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2017-03-13 Regular MeetingSOLID WASTE ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTES March 13, 2017@ 5:15 PM Kodiak Fisheries Research Center Call to Order 4:. E V L, i APR 18 2011 i Chair Szabo called to order the Regular Meeting of the Solid Waste Advisory Board at 5:15 p.m. on March 13, 2017 at the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center. Roll Call J. Clay conducted a roll call and a quorum was established. The following members were present; Chair Nick Szabo, Jeff Stewart, Steven Neff and Scott Arndt. Jennifer Culbertson joined the meeting at 5:17 PM and Nathan Svoboda joined the meeting at 5:20 PM. Also in attendance were Bob Tucker of the Kodiak Island Borough, Ex -Officio member Robert Gray of USCG, Lee Hickle of Alaska Waste, Stephanie Mason of Threshold and Matt Van Daele of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly as a citizen. Approval of Agenda ARNDT moved to approve the agenda. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Approval of Minutes ARNDT moved to approve the minutes of January 9, 2017 VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Visitor Comments: Matt Van Daele — He spoke to the Board regarding chickens, electric fences and the draft chicken ordinance that the Assembly was working on. A number of citizens have said how awesome the Assembly was encouraging small scale or personal use farming. They are concerned about bear safety and community safety at the same time. They would like to see more outreach done on electric fences being inexpensive and effective. They would like SWAB to do outreach on how to put in electric fences properly and if there are ways to find funding for citizens to put in electric fences. They were asking SWAB if they were interested in taking on this as an education project. People were concerned about chickens and chicken feed which are increasing our number of rats. He would also like public outreach campaign on no shooting or 1 trapping of weasels and ermine as they are not after the chickens or rodents. He was very interested 'in4e plastic bag ordinance on the agenda tonight. Discussion/Action Items a. Stewart McDonald — Gasification Unit Stewart McDonald explained Gasification as old technology where there are gasifiers that burn bio refuse of any kind. Done correctly it can be an interesting energy potential on a small scale. At the High School they had a group of students from welding classes that engaged and built a fema gasifier. It burns a combination of pellets and ground garbage to put into the gasification process. They were getting a set of by-products off of it such as distilled water and an activated carbon. You end up with a hydrogen rich producer gas that can create a blue flame that could run a generator or a variety of things. This was a great student project. Board discussion ensued. b. Mark Kozak —City of Kodiak Mark Kozak discussed the City of Kodiak's composting which started December 9, 2015 at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. In 2016 all of the bio -solids produced were run through the composting operation. The bio -solids from the wastewater treatment plant include product from the US Coast Guard treatment plant as well as all of the septic hauled on the road system. 1754 tons of bio -solids went through the plant and the composting facility. The first year approximately 2225 cubic yards of compost were produced which was received by the contractor per close out agreement. They are now producing a chip product and screening was effective. Each batch was on a 21 day cycle and then screened. They are hoping to make this available in large quantities as there are multiple contractors that provide top soil and yard services that would be interested. They are not interested in selling it in small quantities because of the amount of time and resources involved with being a distributor. One of the objectives with composting was to keep it as efficient as possible. Mark continued to discuss composting and testing with the board. c. Stephanie Mason—Threshold Stephanie updated the board on their community outreach program. She was working with Mike of Alaska Waste on hazardous and recycle stickers for the dumpsters. She was working with Providence in February for "recycle month". She did a question and answer meeting and was in their newsletter. She hosted an open house for Providence employees and their families. She visited with all the 6th graders at Middle School on February 15th. She had booths at the Kodiak Christian School Science Fair and the Community Health Fair. Community Clean-up will be May 6th and they will be there taking electronics at a discount price and collecting oil. This month tours were set up for the Lions Club and some home schooled children. d. Jeff Stewart— Electronic Recycling and Glass Pulverizer Stewart discussed the different glass pulverizer's with a company in New York ranging from a hand fed at $25,000 to larger volume at about $100,000. Due to financial constraints the smaller one would work with Threshold running it. Tucker commented that Threshold would be a good collection point. If they were to run it they would then be considered industrial which their location was not zoned for. He thought that having the Landfill manage it would be a better fit. Judi Kidder of the Lions Club spoke about a pulverizer they would like to purchase for $11,000. They would like the location at Threshold. Board discussion ensued. The Borough Engineering Department and Threshold will collaborate and get back to SWAB. e. Nathan Svoboda —Banning Plastic Bags, Outreach to Villages, Post -Holiday Recycling Svoboda discussed the impact of plastics to the environment, people and wild life. He would like to reduce if not eliminate the bags. The Board discussed either banning them or putting a fee or tax charge on the bags. In the past the retailers were not in favor of banning the bags. Board discussion ensued. Chair Szabo will put this on the agenda next month. He appointed Nathan Svoboda to be contact person on this subject. Svoboda would like to find a way to encapsulate the recycling that builds up after the holidays. Tucker commented that the Borough would continue to place ads in the mirror regarding reuse and recycle during the holidays. Svoboda wanted ideas on outreach to the villages for recycling. He wants to ask them if they needed support in their solid waste goals or objectives. Tucker explained that through our Village Metals Project,'/2 million pounds of metal was taken from the villages. It cleaned up every single village of metals. In the process it was discovered ways in which to help them by taking their batteries and white goods (washer, dryers, refrigerators etc.) at the Landfill. We need to figure out the electronics waste next. They are expensive to get off the island. Tyler Kornelis of KANA is doing an Economic Development Plan using the money left over from the Village Metals Project to figure out what they are going to do to help the villages. Board discussion ensued. f. Nick Szabo—Strategic Planning Chair Szabo discussed future plans for the Board. Bob Gray suggested making a 5 year plan making plastic bags the first goal. Chair Szabo will schedule a work session in the future to make that plan. g. Bob Tucker —Staff Report Tucker reported the Solid Waste Contract, RFP and reference material was posted on the website and ads were in the paper. Companies who are in the business have also been notified. The Bid opening date was June 8th giving everyone three months to get their bids in. Board discussion ensued. The Hazardous Waste Clean Up on May 6`h will be advertised for the businesses in April as they must call Clean Harbor to make an appointment by April 22, 2017. Staff will be working with the Landfill and Threshold for the event. Visitor Comments: Judi Kidder — She was happy to see some of the changes in the bear areas as she was involved with Clean -Up Kodiak and has cleaned in those areas. In walking through the woods she would like to see all those plastic bags go away. She has picked up recyclables in public areas and noticed there was no trash can at Mill Bay Beach or at some of the parks. A large can punched with holes to collect glass would also be helpful. She mentioned "Adopt a Park" which was done in some places. They could do a memorandum of agreement with the Borough to take care of that park. Matt Van Daele —Thanked the board for letting him attend. He thought the board was very interesting. Board Member Comments: Jeff Stewart —The area at Bayside Fire Department had mattresses dumped there. Chief Rue and his volunteers try to keep the area clean. It was frustrating to him to have people putting refuse on the ground and not in the dumpsters. He would like to figure out how to help Chief Rue out. Bob Tucker commented that signs have been ordered directing people to place all refuse in the containers. Steven Neff — He wanted to thank Nate for bringing up the plastic bags. He thinks that was something that needed focus. He sees bags in the trees and knows they are bad for fish and bears and everything else. He would really like to see bags done away with. If it was up to him they would be outlawed. Dennis Symmons —This was a great meeting. He wanted to thank Jenny and Bob for a last minute task he asked them to do. Nathan Svoboda — He noticed that Alaska Waste has really been picking up around the dumpster areas. He thinks it was good and appreciated their efforts. He thanked Bob Tucker for all his hard work on the RFP. He knows it was a long process and he has other job duties. He would like a tour of the dump, Leachate Treatment Plant, compost and Threshold. He would like to go as a group if it would work for everyone. Nick Szabo — He thanked the staff for all their support and he knows it was a long hard time getting this RFP and Contract out. He wished it could have gotten out sooner. Meeting Schedule The next regular meeting was scheduled for April 17, 2017. Adjournment ARNDT moved to adjourn meeting. VOICE VOTE ON MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m. SUBMITTED BY: Date: / ny Clay, Secretary{/Jq/ IB Engineering/Facilities Dep ment APPROVED Date: 1 Szabo, Chair Waste Advisory Board