TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Public Works Director
Sona Coffee, Environmental Programs Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Conduct Public Hearing Regarding the Proposed Solid Waste Fees for the Food Waste Recycling Program (Public Works Director Olmos).
CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING; ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 15-0011; APPROVE CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 15-0037
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council conduct the public hearing and adopt Ordinance No. 15-0011 to increase the solid waste fees for the food waste recycling program; and adopt contract amendment No. 15-0037 to put the program in place with Waste Management.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
By adopting Ordinance No. 15-0011, City Council will authorize the increase of solid waste fees by 3% for residential customers, and 3.6% for commercial customers.
BACKGROUND:
In September 2014, AB1826 was signed into law, requiring every jurisdiction in California to offer yard and food waste collection services to businesses, and offer yard collection services to multi-family dwellings (with five or more units) by January 1, 2016. A yard/green waste program for businesses and multi-family dwellings is already established in the City. The residential food waste program assists the State of California and the City with its overall diversion goals, but the residential program is not part of the requirements under AB1826.
Waste Management proposed a Food Waste Diversion program (Attachment 1) to comply with the City's solid waste agreement and subsequent Assembly Bill AB1826. On March 4, 2015, City Council accepted the program proposal for commercial customers, as well as Option 1 for the residential program. The food waste recycling program requires an increase in solid waste fees by 3% for residential customers, and 3.6% for commercial customers.
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