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Home My WebLink AboutOPD-007-05 Cf&'..il}gtOn REPORT OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE Date: June 20, 2005 Report #: OPD-007-05 File#: ~e-t/': C,;J!l~'O:) By-Law #: Subject: CLARINGTON PITCH-IN CANADA EVENTS Recommendations: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report OPD-007-05 be received for information. [' . Submitted by: /' ath B.A., D.M.R, RRFA Director of Operations Reviewed by: ()~-S ~ Franklin Wu, Chief Administrative Officer FH\sa REPORT NO. OPD-007-05 PAGE 2 BACKGROUND: The Clarington Pitch-In Canada Events from April1Slh to 23rd were a big success with over 2,000 participants, 27 locations were cleaned up and approximately 4 tonnes of garbage collected from our boulevards, parks, trails and open space areas. The Municipality of Clarington participants and locations in the 2005 campaign are listed below: Tuesda A ril19 Location Courtice Millennium Park & Courtice Communit Com lex (2) Contact Maryann Leung Ontario Power Generation Frida A ril 22 Location Waverley Public School, Optimist Park and walkway from Spry south to Baseline Rd. along Hwy 57 (2) Longworth Public School and Lon orth Park (2) Bowmanville High School (1) Contact/Or anization Cheryl Brown, Principal Waverley Public School Central Public School and Area Blvds. (2) Rotary Park (I) School Burke Court & Saunders Walkwa S d A '1 23 atur ay. ~pn Group Contact Hampton Community Hall and Area Grace Morris Blvds. (2) Hampton Citizens Assoc. Mill Street South at Hwy 401 Fred Horvath, Clarington Staff and Interchange (1) Neighbours Murray Devitt, Clarington Staff and Debra Devitt Concession Rd. 4 between Hwy 115 & Jackie Moore Golf Course Rd and Moffat Rd. (2) Pebblestone Rd. from Courtice Rd. Bradford Soles east (1) Bowmanville Valley (1) Susan Larsh, Valleys 2000. Andrew Piggott - Clarington Staff Pat Churchill, Tim Horton's REPORT NO. OPD-007-05 PAGE 3 Grou Samuel Wilmot Creek Trail (I) Newcastle Lions Trail (1) Sidne B. Rutherford Trail (1) Trull's Rd from Pebblestone Road south (1) So er Creek Park and 0 en S ace 2) ~~~ycl~!iJ)ri>Rii~ff.A1tea!!ii~.~iJ1im~1 Se~ice$ BIN FOR GARBAGE FROM OTHER LOCA nONS AVAILABLE FOR STAFF & HABITAT (provided b Canadian Waste) 401 interchange at Newtonville Rd. (1) Re Rd. 42 to Links Greenhouse (1) Pebblestone from Townline west to bridge -Also helped Sat at Trull's south to Fire Hall (I) Total- 27 locations FIRST RECYCLING DROP OFF AREA: Contact Phil Broome, Clarington Staff Co & Devon Broome Charlie Trim - Leos Charlie Trim - Masons Steve Grigg, Clarington Staff Kath & Nicole Gri Larr Postill, Clarin on Staff Kaye Rand, Clarington Staff Susan Arends, Clarington Staff Region of Durham Works Dept Staff Mike Solsky, Habitat for Humanity Gord Robinson and area residents Ma da Zoelman Dean Worden On Saturday April 23rd, Clarington held our first special drop off area. Residents could bring their Household Hazardous Waste, usable construction materials for Habitat Canada and used cellular phones. A table of materials collected is found below. SUMMARY OF MATERIALS COLLECTED AND PROCESSED MATERIAL AMOUNT WEIGHT or VOLUME Propane Tanks 26 x 20 lb. 520 Ibs (236 kg) Propane Tanks 15 x 1 lb. 151bs (7 kg) Lead Acid Batteries 80 1088 kg Fire Extinguishers 3 N/A Motor Oil 19 Drums @ 108 Leach 2052 Litres Antifreeze 6 Drums @ 108 Leach 648 Litres Aerosols 1 Drum 80 Litres Pesticides 1 Drum 80 Litres REPORT NO. OPD-007-05 PAGE 4 Oxidizers 1 Drum 80 Litres Corrosive (Base) 1 Drum 80 Litres Solvents/Fuels 3 Drums = 1 Bulk Drum 205 Litres Household Batteries 1 Drum 320 kg Miscellaneous Organic 6 Drums 480 Litres Paint (39 Drums of mixed oil base and latex processed) 3120 Litres Estimated # of Residents = 250 Total Solid HHW by Weight = 1616 kg Total Liquid HHW by Volume = 6860 Litres . Data Compiled by Region of Durham Solid Waste Staff The Salvation Army was offered the opportunity to have a clothing drop off area but declined due to their existing inventory. ROADSIDE LITTERING As anyone can appreciate, our major areas of littering are Provincial highway interchanges, Canada Post super boxes and bus shelters. There are eight interchanges along Highway 401 and eight interchanges along Highway 35/115. MTO contracts out their maintenance of the roadways and interchanges and cleans these areas once a year. It should be noted that the level of service for their cleanup 1 pickup is restricted to anything bigger than two feet long. The majority of litter is coffee cups, fast food garbage and glass bottles at this location which are not part of their annual clean up protocol. Without our community volunteers doing their part at pitch-in week, these areas will continue to remain in an unacceptable condition. The Region of Durham Works Committee is taking a co-ordinating role with all area municipalities across the Region to recommend and implement a co- ordinated approach to littering. Meetings have been set up with Durham Region Transit, Municipal By-law Departments, Canada Post, Ministry of Transportation, REPORT NO. OPD-007-05 PAGE 5 ROADSIDE LITTERING cont'd: School Boards and the fast food outlet chains (McDonalds; Tim Horton's) to discuss our concerns and to collectively implement initiatives for the 2006 campaign. COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT: The Municipality of Clarington is quite active in developing and implementing community improvement programs that encourages our residents to take pride in the community. In 2005 The Operations Department will maintain over 25 horticultural beds throughout the Municipality, with 7 beds containing annual flowers with over 1500 plants being utilized. It is the intent of this years display that the beds will produce an oasis of colour. All other beds will receive a thorough cleanup and mulching to assist with lowering maintenance time, and some shrub beds that are beyond salvaging will be removed. Operations staff is also responsible for 300 garbage receptacles in 60 parks and green spaces, across the Municipality. BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA'S: Meetings were held with the BIA'S representatives in Bowmanville, Newcastle and Orono. We reviewed our past practices and levels of service and discussed how we can work together to keep our community clean. All of the BIA's expressed appreciation for the work done in the past, and look forward to working together to reduce litter and keeping our streets cleaned. The garbage receptacles in the BIA's are emptied twice weekly, and the municipalities new self propelled portable vacuum is sent through each BIA weekly to ensure cleanliness. REPORT NO. OPO-007-05 PAGE 6 LIONS TRAIL IN NEWCASTLE: Staff have identified and started working on developing this as a multi-use trail and stream rehabilitation project. This year talks are ongoing with Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) to develop and implement a plan to stabilize areas of the bank and increase flow to prevent silting areas. Paving of the gravel walkway between Hwy 2 and Edward Street will be done as part of the 2005 Capital Budget program. CONCLUSION Staff will continue to work with the Area Municipalities and the Region to develop a coordinated campaign against littering beginning in 2006. People are more likely to litter in an area that has already been spoiled by litter than in a litter free zone. Business, Community organizations, schools, neighbourhoods and residents are needed to volunteer to work together and keep Clarington clean. Clarington will continue to provide safety equipment, garbage bags, garbage pickup and training for all of our volunteers. The "Pitch In Week" is an excellent Community based program that encourages Community involvement and promotes volunteerism and instills Clarington pride. We will hope that our campaign will urge everyone especially motorists to think before you throw. Our efforts will make a difference. CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON 40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOW MANVILLE, ONTARIO L 1 C 3A6 T (905) 263-2292 F (905) 263-4433