From Pacifica Tribune/Jane Northrop, 1/31/12. "Chamber of Commerce honors outstanding Pacificans".
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| Chamber of Commerce first building right (Rockaway Beach) |
As the outgoing Chamber president, Porter detailed the work of last year, which included bringing back the very popular Taste of Pacifica, enjoying a run-up to Fog Fest with a Fandango dance party and hosting the first ever golf tournament. A new publicity campaign launched two new Chamber websites and an outreach campaign across the county. New businesses were welcomed into the Chamber family and celebrated with ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
Mayor Pete DeJarnatt swore in the new Chamber board members, including incoming president Sandi Anderson. A lifelong Pacifican, Anderson has been in business 37 years. Her Anderson Swim School and Anderson Scuba Diving is known for custom made lessons tailored to the learner. "This is a very exciting year," she said. "There are challenges that lie ahead. It's important to participate in the important work improving business in Pacifica. We will continue a 'shop local' campaign and form a collective to save Sharp Park Golf Course."
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Posted by Kathy Meeh
13 comments:
How funny, the city receives a "bonanza" of $135,000, while the residents are gouged with the highest rates in the county.
Bonanza must mean "screwed" in Pacificanese.
True that. Did they play the theme music and dress western for the announcement?
Lionel, why do you always have negative things to say about Recology? I love my service, appreciate that Pacifica received money from their recycling work and their expanded program that let's us recycle more and more items. Everything you post is negative, negative, negative. Recology is stupid, City officials are stupid or lying, San Mateo Times management is stupid, lying and incompetent. What is your business and how successful are you?
I'm with Lionel. Recology is charging more and we get less. They got a sweetheart deal from the city. All they have to do is ask and they get increases.
Coastside Scavengers used to employ 2 or three men on each truck. They would come in your yard to get your trash and replace the can after. This was especially helpful for seniors and handicapped citizens.
Now Recology has one person on the truck. But they charge us more anyway? We must bring our cans to the curb and when they're finished they leave them in the street blocking parking spaces. It is extremely difficult for handicapped and elderly to get out of their cars and move the cans so they can park. The cans in the street are also an eyesore and a hazard to traffic. But the city let's them get away with this, AND raise our rates. We have a handicapped person at our house. I talked to Chris Porter about this and found her to be arrogant and condescending. She finally agreed not to leave the cans in the street at our house.
Hutch, if you're not handicapped maybe you can pick-up those garbage cans for your household?
Did I say I wasn't handicapped?
Besides that's not the problem. When a handicapped or elderly person wants to park or pull out of their parking spot the cans are in the street and blocking them.
They are left in the street because Recology now only has one man on the truck and he doesn't have time to put the cans back on the curb. Customers are also leaving their cans in the street per Recology's request.
Get it?
Hutch and Lionel...Recology now has one man on a truck because the truck does all the lifting, not the men. We don't get a raise "whenever we want" or have a "sweetheart deal". We have a contract that clearly specifies when we can, what information is required and that all information is verifiable. We give the City of Pacifica an outside audited financial statement every year. Most subscribers, the ones who were using a 30 gallon can and have been able to downsize to a 20, are now saving over $100 a year on what they were paying in 2007. The seniors are paying more but the discounted rate for financial hardship now covers anyone with a financial hardship, not just the customers over 65. Hutch, sorry you found me to be arrogant but it was the owner of your building that required the carts to be put curbside, not Recology. We are putting the cans on the curb for you as a courtesy after pickup. Garbage pickup is once a week and there is a City Ordinance stating that carts must only be out for the maximum of 12 hours a day. Costs of doing business go up and they don't only include labor. Fuel, insurance and dump site fees have fluctuated enormously the last twelve months. The contract Recology of the Coast has with the City of Pacifica states any recycling income we make over a certain percentage must be divided with the City on a 50/50 basis. That is how the City of Pacifica received a check for $135,000 from 2011. The City of Pacifica is desperate for funds and they received an influx of monies unexpectantly. As far as having fewer services, we collect more from the curb than any other city in San Mateo County and have a new program kicking off this weekend for paper shredding.
So Chris, how do you address the fact that handicapped and elderly persons are being impacted by cans blocking driveways and parking spaces?
Hello again Hutch..We handle these matters on a case by case basis. We have had two other calls besides yours and again your cart placement was from the direction of the owner of your complex. Again, garbage pickup is once a week with all carts picked up on the same day.
Maybe Chris could talk to the owner? He may already be aware of the difficulty but business to business might produce improvement?
Just a thought.
I think you have me confused with someone else. We have cans not "carts" or bins.
But yes the problem was corrected.
I don't If other elderly or handicapped people are having an issue. People usually won't call to complain so if you say two people did there's probably a lot more out there.
Hutch..The cans on wheels are called carts.
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