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In June 2000
the CIWMB initiated a partnership contract with San Joaquin County to conduct an
18-month Landscape Management Outreach Program with
participating local jurisdictions, public agencies, and private sector
partners in San Joaquin County.
The program will enable the Delta Landscape Outreach
Coordinating Committee to plan, sponsor, organize, and conduct a series of
outreach actions directed at selected segments of the professional
landscape industry and their clients. Outreach activities will promote
the use of resource efficient and environmentally beneficial landscape
management practices.
This outreach program seeks to reduce green waste
generation and disposal in local landfills, assist local jurisdictions in
their
efforts to comply with mandated diversion requirements, and promote the
use of recycled organic products in urban landscapes. CIWMB funding for
the program includes $45,000 plus required matching funds from
participating local jurisdictions.
Program Objectives
- Disseminate information on the use of landscape
management practices that will reduce, reuse, or recycle landscape
trimmings in urban landscapes.
- Provide green materials management
policies that public agencies can use to promote the use of disposal alternatives and diversion
options.
- Demonstrate and assist in the development of
water/waste efficient landscapes that use recycled content products,
including organics.
Partnership
Organizations
- Manager and Fiscal Agent: San Joaquin County, Dept. of Public Works.
- Program Director: Alison Hudson, Solid Waste
Division, San Joaquin County Dept. of Public Works.
- Participating Local Jurisdiction Partners:
Escalon, Lathrop, Lodi, Manteca, Ripon, Stockton, Tracy, and San
Joaquin County.
- Other Partners: U.C. Cooperative Extension, CA
Dept. of General Services, and the San Joaquin County Storm Water
Management Program.
- Private Industry Cooperators: Odyssey Landscape,
Ireland Landscape and Maintenance, Valley Landscaping, Continental
Landscaping Inc., Deshields Landscape Management Co., and ABC
Gardening and Maintenance.
Program
Components
-
Organize Committee, Industry Directory, and Develop Action Plan. The
partnership manager will organize Delta Landscape Outreach
Coordinating Committee, compile a landscape industry directory for San
Joaquin County, and assist the Committee in developing an action plan
which outlines
outreach activities and actions, timelines, and budgets that will
achieve program objectives.
- Develop and Disseminate Promotional Materials. The
Committee will develop and disseminate outreach materials to communicate
program objectives and encourage members of targeted audiences to attend scheduled outreach activities and events.
- Prepare and Distribute Technical Educational Materials.
The Committee will prepare appropriate guidance and support materials for
use by both participants and presenters at program outreach
activities and events. These
materials will provide practical educational information to support
program topics and objectives.
- Conduct Baseline and Follow-Up Landscape Industry Surveys and Site Audits.
Surveys will be conducted of members of targeted professional landscape industry
groups in San Joaquin County as well as
participants at program outreach activities and events. Also, landscape
site profiles will be developed for selected sites. These profiles will outline,
recommend, and track changes in landscape management and green waste
handling practices to reduce, reuse and recycle organic materials on site.
- Compile Report and Publish Results. A final report will be prepared and distributed at the end of
the program in December 2001. This report will recap results from surveys
and site audits; outline and evaluate the effectiveness of all actions and
outreach activities undertaken to achieve program objectives; and make
recommendations regarding future landscape outreach programs in San
Joaquin County.
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