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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - March 15, 1993 Page - 14 - NEN BUSINESS (continued) Joseph Zatkins, 900 Doolittle Drive, said he is a managing partner of developments on Doolittle Drive and on Adams Street. He said he saw the article regarding this project in the newspaper. He said he felt the City was undertaking two obligations -- as a city trying to dispose of waste and as a landlord. He said his properties are multiple tenant, and he does not allow anyone to lease space who would have a possible adverse effect on the other tenants. He said he is concerned that this project will cause possible adverse odors. He said he is not opposed to the project, but staff should go to a city where the process is being used and make sure that there are no negative odors. He said, although the Air Quality Control Board may be the enforcement agency, the Council should take a responsible role. He said none of his neighbors knew about this project, and he is concerned the odors will get worse. Jeff Houston, 1465 Burkhardt Avenue, said the best use of recycled material is what it was originally intended for. He said this machine plans on mixing different types of plastic and glass as a mixed product. He said the City should try to recycle materials as they were originally intended. He said it is best to take out all the glass, plastic, aluminum, etc. , before it gets to this machine; and the City should keep that in the back of their minds. Ed Fields, 1180 Begier Avenue, agreed with Mr. Houston. He said this process encourages people not to recycle. He said, at this time, no one takes newsprint, and there are few places that take glass. He said he does not understand the process. Mayor Karp said the process separates ferrous from non-ferrous material and separates plastic and newspaper. Mr. Fields said he is opposed to the project, and it sounds too good to be true. He said he did not understand the fee. He said the cost of sending material to the land fill is going up and asked what would happen if Bio-Mass needed more than $55 per ton. Mayor Karp said the material currently going to the dump site is hauled off to the Altamont. He said this machine separates and achieves at least 80% recycling. He said the machine was run on a pilot basis in San Leandro, and it did separate everything out, and it can also make fuel pellets. Mr. Fields asked what would happen if other cities wanted to use the Facility. Mr. Taylor said the Facility has a maximum limit of 500 tons per day. He said the City and its franchisees will use 200 tons per day, and the City can determine who the other customers would be. Council Member Corbett said she recycles. She pointed out this project does not do anything that disallows someone from recycling on their own. She said this process would allow more of a reduction in the material that goes to the land fill than would curbside. She said it would be 80% for this system versus 5% for curbside. She said a City committee looked at this process and recommended it. Mr. Taylor said citizens could still recycle. He said it would be nice to get recycled materials back to their