DATE: September 10, 2015
TO: Council Sustainability Committee
FROM: Director of Utilities and Environmental Services
SUBJECT
Title
Public Litter Containers - Revised Locations for New Containers throughout City
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Committee reviews and comments on this report.
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SUMMARY
Based on the Committee's direction at the June 18, 2015 meeting, staff revised the placement plan for new public receptacles to locate more of them in commercial areas outside of the downtown.
BACKGROUND
As part of the City's contract with Waste Management that took effect March 1, 2015, the City has received 20 new pairs of Bigbelly trash/recycling receptacles and 50 new exposed aggregate containers. On June 18, 2015 (http://www.hayward-ca.gov/CITY-GOVERNMENT/COUNCIL-STANDING-COMMITTEES/COUNCIL-SUSTAINABILITY-COMMITTEE/2015/CSC-CCSC061815full.pdf ), staff presented a map showing locations of the 280 existing containers and proposed locations for 15 of the new Bigbellies and 22 of the new exposed aggregate containers.
During and after the June 18 meeting, Committee members commented that containers should be more widely distributed throughout the City's commercial areas and not concentrated in downtown. Specifically, containers were suggested for:
* Industrial Boulevard between Mission and the BART tracks
* Mission Boulevard - entire length. More specifically, the east side between Arrowhead Lane and Industrial Boulevard, the "par course" area, and the area surrounding the Fairway Park shopping center
* Tennyson Road - entire length
* Shopping centers - all of them (within a half-block in each direction)
* Fast food restaurants and convenience stores (within a half-block in each direction)
* Vacant lots (In the right of way fronting or near vacant lots)
DISCUSSION
In response to input from the Committee and community members, staff added 19 more proposed expose...
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