HomeMy WebLinkAbout07 - Newport Bay Trash Wheel — Approval of PSA - CorrespondenceReceived After Agenda Printed
March 24, 2020
Agenda Item No. 7
From: Matthew Sereno
To: City Clerk"s Office
Subject: City Council Agenda for March 24th #7
Date: Monday, March 23, 2020 1:08:27 PM
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Hello, I am a student at Orange Coast College and I want to state my support for the trash -
wheel project. I enjoy surfing at the Santa Ana River Jetty and walking in the Newport Bay. I
feel that the trash wheel will make such activities safer and more enjoyable.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Matt Sereno
Received After Agenda Printed
March 24, 2020
Agenda Item No. 7
From:
Bianca Brandi
To:
City Clerk"s Office
Subject:
Newport Bay Trash Wheel
Date:
Monday, March 23, 2020 4:16:05 PM
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Good afternoon,
I would first like to start by saying I wish you the very best of health and happiness
during these confusing times. My name is Bianca Brandi, I am a 20 -year-old college
student and the current Vice President of Voluntary Service for Phi Theta Kappa, an
internationally recognized 2 -year Honor's Society, at Orange Coast Community College.
I have been coordinating my institution's Help Your Harbor events, where I gather some
12-20 volunteers from my campus and help clean the trash from Newport Bay. Every
first Saturday of each new month since October, we have collectively recognized how
incredibly full of garbage our bay is and how every venture into the bay is just a never-
ending, uphill battle as we try our hardest to collect as much trash as possible before it
washes away into the ocean permanently. Some of the objects I have personally found in
the hundreds are: tennis balls, straws, plastic bottles, water bottles, Gatorade bottles,
milk jugs, hair product bottles, hand sanitizers, an incredible amount of styrofoam,
clothing items, blankets, plastic bags, bottle caps, needles, canisters, redundant plastic
toys, chip bags, plastic cups, and plastic packaging to name a few. As our current social
condition ascertains the immediate consumption of massive amounts of products with
plastic packaging due to the unfortunate pandemic hysteria, one of my greatest fears is
the mounds of trash that will soon overwhelm the trash collecting systems, presumably
multiplying the current amount of garbage that will undoubtedly make its way through
the bay and into the ocean. Right now, we have an opportunity to help alleviate the
impact that trash may have on our beautiful ocean and it's wild life by implementing the
Newport Bay Trash Wheel. Down the road, once the lockdown restrictions have been
lifted and the world rushes back to the beaches, I believe everyone deserves the right to
look fondly upon a cleaner ocean thanks to the great help of a few more volunteer
excursions and our local government. Below, I have attached a few pictures of our
experiences cleaning the bay.
Our oceans will thank us for our contributions and hopefully, more will soon follow this
courageous effort to keep the bays clean!
Warm regards,
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