HomeMy WebLinkAboutTrash Containers on El Paseo INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
CITY OF PALM DESERT
TO: City Council and City Manager
FROM: Richard J. Folkers, Assistant City Manager/Public Works
Director
SUBJECT: TRASH CONTAINERS ON EL PASEO
DATE: February 10, 1994
RECOMMENDATION:
By minute motion, approve the purchase of trash containers for El
Paseo and the Civic Center Park.
BACKGROUND:
We have received complaints about the lack of trash containers
along El Paseo. When the City Council approved the palm tree
planting program, the staff indicated to the Council that the
program was to include trash containers and benches; however, the
number of palm trees required has utilized the approved budget
amount.
Since the existing trash containers in the Civic Center are
attractive, and in many cases do not have sufficient capacity, we
are suggesting larger vandal-resistant trash containers be
purchased for the park and the existing aesthetically-pleasing
trash containers be relocated to strategic locations along El
Paseo. The staff feels the amount of trash generated along El
Paseo can be handled by the existing containers located at the
Civic Center Park.
The additional maintenance effort to remove the debris and trash
from these containers along El Paseo has not been analyzed at this
time; however, we have three options :
• Use a private contractor, possibly our landscape
contractor for El Paseo, and amend the contract,
• Use Sunline Transit who does this type of work for their
bus shelters, or
• Add additional, or permanent, part-time staff for the
Maintenance Division.
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SUBJECT: TRASH CONTAINERS ON EL PASEO
Our preference would be to amend the contract with the contractor
responsible for the El Paseo landscaping if the Council wishes to
pursue this program.
Therefore, it is staff ' s recommendation that trash containers be
placed along El Paseo after replacement units are purchased and
available in the Civic Center Park. The estimated cost for the
purchase of the containers is $5, 000, and it is recommended that
funds be transferred from the Civic Center Park R/M Account 110-
4611-453-3320 to the Civic Center Park Supplies Account No. 110-
4611-453-2190 .
RICH RD J. FOLKERS, P.E. REVIEWED AND CONCUR
CITY MANAGER
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REVIEWED AND CONCUR
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
APPtCVED � DENIED
RECEIVED OT}1ER
MEETING DFit
AYES:IV
NOES:
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VERIFIED BY:
Original on File w th ty Clerk's Office