Re: “A New Garbage Transfer Station”
Neither a land swap with the city of Los Angeles nor a new garbage transfer station is in the near-term plans of City Hall, says the Public Works director, contrary to a report earlier this week.
“The city of Los Angeles is looking at purchasing a (Jefferson Boulevard) property that used to be a privately owned recycling facility called Best Ways,” Charles Herbertson said.
It was shut down about three years ago and sold to another entrepreneur.
The city of Culver City used to take its recycling material to Best Ways, Mr. Herbertson said. “They would bundle it up and take it somewhere to be sorted into the various components and resold,” he said.
“L.A. is looking to do something similar. But I think they want to build what they call, a Material Recoverable Facility (a garbage transfer station). That way, what is brought in could be sorted right there – bundles of paper, cardboard or plastic.
Although this week’s report alluded to an 18-month timeline once negotiations between Culver City and Los Angeles are completed, no talks are even under way, Mr. Herbertson said.
“We have had discussions with them,” he said. “We have expressed some interest that we could possibly work together.
The Public Works director said that Los Angeles presently is bringing recycle materials into Culver City’s Jefferson Boulevard garbage transfer station.
“L.A. wants to create something exclusively for recyclable material,” Mr. Herbertson said. “If they succeed in building a facility (partially in Los Angeles, partially in Culver City), we will have discussions about potentially partnering with them and bringing our material into their facility.”
Forging through a complex jumble of regulations and negotiations makes the timeline virtually invisible.
None of this is remotely close at the moment, Mr. Herbertson said.
Unfortunately your city sources for this article appear to be deliberately misleading you and the public. Talks are underway to bring trash to Culver Citu from all across the West Side of Los Angeles, and LA has already dedicated nearly $400,000 to finalizing the negotiate the deal with Culver City, design the facility to take in on this trash (on the banks of Ballona Creek, no less), and finalize the operating agreement with Culver City. Los Angeles say this will all be in place in the next few months, but Culver City continues to absurdly deny any talks are even underway! What is Culver City hiding from us?