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HomeMy WebLinkAbout17 - Solid Waste Collection - CorrespondenceRecieved After Agenda Printed Item No. 17 Brown, Leilani March 25, 2014 From: Paul Watkins [paul @lawfriend.coml Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:13 AM To: 'Steven Rosansky Cc: Selich, Edward;'Mike Henn; Gardnerncy @aol.com; Curry, Keith; Daigle, Leslie; 'Rush Hill'; Brown, Leilani; Kiff, Dave Subject: RE: Insider's Guide - City Council Meeting of March 25, 2014 Dear Steve: Thanks for copying me on this. Asleep at the switch. Didn't read Dave's Insider's Guide carefully enough. I agree with your good points. The idea of leaving trash cans in the alley is ill- advised in the extreme. I live on West Ocean Front. Our trash day is Monday. A few of our neighbors (particularly renters) place their receptacles (often overflowing) in the alley early (a day before the Monday pickup) and often leave them there beyond Monday evening. Some of our neighbors never remove them at all from the alley. This idea will only encourage further lax behavior and contribute to the eyesore. This lost Sunday we had a family of three marching up and down the alley removing lids and hunting for aluminum cans. It is the month of March without the proposed ordinance in place. Well, just wait until June when the weekly rentals start and we have a new ordinance encouraging this aesthetic nightmare. Regrettably, human nature and the path of least resistance will result in folks taking advantage of this invitation; enforcement will be unlikely or impossible; many folks will, of course, indicate that there was "deemed permission" to leave the receptacles in the alley whether or not permission was actually granted. We have worked hard to underground utilities and to upgrade our street ends. Our neighborhood is a good example of what can happen when the residents care. The Council should not undo all this good work with a poorly conceived ordinance. I am hopeful that the Council will leave well enough alone. No, it ain't perfect now, but this change will be a disaster to those of us who have pride in our homes and neighborhoods on the west side of town. Thanks, Steve. I Best regards, Paul Paul K. Watkins for Watkins, Blakely & Torgerson, LLP 535 Anton Boulevard, Suite 810 Costa Mesa, California 92626 -7047 Telephone: (714) 556 -0800, ext. 2108 Facsimile: (714) 641 -4012 E -Mail: Paul @lawfriend.com From: Steven Rosansky [mailto:parandigm @aol.com] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:41 PM To: Kiff, Dave Cc: Edward Selich; Mike Henn; Gardnerncy @aol.com; Keith Curry; lesliejdaigle @aol.com; Rush Hill; Ibrown@newportbeachca.gov Subject: Re: Insider's Guide - City Council Meeting of March 25, 2014 Resident Rosansky says this is a bad idea. It promotes trash scavenging 7 days a week. Even with lids, people will overfill cans to point where trash will be visible. Also, cans will inevitably be knocked over or blown by wind into alleyways. It will not be uniform as people will have several different container sizes up and down alley as well as regular trash vs recycling bins. It will pinch alleys and create issues with two cars passing each other as is the case on trash days. It is also unsightly which goes against all of the gains we made through utility under grounding. It will also pit neighbor against neighbor as one will be able to put 3,4 or '5 cans behind their house while others can't. People seem to have places to put their cans now so how come all of a sudden they can't keep their trash out of alleys. The smallest of the three cans can't be larger than an existing can that is being used. This smacks of wanting to encourage people to use larger cans that don't fit into side yards to reduce the number of cans to be picked up. I reiterate that this was not the promise to residents that the quality of trash service would not change. I hope you will reconsider this change. Steve Sent from my iPhone On Mar 24, 2014, at 9:30 PM, "Kiff, Dave" <DKiffn newportbeachca.gov> wrote: It's only if no other space is available and the code enforcement supervisor inspects it and gives permission. We have talked with Island and Com folks quite a bit. Can't block the alley, must not have any other space available. Sent from my iPad On Mar 24, 2014, at 9:23 PM, "Steven Rosansky" <parandigm@aol.com> wrote: Hi Dave: I can't believe that the City is proposing to allow trash cans in the alleyway. This is not what was promised as part of the "same service" promise. The smaller trash Received After Agenda Printed Item No. 17 Brown, Leilani March 25, 2014 From: Steven Rosansky [parandigm @aol.com] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:41 PM To: Kiff, Dave Cc: Selich, Edward; Mike Henn; Gardnerncy @aol.com; Curry, Keith; Daigle, Leslie; Rush Hill; Brown, Leilani Subject: Re: Insider's Guide - City Council Meeting of March 25, 2014 Resident Rosansky says this is a bad idea. It promotes trash scavenging 7 days a week. Even with lids, people will overfill cans to point where trash will be visible. Also, cans will inevitably be knocked over or blown by wind into alleyways. It will not be uniform as people will have several different container sizes up and down alley as well as regular trash vs recycling bins. It will pinch alleys and create issues with two cars passing each other as is the case on trash days. It is also unsightly which goes against all of the gains we made through utility under grounding. It will also pit neighbor against neighbor as one will be able to put 3,4 or 5 cans behind their house while others can't. People seem to have places to put their cans now so how come all of a sudden they can't keep their trash out of alleys. The smallest of the three cans can't be larger than an existing can that is being used. This smacks of wanting to encourage people to use larger cans that don't fit into side yards to reduce the number of cans to be picked up. I reiterate that this was not the promise to residents that the quality of trash service would not change. I hope you will reconsider this change. Steve Sent from my iPhone On Mar 24, 2014, at 9:30 PM, "Kill, Dave" <DKifft7a newportbeachca.gov> wrote: It's only if no other space is available and the code enforcement supervisor inspects it and gives permission. We have talked with Island and Com folks quite a bit. Can't block the alley, must not have any other space available. Sent from my iPad On Mar 24, 2014, at 9:23 PM, "Steven Rosansky" <parandigmQaol.com> wrote: Hi Dave: I can't believe that the City is proposing to allow trash cans in the alleyway. This is not what was promised as part of the "same service" promise. The smaller trash cans can't be any larger than a regular trash can. This will create a deleterious situation in West Newport, the Peninsula, Balboa Island & CDM. Steve Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Newport Shores Community Events < newnortshorescommunityCtr� ,yahoo.com> "RECEIVED AFTER AGENDA Brown, Leilani PRINTED." ,4 " )0 From: Craig Batley [craig @burrwhite.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 4:43 PM To: 'paul @lawfriend.com'; 'Steven Rosansky' Cc: Selich, Edward;'Mike Henn'; Gardnerncy @aol.com; Curry, Keith; Daigle, Leslie;'Rush Hill'; Brown, Leilani; Kiff, Dave Subject: RE: Insider's Guide - City Council Meeting of March 25, 2014 Hello All: I concur with Paul and Steve100 %. Allowing residents to choose whether or not to place their garbage receptacles off the public right of way is a VERY BAD idea. Even with the current code there are numerous violations of unsightly garbage containers with no lids often littering the alleyways. If you relax the code it will result in unmitigated, unsightly garbage receptacles strewn all over the alleyways with NO code enforcement to correct the situation. Having many years of experience with garage collection on the Peninsula, I had reservations how the new contracted garbage service would impact the residences, particularly in the alleys. Garage collection is problematic on the peninsula, especially in the summer. The 3 foot setback for all property makes for tight quarters when storing the current 32 gallon cans. The smallest new containers with lids are 35 gallons but are only 19 % inches wide (smaller than the existing cans), making these smaller containers actually MORE useable in the narrow side yards. The new smaller cans with attached lids will be a major improvement compared to the typical cans now in use with lids unattached or missing. Allowing larger cans to permanently impede or encroach onto the public right of way defeats one of the goals to make garbage collection less problematic. Further, if you relax the existing ordinance garbage pickers will love the convenience of having oversized 64 gallon or 96 gallon cans visible along River Ave, Seashore, Neptune or Oceanfront - alleys. Quite frankly, in most cases owners on the peninsula should be restricted to 35 gallon cans. We do not have the room for larger cans. Please DO NOT RELAX the current ordinances that require cans to be placed 5 feet off the public right of way, often behind gates. The new cans actually will result in better aesthetics in the neighborhood. C:949 . 6309.675.463D F:949.675.2127 LIC#: 00453751 Burr White Realty mvw.hrrrnhi:s.mrn 2901 Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach, CA 92663 From: Paul Watkins [mailto:paul @lawfriend.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:13 AM To: 'Steven Rosansky' Cc: 'Edward Selich'; 'Mike Henn'; Gardnerncy @aol.com; 'Keith Curry'; lesliejdaigle @aol.com; 'Rush Hill'; (brown @newportbeachca.gov; 'Kill, Dave' Subject: RE: Insider's Guide - City Council Meeting of March 25, 2014 Dear Steve: Thanks for copying me on this. Asleep at the switch. Didn't read Dave's Insider's Guide carefully enough.