1 CITY OF RIALTO
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BURRTEC WASTE COMMITTEE
February 12, 2026 - 1:00 P.M.
MINUTES
The Regular meeting of the Burrtec Waste Committee of the City of Rialto was held in the Civic Center Council Chambers located at 150 S. Palm Avenue, Rialto, California 92376, on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
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CALL TO ORDER Call to order at 1:00 P.M.
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ROLL CALL Administrative Analyst Amy Crow took the roll call.
Subcommittee Members / City Staff Present:
Mayor Joe Baca
Council Member Andy Carrizales
James Shields, Cable Advisory Utilities Commissioner
Timothy Sullivan, Assistant City Manager
Yazdan Emrani, P.E., Director of Public Works
Mike Orona, Deputy Director of Public Works
Timothy Sun, Community Compliance Manager
Subcommittee Members / City Staff Absent:
Tanya Williams, City Manager
Michael Heftman, Burrtec Vice President of Municipal Services
Staff/Others Present:
Diana Guzman, Burrtec
Rick Melendez, Burrtec
Amy Crow, Administrative Analyst
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PUBLIC COMMENTS Public comment received on February 12, 2026:
♦ None.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
December 11, 2025
Mayor Baca asked whether there were any comments on the minutes from the regular meeting on December 11, 2025.
2 ♦ None
Action
♦ Council Member Carrizales made a motion to approve.
♦ Mayor Baca seconded.
♦ All in favor.
♦ Motion passed.
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NEW BUSINESS ITEMS
BWC-26-0079
Street Sweeping Postcard
Diana Guzman with Burrtec Waste distributed the draft street sweeping post card. Diana stated that the postcards would be mailed out in ten groupings based on their street sweeping location around the end of the month. The post card is printed in both English and Spanish.
Questions & Comments
♦ Council Member Carrizales asked if we were always sweeping twice a month.
♦ Rick Melendez stated that the zones have always been swept twice a month.
♦ Council Member Carrizales asked how we are going to handle enforcement.
♦ Rick Melendez stated that the post cards should go out to residents before the first sweep of the month. He also stated he’s not sure if there are any no-parking signs in the residential areas.
He also stated that the sweeper would report any major issues with sweeping back to Burrtec. The postcard would go out before any enforcement would take place.
♦ Mayor Baca stated that sweeping has gotten a lot better and that in the past, they were driving too fast . Now they are coming in close to the curb, so he is seeing quite an improvement. He is glad that Burrtec is sending out notices that sweeping is coming up so hopefully people will move their vehicles.
♦ Council Member Carrizales asked what enforcement would look like.
♦ Tim Sullivan stated that the City had a street sweeping no parking pilot program back in 2010 that lasted until about 2011. He stated that it was not the most successful . There is no mechanism in place at this time preventing people from parking on the street.
Public Works along with PD have placed temporary no parking signage in high density problematic areas , move non -operable vehicles and sweep those streets.
♦ Council Member Carrizales is concerned about areas that don’t have the space to park on the street and have to park a mile away. 3 (ex. Around St. Catherines Church) He suggested for dense residential areas alternating the sweeping day based on the side of the street so residents can park across the street during their sweeping day. This would give them one time a month sweeping. ♦ Mike Orona stated that Public Works has done targeted areas where temporary no parking signs are placed 24 hours in advance and abandoned and unregistered vehicles are addressed first .
Hand crews have also assisted with cleanup in areas where vehicles were not moved. Over the past couple of years, Public Works has done about 4 of these locations and they have been somewhat successful.
♦ Council Member Carrizales doesn’t see the problem anywhere north of Baseline but does see it south of Foothill Blvd. ♦ Mayor Baca likes the idea of the notice going out to residents but thinks we could do a radio announcement where we tell residents that the sweepers are going to be out in their neighborhood. We need to find other ways to communicate with the public in reference to sweeping the streets and keeping them clean. We may need to come up with alternative sweeping schedules for the high-density areas.
♦ Council Member Carrizales stated that there are many families that have college students that are living at home and need a car.
Homes with ADU’s or apartments also cause more
♦ Mike Orona asked if the sweeping trucks were tracked by GPS.
Rick Melendez stated that they were. It was unknown which software the sweeping company uses for this. Mike stated that maybe if the software had the capability, we could send out a text message to the residents when the sweeper was getting near their residence.
♦ Council Member Carrizales asked what the 12 zones meant. ♦ Diana Guzman explained that the city was divided into sweeping zones for each day of the week and for the first and third and second and fourth Monday through Friday. She also stated that the postcard was just a sample of a Tuesday route but that each zone would get customized postcards that are tailored for that specific zone sweeping schedule.
♦ Council Member Carrizales asked what the time frame for the sweeping would be.
♦ Diana and Rick stated that the time frame would be from 7 am to 4 pm.
♦ Council Member Carrizales thinks we should be able to narrow down a smaller window of time . We should start gathering data regarding the sweeping times so that we can narrow down the no parking window (7am to 11am and 12pm to 4pm).
♦ Mayor Baca stated that it should be the resident’s responsibility to move their vehicle if they want their streets cleaned. He then asked Code Compliance Manager Tim Sun what
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caused by people blocking their curb preventing parking. ♦ Tim Sun stated there is no enforcement and if people want to get their streets swept then they need to move their cars. Some cities 4 send enforcement behind the street sweeper and ticket vehicles in the way. It all comes down to how the city wants to conduct business.
♦ Mayor Baca asked if police department would put signs at the beginning stating that the neighborhood will be swept the second and fourth Tuesday and place no parking signs at the beginning of each block.
♦ Tim Sun stated that it would be a city -wide project where they place signs in every neighborhood.
♦ Assistant City Manager, Tim Sulllivan stated there would be a massive amount of perm anently mounted signs. They are not temporary signs, because it takes many hours to install them and it is an investment. The city used to have permanent signs in 2010 in three zones. He believes there was a lot of push- back from the community because in some communities the question was where the residents are supposed to park their cars during the sweeping day. Tim Sullilvan stated that he personal dealt with hurdles related to the enforcement side. Parking enforcement will only handle street sweeping no parking if there is a dedicated parking enforcement employees assigned just to t hat task. The question is does the revenue generated from the tickets support the position. Additionally, Tim stated that we do street sweeping so that we are covered for the MS4 storm water permit. Overall, our goal is to have the streets clean.
♦ Mayor Baca stated we need to find a solution that would work and be convenient for the homeowner. He likes the idea of permanent signs, but who would be responsible for installing them , where would they be placed and how much would it cost?
Council Member Carrizales stated he thinks it would cost at least half a million dollars. We would have to think about where we would get the money. We need to start with the notices and see what happens. He also asked if there was any data regarding how many areas don’t get swept because cars are parked on the street. He wants this data so we would know what we are working with as a starting point and can compare it with the data after the sweeping notices are sent to the residents.
♦ Rick Melendez stated he could get the data from CMAX . CMAX is collecting this data for the problem areas.
♦ Mayor Baca asked how many cars are inoperable.
♦ Tim Sun stated that Code Enforcement does not handle parking concerns, but he will pass the message along to the Chief and the traffic division that this conversation is happening.
♦ Council Member Carrizales also asked if Rick Melendez to work on determining windows of time for each neighborhood by using the GPS data from the sweeping vehicles. This will enable us to provide better service to our residents.
♦ Mayor Baca asked that the street sweeping postcard be updated so that it does not look like every other political mailing and doesn’t end up in the trash. Make it more appealing.
5 ♦ Council Member Carrizales agreed with Mayor Baca and added that we should add graphics of street sweepers or a picture of a stop sign; something that will catch the attention of the residents.
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PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR UPDATES Public Works Director Yazdan Emrani provided the schedule for the annual rate adjustment. He stated that the 2026/2027 rates would be presented to the Burrtec Waste Committee on April 16th.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS/OTHER
DISCUSSION ITEMS
♦ The next Burrtec Waste Subcommittee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 16, 2026.
♦ Mayor Baca brought up a concern related to potholes and asked what kind of material was used for the repairs? He asked if there was any material that would last for longer periods of time. He is concerned with the cost to the city due to constant pothole maintenance.
♦ Yazdan Emrani stated that the Street Division worked reactively over the past 6 months because the City’s patch truck was out of service for repairs. He also stated that while the patch truck was down for repairs, the city worked with an outside contractor to assist city crews with the backlog pothole work.
The ultimate solution is to fix the roads. The city has pavement management program that has identified all the city’s road conditions on a scale from zero to 100. 100 being the best and zero being dirt. An example of this is Resource Dr. approved by City Council on Tuesday, February 10th. The PCI for this location was 15. This location has a lot of alligatoring which means it has failed. We have scheduled this for reconstruction, which means we will be taking out the base, the sub-base a will be putting back twelve inches of asphalt. We will be using a mix approved by Caltrans that will withstand all the truck traffic.
We will continue to fix the potholes as they are reported and as we see them. Now that the patch truck is operational, this will increase the number of potholes the crews can address.
The real solution is scheduling the street replacements through the CIP projects. Making sure that the streets that are in good shape are maintained so they do not fall into disrepair and scheduling those that are in bad shape for total reconstruction.
Once reconstructed, those streets will last for 20 years. ♦ Mayor Baca asked if we would notify the residents and businesses in the area where street repairs are going to be done. 6 ♦ Yazdan Emrani confirmed that notification is provided to all affected by the street repairs. Initial notification is made by city staff and once the work is ready to begin, the contractor gives official notification via door hangars and emails, etc. making all affected aware of the impact of the lane closure.
♦ Mayor Baca stated that Pepper Ave. has a lot of potholes in the Colton area. Since many Rialto residents use Pepper Ave., he asked if we have reached out to Colton regarding the repairs needed.
♦ Yazdan Emrani stated that he has reached out to the City of Fontana and he will be reaching out to City of Colton to get projects that will benefit both cities. Joint projects take a lot of communication and coordination.
♦ Council Member Carrizales provided history on the Pepper Ave. paving project, sharing that it runs through multiple jurisdictions.
He also mentioned that he has been working on this project since he was elected to the city council and that there is now only one section from Rialto Ave. to Valley Blvd. that has not been paved.
This section is in the City of Colton.
♦ Mike Orona followed up by stating that staff does report potholes that are in other jurisdictions to those neighboring cities. We also ask that those work orders be expedited. As far as sending resources, Rialto does not attempt to fix the potholes because of the risk of liability.
♦ Yazdan Emrani reiterated that he would reach out to the City of Colton to start communication.
♦ Council Member Carrizales mentioned a previously reported pavement issue in the left -turn pocket Renaissance Parkway turning north at Ayala. The pavement is sunken in. The damage started appearing after two years of being paved.
♦ Tim Sullivan stated that you usually only see this kind of damage with heavy truck traffic. Repairs for this type of damage require a certain asphalt mix or concrete.
♦ Council Member Carrizales stated that we should look at it because it has been a while since the initial report.
♦ Upcoming Lien Dates (3rd Qtr. 2025)
- Set PH – January 27, 2026
- PH – February 24, 2026
♦ Mayor Baca asked that Burrtec bring back the final post card and share it with the committee during the next meeting in April and provide an update on what has been done with the paving of the street.
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ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 1:55 PM.