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INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER IV (GARBAGE, RUBBISH AND WEEDS) OF TITLE 8 (HEALTH AND SANITATION) OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SB 1383 (MANDATORY ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL REDUCTION)
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT / ADMINISTRATION
PRESENTED BY: RAJA SETHURAMAN, PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: SALEM AFEWORKI, ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY SERVICES MANAGER (714) 754-5343
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Introduce for first reading, by title only, Ordinance No. 2021-xx (Attachment 1), amending Chapter IV (Garbage, Rubbish and Weeds) of Title 8 (Health and Sanitation) of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code to implement the requirements of SB 1383 (mandatory organic waste disposal reduction).
2. Approve the new non-exclusive Solid Waste Hauler Franchise Agreement (Attachment 2) and authorize the City Manager to execute this agreement with existing permitted haulers.
3. Authorize an appropriation up to $175,000 in FY2021-22, as revenues are received, to implement the SB1383 requirements.
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BACKGROUND:
In September 2016, Governor Edmund Brown Jr. set methane emissions reduction targets for California (Senate Bill 1383 Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) in a state-wide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP). Senate Bill 1383 (SB1383) directs the Department of Resources Recycling & Recovery (CalRecycle) to adopt regulations and requirements to achieve state-wide goals including a goal to reduce organic waste disposal into landfills by 50 percent by 2020 and 75 percent by 2025 and increase edible food recovery by 20 percent by 2025.
The SB 1383 regulations adopted in November 2020 created Chapter 12 of Title 14, Division 7 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), and amended portions of regulations of Title 14 CCR and Title 27 CCR. The SB 1383 regulations set forth a variety of programmatic and policy-rela...
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