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• moving out and trash pickup. That's actually a service that we've always had with our contract with Athens. So
• one-time, unlimited waste collection pickup courtesy of Athens. Um, and that's something that can be scheduled directly
• through Athens. Um, uh, also we've always had at least one code enforcement officer with the city of West Covina

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• at one question. Does Athens pick up these public trash cans at all? These bus stops weekly, bi-weekly, monthly. What is
• overflowing. My concern tonight is, is Athens responsible for picking these trash cans up weekly as they do for us
• . Um, we have two last, uh, cleanup Saturdays with Athens. This Saturday is for those individuals that have their trash
• hundred kids, but, uh, I, I got involved in and thanks to a lot of partners, including, uh, Athens Services

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• , uh, cleanup, uh, the bulky items, summer pickups with, uh, Athens. So, um, each Saturday, depending on your day of

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• . We have, um, Athens, the bulky, uh, item pickup. So depending on your regular trash day, um, there's a date, uh

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• you. Um, come up to speak about Athens. Athens. Athens. I don't want it to fall in the cracks. The request

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• Ready for Athens? You guys ready? Yeah. Yeah. We Can roll. Good Evening. Welcome to the West Covina City Council meeting. Today is May 2nd, 2023
• gonna talk about item five, even though it got pulled. I do not think Athens is the one that needs to
• a way to do something better than just lumping it in with Athens. I think if we, you know, get creative
• of yawning. I hope you're, you're all right. Uh, the reason I came tonight was for Athens, but since you guys
• concern regarding Athens. Not the 1383. SB 1383 is not a threat or an inconvenience, but it's just a reality coming
• annual pickup? Because we had, the last time Athens was here, at least to my knowledge, was approximately six months
• notification. That is really a concern I have regarding Athens. But it's more to do with the city because it's my
• his opinions about Covid. I don't know that I have any response to those. Um, JD talked about Athens, I apologize
• is always very good about attending our meetings. Attended the Athens meeting, and I was there as well. So, we'll, we'll
• , sponsored by our partners and we're, um, appreciative for, for Athens and the other community partners that, that always

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• everybody's mailbox, is the idea. We've also utilized, um, stuffers within the Athens trash bills. That seems to be a

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• partners, uh, contribute, uh, Athens and TransTech and Envision in our firefighters association. And it was really well done

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• waste to a landfill anymore. Organic waste is food, grass clipping textiles, and anything that's organic. Now, we, Athens did. In
• . And the city, when they buy things they need to get credit for reducing methane gas in the Athens proposal to the city
• . All the, all the organic waste is gonna have to go in there. Now the good news is you have Athens, so if you
• and routes. We bought, we in this city will have about five or six Jeeps that say Athens services, right on
• another slide I have to do, and when I say I, I mean Athens, not Gary Clifford. Right? We have to do
• that stays with Athens, with the city and with Cal Recycle, it's an audited report from a similar city as it
• the, a Athens is in the education business. We're not, I was a policeman in my prior career. I'm not a
• know in the past with Athens that people with big yards, you would give 'em other green, additional green trash cans
• not do that. And that code enforcement is not the city's code enforcement, it's Athens Code Enforcement. No, It'd be
• the city code enforcement enforce Athens recycling coordinator. And that probably be who would visit you. So those, that truck
• have Athens Recycling, that's an Athens lid flipper driving an Athens truck, hopefully not reporting anything, just auditing. He
• of this and it says Athens and West Covina portal will contain this data. Residential audits, commercial audits, waste
• news for West Covina is it says Athens will utilize R N g that counts towards their goal and we give the
• that you have so well at least shown us two models thus far. Are these models that you're, that Athens is
• bundle it up, I put it out there and I call Athens and say I have five bundles of green and they
• other is part of the contract too. Yeah, but you took it away. I, when I signed up with Athens, that was
• time with you personally from the, the standpoint of the state of California and and Athens because I want you to
• , honestly, forget that I work for Athens. Just treat me as a, as a, as a creature of God in the room
• with you right now. Is anybody unhappy with our service from Athens? Yes, you are. Okay. I I see a lot of
• problems Athens in the past better now, but I'm telling you what I saw when I went in there told, get a
• three chances you would eventually cut me off right at the Denise, whether it was the city Athens or a combination
• Athens lose a profit in the recycling business and of it. But for us residents, we've lost that service. Now for a
• whether at their request or like I said, it wasn't, uh, that I was just saying Athens took it away from us
• . It was either Athens, the city or combination of the two. Why was it taken away, uh, with no notification and
• those doors, I ask them, what's your charge? And I said, nevermind have Athens taken. Yeah. They'll say it's
• , with, um, with Athens. I promise you I'll bring back that annual cleanup. I'll, I'll I'll make that happen. I'll
• . Rolling. Thank you. Um, Mr. Clifford, uh, the one, um, I, I really enjoyed visiting Athens a, a short while ago
• about Athens is the fact that we are a privately held company. The fact that we are really good in the relational
• what? An Athens facility cuz guess who runs, you know where Pointy Hills is. Guess who runs Pointy Hills now? Athens
• Services. Yeah. The county hired Athens to run Plenty Hills for 25 years. We now run Plenty Hills. We run Dart
• . So the haulers bring that now to Athens. The the Blue Barrel and then the Green Barrel they have to take to
• an organic company. And guess who owns an organic company themselves? Athens. So that's why we can internalize this stuff
• Angeles just voted to send all their organic waste to Athens services and pay us millions of dollars to process it
• region, brought to an Athens facility and taken either to Victorville or up north to um, uh, pear Blossom or Lamont
• . You'll see city of Culver City trash trucks there, and you'll see the small haulers bringing their collected waste to Athens
• low income process that you have, then you come to Athens and we follow that same method. It's in place now

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• other question is on a different matter with regard to the Athens event this Thursday. Um, will the, will the folks
• questions that they have about Athens. I've already, uh, emailed them to, to let Athens know that, that residents do
• have questions on another number of matters. So can you please relay word to Athens that they need to be prepared to