03-06-1989 - Regular Meeting - MinutesM I N U T E S
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
OF THE _
WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL AND THE
WASTE MANAGEMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSION '
• March 6, 1989
The adjourned regular meeting was called to order by Mayor -Pro Tem Bacon at 6:10 pm
at Reuben's Restaurant, 2200 E. Garvey Avenue, West Covina,' for the purpose of a joint
.meeting with the Waste Management & Environmental Quality Commission.
ROLL CALL City Council
Mayor Pro Tem Bacon,_Councilmembers Lewis, McFadden, Tarozzi
Absent: Mayor Manners
Commission
Chairman Tracy, Commissioners Gilbert, McDonough., Sweeny,
Clark
Others Present: - Fast, Miller, Wylie, Berry
DINNER BREAK Mayor Pro Tem Bacon -recessed the meeting at 6:10 pin to;
convene the dinner break.. The meeting was called to order
again at 7:15 pm. -
GENERAL DISCUSSION Community Services Director Miller presented anupdateon the
• design of a recycling program in West Covina and progress
toward a comprehensive Waste Management Plan for the City.
He presented two handouts:.
a) Nonhazardous Waste Characterization by Household
-.b) Waste. Management rElement;for the General Plan
-He also addressed the .City's; intention to 'become "source
.a,'oriented". and 'riot""facility oriented". He discussed the
possibility of surveying the City employees who live in the
t ..� City as ameans of.:determining--the types and quantities of
nonhazardous wastes .in -West Covina. Council wasn't sure that
that sampling would be a large enough survey to equate it to
- the entire City.,.''r' •',
The Councilmembers�and"Comm'ssioners commented on other
related issues as well: stryofoam products, types of plas-
tices that can be.recycled versus those types that cannot, -
paper bags versus,plastic bags from grocery stores, and the
need to engage the support of larger organizations to really
make waste.management work (i.e. County Supervisors
Association, the .League of California Cities, etc.).
Mr. Miller felt that a recycling program and the General
Plan Amendment would be ready'by early 1990.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS No comments offered.
ADJOURNMENT Motion by Lewis, seconded by.McFadden, and unanimously carried
to adjourn.the meeting at 8:40 pm to March 20, 1989 at 6':30 pm
in the Multipurpose Room at City Hall.
ATTEST:
•o- - MayorNanc fanners
City Clerk Janet Be