Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste & Recycling
CM/ ACM: Mario Canizares
Date: September 11, 2017
SUBJECT
Title
Receive a presentation and hold a discussion regarding solid waste and recycling policy for the City of Denton.
Body
BACKGROUND
At the request of Council Committee on the Environment (COE), City staff have compiled an overview of current solid waste and recycling policy, with the intent of initiating a conversation on future policy direction and citywide goals for recycling and waste diversion. The City’s current policy documents are in need of a number of updates to language and basic service information, and staff have already begun to compile these. However, the documents also lack clear and specific goals related to recycling and solid waste management. In this presentation - which will likely be the first in a series of discussions on this topic - staff are requesting direction to ensure that, once updated, codified policies reflect the City’s overall philosophy and goals related to recycling, diversion, and waste resource management.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (Council, Boards, Commissions)
May 19, 2017 - Informal Staff Report to Council (Strategies for Increasing Multi-Family Recycling)
March 6, 2017 - Council Committee on the Environment Discussion (Increasing Commercial and Multi-Family Recycling)
August 8, 2012 - Planning and Zoning Commission Approval (Amendment to Section 35.13 of the Denton Development Code regarding solid waste enclosure design standards)
STRATEGIC PLAN RELATIONSHIP
The City of Denton’s Strategic Plan is an action-oriented road map that will help the City achieve its vision. The foundation for the plan is the five long-term Key Focus Areas (KFA): Organizational Excellence; Public Infrastructure; Economic Development; Safe, Livable, and Family-Friendly Community; and Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship. While individual items may support multiple KFAs, this specific City Council agenda item contributes most directly to the following KFA and goal:
Related Key Focus Area: Sustainable & Environmental Stewardship
Related Goal: 5.6 Promote sustainable materials resource management
EXHIBITS
1. PowerPoint Presentation - Solid Waste and Recycling Policy
Respectfully submitted:
Ethan Cox
Director of Solid Waste & Recycling
Prepared by:
Lauren Barker
Administration Manager
Department of Solid Waste & Recycling