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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 04021991 - EP.3 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORSContra FROM: ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUPERVISOR NANCY FAHDEN, CHAIR °'• �� \✓WIC SUPERVISOR TOM TORLAKSON J co u / DATE: March 12 ,• 1991 SUBJECT: DETERMINATION ON UNCOVERED LOAD SURCHARGE AND ACTIVITIES TO ASSURE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF SURCHARGE SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Accept report and recommendations from the Environmental Affairs Committee implementing the ACME Transfer Station Conditions of Approval 25. 7 and 25. 8 - ; load covering and uncovered load surcharge; 1. Establish the Uncovered Load Surcharge as $10. 00 for all such loads arriving at the ACME Transfer effective June 1, 1991; i 2 . Determine that the goalof the surcharge is to significantly reduce and/or. eliminate any uncovered loads of refuse; finance advertising of the community awareness activities related to the surcharge and to" litter control efforts; finance administration and monitoring costs up to 10% for ACME and to cover County costs of administration/program development, including Sheriff's costs, for litter control. 3 . Direct County Counsel to 'prepare Ordinance amendment to County Ordinance, Division 418 - Refuse, specifically amending Section 418-2 . 003 Vehicle Requirements to require that all vehicles transporting refuse to solid waste disposal or processing facilities be covered and amending Section 418-2 . 010 Chapter Exceptions to accurately reflect correct sections of 418-2 . 010 (see attached draft amendments) . 4 . Direct the Community Development Department to work with ACME Fill Corporation in preparing and implementing the community awareness program which should include, at least, press releases; additional signing along roadways regarding the CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: xx YES SIGNATURE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR_ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) : Fx Supervi r Nancy Fanden, Chair Supervisor Tom Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON April 2 , 1991 ; APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X_ OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A X 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. Orig: Community Development Department (CDD) ATTESTED a. /99/ cc: ACME Fill Corporation (via CDD) PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF County Administrator THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS County Counsel AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Health Services Department Sheriff-Coroner BY AZ� , DEPUTY California Highway Patrol (via CDD) i LPA:vpl ea:surcharg.bo i Uncovered Load Surcharge and Activities to' Assure Community Awareness of Surcharge Continued -- Page Two surcharge; handouts about the surcharge and types of stores from which covering can be obtained for distribution to persons arriving at the Transfer Station with uncovered loads; including, as an insert in collector's billings for April and May, notices regarding he surcharge and State/County litter control codes. I 5. Direct the Community Development Department to coordinate with the California Highway; Patrol and Sheriff's Department periodic scheduling of check points to monitor compliance with State Vehicle Code and County Health and Safety Code litter control requirements and citations. 6. Request ACME -Fill Corporation to monitor and maintain records on the effectiveness of the program and report to the Board in December, 1991 as part of its annual report on implementation. The report regarding ; uncovered loads should include identification of its effectiveness and recommendations on any increases to the amount of the surcharge; and, a. Direct the Community Development Department to advise and work with our cities on this effort to reduce debris/litter. FISCAL IMPACT None to County General Fund. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS The Conditions of Approval for the ACME Transfer Station provide for the imposition of a surcharge on Uncovered Loads of waste brought to the Transfer Station. The Conditions of Approval were . aimed at alleviating/implementing debris and/or litter as well as providing funding for such activities. Additionally, the State Vehicle Code and the County ; Health and Safety Code provide for penalties (fines) for littering. Our Committee's recommendations are based upon review of this matter with County Counsel, ACME Fill Corporation representatives, and Community Development staff. Amendments to County Ordinance Code Division 418 - Refuse, will assure covering of all vehicles transporting refuse to solid waste disposal or processsing facilities throughout the County. All participants concur with the recommendations. LA:vpl ca:surchstg.bo i i i i i i i i i ORDINANCE NO. 91/ (Requirements for Vehicles Transporting Refuse) The Contra Costa County Board of �Supervisors ordains as' follows (omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official test of the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code): SECTION I. SUMMARY. This ordinance amends County Ordinance Code section 418-2.008 to require all vehicles transporting refuse to a solid waste disposal or processing facility to be covered. SECTION II. Section 418-2.008 of the County Ordinance Code is amended, to provide that all vehicles transporting 'refuse to a solid waste disposal or processing facility must be covered, to read: 418-2.008 Vehicle Requirements. (a) Every vehicle transporting refuse to a solid waste disposal or processing facility shall provide a means to cover and contain refuse securely within the vehicle, so:.that no refuse shall escape. (b) Every vehicle used 1n the business of refuse collection shall have painted on the outside of each side wall of the hauling body, in letters not less than four inches high and one inch wide, the following legible information in a color contrasting with the body color: (1) Name of the refuse collector; (2) Permit number issued by, the Board of Supervisors; (3) Number of vehicles, if more than one vehicle is operated by the collector. (c) Collecting vehicles shall be kept clean, and no nuisance of odor committed. (Ord. 91/ § 2: prior code § 4503: Ord. 1443.) SECTION III. Section 418-2.010 of the County Ordinance Code is amended to reflect the appropriate sections of 418-2.008, as newly amended, and to read: 418-2.010 Chapter Exceptions. The provisions of this chapter, except Section 418-2.008(a) and (c), shall not apply to a septic tank-chemical toilet cleaner as defined in Section 413-3.415, having.a valid, urirevoked, unsuspended public health license issued therefor pursuant to the provisions of Article 413-3.8, and to persons collecting: ORDINANCE NO. 91/ (1) Dead animals, bones, or'meat scraps for tallow plants; (2) Waste material, such as!waste paper and waste paper products, to be used as a raw material in manufacturing; (3) Refuse originating on their own premises. (Ord. 82-42 § 2: prior code § 4504: Ord. 1443). i SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30 days after passage, and within 15 days after passage shall be published once with the names of the supervisors voting for and against it in the Contra Costa Times, a newspaper in this County. Passed on by the following vote: i AYES: i NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator i Chairperson of the Board By: Deputy i LTF/LPA:gms EA:Reg4Vehs.ord I I ORDINANCE NO. 91/