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council Meeting: August 8, 1989
Santa Monica, California
TO:
Mayor and City Council
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FROM:
City staff
SUBJECT:
Recommendation to Adopt Resolution in Support of
state Legislation to Enact the Solid Waste Recycling
Act of 1989 and Appoint the Department of
Conservation as Lead Agency for the Administration
of the Act
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that city Council adopt the attached
resolution in support of AB80, introduced by Assembly Members
Killea and Cortese. This bill would establish the Department of
Conservation as the lead state agency responsible for the
administration of the Solid Waste Recycling Act of 1989 and would
require cities and counties to cooperate in the preparation of
integrated solid waste management plans which emphasize source
reduction, recycling, and environmentally safe disposal.
BACKGROUND
AB80 has emerged as one of the most comprehensive of over 100
solid waste and recycling bills in the current legislative
session. In response to mounting pressures caused by landfills
reaching capacity, siting problems associated with opening new
landfills, and environmental hazards caused by toxic materials
leaching into the air and ground surrounding landfills,
legislators are turning to alternative methods of solid waste
disposal. AB8D proposes comprehensive changes in the means by
which solid waste is collected, processed, and disposed, and
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provides guidelines to cities and counties as to the specific
elements to be included in their solio waste management plans.
DISCUSSION
AB80 would designate the Department of Conservation, currently
lead agency for the California Beverage container Recycling and
Litter Reduction Act (AB2020), as lead agency for the Solid Waste
Recycling Act of 1989 which would be enacted as part of the
California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act.
The Waste Management Board, the current lead agency for solid
waste disposal issues, is perceived as biased toward the private
waste disposal industry. By designating the Department of
Conservation as lead agency, potential imbalances between private
industry interests and the pUblic's interests will be eliminated.
ABBe would enact the Solid Waste Recycling Act of 1989 which
would require each local agency to prepare, adopt, and implement
a waste reduction and recycling plan which would be incorporated
into a county solid waste management plan. According to ABSO,
amendments to the county plan would have to be approved by a
majority of the cities within the county which contain a majority
of the population of the incorporated area of the county. Each
proposed change to the Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management
Plan would require a response from Santa Monica within 90 days or
the amendment will be deemed accepted as submitted.
Santa Monica has already adopted a solid waste management plan
establishing a 25 percent diversion goal within four years, a
time frame staff believes is achievable through a program which
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includes an innovative pay-far-volume rate structure, recycling
programs aimed specifically at mUlti-family buildings, yard waste
composting, and procurement policies emphasizing purchase of
recycled products. ABBD also establishes a 25 percent diversion
goal and requires that each city's plan contain the above
mentioned types of programs.
To identify the amount and type of recyclable materials in the
waste stream, each city would be required to complete a waste
characterization study and develop an implementation schedule
which shows how the City will achieve the highest possible
diversion rate. Santa Monica's City council recently approved
funding for implementation of a waste characterization and
composting feasibility study for which staff is currently
evaluating proposals from several consultants.
The bill requires specified reports be submitted to the Governor
and the Legislature and that plans be reviewed at least every
three years. Potential problems could arise from these reporting
requirements if staff time spent complying with these
requirements detracts from program implementation. However, as
Santa Monica already has implemented or will begin to implement
most of the program requirements within the next two years, it is
not anticipated that the reporting requirements will be
unmanageable.
AB8D has passed the Assembly and is scheduled for consideration
by the Senate Appropriations Committee on August 21, 1989.
Although AB8D comprehensively addresses most solid waste
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management issues, it does not address the issue of market
development for recycled materials wh~ch is crucial to the
ultimate success of recycling. As the designated lead agency,
the Department of Conservation must be urged to take a leadership
role in this area for local efforts to be successful. Economic
incentives for source reduction and disincentives for excessive
packaging are the single most effective means of redirecting
product development and manufacturing techniques. Such efforts
should be encouraged at the state level in conjunction with
implementation of effective solid waste management plans at the
local level.
BUDGET/FISCAL IMPACT
There is no anticipated financial impact beyond the budgeted
expenditures for the recycling programs already approved by City
Council.
RECOMMENDATION
staff recommends that the City Council approve the attached
resolution supporting AB80 and encourage additional state efforts
toward the implementation of economic incentives for source
reduction and disincentives for excessive packaging by
manufacturers.
Prepared by: stan Scholl, Director of General Services
Susan Munves, Administrative Analyst
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RESOLUTION NO. 7861(CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA IN SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY BILL 80
WHEREAS, solid waste management has become an
increasingly critical environmental issue as landfills reach
capacity and hazardous materials pollute the air, ground, and
water; and
WHEREAS, alternative met~ods of solid waste management
such as recycling, composting, and waste minimization are
becoming a more cost-effective means of handling solid waste; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 80 has been introduced into the
California state Legislature; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 80 would require every local
agency to prepare and implement a solid waste management plan
which would divert 25 percent of the total waste stream from
landfill within three years: and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 80 would designate the
Department of Conservation as the administrator of the Solid
Waste Recycling Act of 1989,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Santa Monica strongly supports
the passage of Assembly Bill 80.
SECTION 2. The city of Santa Monica urges the Assembly
to develop economic incentives for source reduction and economic
disincentives for excessive packaging to encourage manufacturers
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to use recycled materials and produce less wasteful packaging.
SECTION 3. The city Clerk shall mail a copy of this
Resolution to the Governor, State Senate Appropriations
Committee, and Assembly Member Hayden.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the
same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 8th day of August, 1989.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 7861(CCS)
was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on August 8, 1989 by the following
Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Finkel, Genser, Jennings,
Katz, Mayor Zane
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Reed
ATTEST:
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