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Orozco, Norma <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Subject: <br />Dear Mayor and City Council, <br />Tristan Miller-Mansey <tristan@mansey.com> <br />Monday, August 16, 2021 9:19 PM <br />eComment <br />Waste Management item 43 8/17 <br />Please consider CR&R for the waste management bid. CR&R team offers the best service for the price andalso <br />resides in Santa Ana. We do not support the recommendation for Athens based in LA. Athens will increase the <br />landfill and create more pollution. <br />For many of the reasons outlined below - we support CR&R - including a lower carbon footprint, environmental <br />superiority, great rates while Athens is non -union and not local. <br />Low rates are not created equal <br />39% of Santa Ana housing units are apartments (multi -family) <br />Apartments receive 33% increase in rates <br />Businesses receive 16% increase in rates <br />Single family residents receive 22% decrease in rates <br />Least environmentally intelligent solution — out of county <br />Higher carbon footprint <br />City of Industry MRF over 30 miles away <br />Increased vehicle travel equals more emissions, more traffic, and lower air quality <br />33%higher landfill disposal (20,000 tons per year more) <br />Anaerobic digestion is 320% better for the environment than composting. <br />EMSW is 84% cleaner than coal <br />Non -union workforce <br />• No signedcollective bargaining agreement anywhere! <br />• City's largest contract would be non -union <br />• Most city employees represented by union — CASA, SEIU, SAMA, SAPOA, SAPMA <br />• Lowest overall employee benefit package (Special meeting, staff presentation page 41) <br />• Lowest employee retention (Special meeting, staff presentation page 41) <br />Thank you! <br />Tristan Miller <br />