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Home My WebLink About09 - Terminating Two Non-Exclusive Franchise Agreements for Commercial Solid Waste - CorrespondenceReceived after Agenda Printed March 26, 2024 Agenda Item No. 9 From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: City Clerk's Office March 22, 2024 4:13 PM Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff, Kim FW: Commercial Waste Haulers dumpster.jpg; dumpsterl.jfif From: Lee Pearl <smartpearll@hotmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2024 4:12:52 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Dept - City Council<CityCouncil@newportbeachca.gov>; City Clerk's Office <CityClerk@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Commercial Waste Haulers Mayor and City Council: Thank you for discussing Commercial Waste Haulers and your efforts to enforce the franchise agreements. I live adjacent to a commercial block with multiple restaurants and dumpster row. I am not directing my comments to any specific business, and I have not taken the time to review your agreements but would like to express some suggestions to help improve the Newport Beach commercial alleys. I have attempted to have haulers replace dumpsters with graffiti and most will not replace unless it is requested by the business owner. The dumpster in the picture has been replaced twice, and now I need to attempt to replace it again. There should be language in the contract that requires the haulers to automatically repaint or replace dumpsters with graffiti. I should not have to contact our graffiti program when it is the responsibility of the hauler to maintain their dumpsters and problems should be reported by the employee emptying the dumpster and replacement automatic. You just have to walk behind a restaurant near the dumpster to appreciate the need to keep dumpsters clean and maintained. Each hauler should provide a cleaning service or change out restaurant dumpsters on a quarterly basis. Waste is required to be bagged but often leakage occurs, and we have residents living only a few feet away from these dumpsters. Finally, Restaurant dumpsters should never be overfilled. Especially when larger size dumpsters are available. I have not included the picture of the rodent in the alley, but this is primarily a residential neighborhood and an extra effort by restaurants is important when you have neighbors so close. Thanks for reading my comments. Lee Pearl, resident 316 Onyx -L L wo- i r IN 3 j -Lb- arJ •,+ 4 _ • -bq.