ITEM TITLE:
Work Session: Refuse Collection Options During Bear Season
SUBMITTED BY: Bart Hinkle, Valdez Police Chief
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Valdez Bear Working Group recommendations will be presented at work session.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Valdez Bear Working Group will present a spectrum of options pertaining to garbage collection in the Valdez. The mission of the Valdez Bear Working Group is to develop a Bear Management Plan that strives to create and maintain a sustainable relationship with humans and bears. Reducing, or eliminating, bears access to non-natural food sources (human-generated garbage) is a goal. Implementing and enforcing bear-proof solid waste management throughout Valdez is a top priority. The Valdez Bear Working Group will discuss the different garbage collection options discussed in order to take a step towards achieving that goal, as well as present a recommended option(s).
Material will be provided at the time of the Work Session, and electronic versions should also be available at that time.