reports of littering they receive, how many citations are issued, how many reports are investigated, how / many cases are referred to the District Attorney for investigation, and what- recommendations the Chief would have for how littering laws could be strengthened and report the responses , to our Committee May 9 at 8:30 A.M. 9: Request the Health Services Director, based on the report he made recently to the Board of Supervisors, to report to our `Committee May 9 at 8:30 A.M. ,on what enforcement is. made of the County' s ordinance which requires that every household in the unincorporated area of the County subscribe to ..garbage collection service, with specified exceptions. In particular, we wish to know whether the Health Services Department is aware -of which households do not subscribe to garbage collection service and what action is taken against those households. 10 . Ask the General Services Director to have the foremen of the Work Test Crews present at our Committee meeting on May 9 at 8:30 A.M. to share with us their view of the . nature and severity of the littering problem in the County. We are particularly interested in their view as to whether the bulk of the problem is such waste as paper, bottles and cans, or whether the . bulk of the problem consists of abandoned vehicles, furniture and appliances. \ 11 . Ask the County Counsel to review the issue of who is responsible for the proper. disposal of garbage when the person who generated the garbage claims to have hired someone to dispose of the garbage. Weare interested in how we can hold the original generator responsible for the proper disposal of garbage, particularly where the generator has hired someone to dispose of the garbage, but does not do so in a responsible manner. We would like at least a preliminary report on May 9 at 8:30 A.M. on what can be done either with existing law or with proposed changes in State law. to hold the original generator of garbage responsible for its ultimate proper disposal. 12 . Request the County Administrator to invite each Supervisor's staff to attend our next meeting on this subject May 9 at 8.:30 A.M. since we believe this is an issue on which all Board members receive many complaint calls. BACKGROUND: On March 15., 1988, the Board of Supervisors referred to our Committee, on the recommendation of Supervisor Torlakson, several suggestions for action in, an effort to' . address the critical -problem of littering, particularly on rural County roads. We met with Assistant Sheriff Warren Rupf, Deputy County Counsel Lillian Fujii, and Assistant, 'Community Development Director David Okita, on April 11, 1988 . We reviewed reports from the Sheriff dated April 6 , from Ms. . Fujii dated April 6, and from Municipal Court Administrator Roy Chiesa dated March 30, 1988. From these Page 3 reports we have determined that we need additional information on the . nature and' extent of the littering problem, exactly what enforcement tools we have available currently and what efforts are being made to . use them, where there may be gaps in our laws and ordinances which need. attention, and* where more stringent enforcement of existing laws might be a more effective .deterrent to 'littering. As a result, we have made the above recommendations requesting additional data. and input from staff on . this issue. We have agreed to - meet again .May 9 at 8 : 30 A.M. to review this issue further and- attempt to formulate a package of implementation steps we can. recommend- to the Board of Supervisors.