HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-20-2019 Agenda Correspondence - Item 19City Council Memorandum
Date:
__________, 2016
Date: February 20, 2019
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Gigi Hanna, City Clerk
Subject: Item 19: Presentation of California Integrated Waste Management
Act of 1989 (AB 939) and current status of solid waste regulatory
and programmatic requirements
Staff has provided a revised staff report page for item 19, specifically related to the
Fiscal Impact. The document is included as an attachment to this memorandum and
hard copies will be provided at the dais.
An excerpt from the staff report and changes are highlighted below:
Fiscal Impact
Amount requested: $300,000.00 (If #2 is recommended)
Account No. where funds will be deposited: 527-400-0001*5502
Account Description: Professional/Contractual Services (??????)
Please feel free to contact City Clerk Gigi Hanna (hanna_gi@sbcity.org) or Chief
Deputy City Clerk John Maier (maier_jo@sbcity.org) should you have any questions.
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3. Establish a new incentive based rate structure and revise Municipal Code
This action would allow the City to work with Burrtec to create a
bundled rate structure that that would incentivizes participation. Each
customer would be billed for all recycling services in their base charge.
The Municipal Code would be revised to include a penalty for a
customer that does not utilize the recycling portion of their billed
services. This program would take a significant amount of time to
develop and implement. Any new rate structure will require review,
analysis and public notification processes prior to adoption.
Additionally, this would allow the City to be prepared for the upcoming
expanded organics recycling regulations mentioned above.
Staff feels any of the actions above would produce progress towards implementing the
required recycling programs. However, each has a different timeline and requirements
for implementation. Clearly, option 1 could be implemented the soonest, but could likely
have the greatest financial impact to our customers. Option 3 allows for potentially the
most cost effective service but has significant timelines for implementation.
With the ever increasing regulation, staff recommends the Council consider a
combination of actions #1 and #3. Immediate implementation of action #1 would bring
the City into compliance as soon as possible with the MCR regulations wit h as minimal
impact as possible. The simultaneous development of action #3 will allow us to begin
implementation of an aggressive organics recycling program in a second phase within
the next year.
Fiscal Impact
Amount requested: $300,000.00 (If #2 is recommended)
Account No. 527-400-0001*5502
Account Description: Professional/Contractual Services
Conclusion
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino,
California, review discuss and provide direction concerning the State of California’s
current status of solid waste regulatory and programmatic requirements and next steps
for ensuring compliance with Mandatory Commercial Recycling (MCR).
Attachments
Attachment 1 30-Day Notice of Intent to Issue the City of San Bernardino a
Compliance Order for Failure to Adequately Implement California's
Recycling of Commercial Solid Waste, referred to as the MCR
Attachment 2 Municipal Code Chapter 8.24 – Solid Waste Collection, Removal,
Disposal, Processing and Recycling
Ward: All
Synopsis of Previous Council Actions: