(The following letter was addressed to Vic Peterson, Building and Safety.) Due to the excessive costs involved in renewing the CUP, W.A.S.T.E.C. Inc., is abandoning its septage transfer station operation on the Adamson Hotel site. The lease payments have been doubled at the same time. To spend $12,000 to build a simple berm around a 5,000-gallon trailer, pay for a CUP plus the doubled rent, and then have to move out in eight months or so, is not good business. (The hotel could start this fall.) Henceforth, septage will be hauled directly to Ventura County. Of course, Malibu and Topanga will be hit again with increased pumping charges. Emergency service will have a significant increase in response time.
Does the city have a suggestion for a possible transfer site for the pumping companies? Also, do the various Civic Center development plans allot sufficient monies for the escalating septage and sludge hauling costs as distance to dump sites continues to increase?
T.M. Lubisich
president, W.A.S.T.E.C., Inc.