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a. Receive an oral presentation from the Supervisor of Solid Waste Services of the Monterey County Health Department's Environmental Health Division and the Resource Recovery Manager of Salinas Valley Recycles, that provides a status report on Monterey County's Illegal Dumping and Litter Abatement Task Force; and
b. Provide direction to the Illegal Dumping and Litter Abatement Task Force regarding a request for financial support.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive an oral presentation from the Supervisor of Solid Waste Services of the Monterey County Health Department's Environmental Health Division and the Resource Recovery Manager of Salinas Valley Recycles, that provides a status report on Monterey County's Illegal Dumping and Litter Abatement Task Force; and
b. Provide direction to the Illegal Dumping and Litter Abatement Task Force regarding a request for financial support.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Illegal Dumping and Litter Abatement Task Force (IDLATF) is a working group comprised of members from local city and county governments, solid waste haulers and landfill operators, law enforcement, business leaders in agriculture, members of the community, as well as private landowners and ranchers, whose only focus is to reduce illegal dumping in Monterey County. The three pillars or 3E's of the IDLATF are Eradication, Education, and Enforcement. All three pillars must be in place and work together to successfully impact and reduce illegal dumping.
Only having one of the pillars in place does not stop or prevent illegal dumping alone, as evident from the on-going blight in Monterey County. Illegal dumping is a burdensome challenge for our public services- it's expensive to remediate, poses unnecessary risks and harm to the public and our environment, and if left uncollected, invites more illegal dumping. The Monterey County Illegal Dumping and Litter Abatement Task Force (IDLATF), formerly the Monterey Co...
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