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Supplemental Packet Date: March 4,20t4
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WORKSHOP regarding California Redemption Value (CRV) beverage container recycling
facilities in Fresno, and consider direction to staff regarding any revisions to approval criteria for
these facilities - (Citywide) - Councilmember Olivier and Development and Resource
Management Department
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Dear Mr. Vang,
Sandra Brock
Tuesday, March 04, 2074 9:28 AM
Dan Vang
Mike Sanchez; Bonique Emerson; Sophia Pagoulatos; Bruce Barnes; Clerk
RE: March 6th L0:l-Oam Fresno City Council workshop on beverage container recycling
facilities
'2013-05-09 City Council Rules of Procedure (Reso).pdf
The email you enclosed (appearing below)was sent out from my computer at 5:55pm on
Friday even¡ng, less than a half-hour after the City Council agenda was posted online. Please
note that the City's agenda post¡ng time more than compl¡es with the requ¡rements of
California's open meet¡ng law ("the Brown Act") which only requiresT2 hours prior not¡ce-
the City of Fresno rout¡nely prov¡des five days of prior not¡ce. I could not send the workshop
report to anyone sooner, because a City Council report is not cons¡dered complete--and can't
be distributed as public information-unt¡l after it is formally released by the City Manager and
the City Clerk.
I am not sure why you d¡d not rece¡ve the email until Saturday. Your email address did not
generate a "delivery delayed" message about (although a few other email addresses
did). There were also a few email addresses that generated an "undeliverable" message right
away on Friday evening. So, I attempted to get corrected email addresses and I re-sent the
email to those addresses later on Friday evening. On Monday morning I went through that
process again for those emails which still hadn't worked.
As the attached Council item explains, the City Council's policy for accepting written
information was formalized last year (See Rule No. 1-L, "Written correspondence," in the
attached pdf). When Councilmembers are handed something in writing during a hearing, or
shortly before a hearing, they may not have time to give it due consideration. Hence the
suggestion to submit written testimony by close of business on Tuesday, to give the Clerk and
her staff time to aggregate all the comments on the workshop topic, copy them, and distribute
them. Technically (as stated on the agenda document itself, for which a link was provided in
the earlier email), comments will be accepted on the workshop topic right up until 10:10am
on Wednesday March sth--but please understand, that will leave less time for the City Clerk to
make copies & distribute them to all Councilmembers, and less time for the Councilmembers
to read and consider those comments.
The workshop on Thursday would be considered the re-start of previous work on
amending City regulations for recycling facilities, which has been in hiatus since 2009. As the
earlier email indicated, our department does plan to involve the industry in the process.
Sincerely,
Sandra Brock
From : Dan Vang fmailto :dan_vang@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 03,20L4 10:54 PM
To: findustry representatives and staff involved in CRV recycling facilities]
Subject: RE: March 6th 10:10am Fresno City Council workshop on beverage container recycling facilities
Sandra,
lam writingto share with you and your staff that l(alongwith the recycling industry) have not been given
enough time to review this report. This was delivered on the Lst of March (Saturday) and going to workshop
on the 6th or March (Thursday) and a written response to be delivered by March the 4th (Tuesday) is
absolutely "outrageous". Something that your staff took months to write cannot be consumed and analyzed
withinseveral days. lalsodonotbelievethattheCRVBeverageContainerindustrywasincludedinanyofthis
process since 2009. I hope that you will consider us (the people that will be affected) when going further. As
of right now I cannot place a position until further review.
Please share this with the Council members at the workshop.
Dan Vang
D&L Recycling, LLC
From : Sandra. Brock@fresno. gov
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Bruce. Barnes@fresno.gov
Subject: March 6th 10:10am Fresno City Council workshop on beverage container recycling facilities
Date: Sat, 1 Mär 2OL4OL:55:21+0000
A Fresno City Council workshop on beverage conta¡ner recycling facilities ("recycling stations")
has been scheduled for Thursday, March 6th at L0:10am or thereafter. The workshop report
has been posted on the Fresno City Clerk's website as part of the March 6th agenda
package. Here is a link you can use to access this
report: http:
Please note that Council workshops are often held for the purpose of discussion among
Councilmembers, without public testimony. (Public testimony would be welcomed at
subsequent hearings where the Council may be considering changes in City regulations.) At
thÍs time, staff does not know whether the Council will open this particular workshop for
public testimony.
However, there is always an opportunity to submit written information/testimony on City
Council agenda items, so long as that testimony is received by the City Clerk's office at least
24 hours prior to the Council hearing on the item. (Please refer to the procedural
ínformation given on pages l and 2 of the City Council agenda, which can be accessed via this
link:
2-FDAF-432D-9DF2-
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lf you wish to submit written comments on this matter, please try to get your input to the City
Clerk before close of business on Tuesday March 4th (to allow the Clerk's office time to make
copies for the Council members). ln your correspondence, please indicate that you are writing
about the March 6th Council workshop scheduled for 10:10am on recycling facilities, and
please provide your name, address, and contact information (phone, email) to facilitate
follow-up. You may direct correspondence to:
Yvonne Spence, CMC
Fresno City Clerk
2600 Fresno Street, Room 2133
Fresno, Ca lifornia 937 21.-3603
The email address to use for sending correspondence is: clerk@fresno.gov
The fax number for the City Clerk's office is: 559-488-1005
After the City Council workshop, the Development and Resource Management Department
will be meeting with the recycling industry to review any proposed changes in City ordinances
and policies relating to recycling facilities. We look forward to meeting with you.
Sincerely,
Sdl4árâ 8,uú
Planner, City of Fresno
(ss9)621-8041
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