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November 03, 2014 Minutes CITY OF DENTON CITY COUNCIL MINUTES November 3, 2014 After determining that a quorum was present, the City Council convened in a Work Session on Monday, November 3, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Council Work Session Room at City Hall. PRESENT: Mayor Pro Tem Engelbrecht, Council Member Gregory, Council Member Hawkins, Council Member Johnson, Council Member Roden, and Council Member Ryan and Mayor Chris Watts. ABSENT: None 1. Work Session Reports ID 14-0734 A. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and consider enacting a resolution concerning Risk Level 5 of the Mosquito Surveillance and Response Plan of the City of Denton. Kenneth Banks, Environmental Services and Utility Budget Director, reviewed the most recent information related to the Mosquito Surveillance and Response Plan. He stated that on August 18, the first West Nile Virus positive mosquito sample was collected and the mosquito risk level was raised to Risk Level 3 “Public Health Concern”. On September 4, a second WNV positive mosquito sample was collected, resulting in a change to Risk Level 4 “Public Health Warning”. A human WNV case was reported in Denton on September 12, which did not change the risk level since Risk Level 4 was triggered by either multiple WNV positive mosquito traps or a single human case of WNV. Banks stated that on October 30, the City received notification from the Denton County Health Department of a second human case of West Nile virus. The onset date for this patient was approximately 6 weeks ago. This result placed Denton at Risk Level 5 based on the trigger condition of multiple human cases and Risk Level 5 would be enacted the week of November 3. The Mosquito Surveillance and Response Plan control measures for Risk Level 5 included consideration of targeted adulticide applications using ground-based ultra-low volume equipment. The decision to spray would be made by a resolution of the Council prior to the first application for each mosquito season. Banks stated that staff was providing this information to discuss a resolution authorizing ground- based applications of mosquito adulticides with the City Council. The Council discussed different weather conditions that could affect the current level of mosquito activity and the need to spray. General consensus of Council was to take no action on the resolution at this time. ID 14-0709 B. Receive a report, hold a discussion, conduct a tour and provide staff direction regarding solid waste and recycling services including but not limited to dumpster locations, recycling and waste diversion goals, and expansion of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Facility. City of Denton City Council Minutes November 3, 2014 Page 2 David Dugger, Landfill Manager, took the Council on a tour of the Solid Waste facilities. The Council visited the Pratt Recycling and Material Recovery Facility, the Recycling Drop-off Center, Home Chemical Collection ReUse Store, Dyno Dirt Sales area, the Yard Trimmings Drop-off area, the Appliances and Electronics Recycling area, the Asphalt and Concrete Recycling area, DTE Gas-to-Energy Generator, and the Landfill Weigh Station. Vance Kemler, General Manager of Solid Waste and Recycling Services, gave an update of dumpsters in the Right-of-Way. He stated that in 2003 there were 2,297 dumpsters in service, 24,350 cubic yards serviced per week, and 490 dumpsters in the Right-of-Way. In 2014, there were 2,836 dumpsters in service, 31,732 cubic yards serviced per week, and 322 dumpsters in the Right-of-Way. Of the 322 dumpsters in the ROW, approximately 65-70% might potentially be relocated. To relocate these might necessitate some involuntary requirement over a period of time which would require City Council approval of such a plan. The remaining customers with dumpsters in the Right-of-Way could be categorized as follows: dumpsters that had the potential to be relocated onto the owner’s property, but the owners were not receptive to voluntarily relocating their dumpster; dumpsters that appeared to have no inexpensive relocation alternative, such as parking lot surface which was not strong enough to support the collection truck without damaging the surface; dumpsters that were shared by more than one customer with none of the property owners or tenants wanting to move the dumpster(s) onto their property; dumpsters in the downtown area that appeared to have limited or no relocation alternative on the customer’s property or in the proximity of their business; and dumpsters with no apparent relocation alternative, due to inadequate clearance or unsafe ingress/egress. Kemler stated that another topic was the Solid Waste Service Options for the Downtown Square District. Staff had conducted research on currently available collection systems for the downtown area which included: hand-collected bagged service with all dumpsters removed, cart-based services, side load dumpster service (on-street, with casters and enclosures to screen the dumpsters), and front-load dumpster service (adding enclosures as part of “muse” street redevelopment. The addition of recycling and trash dumpster service in the Square District and implementing the shared use of dumpsters by the merchants had allowed the Department to reduce the number of trash dumpsters. This allowed the addition of recycling dumpsters for the district, while still enabling the Department to reduce the total number of dumpsters. This option had provided the most economical service option for those customers of the Square District. Addition of the dumpster enclosures would be added as the “muse” streets undergo their scheduled improvements. Kemler stated that another topic was achieving sustainability and the City’s 40% and Beyond Waste Diversion (Recycling) Goal. He stated that the Residential Collection Service through its curbside recycling programs (electronics, yard waste and household chemical collection) had achieved a 39% diversion rate. The landfill’s recycling programs (asphalt, concrete and building materials recovery) had achieved a 33% waste diversion rate. The Commercial Collection Service that provided trash and recycling service to the multi-family residential customers and to the business, industrial and institutional customers were diverting less than 10% of their waste from disposal. This sector of the community generated more than 50% of the waste and had the greatest potential for diverting waste from landfill disposal. He stated that staff wanted to City of Denton City Council Minutes November 3, 2014 Page 3 develop a Sustainable Resource Management Plan over the next year that would offer a variety of options to increase the diversion of recyclables and other resources from their current waste streams. Due to time limitations, no additional topics were covered and the meeting was adjourned at 1:30 p.m. ____________________________________ CHRIS WATTS MAYOR CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS ____________________________________ JANE RICHARDSON ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS