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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-331 RESOLUTION NO. 93-331 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN 1 BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A COMMERCIAL GREENWASTE 2 RECYCLING PILOT PROGRAM. 3 WHEREAS, jurisdictions within the state of California are 4 mandated by the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 5 (AB 939) to divert 25% of their solid waste stream from landfill 6 disposal by the year 1995; and, 7 WHEREAS, an evaluation of waste stream content was made in the 8 Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) and determined that 9 greenwaste exists in the commercial waste stream in sufficient 10 percentage quantity to achieve significant diversion if separated 11 from the waste stream; and, 12 WHEREAS, as examination with respect to the city of San 13 Bernardino's existing refuse collection system has been made of the 14 potential for efficiently collecting greenwaste separate from the 15 waste stream using commercial roll-off bin service; and, 16 WHEREAS, commercial roll-off bin refuse collection is currently 17 provided to many businesses in the City of San Bernardino; and, 18 WHEREAS, substitution of greenwaste-only roll-off bin service 19 at a reduced rate in lieu of a portion of commercial bin refuse 20 pickups is a foreseeable and recommended method of diverting the 21 majority of greenwaste from certain customer locations while 22 maintaining operational economy; and, 23 WHEREAS, the Department of Public Services, with responsibility 24 for solid waste collection within the city of San Bernardino, seeks 25 to test the aforementioned substitution prior to citywide 26 27 28 implementation, August 5, 1993 1 93-331 NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the city council of the City 1 of San Bernardino does hereby pass, approve, and adopt this 2 resolution authorizing the Department of Public Services to conduct 3 a commercial greenwaste recycling pilot program to test substitution 4 of greenwaste-only roll-off bin service at a reduced rate in lieu of 5 a portion of existing commercial bin refuse pickups at certain 6 customer locations within the City for a period of six months. The 7 monthly service fee for each 30 or 40 cubic yard bin pickup shall be 8 equal to $135.00 and $155.00 respectively, plus any container rental 9 fees applicable under the current refuse rate schedule. 10 1111 11 1111 12 11// 13 fill 14 fill 15 /11/ 16 /11/ 17 1111 18 11// 19 11// 20 II/I 21 1111 22 1111 23 11// 24 11// 25 11// 26 fill 27 28 August 5, 1993 2 ~ 93-331 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SA! BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A COMMERCIAL GREENWASTE RECYCLING PILOT PROGRAM. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the city of San Bernardino at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 7th day of September 1993, by the following vote, to wit: Council Members: NEGRETE CURLIN HERNANDEZ 9 10 OBERHELMAN 11 12 13 OFFICE VACANT POPE-LUDLAM MILLER 14 15 16 17 18 19 Absent Aves x Navs Abstain ----1L- ----1L- ----'L- ----1L- -L..... (J~~ \J~ City Clerk The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this \ CJt\\..- day of September , 1993. ---- , . (}Z-'",\ , \/tih:t''- Tom Minor, Mayor City of San Bernardino