Solid Waste Plan Update 2013-2017
City of Ann Arbor staff and community advisors are developing a five-year Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan this year. The 12-member committee includes volunteer representatives from Ann Arbor residential neighborhoods, businesses, and other key stakeholders.
- City Council is tentatively scheduled to review the draft Solid Waste Plan Update at the Council session on Monday, June 3, 2013. The Environmental Commission accepted the proposed Plan at their Feb. 28, 2013 session.
Draft WASTE LESS: Solid Waste Resource Plan Update 2013-2017 The draft solid waste plan, appendix, and PowerPoint summary are attached below. A printed copy of the draft Plan and Appendix is available for review at the Customer Service Center, Main floor, Larcom City Hall, 301 E. Huron, Ann Arbor 48103, open non-holiday weekdays from 8-5. The preliminary draft plan was revised based on comments and priorities from the public received through the public survey, public forums, and comments received through Feb. 28, 2012. The draft report is tentatively planned to present before City Council on the Monday, April 15 session, 7 p.m. Council Chambers, Larcom City Hall.
PUBLIC SURVEY: Over 1300 Ann Arbor residents responded to a public survey that was posted online and mailed to all city residential addresses in the fall WasteWatcher newsletter. The survey was open from Sept.4 to Oct. 8. Discrepencies in parellell construction for the survey responses in sections 4 and 5 were immediately corrected in the version posted online.
Nearly half of the respondees used the written, mail-back survey option and many chose to write comments in the margins. All of these comments are included in the "written comments" document.
INTERACTIVE PUBLIC FORUMS: Two public forums were held in October, p
ress release attached (pdf), on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Traverwood Public Library, 3333 Traverwood Drive and on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Community Television Network (CTN) studio, 2805 S. Industrial. The Public Forum held at CTN was taped and available below.
- The preliminary Solid Waste Management Plan presentation and audience comments from Oct. 30, 2012 were taped and are available on this 90-minute video link.
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- A written summary of the public comments from the forums are attached here (pdf).
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ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS: S
uggestions from the public--outside of the survey and public forums--were solicited, received and recorded throughout the preliminary report phase, up through Nov. 30, 2012. These comments are
attached here (pdf).
WASTE SORT: As a component of the Recycling & Solid Waste Plan update process, the City of Ann Arbor conducted residential waste sorts of both refuse (or trash) and recyclables from approximately 96 randomly-selected single-family homes and 96 apartment units. A summary report of the waste sort findings is attached here (pdf).
Advisory Committee Meetings Materials (new web page)
Please also see proceedings from the Organics Subcommitte (new web page) and Drop-Off Station Subcommittee (new web page)
Committee Members
Sabra Briere, City Council
Pat Greves, Private Hauler (WMI).
Sheryl Korsnes, Multi-Family (Crossings)
Jeff Krcmarik, Washtenaw County
Barbarb Lucas, Resident
Doug McClure, Business (Conlin, McKenney & Philbrick)
Jenny Oorbeck, Resident
Kendra Pyle, Recycling Hauler (Recycle Ann Arbor)
Alison Richardson, Insititution (University of Michigan)
Chris Riggs, Resident
Nancy Rucker, Business (Zingermans)
David Stead, Environmental Commission
For more information, to arrange for a presentation to your group, and/or to send comments, please contact solid waste coordinator Tom McMurtrie, 734.794.6000 x 43707, tmcmurtrie@a2gov.org.