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Home My WebLink AboutCC AG PKT 2005-09-12 #B OS AGENDA REPORT DATE: September 12, 2005 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council THRU: John B. Bahorski, City Manager FROM: Mark K. Vukojevic, P.E., Director of Public Works /City Engineer SUBJECT: MONTHLY STAFF SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY GROUP SAVE OUR BEACH SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The proposed City Council action will authorize City Staff to provide support services for the monthly beach clean -up by the community group Save Our Beach formalizing existing practice by the City. BACKGROUND: Save Our Beach is a non - profit 501(C)3 corporation ID# 35- 2176382 dedicated to improving the water quality along the Southern California coastline. Save Our Beach conducts monthly beach cleaning with volunteers with a staging area at the 1 St. Beach Parking Lot. On the fourth Saturday of each month, from 12 noon to 3 p.m, volunteers collect trash along the waterline and on the beach and bring it back to City trash dumpsters at the parking lot. This practice augments the daily beach cleaning and sanitizing that is completed by the Public Works Department. Currently, Public Works Department staff is on hand to assist with trash dumping, removing large items, unlocking gates and supplying a 4x4 pickup truck. In addition, the City provides parking passes to all volunteers for the 1 St. Beach Parking Lot. This practice has been helpful in bringing water quality awareness in the community. Save Our Beach also conducts an annual River Clean-up Day in conjunction with the State's Coastal Clean-up Day in September. Over the last few years, this effort has been successful in removing large amounts of trash and debris from the river, before it makes its way to the ocean. Annually, the Public Works Department staff is also on hand to assist with trash dumping, removing large items, and with a 4x4 pickup truck to move the trash back to City dumpsters. Save Our Beach is requesting that these City Services be formalized by City Council action. Although attendance varies, typically a few hundred volunteers attend to help pick up trash on the River Clean-up Day; a great opportunity for community involvement. In addition, some of the local businesses also donate supplies and food for the volunteers. Information regarding the clean -ups and results are available at www.saveourbeach.org. Agenda Item 8 FISCAL IMPACT: Not expected to be significant. Currently, City Public Works Staff work weekends cleaning the beach and Staff resources are shifted from general beach cleaning to providing assistance to Save Our Beach. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that City Council authorize City Staff to provide support services for the monthly beach clean -up by the community group Save Our Beach formalizing existing practice by the City. Prepared By: I1 Mark K. Vukojevic, P.E. Director of Public Works /City Engineer iff NOTE D - ND APPRO wo : 4 4 J o B. ahorski ' y Manager Agenda Item MONTHLY BEACH CLEANUPS IN SEAL BEACH STATISTICS SO FAR! "Monthly Beach Cleanups" conducted by the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce 4th Saturday of each month at the 1st Street Beach Lot from 12 Noon to 3 p.m. Most participants stay a minimum of 1 hour and fill a minimum of 1 full bag - average participant stays for 1 1/2 hours and fills 2 bags. What's 30 minutes in the course of your day? It's not a huge commitment, but a lot of people, focused on a single worthwhile project for a mere 1/2 hour can produce some startling results! SEE BELOW! 2000 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (4 months): 665 participants = 1330 trash bags filled 2001 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (12 months): 1,159 participants = 2318 trash bags filled 2002 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (12 months): 1,525 participants = 3050 trash bags filled 2003 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (12 months): 1,852 participants = 3,704 trash bags filled 2004 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (12 months): 1,426 participants = 2,852 trash bags filled 2005 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (8 months): 1,001 participants = 2,002 trash bags filled TOTAL PARTICIPANTS SO FAR IN CLEANING OUR BEACH 7,628 x 2 = 15,256 Bags of Trash that did not go into our Ocean! TOTAL PARTICIPANTS X 1.5 HOURS AVERAGE = 11,442 TOTAL HOURS X $15 AN HOUR = $ 171,630 MONEY SAVED BY VOLUNTEERS! (not including Kim & Steve Masoner's volunteer hours) 2000 BEACH & RIVERBED CLEANUPS 10/28/2000 1st Beach Cleanup -375 participants, 889 bags, 4032 lbs 11/4/2000 1st Riverbed Cleanup -184 participants filled 2 40 yard dumpsters 11/25/2000 54 participants 12/23/2000 47 participants 2000 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (4 months): 665 participants = 1330 trash bags filled 2001 BEACH & RIVERBED CLEANUPS 1/27/2001 62 participants 2/24/2001 45 participants in the pouring rain and driving wind! 3/24/2001 142 participants (skipped April cleanup due to Car Show, but conducted 2 in May) 5/5/2001 (Kids, Kites, Castles & Cleanup all in same day) 35 participants plus 62 participants on 5/26/2001 = 97 participants in May 6/23/2001 74 participants 7/28/2001 (Beach Cleanup & Sand Castle Building Class) 58 participants 2001 Beach & Riverbed Cleanups continued 8/25/2001 (Beach Cleanup & Sand Castle Building Class) 77 participants (Boeing had a crew there to help) 9/22/2001 88 participants 10/6/2001 2nd Riverbed Cleanup 262 participants, 72 grocery carts, filled 3 forty yard dumpsters 10/27/2001 155 participants 11/24/2001 118 participants 12/22/2001 55 participants 2001 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (12 months):1,159 participants = 2318 trash bags 2002 BEACH & RIVERBED CLEANUPS 1/26/2002 87 participants 2/23/2002 265 participants 3/23/2002 156 participants Beach Cleanup & Spillway at 1 & PCH 4/26/2002 141 participants 5/25/2002 138 participants 6/22/2002 96 participants 7/27/2002 137 participants 8/24/2002 79 participants 9/28/2002 91 participants 10/5/2002 3rd Riverbed Cleanup 127 participants, 24 grocery carts, filled 2 forty yard dumpsters 10/26/2002 94 participants 11/23/2002 128 participants 12/28/2002 56 participants 2002 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (12 months): 1,525 participants = 3050 trash bags 2003 BEACH & RIVERBED CLEANUPS 1/25/2003 91 participants 2/22/2003 278 participants 3/23/2003 256 participants 4/26/2003 245 participants 5/24/2003 152 participants 6/22/2003 236 participants 7/11/2003 50 Jr High participants 7/26/2003 139 participants 8/24/2003 84 participants 9/20/2003 93 Coastal Cleanup participants 9/27/2003 4 Riverbed Cleanup 111 Participants filled 8 dumpsters with trash 10/26/2003 81 participants 11/23/2003 154 participants 12/28/2003 72 participants 2003 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (12 months): 1,852 participants = 3,704 trash bags 2004 BEACH & RIVERBED CLEANUPS 1/24/04 59 Participants 2/28/04 115 Participants 3/27/04 208 Participants 4/24/04 109 Participants 5/22/04 63 Participants 6/26/04 126 Participants 7/24/04 106 Participants 8/28/04 75 Participants 9/18/04 91 Coastal Cleanup Participants 9/25/04 5 Riverbed Cleanup 124 participants 10/23/04 105 Participants 11/27/04 96 Participants 12/18/04 59 Participants 2004 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (12 months): 1, 426 participants = 2,852 trash bags 2005 BEACH & RIVERBED CLEANUPS 1/22/05 90 Participants 2/19/05 167 Participants 3/26/05 189 Participants 4/23/05 161 Participants 5/28/05 98 Participants 6/25/05 106 Participants 7/23/05 111 Participants 8/27/05 79 Participants