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March 2, 2024
To: City Clerk
330 W 20th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
From: Hai Tang Ye & Xue Yan Yang
Property Owners
Subject: Opposition to Increase of Waste Collection Rates To whom it may concerned:
We are writing to formally inform you that we oppose the suggested increase of Waste Rates. The living costs have skyrocketed in the past years, and we find the additional fees, in the midst of fee increases among other service providers, bring us financial burdens thus lower our life satisfaction.
Thank you for offering us the space to share our feelings and decisions with you.
Have a nice day.
Respectfully,
Ye and Yang
City Of San Mateo
San Mateo City Council : Ms Lisa Diaz Nash, Mr Rob Newsom Jr. Mr Adam Loraine, Mr Rich Hedges, Ms Amourence lee City Council Chambers
This letter in in response to the Notice of Public Hearing, regarding the proposed increase in the charges set by the City for Recology customers.
As the charts on this notice are written, the Residential Garbage Collection (single family homes) will Increase for every family equally across the board. I find this very unfair to a family with the smallest container, already doing their part for the environment by buying, wisely, recycling most of their waste and older citizens living on a set income. These families, over the years, have contributed the least amount of waste and are penalized with the same increase as the family with a 96 gallon cart !! How is it possible that the City of San Mateo Council arrived at this conclusion?? These families have worked hard to decease there solld waste and did so to protect our environment and the City of San Mateo. It is not without effort and work, that families only use the smallest container available. As I walk the neighborhood, i continually see several very large solid waste containers next to one partially filled recycle container!
Second, I am asking for an explanation (as written on bottom of Notice of Public Hearing) planned to increase "Solld waste/ recycling/compost collection for rate year 2024" or as the chart on the same page lists " Residential Garbage Collection; Residential Garbage Collection, Commercial/ Family- Garbage Cart Collection and Commercial/Multi-Family Organic Cart Collection"? However the reverse side of the notice reads: "The City of San Mateo is currently considering an increase to the charges set by the City and collected by Recology for solid Waste/recycling/compost collection and disposal", without a list of customers not type of collection or that will be effected by the increase.
Third: On the addressed side of the notice it reads " The City of San Mateo is currently considering an increase to the charges set by the City and collected by Recology for solld waste/recycling/ compost collection and disposal". is this an introduction to the back page chart, or is this an additional "consideration"?
Fourth: Per notice "Written protest must include the owner of customer's name, service address, assessor's parcel number, (nine digit number that appears on your property tax statement is included on the address of this mailer)"..... I could not find a parcel number anywhere on this mailer ??? We must take every opportunity to Protect Our Environment !! Sincerely,
Arlene Kirby
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I object to the proposed increase in rates for waste/recycling/compost collection and disposal.
Wayland Trask Leonard, Jr
San Mateo, CA 94402
March 14, 2024
City Clerk / City Council
330 West 20" Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
Dear City Council of San Mateo,
In response to the Notice of Public Hearing concerning solid waste/recycling/compost collection and disposal, 1 am writing to protest the proposed increase in rates for Recology services.
I find the rates to already be substantial and urge the City Council to vote No on increasing Recology rates at this time.
Sincerely.
Stephen Schmidt
San Mateo property owner and Recology Customer