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March 17, 1994
THE HONORABLE CrTY COUNCIL
.PALO ALTO. CALrFORNIA
Citywide Gar?ge Sale
Members of the Council:
BepO"?"t in Brief
ThiS is an informaticnal report regarding r.he Recycling Program
plan to sponsor a Citywide Garage Sale. Council action is not
requirad.
Discussion
As part of .AS 939, t,he Stat.e t'I'..ancate to di""rert 50 percent of the
waste from the landfill~ a hierarchy of diversion was established
as fo110...,9:
~. Waste PreventiOh
2. Reuse
3. Recycling
4. Composting
5. Transforma~ion (Incineration}
S. Landfilling
Palo Alto residents have become familiar with the City Rscycling
and Composting Programs and are act ively participating I and so this
year the Recycling prOgram will be focusing publ ic educat:ion
efforts on waste prevention and reuse. As part of this effort,
staff will be sponsoring a Citywide garage sale on Saturday, March
26, 1994. from 9:00 a.m. to 4:QO p.m.
The Citywide Garage Sale will allow residents to sell ~~wanted. yet
reusable items. Several ads have been placed in t,he Palo Alto
Weekly inviting residents to complete an application, if they are
interested in holding a garage sale. All addresses of garage sale
participants will be advert.i zed in the Palo Alt,o Weekly.
Participants will be provided with a "Garage Sale Xi t," that
includes signs to be used in frent of their home, Mllnicipal Code
sign reg'.J.latio:ls, tipa on how to hold a successful garage sale, and
a list of locations where unsold i~~ms can be donated afcer the
sale. One week after the event, a postcard 'Will be rr.ailed to all
partiCipants to remind them to remove all signs.
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The Citywide garage sale is a sanctioned event of the Palo Alto
Cer.tennial. In keeping with the Cente~~ial theme~ the application
will also include a reminder that the Palo Alto Historical
Association is i~terested in a.ny Palo Alto memo!."abilia.
The goals of the Citywide garage F-ale are to reinforce the idea of
reuse and to familiarize residents with yeuse outlets in Palo Alto.
Future activities and advertisir-.g of th~ "Red·uce· and "Reuse" ethic
are cu~rently being developed.
Respectfully submittsd,
JANET FOREM.I\.N
Coordinator, Public Works Projects
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MI~rlAEL H. MILLER
Deputy Director~ Public Works Operations
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GLENN S. ROBERTS
Director of Public Works
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BERNARD M. STRO..,"'}.,'Y
Assistant City Manager
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-A City-wide
Garage Sale!
March 26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
The City of Palo Alto Recycling Program is celebratffig its new logo and its
commitment to reducing waste through "reuse" by sponsoring a City-wide garage sale.
1-.".,._....,.-..1 You provide !he 'garage" and your unwanted but usable goods (c101hes, toys, etc.); we
advertising in the Palo Alto Weekly and a garage sale kit that will help make your
sale s=ssful. You will earn extra cash and your unwanted goods will be reused instead of being
landfilled! To participate, fill out the application below_
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Nam<.lPhoM (will"'" b. /isUd ;n atf) Address of garag~ sale
1toru ,00 wi/J be selling: clothes 0 furniture 0 alltiques 0 books 0
W;)'S 0 app!ianus 0 jewelry 0 olher 0 _________________ 1
The Palo Alto BistoricaJ A5SOci.alioD is seeking donations of old photcgraphs, yurbooks, etc::.
th.lt relate to Palo Alto's bistory. CaD the Palo Allo Historical Auodal.LoD (lfficlt.t 329~1664
(or mot'!' ~n(omUi OOD.
r agree to operate my sarA8fl saie {'In Saturday, 1-,.iarch 26 from'" i1 m.-4 p m. and to contact the Re
cycling Program Office if I cancel my sale so dtat my name can be removed from !be List of
participafl...ts. lundentand that the deadline for my appliC'.l1ion/eautdla1iDD is March 16 if my
t.ddnss is to .ppet.r in tbe Palo Alto Weekly gange $&11£ ad. Return application to: Recyding
Prognm G' .. g. Sal., P.O. Bo. 10256, Palo AIIO, CA 943<)3. Call 329-2495 for more
information.
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