ENHANCED
STREET
CLEANLINESS
SAN LEANDRO RULES COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
American
Rescue Plan
Act of 2021
Previously…
• Public Works, Community Development, and
Recreation & Human Services staff presented
Community Clean-up Models to Council at
November 29, 2021 meeting.
• Topics included -
• Illegal Dumping (on public and private property) • Unhoused Population • City-Citizen Collaborations • Based on public/Council comments, staff to
return to Council with potential
programming details, including costs/staffing
requirements for consideration
• In interim, staff to continue with existing
programs/events
2 In the interim…
• Staffing changes (all 3 departments) • Streets Supervisor retired • Interim Acting assignment • Maint. Worker (graffiti) retired • Moved 1 MW staff over • CE Supervisor returned • New CE inspector hired • RHS Director left City • Council approved ARPA funds programming
• Council approved mid-year staffing
requests
In the Near Term…
+2 Temporary
Streets Staff
Assigned to pick-up
ROW litter and illegal
dumps throughout
the City
Self-Cleaning
Restroom – Downtown
Intended to assist the
homeless population
Contract
Abatement
Funding used by Code
Enforcement, PD, and
PW, as needed
3 Proposed Funding
$1.075M
(over 2 FYs)
$250,000
$500,000
$350,000
4 Other Initiatives
SLIA
In process
Council presentation
February 22 on
proposed new ‘smart’
solar cans to be
installed in the
Downtown. Total of
13 stations to be
installed in late
March/early April.
Funded by $100K
grant from Amazon.
Bulky Pick-ups
TBD
The addition of more
bulky pick-ups will
need to be negotiated
with the garbage
franchisee. Significant
scale-up costs (net
new vehicles) are
anticipated.
MOUs
TBD
City to explore MOUs
(or other
mechanisms) with
UPRR, BART, and
Alameda County
Flood Control to
coordinate clean-ups
on their properties.
Sidewalks
TBD
City to explore costs
associated with
expanding sidewalk
cleaning (by
contractor) to other
areas of the City.
Volunteers
Coming Soon/TBD
City to explore
creation of Volunteerled programs, such as
Love Your Block or
Adopt-a-Block. Parttime staff position
budgeted, but not yet
hired.
5 DST
Coming Soon
City to start
negotiations with DST
in order to enter into
contract for services.
Council previously
approved $800K in
ARPA (over 2 FYs).
QUESTIONS
COMMENTS
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