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...
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