Orange County Grand Jury
• 2021-2022
• Agency Response
Response to:
City of Seal Beach
City of Seal Beach 09/27/22*
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Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
F1
The City of Seal Beach agrees with the Due to the reduced availability of convenient CRV redemption sites and the lack of finding. accurate online information, it is difficult for resident consumers to redeem CRV fees.
No recommendations for this finding
F2
(1) The City of Seal beach agrees with the Because redemption site locations have diminished in number, waste haulers are the finding. beneficiaries to the CRV fees paid originally by resident consumers.
No recommendations for this finding
F3
(2) The City of Seal Beach disagrees partially CalRecycle is attempting to improve CRV with the finding. The CRV program is a state redemption and reduce CRV recyclables from program that is administered locally. Even landfills and are offering financial incentives with the possibility of grant funding, it can be to do so. Orange County and its cities are not challenging for the City to spend staff time fully taking advantage of the grant or pilot and resources associated with writing a program opportunities available through proposal, developing a program, managing CalRecycle. the program, and meeting state requirements. It is not simply a matter of funding; it is also a matter of limited staff and time available to properly manage a new initiative. Response
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
The recommendation has not yet been When renegotiating their current waste hauler implemented but will be implemented in the contract, all cities and the County of Orange future. The City is currently in negotiations should assess the value of the CRV funds with our waste hauler, Republic Services, and received by the waste hauler in their will keep this in mind as negotiations jurisdiction and creatively leverage this continue. revenue for the benefit of their residents. (F2,
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