[Chat] Fwd: ONE Plus ONE Legislation

Mon May 4 13:51:28 EDT 2009

Don't forget that there is a meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Barclay Rec 
Center for those who wish to comment on the One Plus One proposed 
legislation, and that CVCBD will be selling recycling bins, cans and 
lids for the cans.

As one who now accumulates a lot of recyclables in a 2 week period (and 
even more when, as currently, there is a 3 week period between recycling 
collections), I personally definitely favor the proposed ordinance.  The 
one problem I saw with the original proposal (that while you would now 
be allowed to put your trash out in the alley the night before, you 
would still be required to bring in the trash can immediately after 
trash collection), and which I commented about to Mary Pat Clarke, has 
apparently been fixed by an amendment.

Steve.

marypatclarke at lists.baltimorecity.gov wrote:
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> *A Message from **Mary Pat Clarke***
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> *14^th District*
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> *Baltimore** City Council*
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> *//*
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> *Legislative Update, Baltimore City Council*
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> * *
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> *"One Plus One" Collection Program (City Council Bill 09-284)*
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> *Scheduled for Judiciary Committee Vote*
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> *On Tuesday, May 12, 2009    *
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> * *
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> In response to citizen emails, phone calls and Council District 
> meetings throughout the City, the City Council's Judiciary and 
> Legislative Investigations Committee conducted a 5-hour work session 
> on April 21 on "One Plus One" (Bill 09-284) and approved a number of 
> amendments.
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> Including amendments adopted at that work session, the 
> Administration's "One Plus One" (Bill 09-284) now provides the 
> following:  
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> *          *
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> *REQUIRES CITY TO PROVIDE ONE MIXED REFUSE COLLECTION PER WEEK.*
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> Limits the quantity to 96 gallons per week.**
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> Requires that mixed waste/trash receptacles:
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> BE made of metal or some other durable material;
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> BE watertight, with tight-fitting covers and handles, AND
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> HAVE A CAPACITY OF NOT MORE THAN 32 GALLONS [each].
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> * *
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> Requires that mixed refuse receptacles be placed out no later than 
> 6:00am on the day of collection.
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> Allows receptacles to be placed out (with lids secure) after 6:00pm on 
> the day before collection.
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> Requires that receptacles be returned to the premises no later than 
> 6:00am the day after collection.
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> * *
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> *REQUIRES CITY TO PROVIDE ONE RECYCLING COLLECTION PER WEEK.*
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> Permits an UNLIMITED VOLUME of recyclables per week.
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> Does not specify type of containers, just that recyclables be kept 
> separate from mixed waste/trash.
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> Does not require lids.
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> Describes recyclables as minimally including:
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> (1)   NON-FOOD-CONTAMINATED PAPER AND CARDBOARD;
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> (2)   EMPTIED FOOD CONTAINERS MADE OF ALUMINUM, STEEL, OR TIN;
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> (3)   BOTTLES AND JARS MADE OF CLEAR-, BROWN-, OR GREEN-COLORED GLASS; AND
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> (4)   APPROPRIATE GRADES OF PLASTIC BOTTLES AND JARS.
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> * *
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> *REQUIRES CITY TO COLLECT UNLIMITED QUANTITY OF YARD WASTE, IF 
> BUNDLED/BAGGED AND CONTAINED SEPARATELY FROM MIXED REFUSE.  *
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> * *
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> In other words, if we put loose yard waste or bagged yard waste into 
> mixed refuse/trash containers, that's fine --- but it counts toward 
> the weekly 96 gallon mixed waste maximum, Bagged and separated yard 
> waste has an unlimited maximum. The City prefers clear bags, so 
> workers can see that it's yard waste --- but NOT required.**
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> * *
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> By amendment, Yard Waste includes grass clippings, plants and weeds, 
> shrub trimmings --- BUT PROHIBITS soil/ street dirt, tree trunks, or 
> tree branches more than 4" in diameter or 3-feet in length.
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> *ADDED PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDED BILL 09-284*
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> *1)    **CONDOMINIUMS & CO-OPERATIVES, as in present law, MAY EXCEED 
> 96 GALLON LIMIT for MIXED REFUSE. *Same waiver process as now in 
> place. As currently, eligibility for public collection services 
> requires that a majority of units are owner-occupied as a principal 
> residence. (Please see page 9 of the attached reprint.*)*
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> *2)    **SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS are eligible for waivers to a maximum 
> of 160 gallons of mixed refuse a week ---* but only if they can prove 
> an inability to meet such limitations, including through unlimited 
> recycling options.**
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> * *
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> *OUTSTANDING ISSUES*
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> The landlords, whether "absentee" or owner-occupants of one unit in a 
> small multifamily property, have traditionally received City 
> collection services */as long as the property, with all its residents, 
> has not exceeded the City's current mixed refuse maximum per property 
> of 80 gallons x 2 collections = 160 gallons of mixed refuse per week.  /*
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> */ /*
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> Under the new one-pick-up-per-week, at a 96 gallon maximum of mixed 
> refuse, these investors fear that their tenants will exceed the new 
> maximum mixed refuse limits --- and that they, who pay property taxes, 
> will be forced to engage private mixed trash haulers, an added cost 
> which they may or may not be able to afford, arrange or pass-on to 
> their tenants.
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> We have worked with property owners to increase the maximum mixed 
> refuse/ trash volume from the proposed 64 gallons to the amended 96 
> gallons per week. Mixed recycling pickup is UNLIMITED in volume, with 
> no receptacle or lid requirements. A meeting this week is scheduled 
> between landlords and Public Works, however, to hash-out the issue.
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> * *
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> *MY THOUGHTS (for response, objection, support)*
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> In property tax and environmental expenditures, Mother Earth and 
> Mother Baltimore spend more to burn-and-bury mixed refuse/trash than 
> to recycle.  It costs Baltimore City about $67 a truckload to "dump" 
> mixed refuse in our terminally filling-up landfill. We actually */earn 
> money /*by recycling, because we sell our recyclables to our vendor 
> for resale nationally and internationally.
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> True, in the current economy, City proceeds are lower than usual, 
> because recyclables are attracting lower purchases prices on the 
> international market. Nonetheless, */_we are earning something,_/* 
> albeit not all we need to support the program. 
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> If somehow and someway, we can encourage our residents, homeowners and 
> renters alike, to recycle: we can help the landlords by carrying-off 
> UNLIMITED recycling paper, plastic, metal. And Baltimore City by 
> avoiding the burn-and-bury cost of mixed refuse disposal.
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> *Thanks for your consideration and comment.*
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> */Mary Pat/*
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> */ /*
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> Mary Pat Clarke
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> Baltimore City Council
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> 550 City Hall
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> 100 North Holliday Street
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> Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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> 410-396-4814 (o)
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> 410-366-2023 (h)
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> 410-545-7585 fax
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> Marypat.clarke at baltimorecity.gov <mailto:Marypat.clarke at baltimorecity.gov>
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