HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 05/09/2006 - Special (Tour)HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the
Corpus Christi Cit} Count l Landfill Bus Tour of May 9. 2006, which were approved by the City
Council on May 16. 2006
WI I'NESSE[ H MY HANI) ANI) SEAL. on this the 16th day of May, 2006.
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
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PRESENT
Mayor Henry Garrett
Mayor Pro Tem John Marez
Council Members:
Melody Cooper
Jerry Garcia
Bill Kelly
Jesse Noyola
Mark Scott
ABSENT
Brent Chesney
Rex Kinnison
MINUTES
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Landfill Bus Tour
May 9, 2006 — 1:45 p.m.
City Staff:
City Manager George K. Noe
City Attorney Mary Kay Fischer
City Secretary Armando Chapa
The City Council toured the J.C. Elliott and Cefe Valenzuela landfill sites immediately
after the May 9, 2006 Council meeting. Director of Solid Waste Services Jeff Kaplan and
Assistant Director of Solid Waste Services Lawrence Mikolajczyk led the bus tour.
Mr. Kaplan provided a status report on Solid Waste Services in general. He displayed
charts depicting the percent changes in key factors (e.g. fuel, customers, and routes) affecting
solid waste, brush, and recycling collections from FY 2001 to FY 2005.
Regarding the J.C. Elliott landfill, Mr. Kaplan discussed plans for the citizen's collection
center, commercial transfer station and the consolidation of field operations. He said the Elliott
transfer station component would serve small commercial haulers and city collection vehicles.
The Elliott citizen's collection center would make disposal of brush, trash, hazardous household
waste, and tires more convenient for residents, minimizing illegal dumping. Additionally, he said
the citizen's collection center would eliminate the need for residents to take waste directly to the
Cefe landfill's work area, which posed a safety hazard.
Regarding the Cefe Valenzuela landfill, Mr. Kaplan stated that the landfill construction
was scheduled for completion in late 2006. He said the construction of the landfill cell was
complete, and could be available to receive waste prior to construction completion, pending
TCEQ authorization, in the event of a hurricane. In addition, he said the landfill site included
offsite drainage improvements under FM 70 that would benefit area residents. He said the Cefe
landfill had a site life of approximately 86 years, and the disposal capacity at full development
would be 67 million tons of solid waste Finally, Mr. Kaplan said communications to the Cefe
landfill would be provided by a wireless system with a primary feed from the City Service Center
and a backup feed from the city's airport. Staff then responded to the Council's questions. The
bus tour ended at 3:30 p.m on May 9, 2006.
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