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LITTERING ABATEMENT UPDATE 10.22.2024Litter Control on City Parcels and Rights of Way Frank Fentress 10/22/2024 Litter Control – Multi-faceted Approach •Contractors (Block by Block, Street Sweeping, Landscape Maintenance Contracts) •Parks and Recreation •Public Works •Volunteers – Individuals and Groups •Code Enforcement (private property litter sources only) Tiered Levels of Service High-intensity areas with dedicated funding sources Many litter control frequencies match maintenance frequencies Off-road areas, ditches and waterways 2 Landscape Maintenance Visits •City Staff, Contractors, Sheriff’s Workforce pick up litter before mowing during landscape maintenance visits •Wintertime litter rounds on slightly longer cycles or as call-ups for service for those sites we maintain 3 Landscape Maintenance Visits 2 4 Facility Classification FY 2024-25 Building Sites 10 days Neighborhood Parks 14-16 days Roadways, Divided 18-20 days Roadways, Resort 12 days Roadways, Rural 30 days Schools 16-18 days Urban Ditch Shoulders/Parcels 30 days Landscape Maintenance Visits 3 5 Other City Litter Control Efforts in Rights of Way •Park & Landscape Services Litter Control Team (1) FT Groundskeeper II (3 or 4) Contract Grounds Workers •PW/Stormwater Operations Street Sweeping Contract – all streets swept multiple times per year 6 Public Spaces at Oceanfront and Town Center •Oceanfront Resort – TIP Funding Block by Block – Litter control and patron engagement 7 days/week on Atlantic Ave. and Connector Parks PW and P&R – Litter control 7 days a week along boardwalk/parking lots, etc. •Town Center – SSD Funding Block by Block – Litter control and patron engagement 7 days/week during the peak season 7 Public Beaches PW/ Beach Operations •Grooms the beach from 1st Street to 42nd daily during the season •Grooms Sandbridge beach in sections from the Market to Little Island Park once per week •Places and empties hundreds of trash receptacles daily on all beaches 8 Public Beaches 2 PW/ Beach Operations •Grooms the beach from 1st Street to 42nd daily during the season •Grooms Sandbridge beach in sections from the Market to Little Island Park once per week •Places and empties hundreds of trash receptacles daily on all beaches 9 Large Scale Dumping and Encampments 10 Volunteer Support •Public Works/Waste Management •Parks and Recreation •Clean Community Commission •Other non-profit partners •Some commercial partners 11 Volunteer Support 2 •Small-Scale Unsung heroes Adopt-A-Programs ‘Walk -up’ Volunteers Cigarette Butt Receptacles 12 Volunteer Support 3 •Small-Scale Unsung heroes Adopt-A-Programs ‘Walk -up’ Volunteers Cigarette Butt Receptacles Adopt-a-Programs 2024 1191 Volunteers 607 Clean-ups 5134 Service Hours 22,727 Pounds of Litter 13 Volunteer Support 4 •Larger Scale The Great American Cleanup International Coastal Cleanup Clean the Bay Day Refresh VB – Student Commissioner organizing student cleanups Targeted Environmental Cleanups 14 Volunteer Support 5 •Larger Scale The Great American Cleanup International Coastal Cleanup Clean the Bay Day Refresh VB – Student Commissioner organizing student cleanups Targeted Environmental Cleanups Larger Programs 2024 2775 Volunteers 7119 Service Hours 24,607 Pounds of Litter 15 Volunteer Support 6 16 Virginia Beach Litter Index Year of Litter Index VB Score FY 2021-22 1.6 FY 2022-23 1.4 FY 2023-24 1.4 Scoring 1 = Little to no litter 4 = Most littered areas Categories •Mixed Rural •Residential •Mix of Residential and Businesses Locations Scored •Kempsville •Centerville •Princess Anne •Lynnhaven •Bayside •Beach District 17 Where does the litter come from? •Purposely placed/thrown/dumped, etc. •Blowing out of trucks and trailers We see more litter along 55 MPH roadways We see more litter close to transfer stations and the landfill •Private property sources - litter can blow out of overflowing or poorly maintained private dumpster and trash cans •Uncollected litter can wind up in storm pipes, washing into waterways with rain 18 Options for Consideration - A Additional Litter Clean-up Team in Parks and Recreation •Would cut down on response time for call-up litter clean-ups •Would allow more sites to be put on cyclical litter control Cost would be approximately $215,000 annually •(1) Grounds Crew Leader FTE, Contractual Staff, Fuel, Equipment and Supplies •One-time startup cost of roughly $115,000 for a crew-cab dump truck 19 Options for Consideration - B Enhanced Anti-Littering Educational Campaign to Boost Individual and Volunteer Efforts •Waste Management works with askHRGreen and 16 other localities on the “You Literally Can” campaign Social Media Content 30-second Video and Jingle produced by WHRO Reminds residents to pick up litter where they see it Funded through a competitive grant through the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) •Litter kits available from Virginia Beach Libraries •Litter kits available from Waste Management 20 QUESTIONS?