[0:08] The next item on our agenda. Matters less than

[0:12] a 100 said. Waste Management Board. In motion

[0:19] unless a specific request for review is made by a board member or

[0:22] a member of the public does anyone from the public request. Anything from the.

[0:34] From the board to remove anything from the. Same Is there

[0:41] a motion.

[0:49] For motion is there

[0:49] a 2nd 2nd which has been seconded in favor say aye aye.

[0:58] Here. Is for oral communication time for people just for.

[1:06] Patients matters. To anyone in the public that would like to.

[1:13] Speak to an item that is not. Seen.

[1:20] The next item on our agenda is approved the board calendar for fiscal year 2920

[1:27] which is on page $26.00. Pack.

[1:39] Would you like me to use would you put yes or certainly So each year the board of

[1:44] directors reviews the calendar for the upcoming year just to make sure the other

[1:50] isn't

[1:50] a desire to change the dates the meeting time or even the place so this is just

[1:56] sort of an annual check and if you will but for the calendar in particular we are

[2:01] proposing this here typically we meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month with the

[2:07] exception of August and the summer we are proposing to the board that we also

[2:14] not meet on February. The need to meet as frequently as we have needed to over the

[2:21] last number of years has been reduced because we're getting

[2:24] a lot of the projects moving and sort of out of the way and they're really moving

[2:27] more in-house if you will in terms of we have our directions now and we're working

[2:32] on implementation and so we're bringing policy and budgetary. Questions to the

[2:37] board in addition to projects that may need Board approval and

[2:42] a number of the items that we're handling now or are increasingly being handled

[2:45] in-house because we have that direction that we need for implementation and so in

[2:50] looking at the last few years February medians have

[2:54] a tendency to be pretty light sometimes we've had to cancel them because we just

[2:58] haven't had the items. And the. In addition to after this

[3:05] was put out taking

[3:07] a look at the I don't know for next month's meeting the only 2 items that we have

[3:13] are for the minutes of this meeting and the financials of that is not to say there

[3:19] weren't busy working on projects internally and I'll go over that during my EDI

[3:23] report it's just that there is not

[3:26] a need for the board so what we would be asking the board to do is to approve the

[3:33] calendar as presented and add cancellation of the. Elia love and meeting we're

[3:40] happy to meet if you would like to the other thing I would add is that just as

[3:44] a matter of routine go ahead and save that 2nd Thursday of the month and for some

[3:51] reason we have a need to meet because things do happen. Which simply call

[3:58] a special meeting for that same 2nd Thursday of the month.

[4:05] OK comments from the board. Comments from the public.

[4:15] Entertain

[4:16] a motion to approve counter of. 20192020 with

[4:24] the addition of cancellation of the July. 4th.

[4:36] Correct correct how make a motion of

[4:40] a motion. It

[4:48] was. Paul Bremer say. Cure.

[4:58] Item on the agenda. With order of officers for fiscal year

[5:04] 20192020. Certainly

[5:11] So powers agreement requires that the board appoint the board officers on an annual

[5:15] basis that occurs typically on each fiscal year the term will begin in July and our

[5:21] current share is Michael Sweeney from Ferndale and our vice chair is Frank Wilson

[5:26] from Rio del And so we're simply asking that the board you know open up for

[5:30] discussion amongst yourselves today Turman who you would like to lead the charge

[5:34] for the next year and wish to speak on this topic.

[5:43] I'm open to doing so. One more years mayor of.

[5:51] This one so I should be around.

[5:59] The world about the bush are doing

[6:01] a pretty good job. Other

[6:17] people. For.

[6:25] You know I'm interested in some point being involved but being fairly new to

[6:30] support I'm pretty happy just continue to get more familiar with the board

[6:37] practices and procedures Yeah I feel the same way so happy to keep it the way it is

[6:44] . Say on this topic.

[6:57] For

[6:58] a. New people. Keep

[7:19] I am. As chair of the board and Frank coarseness vice chair.

[7:35] Thank you. Board member report.

[9:04] Frank was saying that. One of the objections to the project has been. There doesn't

[9:11] seem to be

[9:11] a point for decommissioning this. Project if it's built so that something

[9:18] . Potentially for the type of

[9:25] material that it is is probably something that would be pretty easily source

[9:29] recycled so I think people are talking more about the concrete basis.

[9:36] And one thing that might be included in environmental impacts or potentially would

[9:40] be

[9:41] a. Disposal for for the project which case we would be happy to

[9:47] review it if that's included. Lifetime is 30 years that's what their project

[9:56] so in the project could be much good food program. You.

[10:04] Know it would be for their. Own other topics the

[10:11] city of Arcadia is to preserve on banning restricting.

[10:22] The of. The council members. For.

[10:29] Smaller. Banding So those are.

[10:45] Less And let's say we had a presentation at the last council meeting by

[10:51] a feral waste humbled. And they are preparing to enter at the forthcoming

[10:58] Council meeting will be entering into an increment with them that they'll be

[11:03] a creating plans with the city of Eureka. Something I did express at that

[11:10] last meeting as kind of looking beyond.

[11:16] Bags I mean and they're great but also. Have

[11:21] a larger factors and don't waste production like Akon struction waste and things

[11:27] like that and so hopefully

[11:29] a. More systemic challenges. We

[11:36] continue bring those to the forefront.

[11:53] Fisher as they are working on a kind of a P.R.

[11:56] Campaign to friends like video and intricate informational things about how to

[12:03] Erika shift the thinking around purchasing habits and things like that

[12:10] so. Give us

[12:17] a presentation. I'm sure they are happy

[12:24] to can think of your presentation. Yet.

[12:32] This coming. To discuss

[12:39] the crease for recycling which I guess. The market is.

[12:48] Depressed. Because of China.

[12:58] Countries trying to close their doors to waste from. Nations.

[13:07] Ever report. The big question for.

[13:15] You.

[13:22] And. The.

[13:30] Best place to. Talk about.

[13:39] Print of brochure that she put together

[13:42] a. Paper. Paper.

[13:52] Trying to do. Just.

[14:05] Putting in the trash same question to.

[14:17] Future.

[14:25] Directors. Generally kind of straight that's pretty quickly because.

[14:33] In the form of you have

[14:36] a tendency to want to read things 1st but I want to highlight

[14:39] a couple. Of items. That. I

[14:46] was able to make

[14:47] a presentation to both the board of supervisors as well as the city of Ferndale in

[14:51] the last couple of weeks and next week I'll be before the city of Rio del as well

[14:56] as the city of Arcadia moving forward I still haven't heard anything from the lake

[15:03] so. It's not just offered to suffer you just let it go but why not be before you

[15:10] guys is not because I have an offer for. Whatever you guys would like to have me

[15:15] come forward I'm happy to and of course made the presentation already to the city

[15:19] of Eureka. And again if any of you are aware of any groups or organizations that

[15:24] would be interested in receiving

[15:26] a similar presentation or happy to make that happen also. I want to know that.

[15:33] In particular. Internally we are doing

[15:38] a lot of work on our our policies that are becoming for before you so our personnel

[15:43] policies and we're looking at actually without the July meeting perhaps taking

[15:49] a look at the entire handbook they can come to you for some revisions it was last

[15:54] completely overhauled in 2009 there has been specific policy

[16:01] changes periodic League but now wanting to do is take over but most comprehensive

[16:06] look at making sure that everything is going to be consistent and internally

[16:10] consistent also so that will be coming forward in the next couple of months. We are

[16:17] also one of the things the authority was set up in our personnel policies and all

[16:23] the valuations are due in June all of them so. We're busy writing all of the

[16:29] evaluations percent of them to the employees so if that ends up just being

[16:33] a pretty big. Time demand and so one of the one of our proposed actions will be

[16:40] that we're issuing evaluations of the anniversary of hire date that will be make it

[16:44] much more manageable for everybody is working with our employees so one thing

[16:50] that's kind of exciting for if is. First off which implemented the household

[16:57] hazardous waste to 6 days

[16:59] a week and that has been moving forward very well the next component that we're

[17:04] working on with Deirdre and Laurel is to expand our existing reuse program

[17:11] specifically it is for busy pain right now but we're looking at being able to

[17:15] expand it to include use household hazardous. Materials to come in so you know look

[17:22] at like Windex containers that are like 3 quarters full or whatever so if it's in

[17:26] the original container and it's appears to be in good shape and everything else

[17:32] then it's something that we're going to consider so we'll be working with Nancy on

[17:37] making sure that we have all of the. Liabilities that are related to that but it is

[17:42] an expansion of an existing program it's something that

[17:45] a larger number of larger entities have developed over the years and it's

[17:49] a great way to make sure that we're actually using all of that as opposed to having

[17:53] to dispose of it as hazardous waste. They. Are sort of

[18:00] bigger items if you will is we've completed the annual strong water inspection

[18:04] which is done annually. An all star water report for this this year has

[18:11] been completed uploaded to the state of California smart system and

[18:18] will be meeting with

[18:20] a contractor pre-construction meeting for the stormwater perfect projects at the

[18:26] transfer station. Michael you are here.

[18:34] I don't think there are you guys were here. When we did Cummings road burn ash

[18:40] project one of our conditions was that we had 35 years of monitoring for both

[18:47] vegetation addition to bottle removal. We will be undertaking

[18:52] a bottle removal next Monday it will take about a week maybe

[18:57] a city residents that are come up you know as

[18:59] a result of storms or what and this is clearly our 5th and final year of having to

[19:03] do the monitoring and so that's going to be completing the project in its entirety

[19:08] and realize how all of our board members have changed over that time period but

[19:13] it's

[19:13] a significant milestone and it means that is the. Particular project from foe. That

[19:20] piece has been really knife. The other thing that I want to call to your

[19:27] attention that we may need some assistance from all of you is that the chair of the

[19:32] local task force and the chair of the task force is responsible for helping to

[19:37] evaluate and identify regional issues of concerns around Waste Management

[19:44] they are proposing to meet not just the once

[19:47] a year for to actually move it to at least quarterly meetings tentatively we were

[19:53] looking at it chill I'd 12 that they might be kind of moving around little bit

[19:57] because he's having difficulty getting people to confirm their ability to attend

[20:01] those meetings so if all of you could check with your staff to make sure that

[20:08] they realize the importance of this what we're talking about those are always

[20:12] strategies it's really wonderful that all the cities are taking this all and but it

[20:16] was also equally important that you know we be moving forward as

[20:20] a region so that we don't have conflicting messages between our communities because

[20:25] we really want to make sure that you know the general public it's easier for them

[20:30] to understand. And you know how and why and that we're all living together in sort

[20:35] of

[20:35] a uniform manner to see better waste handling if our materials in addition to

[20:42] some of the goals and objectives that we all have I think there's

[20:45] a lot of common ground on that one so that forum is really important so we need to

[20:51] see support of that forum so that what I want to make sure that you're aware of I

[20:57] don't know for certain what they are because like I said it's starting to change

[21:00] between the time this was printed and and today. If you have any questions

[21:06] certainly we're happy to provide information once it becomes available for the

[21:11] local task force chair. Form. From an.

[21:20] I know this is a forum so basically it's

[21:23] a meeting so it's oh OK so. First it's

[21:30] a state mandate every county has to have a local task force to examine these A.B.

[21:35] 939 the integrated waste management. They're supposed to meet at least once

[21:41] a year the membership is comprised of

[21:44] a representative from each city and the county the city manager determines who they

[21:51] attend they will be for each respective city that is correct so.

[21:59] The task force chair has been trying to get people to respond to your

[22:06] availability to attend the meeting and he's had some difficulty in doing that so I

[22:12] let him know that I would. Convey that. To.

[22:22] Absolutely happy too. I would be happy to if the fair interested

[22:28] in attending that meeting would it be wise to mention and to see the Main Tera

[22:35] prospectus a managers so I want to just point out that this is

[22:40] a brother committee it is noticed and the public is encouraged to welcome to attend

[22:49] and that concludes my report.

[22:57] To. Rebuild.

[23:04] The financial Yes So.

[23:10] So. At the coming landfill the

[23:17] way that materials handle from like the 1930 S. Until the late 1960 S.

[23:22] Is that material would come up there it would be open air burden they would just

[23:25] push it down on both sides of the ravine the land fill it up being developed on the

[23:29] north side that incorporated that material and that's when we got the cleanup

[23:34] abatement order because there was this left over debris that straddled property

[23:41] that we owned in addition to the other property that we're calling So we got

[23:44] a choice clean up an abatement order for that cleanup so we went through and over

[23:49] 90000 cubic yards of material was removed it was excavated and placed up into the

[23:55] phase 2 area of the landfill capped and covered but in the meantime as rain events

[24:01] occur or settling continues to occur you know we get little amounts of debris that

[24:07] comes out and. The regional boarded the per They put anything more than 3 inches

[24:13] had to be removed but when the. Regulator came out on for the fight she said I want

[24:19] to see anything over one inch so it gets pretty small so they're going down into

[24:25] the creek bed and so when we get these higher rainfall events scour some of the

[24:31] banks away it does continue to open up just

[24:34] a bottle to bury the contaminated soil that has all been removed the contaminated

[24:40] soil contained heavy metals that was all brought back to native soil we've

[24:46] verified that through pretty extensive to see both random and through laboratory

[24:50] testing so the soil is not the issue it's the inert which are the bottle of little

[24:55] ceramic pieces that may be there and so we're just continuing to clean that up.

[25:03] Also of course it's hard. Or. It's going to be fixed it's 6 days

[25:10] a week now. We're doing it Saturdays. So

[25:17] I'm actually going to stop there for a minute because I have

[25:19] a few different times in my white brain I don't want to confuse anything but I have

[25:23] to come up and just hit the hours and then the award shows to please

[25:35] explain I think rightfully so make sure that he's got there on the file it's open

[25:41] from 8 to 4 on Saturdays and then we're close for lunches from 12 to one and the

[25:46] Monday Friday same thing. So no more night 90 specials so it's $8.00 to $4.00 and

[25:54] it did pick up at 1st we were skating you know there to every business on the 1st

[25:58] Saturday and it would be pretty slow for the last 3 this last weekend to pick up to

[26:02] it it was adorable. They were saying crowds and so we're hoping it's going to

[26:08] equalise are

[26:08] a lot of people have been hearing the ads that I've been reading on the radio

[26:11] saying that our open on Saturdays star the message is getting out.

[26:20] You have to. Yes.

[26:31] Your comments.

[26:41] So much so so. True and true. See you in

[26:48] September the special happens.

Humboldt Waste Management Authority Meeting - 2019-06-13

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