December 17, 2024
Public Works
DATE: December 17, 2024
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Daniel Chavarria, Director of Public Works
Tawfic Halaby, Deputy Director of Public Works –
Operations & Maintenance
Hugo Mendoza, Public Works Abatement Division
Superintendent
Subject:
November 2024 Abatement Presentation
FINANCIAL IMPACT: None
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
None
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Abatement Division is requesting City Council to
receive the November 2024 Abatement Presentation.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECEIVE a presentation on the November 2024
Abatement activities – Public Works Department (Hugo
Mendoza 231-3030 / Tawfic Halaby 620-5482 / Daniel
Chavarria 620-5478
AGENDA
REPORT
December 17, 2024
DISCUSSION:
On a monthly basis, the Director of Public Works has been providing City Council with a presentation highlighting the activities of the City’s Abatement Division. The Abatement Division is responsible for myriad citywide activities, including picking up illegal dumping, hosting neighborhood dumpster days, and weed abatement.
Dumpster days are provided to Richmond residents on a rotating basis, typically once or twice a year depending on the size of the neighborhood. In preparation for the dumpster day events, Abatement Division staff provides assistance to elderly and disabled residents who are unable to transport items to the designated dumpster day location.
When picking up items as a result of illegal dumping, Abatement Division staff tracks specific items, namely, mattresses, paint/oil, and tires, for proper disposal, as these items are not placed in landfills. Within the public right-of-way, the Abatement Division staff removes weeds and abates encampments.
On occasion, in conjunction with Code Enforcement staff and Richmond Police Department staff, and with the appropriate signed warrant in hand, Abatement Division staff enters private property to perform abatement functions.
The presentation summarizes Abatement Staff activities for the month of November 2024 (Attachment 1):
Hosted four dumpster day events and assisted 130 seniors and disabled persons;
Removed 272.36 tons of illegal dumping;
Removed 232 mattresses, 128 gallons of paint/oil, and 262 tires; Abated (under warrant) two private properties;
Abated 18 encampments and removed 101.06 tons of debris; Removed 202 graffiti tags at 144 locations.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Presentation