TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Erick Lee, Public Works Director
Anna Luke-Jones, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Approving the Amended and Restated Joint Power Agreement Establishing the Los Angeles Area Integrated Waste Management Authority to Allow for the Reporting of Organics Recycling Data (Public Works Director Lee).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 23-0096
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 23-0096:
1. Approving the Amended and Restated Joint Power Agreement Establishing the Los Angeles Area Integrated Waste Management Authority; and
2. Authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
On September 17, 2002, the Manhattan Beach City Council authorized the City Manager to execute the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) to form the Los Angeles Area Integrated Waste Management Authority for Assembly Bill (AB) 939 compliance reporting. In 2004, CalRecycle (California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery) approved the formation of the Los Angeles Area Integrated Waste Management Authority, known as the Los Angeles Regional Agency (LARA), for the purpose of meeting the waste reduction mandates set by State Assembly Bill 939.
LARA is a consortium of eighteen cities in Southern California and allows these agencies to combine efforts on programs and waste diversion tonnage to achieve cumulative benchmarks. Some of the benefits of LARA membership are:
• LARA submits a consolidated report on behalf of its members for all of the required Source Reduction & Recycling Element Programs.
• Cities can focus on program implementation rather than numerical compliance.
• LARA allows cities to share costs and conduct new “regional level” base year studies, if required.
• LARA provide member cites a unified voice on issues and concerns faced by each member and network coordination and peer sharing.
• LARA is able to average waste diversion and disposal over all cities in the agency, smoothing out fluctuations due to confusion about jurisdictional boundaries or changes in the Disposal Reporting System.
DISCUSSION:
LARA compiles and files the annual waste diversion report to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) as required under several State laws related to waste reduction and recycling. They include AB 939, AB 341, and AB 1826.
With the passage of SB 1383, LARA is also now required to report on organics recycling from residential solid waste accounts. LARA has amended and restated the existing JPA to accommodate the necessary changes to allow for this reporting, and CalRecycle has approved the JPA language. The amended and restated agreement also updates JPA terminology and business practices, corrects clerical errors, and improves the internal consistency of the document.
PUBLIC OUTREACH:
After analysis, staff determined that public outreach was not required for this issue.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The City has reviewed the proposed activity for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has determined that the activity is not a “Project” as defined under Section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines; therefore, pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines the activity is not subject to CEQA. Thus, no environmental review is necessary.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney has approved the agreement as to form.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution No. 23-0096
2. Amended and Restated Agreement
3. Agreement (Redline Version)