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Home My WebLink AboutM-80-0473�f ONO 04 ki A PROPOSED SYSTEM FOR GARBAGE, TRASH AND RUBBISH COLLECTION PREPARED BY: CLARANCE PATTERSON, DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE JUNE, 1980 80-173 OF% A A PROPOSED SYSTEM FOR GARBAGE, TRASH AND RUBBISH COLLECTION I. WASTE COLLECTION ASK ANY RETURNING TRAVELER WHAT HE (OR SHE) THOUGHT OF A GIVEN CITY AND MOST LIKELY THE FIRST COMMENT WILL BE "IT WAS A CLEAN CITY" OR "IT WAS A DIRTY CITY". EVEN BEFORE THE SUNSHINE, THE SURF, OR THE BRIGHT LIGHTS, A TOURIST'S FIRST IMPRESSION OF A CITY CONCERNS ITS CLEANLINESS, OR MORE OFTEN, ITS LACK OF IT. AND, IT IS THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY (THE STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND PARKWAYS) THAT CONTRIBUTE MOST SIGNIFICANTLY TO THIS OVERALL IMPRESSION. IT IS NOT ONLY THE VISITOR THAT IS AFFECTED. A CLEAN CITY IS ALSO OF VITAL CONCERN TO THE CITIZEN, BOTH IN INSTILLING CIVIC PRIDE AND IN ENCOURAGING PROPER UPKEEP OF PRIVATE PROPERTIES. AND IT IS FACT- ORS SUCH AS THESE THAT PREVENT NEIGHBORHOOD DECAY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTHY GROWTH OF A COMMUNITY. S0, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF BOTH TOURIST AND RESIDENT, CLEAN PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY FORM THE VERY NU- CLEUS OF AN ATTRACTIVE AND PROSPEROUS CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS IN THIS VERY AREA THE CITY OF MIAMI HAS A PROBLEM. TRASH IS OFTEN LEFT ON PARKWAYS FOR DAYS, STREETS ARE DIRTY, AND VARIOUS OTHER EYESORES ARE IN EVIDENCE. THE PRESENT METHOD OF WASTE COLLECTION IS INADEQUATE AND LABOR INTENSIVE, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CITY TO EXPAND WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES WITHIN THE AVAILABLE FUNDS. THEREFORE, IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO LOOK AT NEW METHODS OF GARBAGE, TRASH AND RUB- BISH COLLECTIONS IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE SERVICES. THE PROPOSED METHOD OF STREAMLINING GARBAGE, TRASH AND RUBBISH COLLECTION CAN PROVIDE THE MEANS FOR ACHIEVING A CLEANER CITY, THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AS FOLLOWS: (1) THROUGH REORGANIZING THE GARBAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM SO THAT IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO PICK UP, AT ONE TIME, MOST OF THE TRASH AND RUBBISH THAT IS OTHERWISE DEPOSITED "I N THE STREET to . (2) BY HAVING BULKY TRASH PICKED UP BY "APPOINTMENT ONLY" UNSIGHTLY PILES WILL NOT BE LEFT STANDING ON THE ROAD— SIDE AWAITING COLLECTION. BY COMBINING TRASH AND RUBBISH WITH GARBAGE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO REASSIGN THOSE CREWS WHICH PRESENTLY PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. AT THE PRESENT TIME 470 EMPLOYEES, AS PART OF COLLECTION CREWS, ARE INVOLVED IN PICKING UP GARBAGE] TRASH AND RUBBISH. THE REVISED SYSTEM WILL REQUIRE ONLY 333 EMPLOYEES. THE REMAINING CREWS WILL BE REASSIGNED FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. THIS IS NOT TO IMPLY THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL, IN SOLID WASTE, BUT IS A STATEMENT THAT THERE WILL BE NO LAYOFFS AND THAT THE REDUCTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH NATURAL ATTRITION. WE WILL GAIN THROUGH THE REASSIGNMENT OF THE EXISTING PERSONNEL AN OPPORTUNITY TO: (1) IMPLEMENT 25 SPECIAL COLLECTION CREWS. (2) PUT ON ADDITIONAL STREET SWEEPING CREWS. (3) START A PROGRAM TO CLEAN UP INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, UNDER EXPRESSWAYS, BRIDGES, AND RIGHTS OF WAY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. -2- L� 6- (4) THESE SAME CREWS WILL ALSO BE UTILIZED FOR PROMPT CLEAN UP AFTER SPECIAL EVENTS, SUCH AS THE COCONUT GROVE ARTS FESTIVALS, CALLE OCHO, GOOMBAY FESTIVAL, TO NAME A FEW. STREET SWEEPINr, WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI THERE ARE ABOUT 756 MILES OF STREETS. OF THIS TOTAL ABOUT 290 MILES ARE CURBED AND SHOULD BE SWEPT ON A SCHEDULED BASIS. THE STATE AND COUNTY COMBINED MAINTAIN ABOUT HO MILES WITHIN THE CITY, BUT DO NOT SWEEP. IN ADDITION TO THE 756 MILES OF ARTERIALS AND RESIDENTIAL STREETS, THERE ARE 17 MILES OF EXPRESS- WAYS WITHIN THE CITY. ON OCCASION THE EXPRESSWAYS ARE SWEPT BY THE STATE. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE CITY SWEEPS THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THIS SCHEDULE WILL CONTINUE, IN ADDITION TO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, WE SWEEP BISCAYNE BOULEVARD AS FAR NORTH AS 54TH STREET ON A WEEKLY BASIS. THIS SCHEDULE WILL ALSO CONTINUE. THROUGHOUT THE CITY WE ATTEMPT TO SWEEP THE FOLLOWING AVENUES AND STREETS ON A SCHEDULE ABOUT ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS: NE 2 AVENUE, NE 3 AVENUE, MIAMI AVENUE, PAW 2 AVENUE, NW 3 AVENUE, NW 5 AVENUE, NW % AVENUE, NW 12 AVENUE, NW 17 AVENUE, NW 22 AVENUE, NW 79 STREET, NW 62 STREET, NW 54 STREET, NW 36 STREET, FLAGLER STREET, SW 8 STREET, s BAYSHORE DRIVE, BRICKELL AVENUE, S. MIAMI AVENUE. THE REVISED STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM WOULD PUT THESE SAME STREETS ON A WEEKLY SCHEDULE, AND BE EXPANDED INTO SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON A MONTHLY BASIS IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE CURBED STREETS. IN ADDITION TO AN EXPANDED STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE STATE TO ATTEMPT BY CONTRACT TO TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL CENTER AND SIDE PARKWAYS ON STATE ROADS WITHIN THE CITY. d= a -3- ns"-. �j • A ALTHOUGH THIS IS TECHNICALLY NOTA PART OF A CHANGED COLLECTION SYSTEM, IT IS DEFINITELY A PART OF A CLEANER CITY. THE PROPOc D SYCTFM THIS SYSTEM IS BASED UPON THE RESIDENTS' USE OF A WHEELED GARBAGE - TRASH -RUBBISH CONTAINER WHICH IS SPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED TO BE MECHAN- ICALLY EMPTIED INTO THE COMPACTING WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT AN UNTRIED SYSTEM; IT IS ALREADY OPERATING WITH GREAT SUCCESS IN SEVERAL CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS OPERATION ARE AS FOLLOWS; • THE RESIDENT WOULD UTILIZE AN EIGHTY-TWO (82) GALLON COVERED CONTAINER ON WHEELS WHICH WOULD BE EMPTIED BY A HYDRAULIC LIFT ATTACHED TO THE GARBAGE TRUCK. BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN OF THE UNIT, PLUS ITS LARGE WHEELS, IT CAN BE EASILY MOVED BY JUST ABOUT ANYONE. (AN ILLUSTRATION OF SUCH A UNIT IS SHOWN IN THE APPENDIX.) • PRIOR TO PICKUP, THE RESIDENT WOULD PLACE THE CONTAINER AT A VISIBLE LOCATION NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, FRONTING THE STREET FROM WHICH THE PICKUP IS MADE. THIS IS NOT A CURBSIDE PICKUP PROGRAM; THE RESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE TO RELOCATE THE CONTAINER OFF HIS OWN PROPERTY UNLESS THE YARD IS FENCED. FOR FENCED -IN PROPERTIES, THE RESIDENT MUST PLACE THE CONTAINER OUTSIDE THE FENCE. • AFTER BEING EMPTIED, THE WASTE COLLECTOR WOULD RETURN THE CON- TAINER TO THE RESIDENTS' PREMISES (EXCEPT, OF COURSE, FOR FENCED -IN PROPERTIES WHERE THE CONTAINER WOULD BE LEFT OUTSIDE THE FENCE). THE RESIDENT WOULD THEN RETURN IT TO ITS EVERY- DAY LOCATION. -4- lFf p A THE RESIDENT CAN DEPOSIT INTO THIS CONTAINER ANYTHING LEGALLY DISPOSABLE THAT IS OF PROPER SIZE TO FIT INTO THE CONTAINER. • EACH RESIDENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE AN INITIAL PAYMENT OF $25.00 TO BE APPLIED TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF THE CONTAINER. THE PAYMENT MAY BE MADE IN ONE LUMP SUM OR BILLED IN TWO EQUAL PAYMENTS OF $12.50 ON THE REGULAR SEMI-ANNUAL BILLING. THE CONTAINER IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND IS MERELY ASSIGNED TO THE PROPERTY AND NOT TO THE INDIVIDUAL. THE CONTAINER SHALL REMAIN WITH THE PROPERTY IN THE EVENT THE RESIDENT MOVES, THE RESIDENT SHALL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTAINER WITH THE EXCEPTION, THAT SHOULD THE CONTAINER BE DAMAGED BY CITY WORKER ABUSE, IT WILL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED AT NO COST TO THE RESIDENT. THE CITY SHALL MAINTAIN AN INVENTORY OF CONTAINERS AND PARTS TO ASSURE THAT THE PROPER EQUIPMENT WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE. • SHOULD 200 OR MORE RESIDENTS IN A ROUTE DISTRICT WISH TO CONTINUE THE PRESENT METHOD OF BACKYARD GARBAGE COLLECTION USING THE EIGHTY-TWO GALLON CONTAINER, THEY COULD ELECT TO DO SO BY PAYING A SPECIAL FEE APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. THIS FEE WOULD REFLECT ONLY THE ADDITIONAL COST OF PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES. • APARTMENT UNITS OR COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS WISHING CITY SERVICES WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE 82 GALLON WHEELED CONTAINER UNLESS THEY USE THE APPROVED DUMPSTER TYPE CONTAINER. -5- rt�;o Ly _ 0* n PRESENTLY, RUBBISH (YARD CLIPPINGS, SMALL TREE AND SHRUBBERY TRIMMING, ETC.) IS PLACED UNCONTAINERIZED AT CURBSIDE WHERE THE CITY HAS ATTEMPTED TO PICK IT UP ON A SCHEDULED BASIS. UNDER THE NEW PROPOSAL, REGULAR SCHEDULED RUBBISH PICKUPS WOULD CEASE. THE RESIDENT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PLACE INTO THE EIGHTY-TWO GALLON CONTAINER, TOGETHER WITH THE GARBAGE, ALL THE TRASH AND RUBBISH THAT WILL FIT, WHICH WILL BE COLLECTED TWICE A WEEK, EACH HOUSEHOLD WOULD ALSO BE ENTITLED TO THREE BULKY COLLECTIONS PER CALENDAR YEAR. THESE PICKUPS WOULD COVER LARGE TREE TRIMMINGS AND MAJOR APPLIANCES, SUCH AS STOVES, REFRIGERATORS, AND FURNITURE, WHICH CANNOT BE CON- TAINERIZED WITH THE GARBAGE. SCHEDULE ARRANGEMENT FOR COLLECTIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE IN ADVANCE BY THE RESIDENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT. SHOULD MORE THAN THREE PICKUPS BE DESIRED, THESE WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE ON A FEE BASIS. Y EIGHT SPECIAL CREWS WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR THIS BULKY WASTE COLLEC- TION WHICH WOULD BE PROVIDED ON A CALL -IN BASIS. EXPERIENCE FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE SUCH PROGRAMS INDICATE THAT WHILE BULKY WASTE COLLECTION ON AN ON -CALL BASIS IS EXTREMELY CONVENIENT TO THE RESIDENT, IT IS SOMEWHAT INEFFICIENT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF COLLECTION, BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT BEING UTILIZED TO ITS �- MAXIMUM CAPABILITY. FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE THE CURRENT METHOD IS TO �a COLLECT FROM RESIDENCE TO RESIDENCE, THE PROPOSED BULKY WASTE COLLECTION MIGHT BE FOR ONE PICKUP IN EACH BLOCK, OR PERHAPS ONLY ONE IN EVERY TEN BLOCKS, HOWEVER, IT IS A MEANS THAT CAN ELIMINATE MTHE UNSIGHTLY TRASH PILES THAT SOMETIMES REMAIN FOR WEEKS. -641*1 - 4. h. MhMLUffiNTAT I ON IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS NEW PROGRAM CAN BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY MID 1981. TO ACCOMPLISH THAT DATE, WE MUST START NOW. PURCHASE OF THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT WILL REQUIRE PREPARATION Q P P E RE OF SPECIFICA- TIONS AND, OF COURSE, FORMAL BID. ALLOWING THIS PROCESS TO FOLLOW THE NORMAL COURSE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ON HAND ALL THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT BY THE FIRST OF APRIL 1981 SO THAT IT CAN BE DELIVERED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS BY THE FIRST OF JULY 1981. STARTING IN MARCH OF 1980 THERE WAS AN ASSESSED DISPOSAL FEE OF $36.00 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR. BILLING FOR THE DISPOSAL FEE -� AFTER THIS YEAR A WOULD BE SEMI-ANNUALLY EACH .JANUARY 1, AND JULY 1, PAYMENTS MUST BE MADE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DUE DATE OF EACH BILLING PERIOD. ALL FEES DUE AND NOT PAID AFTER THE 3O DAY P R - S E IOD ARE CONSIDERED TO BE DELINQUENT AND SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST -_ M THE PROPERTY. IN SUMMARY, THE PROPOSED COLLECTION SYSTEM, IF APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, WOULD PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING: - (1) A CLEANER COMMUNITY FOR CITIZENS AND VISITORS. �M (2) ELIMINATION OF UNSIGHTLY TRASH PILES NOW BEING PLACED 3 IN RIGHTS OF WAY AT RANDOM WITHOUT PROPER COORDINATED SCHEDULED PICKUP. EGO (3) STREET SWEEPING WILL ALMOST DOUBLE THE PRESENT EFFORT. -� (4) PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL COLLECTION CREWS TO CLEAN UP INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING AND TO PROVIDE PROMPT CLEAN UP AFTER SPECIAL CIVIC EVENTS. (5) PROVIDE GARBAGE, TRASH AND RUBBISH COLLECTION TWICE A WEEK ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE. i W] (6) PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED BULKY WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE AT THE RESIDENTS' OPTION. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS PROGRAM ON SCHEDULE, WE WOULD REQUEST THE FOLLOW- ING ACTION: (1) APPROVAL OF MODERNIZATION PLAN EFFECTIVE JUNE 1980, (2) INSTITUTE A DISPOSAL AND MODERNIZATION FEE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1981, BASED ON THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE: A. SINGLE FAMILY, DUPLEX AND TRIPLEX RESIDENCES $35 SEMI-ANNUALLY, B. APARTMENTS $17.50 PER UNIT SEMI-ANNUALLY, C. 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