TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Dana Murray, Environmental Programs Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 19-0009 to Reduce Polystyrene Meat Tray Pollution (Community Development Director McIntosh).
ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 19-0009
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council adopt Ordinance No. 19-0009.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The recommended action has limited fiscal impact upon the budget.
BACKGROUND:
On February 19, 2019, City Council requested that staff bring back an ordinance on March 6, 2019 to prohibit the sale, use, and distribution of polystyrene meat trays. After hearing comments from the public and grocery store representatives on March 6, 2019, the City Council directed that an implementation date of January 1, 2020 and a feasibility waiver process be incorporated in the draft Ordinance. Thereafter, the Council introduced Ordinance No. 19-0009, as amended.
LEGAL REVIEW:
The City Attorney has approved Ordinance No. 19-0009 as to form.
Attachments:
1. Ordinance No. 19-0009