04/19/1988 - Packet CITY OF TIGARD
U-1-Il ITIES AND FRANCHI2E COMMIIIA'.-E
MEETING AGENDA
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Call to Or-der and Roll Call .
2. Minutes fr,om Mar-ch 17, 1988.
3 . Solid wasto haulers, late fees on Unpaid balances .
4. Comp I a i.n A,s , - 0,(^f d(f?gj e ($ -/Iw,
5. 11--i-anchise update.
6. Other, business .
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MEMORANDUM
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
T0: Bob Jean, City Administrator• March 25, 1988
FROM: Wayne Lowry, Liaison to Utility & Franchise Committee Al
SUBJECT: Annual Solid Waste Rate Review
In accordance with TMC 11.04.090, the Utility and Franchise Committee received
from all franchised garbage haulers operating within the city, annual reports
for operations in 1987. The committee met on March 17, 1988, to analyze the
annual reports and to calculate the average profit percent for 1987. After
adjustment for disallowed deductions from gross revenue, it was determined
that the average profit percent was 11 .36 percent.
The rate review procedure adopted by Council on September 14, 1987, states
that if the profit rate falls between 8 percent and 12 percent, no per can
rate adjustment is required. In compliance with the procedure, the Utility
and Franchise Committee recommends no adjustment to solid waste rates
resulting from the annual report review.
The TMC specifies that the City Administrator shall report to the Council by
April 1 on the franchise reports and propose rate adjustments, if any.
On a related subject, Metro has settled on a landfill site near Arlington,
Oregon. Although the transportation and transfer station portions of the
process have not been bid, it is estimated that the solid waste rate increase
will be over $2 per can. According to current estimates, this increase will
not: take effect until mid 1989.
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March 9 , 1998,
1266§ S.A, Katherine
Tigard , Oregon 97223
Utility & Franchise Committee
P.O. Box 23397
Tigard , Oregon 97223
Att : Billie Rawlings
Dear Committee Membersi
I have lived at the above address for over ter years and have
never given much thought to garbage collection until Pride
Disrosal replaced Frank 's Disposal Service. With that change ,
I noticed a sigrificant ircrease in cost , and now in the re-
liability cf the service.
The first issue is cost. I have been paying $4. 00 to 16. 00
in additional fees each billin7 for something called "extra
box. " Regardless of What I place outside the garbage can:
newspapers, an empty cardboard box , a full box, a sack or an
old broom , the incidental charge is $1 . 00 - extra box, My
assortment and volume of garbage has not charged in ten
years , but my garbage bill has escalated from $12.50 with
Frank 's to $20. 50 with Fride Disposal.
On March 9 Pride Disposal refused to empty my garbage can.
H Mr. Likener of Pride Disposal informed me that my garbage
car was too heavy; that it weighed "95 pounds. " He also
stated that my garbage must not exceed 65 pounds. He also
stated that I obul? use a set of bathroom scab=s to weigh my
yvrba7e to ensure that I am in comolhnce.
I am a 18 year old man who has carried hip 7arbage can 65
feet to the curb each and every week for ten years. I know
my physical limitations and they certainly preclude me from
carrying "95 pounds" 65 feet in any directionI I have checked
with my neighbors to sen if anyone else bsp exceeded the limit.
This , of course , led to some absurd carvers,tiors ahcut the
onntyrt Yrd make-up of our -arbage . One recommendation wad.
for all or us to 7o in together to get a discount on hathrncm.
snaics.
The fact is T am a captive customer in a basic monopoly situa-
ticn. T have no free market alternative to take my garbage
somewhere else. I have thus far only been presented the option
of increasir.7 my out-of-pocket costs by putting out and payjr�,-,
for a second can, plus the continued $1 . 00 incidental fees for
any item that is too ? nng or too wide to fit in the cans. T
am not enthused about wrighQ7 my garbage , nor gm T willinq to
osr-W two half empty onrs to the rtreet each week,
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What I woult Tike it a vendor or supplier of garbage disposal.
service whose employees are physically capable of the work
and who will hPuT away my garbage for a known and stnted fee .
T wouit rprociate hearY7 ary recommendntions the committee
may hsve in this matter at their earliest opportunity.
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Cl" C4 REYCtinG TEAM
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by Dora Norwood and Sherryl Goertzen:
The Tillamook Recycling Team I believe in recycling. I compost wet garbage,
wash the cans and flatten them, clean the glass,
How people recycle save the aluminum foil and put newspaper in the
0 In 1950 everything went into the garbage. We dumpster.
O bought a house and a garbage can. It just was the Once every three months I have a garbage can
thing to do.
V& filled a garbage can every week and some- full of plastics and I call City Sanitary. They
times even had another one full of garbage. charge me $3.50 for my garbage can,but when
Thought nothing of it. set out my recyclables once a month,
Then a Recycle Shack went in just a few blocks them up free of charge because I am a customer of
afrom home and on the way to work.It seemed like theirs.Recycling does pay.
a good idea to recycle glass; I noticed they had a
,Mao place for newspaper too, cardboard and brown
mmaf bags, magazines, junk paper, flattened cans and Joanne Boggs: where
aluminum foil.This seemed like a better idea.My We keep our recyclables in the carpo
rt waste paper went to light the fire in the fireplace we have 3 or 4 containers for glass and cans. We
and since we didn't have steak that week,I looked eat a lot
ttrand ofresh foods so we we euonse ar allyof have Plastic
into my empty garbage can on pick-up day and many jars
Wcancelled my weekly garbage service. I can use vegetable bags as sandwich bags.
that$7.50 a month very well,I thought to myself. I take my brown bags to Franz Bakery. I m
Bones,lightbulbs,flashlight batteries all fit into going to start recycling the aluminum foil from
a gallon paint can.Now it takes me about a year to around oleo cubes,I hadn't really thought about it
Pfill a paint can.Plastics are a bit of a problem but before.We tie our newspaper in bundles and take
won't be for long. My bacon grease goes to Gates them to the Kiwanis at the PUD parking lot.
Rendering, and they take bones too. Where can As Tillamook City Recorder we recycle our
we set up grease and bone barrels so that we don't computer paper and newspaper and I would ike to
have to drive so far? see our ledger paper recycled too.
What"s In Our Garbage?
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How can tlm ►the can before its landiilled?
METRO
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Portland,OR 97201-5398
r (503)221-1646
Fax 241-7417
March 23 1988 1g8$
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Dear Interested Party to(; 067.
Mark Saturday, May 14, on your calendar for Metro's first
regionwide household hazardous waste collection day. Hours will be from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
This collection day is a follow-up to the two-day event sponsored by
Metro, Gresham Fire Department and Portland Fire Bureau in November
1986.
This year, Metro is working with the Gresham Fire Department,
Portland Fire Bureau, West Linn Fire Department, Washington County
Executive Officer Fire District 1, Clackamas Rural Fire District 71 and the state Department
Rena Cusma
Metro Council of Environmental Quality to hold the event at four sites in the tri-county
Mike Ragsdale area. Sites are:
Presiding Officer
District 1
Corky Kirkpatrick Gresham City Hall DEQ Testing Station
Deputy Presiding
Officer 1333 NW Eastman Parkway 5885 NW St. Helens Rd.
Dtstrtct 4
Richard Waker Gresham Portland
District 2
Jim Gardner
District 3 Washington County Fire Clackamas Rural Fire
Tom Dejardin District 1 Training Center District 71
District 5
George Van Bergen 3608 SW 209th 15990 SE 130th
District 6 Aloha Clackamas
Sharron Kelley
District 7
DMike istrict g ner Residents of the region will be able to drop off household quantities
Tanya Collier of hazardous products. Such products include pesticides, certain types of
District 9
Larry Cooper Paints and associated products, automotive products and other products that
District 10 are ignitable, toxic, corrosive or reactive. Members of the fire districts'
David Knowles
District 11 hazardous materials teams will be at the sites to accept the materials. Metro
Gary Hansen will hire a contractor to package, transport and dispose of the maieriai
District 12
collected.
Here's how you can help: We will be administering a survey to
participants and are in need of volunteers to help in that capacity. Please call
Metro's Recycling Information Center, 224-5555, if you can help as a
survey-taker.
Sincerely,
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Vickie Rocker /`
Public Affairs Director
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a Q—Ln j8:30 - 9:00 Set up Display items Noon - 1:15 Lunch
Ln I Please bring samples of promotional If weather permits, lunch will be served
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9:00 - 9:30 Arrival, Registration, Coffee &
O N Rolls 1:15 - 2:45 Potpourri of Helpful Hints and Solutions
9:30 - 9:45 Welcome and Introductions by to some roadblocks to recycling.
oiAOR Chair, Ken Sandusky I. Paper Procurement and Piggybacking
a x I 9:45 - 10:45 Concurrent Sessions Orders with the State of Oregon. Marilyn
Reidl, Paper Buyer, State General
° U I 1• Curbside Containers: their costs and Services Administration.
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rates. 2• Making Recycling Convenient —
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Mary Kanz, Marvin Schneider, Newberg Garbage
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Suzanne Johannsen, pp g
a I Cost and Effect.
O Bend Recycling Team
Lauren Tissol, Metro Public Affairs
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C, n i presentation to fit your audience — 4• Thumbnail Sketch of What's Happening
children vs. adults, visual aids, ideas for Around the Country: Role of Promotion
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Ideas and Programs — their Costs and
audience into the presentation.
Effects; Mandatory Recycling Programs.
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o fs I Lauren Tissol, Metro Conservation Consultants
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eA 1 10:45 - 11:15 Break and Exhibits
I 2:45 - 3:30 Exhibits and Information Sharing with
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a x Z7, i DRC Opinion Research. DRC Opinion Surfsands.
Research specializes in surveys and
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teaches courses at Chemekata
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collectors, agency personnel, local government
officials, and educators with information and
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point to ways of improving existing recycling - r:•
programs and methods for starting up new o�
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registration information
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which includes conference materials, coffee and
donuts, and lunch. For more information
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contact AOR's Susan Ziolko at 655-8521 or )) �4.
DEQ's Alene Cordas at 229-6046 (toll free C
1-800-452-4011).
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The Gardens are located south of the main
shopping area, 2 blocks east of the beach on Q
Gower Street. Parking is also available across the 4g
street at City Hall. Y
The Surfsand is holding a kite festival on the 29th
and 30th. For information and motel and R.V.
reservations, call: 1-800-452-4470.
sponsors CANNON BEACH, OREGON
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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality v m APRIL 29, 1988
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O E Rolls
-a o 1 1:15 - 2:45 Potpourri of Helpful Hints and Solutions
1 9:30 - 9:45 Welcome and Introductions by to some roadblocks to recycling.
oa I AOR Chair, Ken Sandusky I. Paper Procurement and Piggybacking
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x I Mary Kanz,
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c I 3. Metro's Puppet Show for Large Events —
'tl ° Suzanne Johannsen,
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O �° _ o Bend Recycling Team
1 Lauren Tissol, Metro Public Affairs
oI 2. Presentations: Streamlining the 4. Thumbnail Sketch of What's-Happening
presentation to fit your audience — Around the Country: Role of Promotion
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.= o 11:15 - 12:00 Speaker: Del Cornutt, President, refreshments, compliments of The
tr 0 I DRC Opinion Research. DRC Opinion Surisands.
4. ° ° I Research specializes in surveys and
a� I market research. Mr. Cornutt also
teaches courses at Chemekata
ci 3 I Community College in marketing
research, consumer behavior and
sociology.
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concerning the conference and registration,
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(a) Grantee shall pay to the City a franchise fee or charge equivalent to
three and one-half percent (3 1/27.) of Grantee's gross operating rev-
enue as the same is defined herein. Grantee shall also pay the
City's utility license fee if required by ordinance (now required by
Bend Code 3.100 to 3.124).
Section 2. COMPENSATION. During the term of this fran-
chise, Grantee shall pay the City a franchise fee or charge
equal to three and one-half percent of the Grantee' s gross
revenues. For purposes of this section, "gross revenues"
T shall mean Grantee's gross revenues from the sale and use of
����►- electricity and electric service and the rental or lease of
�o�db pole and conduit space and other operating facilities within
the City, but not including revenues paid directly by the
United States or its agencies. At Grantee's election,
Grantee may deduct uncollectible accounts of customers within
the City from its gross revenues.
Section 9. In consideration of the privileges and franchise
granted, the Grantee shall pay the City, from and after September
25, 1986 and until the expiration of this franchise, five percent
Q
(5% ) per annum of its gross revenue . The Grantee shall make
quarterly payments to the Citp on or before April 30 , July 31 ,
October 31, and January 31 for the calendar quarters immediately
preceeding.
As further consideration Grantee agrees to pay City 3%
(three percent) of the gross annual revenue for local exchange
service rendered to Grantee's subscribers within the city
.�v limits, such revenue to be determined in accordance with the
lawful rates and rate groupings applicable to the exchange,
exclusive of extended area service. Such payments shall be
made by Grantee on or before March 15 of each year for the
calendar year preceeding and the first and last payment shall
be for the fractional part of the calendar year, during which
this franchise is in effect.
Section 7. In consideration of the rights, privileges,
and franchise hereby granted, said Grantee, Pacific Northwest
Bell Telephone Company, its successors and assigns, shall pay
� �► to the City of Tualatin from and after the date of the
acceptance of this franchise, and until its expiration,
1 annually, three percent (3%) per annum of its gross local
service revenues,/
(b) That in consideration of the rights and privileges
herein granted, the Company shall pay to the City a franchise
fee for each full calendar year during the life of this fran-
chise beginning with the year 1971 an annual fee of three and
one-half per cent (311%) of the gross revenue as defined herein
Q�1 for the immediately preceding calendar year, provided, however,
in the event any city or municipal corporation served by the
Company shall charge the Company a franchise fee of more than
three and one-half per cent (31st), then the City shall forthwith
be informed and shall have the right to require and shall re- ;
ceive, if it shall so elect, the same percentage fee as shall
be charged by said other city or municipal corporation on the
Company's gross revenues within the City as defined in this
ordinance.
7.14.040 Fees and Payment.
(Amended by Ord. No. 154857 and 157321;
effective June 10, 1985.) The fee for such
license shall be measured by a percentage of
the gross revenues received by the utility
for each quarter year period of licensed
operation. Such percentage for each type of
utility shall be as follows beginning October
1, 1985:
Electrical Utility 5.0 percent
Gas Utility 5.0 percent
Sewer Utility 7.0 percent
Steam Utility 5.0 percent
Water Utility 7.0 percent
Telephone Utility 5.0 percent
Telegraph Utility 5.0 percent
(b) "Gross operating _evenue," means Grantee's gross revenues from the
o sale and use of electricity and electric service within the corporate
limits of the City and including revenue from the use, rental or
lease of operating facilities of the utility, other than such rev-
enues derived from business done with the government of the United
States or any agency thereof. At the election of Grantee, Grantee
may also deduct uncollectable accounts of customers within the City
from gross operating revenue.
derived from services other than competitive
services within the corporate limits of the City of Tualatin
less net uncollectibles and revenue paid directly to the
Grantee by the United States of America or any of its
agencies. Services that are competitive for purposes of this
franchise include Grantee's "Centrex" and Centrex type
services such as "Corecom," "Private Line" and Private Line
type services such as "Digicom," Radio type services such as
"Mobile Communications" and "Bell Boy," the provision of
Q�1 inside wiring and any Grantee service that is now or hereafter
detariffed or deregulated by the Oregon Public Utility
Commissioner. Revenues derived from competitive services
shall be excluded from the franchise fee base under this
franchise.
-IVu Gross revenue: Local service revenues as defined in the
Uniform System of Accounts adopted by the Federal Communi-
cations Commission as of the effective date of this
Ordinance , derived by the Grantee from services provided
?N within the City. Gross revenues shall not include.
(a) Net uncollectibles;
(b) Revenues paid directly by the United States of
America or any of its agencies; or
(c) Revenues from the following competitive
services : Centrex; Centraflex 1, 2, 3 and 4; Corecom;
Intra Lata Private Line Service ; Digicom; Mobile
Service; Inside Wiring; and such other services as the
Grantee and the City may agree are competitive .
If the Grantee and the City are unable to agree
whether other services have become competitive since the
effective date of this Ordinance, the matter shall be
submitted to binding arbitration provided that the City
and the Grantee both agree on the procedures for such
arbitration. In the event of such • an arbitration, the
losing party shall pay the reasonable attorney fees of
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Gross revenue as used in this ordinance shall be deemed
to include any revenue earned within the City from the sale of
La;y electric energy.after adjustment for the net write-off of un-
collectible accounts computed on the average annual rate for
110 the entire Company and excluding sales of electric energy to
large industrial customers with nominal demands of 31000 kw or
e`er greater and also excluding sales of electric energy sold by the
Company to any public utility when the public utility purchasing
1 such electric energy is not the ultimate consumer. A public
SF utility as defined herein is any individual, partnership, coop-
erative, corporation or government agency buying electric energy
and distributing such electric energy to other customers or
users.
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7.14.020 Definitions. (Amended by
Ord. No. 154857 and 157530; passed June 26,
effective Oct. 1, 1985.)
(a) Gross revenue. As used in this
Chapter, "gross revenue" includes any
revenue earned within the City, after
adjustment for the net write-off of
uncollectible accounts, from the sale of
electrical energy, gas, steam or water, or
sewage disposal and treatment service, and
k for use, rental, or lease of operating
facilities of the public utility engaged in
such business; from the furnishing or sale of
17V communications or associated services by a
telegraph business, or from a telephone
gra business. Gross revenue of a public utility
i engaged in a telephone or
telecommunications business includes all
local service revenues, as presently defined
in the uniform system of accounts adopt::`
by the Federal Communications Commission
applicable to said utility, earned within the
City. Notwithstanding, gross revenue of a
public utility engaged in a telephone or
telecommunications business shall not
include proceeds from competitive
telecommunications services, defined as
service other than noncompetitive local
exchange telecommunications access
service. Gross revenues do not include
proceeds from the sale of bonds, mortgages,
or other evidence of indebtedness,
securities, or stocks, sales at wholesale by
one public utility to another of electrical
energy when the utility purchasing such
electrical energy is not the ultimate
consumer, and do not include revenue paid
directly by the United States of America or
its agencies. Commissions paid for public
telephones shall be excluded from revenues.
(d) Said franchise fee shall be paid monthly on or before the 20th of
each month during the term hereof, and shall be computed upon the
gross operating revenue accruing during the previous calendar month
or portion thereof. The City license fee shall be paid as required
by City ordinance.
The franchise fee imposed hereunder shall be paid
monthly on or before the 20th of each month during the term
( hereof. The fee shall be computed upon the gross revenues of
�PP Grantee accruing during the previous calendar month or por-
tion thereof. Payments not received by the 20th of each
month shall be assessed interest at the rate of one percent
per month.
Payment of said three percent (3%) shall be made
by Grantee on or before March 15 of each year for the calendar
year preceding, however, such payment shall accrue for 1985
commencing on and after June 14, 1985.
(d) That on or before the first day of March 1971,
and on or before said day of each year thereafter during the
term of this franchise, the Co..pany shall file with the City
Recorder a statement under oath showing the amount of gross
revenue of the Company within the City on the basis outlined in
paragraph (b) hereof for the calendar year immediately preceding
the year in which the statement is filed. The annual franchise
fee for the year in which the statement is filed shall be com-
puted on the gross revenue so reported. Such franchise fee
J(, shall be payable a=ually on or before the first day of April
beginning in the year 1971.
The lice _shall-SSiIDt"'re theiceose
fee� app_I in g the perce�ag� set for the
tape of operation i vhlch_such uJ 11
engages, to the_grSVe rim and shall pay
to,.._the_.J:rea.s_u r ohe Cid! the resultant
fee on the following basis: ori or before May
15 the fee for the period extending from
January 1 through March 31, inclusive, of
the same calendar year; on or before August
15 the fee for the period extendi:,," itv111
April 1 through June 30, inclusive, of the
same calendar year; on or before
15 the fee for the period extending from
July 1 through September 30, inclusive, of
the same calendar year; on or before
February 15 the fee for the period ext.,,iding
from October I through December 31,
inclusive, of the preceding calendar year!
but all such payments shall be subject to the
deductions set forth in Section 7.14.050. A
licensee commencing operations as provided
in Section 7.14.030 shall make his initial
payment on or before the payment date
following the quarter year period within
which operations are commenced. In the
event a licensee terminates operations
which come within the provisions cf thi%
Chapter, he shall make his final payment on
or before the 45th day following the day of
such termination.
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Section 10. The City shall have the right to annually audit
the books and records of the Grantee to verify that the franchise
fee has been correctly computed and paid by the Grantee . The
Grantee agrees to reimburse the City for :
(a) The reasonable costs of such audit if the audit
t►'�� discloses that the Grantee has paid 95% or less of the
franchise fee owing for the period of such audit; or
(b) One-half of the reasonable costs of such audit if
the audit discloses that the Grantee has paid more than 951
but 98% or less of the franchise fee owing for the period of
such audit.
At .the City' s request, the Grantee shall provide the City ' s
auditors access to the Grantee ' s books and records , including
relevant USOC codes.
On or before the forty-fifth day following each calendar
quarter year period (January 1 through March 31 , April 1
through June 30 , July 1 through September 30 , and October 1
through December 31 ) , Grantee shall file with the City Bureau
of Licenses or its successor a report of its gross revenues
for such calendar quarter, setting forth its gross revenues ,
broken down as to the type of service provided. Grantee' s
�p v books and records concerning such revenues shall be open for
\` inspection by the proper officers of the City at all con-
venient times to determine the amount of compensation due the
City under this franchise, and shall be kept so as to
accurately show the same. Any other reports required by the
Charter and ordinances of the City shall be made from time to
time as required.
Upon receipt of such annual payment
the city Recorder shall issue his receipt therefor, which shall
be full acquittance of the Company for the payment. If contro-
versv arises as to the amount of gross revenue within the
meaning of this ordinance, the amount of such gross revenue as
determined by the Public Utilities Commissioner of Oregon after
examination of the Company's records shall be deemed the correct
® amount. Any difference of payment due either the City or the
Company through error or otherwise shall be payable within
fifteen (15) days of discovery of such error. Should the Com-
0 pany fail or neglect to pay any of said annual payments provided
Vol for in this seetioh for thirty (30) days after any annual pay-
`('�,,0 sent shall become due and payable and after thirty (30) days'
written notice from the City, the City, by its properly con-
stituted authority, may at its option either continue this
franchise in force and/or proceed by suit or action to collect
said payment, or declare a forfeiture of this franchise because
of the failure to make such payment but without waiving the
right to collect earned franchise payments.
Grantee' s ecords .
Grantee shall keep accurate record books of account for the
purpose of determining the amounts due to the City under
the provisions of this agreement. Such books of account
shall be open to inspection by the City, its attorney, or
other authorized agent at any time during Grantee' s
business hours. The City may audit said books of account
from time to time. Should such an audit reveal that pay-
ments tendered by Grantee to the City are less than the
amounts due under the terms of this agreement, Grantee
shall be liable for the costs of such audit ; otherwise the
cost of the audit shall be borne by the City .
Grantee shall maintain current maps showing the location of
its facilities , fixtures , appliances , and structures within
the streets , highways , or other public property of the
City. The City shall be allowed to inspect said maps at
any time during Grantee' s normal business hours . If re-
quested by City , Grantee shall furnish , without charge and
within a reasonable time, maps relating to specified areas
of the City .
7.14.060 Report of Gross Revenues. 'V" d
�Q (/\mended by Ord. No. 158792 July 17,
1 9,6Q Coincidentally with the payment of
the license fee required herein, the licensee Ai✓�N•�
shall file with the City Bureau of Licenses a
report of the gross revenues of the licensed j
public utility, setting forth the revenues
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according to their accounting subdivisions,
and any deductions claimed for the period QS 14Qe7- dtc
upon which the license fee is computed.
Within 30 days from the date such report is /
filed, or such additional time as the Council
may allow, the Bureau of Licenses shall
investigate the report and determine the
accuracy of the amount reported. The
Council, the Commissioner of Finance or
the Commissioner of Public Utilities may w 'r
require such additional investigation to be
made by themselves or their agent, either �IC�%4•••C�-
simultanously or subsequently as they may
deem appropriate. For the purpose of such
investigation the licensee shall make
available for investigation all records and
books of the company for verification of the
reports of the company and the fees paid by
the company. However, neither the
payment nor a failure to make such
investigation shall be deemed to estop the
City in any way, or prevent subsequent
investigation by any officer or agent of the
City, and collection of any amount due. If
the fee paid is determined to be excessive,
the licensee shall be entitled to a refund of
the excess paid. If the fee paid is found to
be insufficient, the Bureau of Licenses shall
notify the licensee of the amount of the
deficiency, and demand payment of the
amount.
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p (c) Said franchise fee shall be offset against the sum total of the li-
cense fee required by City ordinance and any other occupation or ex-
cise taxes levied by the City against Grantee with respect to
Grantee's electric business or the exercise of this franchise within
the corporate limits of the City.
Section 11. With each franchise fee payment, the Grantee
shall furnish a sworn statement setting forth the amount and
calculation of the payment. The statement shall detail the
revenues received by the Grantee from its operation within the
City, and shall specify the nature and amount of all exclusions
/ -e„al and deductions from such revenues claimed by the Grantee in
calculating the franchise fee . Nothing in this franchise shall
give the Grantee any credit against any nondiscriminatory business
tax, or ' ad valorem property tax now or hereafter levied against
real or personal property within the City, or against any local
improvement assessment levied on the Grantee' s property . The
Grantee may deduct from its franchise fee payment all sums paid to
the City for permit, inspection or similar fees for street
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Payment of this franchise fee shall not exempt Grantee
from the payment of any other license, tax or charge on the
business, occupation, property or income of Grantee that may
be imposed by the City, except as may otherwise be provided
� eT in the ordinance or ordinances imposing such other license,
� PL fee, tax or charge; provided, however, that the percentage of
P gross revenues used or required to be used to measure City
fees and charges of all kinds imposed against Grantee shall
aggregate to no greater percentage of gross revenues than
that used or required to be used by any other utility fur-
nishing electric service within the City. In assessing fees
and charges , the City shall not unreasonably discriminate
between Grantee and other utilities operating within the
City.
Section 20. CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES TO APPLY.
This franchise is hereby made subject to the Charter of the
City of Portland and general ordinance provisions passed pur-
suant thereto, now in effect or hereafter made effective, and
y'gb particularly to the applicable provisions presently contained
in Sections 10-101 through 10-218 inclusive, of said Charter
( 1942 compilation and revised in part by subsequent amend-
ments), as the same now exist or hereafter are amended by the
people of the City of Portland, which are hereby expressly
made a part of this franchise.
Such 3% payment will
be accepted by the City of Tualatin from the Grantee, as
payment of all or any license privilege or occupation taxes,
fee for revenue or regulation, or permit or inspection fees or
similar charges for street openings, installations, or
construction to be imposed by the City of Tualatin upon the
Grantee during the term of this franchise.
® (c) That in consideration of the agreement of the
Company to make such payments, the City agrees that no license,
��Q' tax or charge on the business, occupation or franchise of the
Company shall be imposed upon, exacted from or required of the
Company by the City during the term of this ordinance, but this
provision shall not exempt the property of the Company from law-
ful ad valorem taxes.
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p 7.14.050 Deductions. (Amended by
\� Ord. No. 157321, effective June 10, 1985.)
The licensee may deduct from the license
fee required in this Chapter the amount of
any payments made or accrued to the City
for the period upon which the license fee is
computed, under any provision of franchise,
permit, or ordinance in lieu of franchise,
and the value of any services, including free
telephone service rendered to the City
under the terms of a franchise, permit of
ordinance in lieu of franchise, but excluding
the valueof any right given to City to use
poles, conduits, or ducts to other facilities
in common with the licensee, nor may any
licensee deduct any permit or inspection fee
imposaed under any code or ordinan�� i the
City, and a telephone utility licensee may
not deduct the fees agreed to be paid the
City for street telephone booths. I his
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Section 8. Franchise Fee. It is understood and agreed
that the percentage to be paid to the City by Grantee under
the terms and provisions of Section 7 above is the standard
,�ifAv franchise fee paid by the Grantee to other cities it serves
for the rights, privileges and franchises of the nature
contemplated herein and in the event that during the term
hereof the Grantee shall agree, or the Oregon Public Utility
Commissioner may require Grantee to pay any city in Oregon a
percentage rate of compensation or fee exceeding that provided
for herein, said increased rate of compensation shall
thereafter be payable to the City and this ordinance and
franchise shall be amended accordingly.
21 SECTION 8. It is understood and agreed that the percentage to be
22 paid to the City by Grantee under the terms and provisions of Section 7,
b�E 23 above, is the standard franchise fee paid by the Grantee to other cities it
24
serves for the rights, privileges and franchises of the nature contemplated
herein, and in the event that during the term hereof the Grantee shall agree
1 in a negotiated franchise to pay any city in Oregon a percentage rate of
2 compensation exceeding that provided for herein, said increased rate of
3 compensation shall thereafter be payable to the City and this ordinance
and franchise shall be amended accordingly.
4
Section 2 : That all rights and privileges hereby ¢.ranted shall be
effective as of April 1 , 197." . and scall terminate at
the expir"ation of twenty ( 20) years from sa ' i date unless sooner
terminated as provided in this ordinance , e.\ -ept that at any time
after the expiration of the first 10-year interval hereof, the City
shall have the right to renegotiate the franchise fee payable by the
Company . The franc,Ase fee so renegotiated shall be effective on
January 1 of the calendar year next fol.lowinr the year in which the
City notifies the Company in writing, that the City is exercising its
right to renegotiate the franchise fee . If the parties cannot agree
with respect to such matter, then the matter shall be submitted to
arbitration as provided in ORS Chapter 33 , or an7 act amendatory
thereto . 'The City s.^.all , in any event , at its. )pt; on be entitled to
receive i franchise fee after the expiration of the first 10-year
interval hereof, computed at the then highest percentage rate of gross
revenue as defined herein, being used to compute the franchise fee
paid by the Company to any other municipality in the State of Oregon.
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Section 9 . Duration. The rights, privileges and
franchise hereby granted shall continue and be in full force
for a period of five (5) years from the date this ordinance
!n� becomes effective, except that it is understood and agreed
K� that either party may terminate this agreement after 180 days
_ written notice_
SECTION 9. The rights, privileges and franchise hereby granted
5
lc� shall continue to be in full force for a period of ten (10) years from the
6 date of its passage. However, this franchise shall be inoperative unless
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it is accepted in writing by the Grantee within sixty (60) days after the
8 date of its passage.
Except as may otherwise be required by law, no portion
Parr of this franchise fee shall be noted separately on any bill
to any customer or user of services or commodities furnished
by Grantee.
The amount of license fee to be paid
the City under this Section shall not, except
to the extent that it exceeds the maximums ��t o 0
provided for in OAR 860-22-040(1); b�-
shown as a separate item, computation or
addition to the customer's bill by any public
utility for its sales, services, or other
charges, which are revenues used as a h"Sis
for computation of such City license fees.
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• state rail project affirms the potential for private development of even the largest
public works projects, "at least in some settings, " Lynch agrees. Relatively easy
access to right-of-way and the potential for lucrative land development are what opened
the way for the Florida project, but other circumstances could just as easily pose
workable opportunities as well.
Several other states are also studying the possibilities for high-speed rail.
Nevada, for example, thinks it could profit tremendously from easier travel between
Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Moynihan is also urging the Northeast states to smooth over
the decrepit rail corridor between Washington and Boston with a more efficient modern
system. But as with most other areas of public works, it'll probably depend on local
and private initiative to makes things happen.
SOLID WASTE
WASTE DISPOSAL CRISIS MARES CITIES SITTING DUCKS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
While legitimate private enterprise has yet to make an earnest effort at helping
communities develop comprehensive recycling programs, unwelcome privateers are hamper-
ing publicly directed efforts.
States and localities across the country are returning in droves to recycling, faced
with rapidly diminishing landfill space and torrential solid waste flows. Even where
open land is available, programs to conserve dumping space by cutting the waste stream
are taking hold as residents fight the opening of new facilities tooth-and-nail.
Waste management ordinances from Philadelphia to Sacramento uniformly involve the
separation of recyclables, such as paper, glass and metals, for curbside collection
along with normal waste pick-ups. Even under the best circumstances, the return on
recyclables seldom covers the cost of collection.
But if that weren't trouble enough, an increasing number of cities report problems
with garbage pirates skimming off the most salvageable items before city crews can make
their rounds. Often, all that 's left behind are materials that are more costly to
recover than to dump.
Scavengers in the Chicago suburbs are cutting into the revenues upon which residents
rely to run community recycling efforts. "We estimate that we are losing 4 to 5 tons
of newspaper a week," says Patrick Barry of the Greater Chicago Recycling Industry
Council.
In Beverly, where the participation rate is an impressive 60%, residents have duti-
fully deposited revenue-producing newspaper, bottles and cans in special crates for
curbside collection by one of 3 city recycling plants. Instead of allowing plant col-
lection crews gather the "good" materials for free, scavengers haul it in and demand
the going rate of 40¢ a pound for aluminum and U a pound for newspaper and glass.
By gathering the material themselves, the recycling centers can recover 80% of the
cost of processing, but the scavengers' cut brings down the return to 60%. Despite the
problems, Mayor Sawyer is impressed enough with Beverly community program to order
mandatory recycling citywide by 1989.
Sacramento is experiencing similar problems since the first day of its recycling
program 3 weeks ago. Using youngsters for collection crews, the enterprise doubles as
a youth employment program. Undeterred by the pirates, the city hopes the drive will
become well enough organized to be self-supporting in a year or two.
But more important than the challenge of making recycling even marginally profit-
able, cities need help in making it effective enough to divert an appreciable portion
of the wastestream from going to the dump. Experts generally agree that a community
can't expect to find a market for more than 10% to 30% of its waste. Governors and
mayors around the country, on the other hand, insist that recycling rates of closer to
50% will be necessary to ease the garbage crisis.
Page 6 = INFRASTRUCTURE NEWS April 13, 1988
With collections rapidly on the rise, markets for recovered materials continue to be
the chief limitation on the impact that recycling can have on the waste problem. A few
states have tried, with moderate success, to use tax incentives to stimulate demand
among traditional waste product users, such as paper mills, but it 's becoming apparent
that major breakthroughs aren't likely without the development of new recycling proc-
esses and products to make recovered materials more marketable.
Wastepaper processors, for instance, are continuing to boost their consumption at a
rate of about 2 million tons a year, owing largely to national economic growth: and
rising export trade. Sooner or later, however, something has to give, says Rod Edwards
of the American Paper Institute.
"We hear of lots of plans to turn on recycling in the major cities by collecting
more tonnage," but it won't all find a place to go, Edwards notes. "We strongly advise
[the cities] to have a contract from a paper dealer in hand before getting started," he
adds. With the traditional wastepaper market reaching the end of its growth curve, at
a projected peak of 26 million tons by the end of this year, it's an opportune time for
entrepreneurs to find novel new uses for the millions of left over tonnage.
For other materials, such as glass, the problem tends to be market proximity, rather
than demand, because of the low weight to value ratio. The current process for color
sorting, crushing and removing ceramics is relatively slow and costly, notes industry
consultant Bill Franklin. "That doesn't leave much of a margin for hauling expenses,"
he tells us.
Technological breakthroughs to reduce the cost of processing alone would go a long
way toward improving the potential for recovering glass and other resources.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
CAPITAL INVESTMENT KEEPS STATES ATOP RANKINGS FOR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
States that invest in infrastructure are pulling ahead of the pack in the national
competition for economic growth and vitality.
For the second consecutive year, a nationwide study of state economic performance
confirms that public works is a key element in creating a powerful climate for business
investment. Published by the Corporation for Enterprise Development, the report pre-
sents a new approach
in the analysis of regional economic conditions and the potential
for improvement, challenging the long cherished belief that tax policy and labor costs
are the chief determinants. (INF 4/15p4)
Fundamental changes in the economy call for new measures of vitality, the report
(' emphasizes, citing job growth and other general performance indicators, the strength of
existing businesses in a given region, and the capacity for accommodating future enter-
prise. An intriguing pattern emerging from the study is that states which rate highly
in the capacity index, largely a measure of infrastructure conditions, are most likely
to score well in the other categories also.
The development of this new kind of growth analysis was inevitable," the authors
say, as the predominance of huge factories and mass production gives way to a new gen-
eration of "fast-moving, innovative, highly-adaptable entrepreneurs."
As the economy changes, the conditions important to economic development--and to the
new breed of businesses that create it--are changing as well, the report suggests.
Whereas the old economy was fueled by brawn, the new economy is driven by brains. The j
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WASHINGTON
COUNTY,
OREGON
WASHINGTON COUNTY GARBAGE COORDINATING COMMITTEE MEETING
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1988
1 :30 P.M.
ROOM 408
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
150 N. FIRST
HILLSBORO, OREGON
MAYORS` UPDATE OF REGIONAL PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING
SOLID WASTE TO DATE
I. Speakers:
A. Rich Owings, Metro Director Solid Waste, to discuss the following
projects:
1. Landfill Issues
a. Eastern Oregon Siting & Bacona
b. Investigation of Waste Management
2. Burner Operations
3. CTRC Overage
4. Washington County "Interim Facility"
5. East Transfer Station
6. Transportation Depot
7. Work Program Options for the Solid Waste Plan Update
II. Larrance Request Letter to Ragsdale for Metro Solid Waste Revenues and
Expenditures Information
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Board of County Commissioners
150 North First Avenue Hillsboro,Oregon 97124 Phone:503/648-8681
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IN CONSIDERATION of the PRENBUM OF $125.00 Contractors Bonding and
Insurance'-,Ccnipany hereby continues in full force Bond N0. 803853
dated the 1st day of April 1987 , in the amount of 5,000.00
Pride ni.srx-)sal 0-)Many dba: Frank's Disposal Service
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in favor of the City of Tigard, Oregon
for the period beginning on the 29t�iay of May , 19 88
and ending on the 29t1bay of May 1989 , subject to all the
terms and conditions of said bond, PROVIDED that the liability of said
Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company shall not exceed in the aggregate
the amount above written, whether the loss shall have occurred during the
term of said bond or during any continuation or continuations thereof, or
partly during said term and partly during any continuation or continuations
thereof.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Volume>n,No. 6 News Release--Afterwards
March-April,1988
A good example of an after-the-event news
release was sent out by the Metropolitan
Reduction Head Named Service District, the Portland-area's regional
Dave Rozell is DEQ's new waste reduction government, last February. The single-page
manager. Rozell has been with the Department release summed up Operation Phone Book,
since December, 1986,formerly as hazardous the fall, 1987 Lions Club campaign to collect
waste environmental engineer.Before that,he and recycle outdated telephone directories in
worked for nonprofit environmental firms in the Metro service area.The release was
both Seattle and Portland. Contact Rozell at headed"Recycling Drive Keeps 600 Tons of
229-6165. Phone Books Out of Landfill." Its first
sentence was designed to capture the
imagination: "Picture this: enough phone books
Conference Last Call that,if laid end to end,would stretch from
Learn how to motivate people--from an Portland to Bend (nearly 160 miles)."
expert--at the third annual education and While the news release was about phone
promotion conference cosponsored by the book recycling,it also got in information about
Association of Oregon Recyclers and DEQ on Metro's participation in this sentence: 'The
Friday,April 29 at Cannon Beach.You're sure
tMetropolitan Service District (Metro)
o come away with new enthusiasm for
recycling education and promotion--and provided assistance through its Recycling
probably some sand in your shoes. Information Center,which gave callers
information about locations of drop sites and
Keynote speaker is Del Cornutt,president, set up a referral system for large businesses to
DRC Opinion Research, Salem,who teaches have phone books picked up."
college-level courses in marketing research, For a tip sheet on writing news releases,
consumer behavior and sociology. He'll talk 229-6046. For
on reinforcing and changing attitudes. There contact Alene Cordas,
will be plenty of display space,so bring posters information on setting up telephone book
and handouts to share with others. collection, contact Vickie Rocker, Metro
public affairs director,221-1646.
If you haven't yet received your bright
green registration pamphlet, call AOR Recycling Rates
conference chair Susan Ziolko, 655-8521, or
Alene Cordas,DEQ information Portland headquarters-DEQ recycles
representative, 229-6046. approximately 11/2 tons of office paper each
month, according to collectors. State offices in
Salem recycle 90 tons/month.
Calling DEQ from outside the Portland area?
Phone toll free 1-800-452-4011. Your call will be
returned by the appropriate staff person.
County Measures Opinion Tourists Recycle
Often a promotion starts with poll-taking The Bend Recycling Team(BRT) is aiming
designed to measure people's understanding or a new pilot project at the hordes of tourists,
opinion about an issue. With a new tax base on both from in and out of state,who descend on
the May ballot, Marion County hired Del Sunriver, a popular Deschutes County resort.
Cornutt, local opinion research firm The just-begun project will run through
owner---and keynote speaker at the April 29 September in a rental home section of the
AOR/DEQ education-promotion resort.
conference---to learn residents' outlooks on
various departments and services. BRT executive director Suzanne Johansen
interviewed guests to find out the most
Even before the election,recycling clearly effective way of communicating information
came out ahead. "Interviewers found that about recycling. 'They receive a packet of
recycling had a positive image among poll material when they check in,but most people
respondents,"said Terry Fristad,one of the admitted that they don't read it. So we
County's recycling coordinators. laminated an informational flyer and mounted
it under the kitchen sink in each unit."
Phone interviewers found that 73 per cent of
the respondents felt recycling in the county Guests are asked to place their glass and tin
was excellent, above average, or average. Only in under-sink containers to drop off in depots
13 per cent rated it as fair or poor. located near the area's dumpsters.They also
are asked to bag newspapers and leave on the
Close to 300 phone calls focused on the fireplace hearth for the maids. For more
urban Salem-Keizer area,with representative information, contact Johansen at 388-3638.
samples taken from other areas of the
county.The survey had a 95 per cent accuracy
rate.For more information, contact Fristad at Douglas Does Door-to-Door
588-5038. Bill Skiba,new half-time recycling
coordinator for Douglas County,is setting up a
State Buys Recycled Paper door-to-door pilot project using RSVP, a local
program for retired senior citizens.Details of
It's official. All branches of Oregon the project were unavailable at this time.
government will use recycled paper in their Skiba,from the county's engineering
copy machines.The State of Oregon has department, can be reached at 440-4362; or
awarded a contract good through next write him at Douglas County Justice Building
December to Supplyways of Portland for Room 103,Roseburg 97470.
recycled Simpson-Emblem xerographic paper. c
The paper is white and available in several
different sizes.It has a 10 per cent r
post-consumer waste content and a 40 per cent
secondary waste content.The State of 13
California also is purchasing this paper.
Local governments may call General
Services,378-4167, and order minimum 200
cartons under price agreement#7573.For Need an illustration?Check the curriculum:it's
smaller orders, contact Mary Jackson at full of easily-reproduced line drawings!For
Supplyways,228-6561. assistance, call Alene Cordas, 229-6046;or ask
your local printer about copying a drawing.
Apartments Recycle Agreement Signed
The Oregon Apartment Association(OAA), The Department and McFarlane's Bark,
a group which represents nearly 500 Inc., have signed an agreement establishing a
multi-family landlords in the Portland area, has schedule for removal of old accumulated yard
been offering its own version of a recycling debris and regulating the amount of new yard
lottery. Property managers distribute pledge debris which can be received at McFarlane's
cards ("I recycled each week last month")which yard debris processing facility in Milwaukie.
are then signed and submitted in a drawing. The agreement sets production quotas for
The selected apartment dweller receives $25. composted yard debris products and
For more information, contact David Rand, implementation of an odor control program.
OAA recycling coordinator,284-4269.
The Department will be developing rules to
regulate the full range of composting activities
Group Advocates in Oregon later this year.For more
Recycling Advocates is a new citizens group information, contact DEQ recycling specialist
in the Portland area which is dedicated to Bill Bree,229-6975.
promoting recycing.The group has made
proposals for a Block Leader program to the
city of Portland. It also cosponsored a news
conference about strengthening recycling Calendar Marks Participation
programs.A campaign to have take-out
restaurants change from styrofoam to Consider a calendar if you're looking for
biodegradable packaging is in the works. For something that will involve youth and adults in
more information, contact Jeanne Roy, your community. Plan months ahead. Start with
244-0026. a student contest. Compile vital information
and convenient tips about recycling. Pass the
finished product out among your customers.
West Linn Reports Expect long-term benefits.
A comprehensive description of the city of The most recent community to produce a
West Linn's multi-faceted, successful recycling calendar did all of the above. Marion County
program is available by mail.The report Solid Waste Management and Mid-Valley
includes a program description, figures on Waste Management Association(MVWMA)
recycling volumes, and city ordinances related together started the 1988 RECYCLE!
to recycling. For starters, crunch these ARTCALENDAR last October,with a student
numbers: 50 percent of residences participate contest held in conjunction with the state's
in on-route collection, 90 percent of Recycling Awareness Week.Entrants were
multi-family units have recycling dropboxes, asked to draw a picture or explain in 100 words
and 100 percent of all schools use the or less the theme for that week, Recycling
curriculum. The report calculates that the city Saves.The contest, open to Marion County
is achieving a 33.6 percent reduction in the students,was sponsored by the two
amount of waste generated through all its organizations and by United Savings Bank.
recycling activities.For your copy of the report,
contact Ed Druback, solid waste and recycling Over 200 entries were received; all winners
coordinator, 656-4211. are featured in the RECYCLE!
ARTCALENDAR.Using county printing
services kept cost of each calendar"under 80
cents," says Mary Kanz, executive
director/recycling coordinator of MVWMA.
Call her at 390-1370.
Product Proves Popular Puppets Promote Recycling
Congratulations to each of you who have "We kept the concept simple so kids would
helped promote and distribute get the message,but we put lots of action in to
RE:TFRNKING RECYCLING, the keep them interested," explains Lauren Tissol,
Department's solid waste management Metro's public information representative.
curriculum. The first printing of 750 copies That agency awarded an$1,850 contract to the
was completed in August,1987. By December, Oregon Puppet Theater for a 10-minute
we were filling only in-state requests. We ran puppet show designed for groups of children
out completely in March,1988; a second ages 5-12.The show,which features four hand
printing of 1,000 copies is now ready for puppets (Mother Nature, a squirrel,a boy and
distribution. Out-of-state orders are being a girl), is designed as a one-person
honored for$15; Oregon educators and operation.For more information, contact Tissol
recyclers continue to receive copies free.For at 221-1646.
more information, contact Alene Cordas,
229-6046. Re: Moving On
Congratulations to both Marianne
Fitzgerald and Elaine Glendening. Fitzgerald
will continue working under Dave Rozell,but
with the title of hazardous waste reduction
specialist.She is working with Oregon
industries to reduce the hazardous waste
generated. Glendening will be working under
Curriculum Gets Exposure Kathi Futornik in the hazardous waste
Taking the curriculum to the teachers management program dealing with regulated
continues.AOR is focusing on in-services,with industries.
one coming up May 7 in The Dalles;while They will be solely missed by many
Metro is conducting teacher presentations and recyclers,both in and outside the Department.
working with individual schools in the Portland
area. Meanwhile, DEQ's statewide
display/presentation schedule includes: EQC Gets Proposed Rules
• Oregon Council for the Social Studies Autorization requests to hold public
hearings on draft yard debris recycling rules in
(display,200 participants),Newport; affected wastesheds and the recycling
certification program go before the EQC at its
• Eastern Oregon Teachers of Math and ' April 29 meeting in Medford.
Science (display and presentation, 100
participants),La Grande; Before regional landfills can accept waste
from local government units within or without
• Western Oregon Teachers of Math and the State, the Department must certify that the
Science (display and presentation, 200 governments have implemented the
participants),Ashland; opportunity to recycle.The proposed rules
prescribe procedures, fees, and exemptions.
For yard debris information, call Bill Bree,
• Oregon Small School Association (display, 229-6975;for certification information, call
100 participants), Monmouth;Oregon Science Marianne Fitzgerald,229-5060.
Teachers Association (three presentations,
250 participants),Beaverton.
Opinion, Please
Here's your chance to let your editor and waste reduction staff know what you think of
RE.•RECYCLING. To get you started we've asked a few questions. Use this page to tell us how we're
doing and what you'd like to see in this newsletter. Then return by May 18.No need to sign your name.
1. RE:RECYCLING is designed to help you with recycling promotion and education.Does it
fulfill its purpose?
2. Does it contain too much too little_information?The right amount ?
3.What type of topics are most helpful?
4.What type of topics are least helpful?
5. What changes would you like to see?
6. What's been your most successful education/promotion idea/tool to date?
7.What do you feel is your biggest problem in education and promotion?
8. From our mailings and response to workshops,we've learned that many people in fields other
than recycling and solid waste are reading RE:THINKING RECYCLING.What is your title and
description of your job?
9. Whom do you work for (private industry, government, etc.)?
10. RETHINKING RECYCLING goes to an audience across the country. Your state is:
11. (If applicable:) How long have you been involved with solid waste management?
12. How long have you held your present position?
• RE:RECYCLING EDUCATION AND
PROMOTION provides resources and ideas
for effective, affordable recycling programs
developed in response to the Oregon
Recycling Opportunity Act. Published O
bimonthly by the Oregon Department of
Enviornmental Quality Waste Reduction
Section, 811 SW 6th., Portland, Oregon
97204. Printed on recycled paper.
• Alene Cordas, editor.
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DEQ
Waste Reduction Section
811 SW 6th.
Portlan4 Oregon 97204
CJERT W. J EAN
CITY A^MINISTRATIR
CITY OF rIaA,2D
SOX 23J5T
T15ARD, ::R
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CITY OF T I GA M
OREGON
April 18, 1988
Carolyn Feldman Apt. 315
9050 SW Scholls Ferry Road, p
Portland, OR 97223
Dear Carolyn:
I have received the complaint against PGE submitted by various residents of
your apartment complex regarding
the nuary and Committee February
asked me ltot contact ric 1sPGE The
Chairman of the Utility and
your behalf.
In my conversation with PGE, I was told the November/December and
December/January power usages in your complex were not determined by reading
the meter but were estimated. The reason given was that a locked gate
the meters. As a result,
prohibited the meter reader from gaining access to
the meters were reado s estimates were reflectedein thetFebruary bills actualthe power
metered and the previ
If PGE's response is not satisfactory, please give me a call at 639-4171,
ext. 345 and I would be happy to pursue it further.
Sincerely,
i�v
Wa ne Low
y
Finance Director
ke/4320D
13125 SW Hall Blvd.,P.O.Box 23397,Tigard,Oregon 97223 (503)639-4171
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Back USAriver plan
Water quality in the Tualatin River is one Tualatin River equation because other sourc-
of the most serious environmental challenges es of nutrient pollution would dump nurients
in Washington County, second only perhaps to into the river faster than the river's slow flow
wetlands conservation. could flush them out. I
The Department of Environmental Quali- USA, on the other hand, proposes a visual
ty's (DEQ) proposed-water quality standards standard for the Tualatin River that would
for the Tualatin River and the public process prohibit unsightly algae growths and protect
to ,arrive at those standards have been fish and livestock along the river. The USA
thoughtful and well-organized responses to the plan would also establish stricter pollution
challenge. limits for the Tualatin during low-flow periods
But DEQ's proposed standards are precise- but more lenient standards at higher flow lev-
1y that-standards. They are the basis for an els.
unrealistic plan for cleaning up the algae in In addition, the agency is asking city and
the Tualatin River. county governments to contribute $1 per resi-
An alternative approach proposed by the dent for a $250,000 feasibility study to estab-
Unified Sewerage Agency (USA) deserves se- lish a storm and surface water management
rious consideration by DEQ's governing body,
district within the county. The district would =1
the Environmental Quality Commission, be charge property owners within USA's bounda-
fore the commission adopts final pollution ries an annual fee to manage uncontrolled
limits for the river in July. sources of pollution such as farm irrigation
and urban runoff.
East county residents should attend DEQ's
public hearing on the Tualatin River and sup- USA officials should study the possibility of
port USA's plan Tuesday, April 26,at 2 p.m. in expanding their duties to include storm water
the Beaverton City Library Community Room, management rather than creating yet another
12500 S.W.Hall Blvd.- district to deal with a countywide problem,
The proposed DEQ standards would limit but the idea is sound. City and county officials
phosphorus and ammonia levels in the lower should support the $1 per resident study pro-
rK Tualatin River during summer months and Pel•
would establish a schedule of maximum daily The Tualatin River never was and proba-
loads for these pollutants based on the river's bly never will be a pristine, white-water raft-
flow. ing river like the Deschutes; the river's mean-
The strict standards proposed by DEQ dering 45-mile path is too flat and overgrown.
would eliminate algae in the river, but only if But the Tualatin could be a much better
they-were met. Unified Sewerage Agency offi- recreational resource by increasing flow from
eials say they cannot hope to meet these lim- Hagg Lake and possibly the Barney Reservoir,
its.`They say they would have to stop dumping two alternatives already under study by USA
treated sewage in the river and pipe it else- officials. -
where.
While this may sound like an ideal solution County residents must decide whether
to khe Tualatin River's woes, it is the opposite. they want the Tualatin improved for recre-
PI3el11nes to the Willamette and Columbia riv- ational use and, more importantly, whether ��
ers would cost an estimated $66 million—not they're willing to pay for it.
including operating costs—and would reduce USA's three-pronged plan to clean up the A propos
the Tualatin's flow by perhaps 50 percent dur- Tualatin with a visual standard, more flexible great detail l:
ing crucial low-flow periods,USA officials esti- pollution limits and better water management the consolid
mate. is the best way to keep the river's options Washington
Beaverton F°
Less flow would mean more algae in the open. alatin Rural
It is a propoE
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