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 Resolution Approving an Agreement with HF&H Consultants, LLC. in the Amount of $25,000 to Conduct a Senate Bill (SB) 1383 Grant-Funded Gap Analysis Regarding New Statewide Organic Waste Regulations and Appropriating $50,347 in Grant-Reimbursable Funds for the Analysis and Other Reimbursable Expenditures (Public Works Director Lee).
A) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 23-0009
B) APPROPRIATE FUNDS
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 23-0009 approving an agreement with HF&H Consultants, LLC to conduct a Senate Bill (SB) 1383 grant-funded gap analysis regarding new statewide organic waste regulations and appropriating $50,347 in grant-reimbursable funds for the analysis and other reimbursable expenditures.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The City received $50,347 from CalRecycle in June 2022 as part of a Local Assistance Grant in order to implement SB 1383 requirements. Since this grant award was not included in the FY 2022-2023 Adopted Budget due to its timing, an appropriation of $50,347 from the unreserved General Fund balance is required along with an offsetting adjustment to revenues.
The cost for HF&H Consultants, LLC to perform the recommended gap analysis is $25,000.
BACKGROUND:
SB 1383, the Short-Term Climate Pollutants legislation, was adopted in 2016 and is the most significant waste reduction law to be adopted in California in the last 30 years. Its goal is to reduce organics waste landfill disposal by 75% (from 2014 levels) by 2025. This means diverting more than 20 million tons from landfills. The legislation aims to slow climate change by diverting organic materials from landfills, recovering 20% of edible food, and redirecting it to food-insecur...
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