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REQUEST: Approve Solid Waste and Recycle Route Change for Palm Desert all input.
Resorter, Palm Valley Country Club, and designated residential area
SUBMITTED BY: Frankie Riddle, Director of Special Programs
APPLICANT: Palm Desert Resorter
77-760 Country Club Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
DATE: September 13, 2012
CONTENT: Route Map of Impacted Areas Only
Recommendation
By Minute Motion:
Palm Valley Country Club
39-205 Palm Valley Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
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Approve the route change for Palm Desert Resorter and Palm Valley Country Club
from Thursday to Monday service day and designated residential areas south of Hwy
111 to north of Grapevine and east of Hwy 74 to west of Cook from Monday to
Thursday service day.
Discussion
At the May 12, 2011, City Council meeting, representatives from Palm Valley and the Palm
Desert Resorter gated communities approached Council to request that the issue of the
solid waste and recycling route change be further reviewed so that these communities can
continue to have their service day on Monday as opposed to changing to Thursday. City
Council directed staff to review the situation and the impact it would have on these
communities.
On May 18, 2011, the City Manager prepared a memorandum addressing specific issues
relative to the requested change, as well as issues that each community faces, and the
impacts to Burrtec Waste and Recycling Services. In the memorandum it was noted that
staff would monitor the situation and meet periodically with the parties to determine how the
change is impacting the residents. Staff has monitored the situation over the past year and
has determined that with the uniqueness of these two communities, as outlined below, the
change in service days does not work for these communities:
• An estimated 30% of residents of these communities leave on the weekend.
• These are older communities with limited space to provide additional trash bins.
• There is limited space to expand central trash area at the Palm Desert Resorter.
STAFF REPORT
SOLID WASTE & RECYCLE ROUTE CHANGE TO PALM DESERT RESORTER AND
PALM VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
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• Palm Valley does not have a side yard and the Palm Desert Resorter has this issue
to some degree and as a result, containers are suppose to be returned to the inside
of their garage. Residents that are only in town for the weekend must undertake one
of the following options: provide a key or a garage door opener to a neighbor,
gardener, or maid so the containers can be returned to the garage.
Since many of the residents leave town on Sunday, and the communities do not have
typical side yards, many of the residents are utilizing the central trash area. Combining this
situation with the change in service days from Monday to Thursday has created an overflow
and litter issue with both communities. As a result, staff requested that Burrtec look at
possible route change options that could potentially resolve the issue without creating the
same issue in another community.
Burrtec did review its operation and existing routes to determine if there was an area that
could be switched from Monday to Thursday and indicated that the residential areas south
of Hwy 111 (behind El Paseo) to north of Grapevine and east of Hwy 74 to west of Cook
could accommodate the change. Based on the fact that 1) there are no gated communities
within this area; 2) that the area is primarily single family homes or smaller apartment
complexes with proper trash/recycle accommodations; 3) that the majority of the residents
are probably full time residents; and 4) residents do not leave town on Sunday in most
cases, there should not be an issue of which service day best fits the needs of the residents
in terms of overflow and resulting health related issues.
Therefore, staff is recommending that City Council approve the change of service days as
outlined above.
Fiscal Analysis
There will be no impact to the City's General Fund as this project does not involve funding.
Submitted By:
Frankie Riddle, for of Special Programs
Approval:
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From: Stanley, Jane
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:09 PM
To: Klassen, Rachelle; Mendoza, Grace; Griffin, Rosalva
Subject: FW: Re Burrtec Route Change
From: Jan Harnik fmailtoJharnik(&dc.rr.comj
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:47 PM
To: Stanley, Jane
Subject: Re Burrtec Route Change
Hi Jane,
RECEIVED
ALM DESERT, CA
2012 SEP 27 PM 1: 10
It's late BUT, can you offer this email to whomever is supposed to receive it. This is an agenda item from
today's agenda.
Jan & Brian Harnik, 73-901 Shadow Lake Drive, PD 92260, are happy with Burrtec's service and whatever they
need to do to continue the level of service we receive, they have our support.
YA-V
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