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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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Steve.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:marypatclarke@lists.baltimorecity.gov">marypatclarke@lists.baltimorecity.gov</a> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><font
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style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Legislative
Update, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:City></st1:place>
City Council<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">“One
Plus One” Collection Program (City Council Bill 09-284)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">Scheduled
for Judiciary Committee Vote<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">On
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Including amendments adopted at that work
session, the
Administration’s “One Plus One” (Bill 09-284) now provides
the following: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">REQUIRES
CITY TO PROVIDE ONE MIXED REFUSE COLLECTION PER WEEK.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Limits
the quantity to 96
gallons per week.<b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Requires
that mixed
waste/trash receptacles:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">BE made
of metal or some
other durable material;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">BE
watertight, with
tight-fitting covers and handles, AND<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">HAVE A
CAPACITY OF NOT
MORE THAN 32 GALLONS [each].<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Requires that mixed refuse receptacles be
placed out no later than
6:00am on the day of collection.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Allows receptacles to be placed out (with
lids secure) after 6:00pm on
the day before collection.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 14pt;">Requires that receptacles be returned to the
premises no later than
6:00am the day after collection.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">REQUIRES CITY TO PROVIDE
ONE
RECYCLING COLLECTION PER WEEK.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Permits an UNLIMITED VOLUME of recyclables
per week.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Does not specify type of containers, just
that recyclables be kept
separate from mixed waste/trash.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Does not require lids.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">Describes recyclables as minimally including:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="margin-left: 37.5pt; text-indent: -19.5pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font
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</span></font></span></span></font><!--[endif]--><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">NON-FOOD-CONTAMINATED PAPER AND
CARDBOARD;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><!--[endif]--><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">EMPTIED FOOD CONTAINERS MADE OF ALUMINUM,
STEEL, OR TIN;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><!--[endif]--><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">BOTTLES AND JARS MADE OF CLEAR-, BROWN-,
OR GREEN-COLORED GLASS; AND<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="">(4)<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span
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</span></font></span></span></font><!--[endif]--><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">APPROPRIATE GRADES OF PLASTIC BOTTLES AND
JARS.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">REQUIRES CITY TO COLLECT
UNLIMITED
QUANTITY OF YARD WASTE, IF BUNDLED/BAGGED AND CONTAINED SEPARATELY FROM
MIXED
REFUSE. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">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.<b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">ADDED PROVISIONS OF THE
AMENDED BILL
09-284<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><span style="">1)<font
face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span
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</span></font></span></span></font></b><!--[endif]--><b><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">CONDOMINIUMS &
CO-OPERATIVES, as in present law, MAY EXCEED 96 GALLON LIMIT for MIXED
REFUSE. </span></font></b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">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.<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><span style="">2)<font
face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font></b><!--[endif]--><b><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS
are eligible for waivers to a maximum of 160 gallons of mixed refuse a
week ---</span></font></b><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
but only if they can prove an inability
to meet such limitations, including through unlimited recycling options.<b><span
style="font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">OUTSTANDING ISSUES<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">The landlords, whether “absentee” or
owner-occupants of one
unit in a small multifamily property, have traditionally received City
collection services <b><i><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">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<font color="blue"><span style="color: blue;">. </span></font>Mixed
recycling
pickup is UNLIMITED in volume, with no receptacle or lid requirement<font
color="blue"><span style="color: blue;">s.</span></font> A meeting
this week is
scheduled between landlords and Public Works, however, to hash-out the
issue.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">MY THOUGHTS (for response,
objection,
support)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> about $67 a
truckload to “dump” mixed refuse in our terminally filling-up
landfill. We actually <b><i><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">earn
money </span></i></b>by recycling, because we sell our recyclables to
our
vendor for resale nationally and internationally. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">True, in the current economy, City proceeds
are lower than usual,
because recyclables are attracting lower purchases prices on the
international
market. Nonetheless, <b><i><u><span
style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">we
are earning something,</span></u></i></b> albeit not all we need to
support the
program. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
by avoiding the
burn-and-bury cost of mixed refuse disposal. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold;">Thanks for your
consideration and
comment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Mary
Pat<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mary
Pat Clarke</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Baltimore</span></font></st1:City></st1:place><font
size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> City Council<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">550 City Hall<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">100
North Holliday Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Baltimore</span></font></st1:City><font
size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, <st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">21202</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">410-396-4814 (o)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">410-366-2023 (h)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">410-545-7585 fax<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Marypat.clarke@baltimorecity.gov">Marypat.clarke@baltimorecity.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="blue" face="Century Gothic" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Century Gothic"; color: blue;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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