SR 06-13-2023 11A
City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: June 13, 2023
Agenda Item: 11.A
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Rick Valte, Public Works Director, Public Works, Engineering and Street
Services
Subject: Certification of Recirculated Final Environmental Impact
Report/Environmental Assessment for the Pier Bridge Replacement Project
and Authorization to Proceed with Final Design and Bidding Documents
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment A) certifying the Recirculated Final
Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA) (Attachment
B) and adopting the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Pier
Bridge Replacement Project (Attachment C).
2. Approve the preferred alternative bridge design (Alternative 2) described in the
Recirculated Final EIR/EA and authorize staff to proceed with the final design
and development of bidding documents for construction of the Pier Bridge
Replacement Project as recommended in the Recirculated Final EIR/EA and as
described in this report.
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Summary
The City of Santa Monica (City) owns and maintains the Santa Monica Pier Bridge
(Bridge), a reinforced concrete structure built in 1939 that serves as the sole
transportation access for over six million annual visitors to the Santa Monica Pier. The
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works performs routine inspections of the
Bridge and has deemed it structurally deficient. The Pier Bridge Replacement Project
(Project) would replace the existing bridge with a new structure designed and
constructed to current standards. The Bridge is programmed for replacement using
federal Highway Bridge Program (HBP) grant funding, and therefore, the Project is
subject to federal, state and City environmental review requirements.
The City studied eight alternatives to replace and reconstruct the Bridge, held a public
scoping meeting in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
and solicited community feedback on the eight alternatives. However, due to impacts
identified in the technical analyses required under CEQA for six of the alternatives, the
number of acceptable build alternatives was reduced to two (2) plus the “No Build”
alternative. Both build alternatives would provide an in-kind replacement bridge with the
same alignment and profile as the existing bridge but would differ in design
configuration and location of the sidewalk. Staff recommends that Council approve the
locally Preferred Alternative (Alternative 2). This alternative includes a 15-foot-wide
sidewalk on the south side of the bridge.
The environmental process complies with both the CEQA and National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), and results in the joint document of an Environmental Impact Report
and Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA). The City is the lead agency for CEQA and
the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is the lead agency for NEPA. A
Recirculated Draft EIR/EA was circulated in September 2022 for public review and
comment. The Recirculated Final EIR/EA has been updated based on public feedback,
and all public comments have been responded to. To proceed to the final design phase
of the Project, staff is recommending that the City Council approve Alternative 2, certify
the Recirculated Final EIR/EA, adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
(MMRP), and authorize staff to proceed with the final design of Alternative 2 and
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development of bidding documents in accordance with the Recirculated Final EIR/EA
with a goal to complete construction prior to the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics.
Background
The Pier Bridge connects the iconic Santa Monica Pier to the intersection of Ocean
Avenue and Colorado Avenue within the downtown district of the City. The Pier Bridge
Replacement Project is proposed to address the existing operational and structural
deficiencies of the 84-year-old bridge.
During times of high use, the Pier Bridge is not wide enough to accommodate the
volume of pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles that use the facility. Queuing affects the
Colorado Avenue/Ocean Avenue intersection and other nearby intersections during
peak periods. When the volume is high, pedestrian traffic overflows into the roadway.
This creates potential safety concerns, which have been documented by both the City’s
Police and Fire Departments.
Figure 1 – Photo of high pedestrian volumes
The original construction of the Bridge does not meet current seismic standards and has
a sufficiency rating of 8.2 (on a scale of 100). Bridges that are found to be seismically
deficient, as defined by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for bridges with
sufficiency ratings of less than 50, are eligible for federal funding for replacement under
the Highway Bridge Program (HBP). The HBP sufficiency rating is applicable to all
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bridges that carry either highway or local vehicular traffic. Because of the need for
emergency and delivery vehicles to access Pier businesses, the Pier Bridge must be
designed and constructed to always carry vehicular traffic even if it were to be closed to
public vehicular traffic.
Since 2012, the City has worked with consultants to provide public outreach, conceptual
design, and environmental documentation services for the Project, including the
preparation of the Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment. The
proposed Project would replace the Bridge with a new bridge meeting current design
and seismic standards and provide a service life of 75 years. Due to the federal HBP
grant funding, the Project is subject to both the CEQA as well as NEPA. The City
previously prepared a Draft EIR/EA, in accordance with CEQA and NEPA, for the
Project in 2017. The Draft EIR/EA (2017 Draft EIR/EA) identified three alternatives for
the replacement of the Bridge and was circulated for public review from December 11,
2017, through March 15, 2018. Immediately after circulation of the 2017 Draft EIR/EA,
significant cultural and environmental changes to the Bridge’s surroundings occurred,
including the identification of a new scenic corridor along Ocean Front Walk from Pico
Boulevard to the 1550 Parking Lot, as part of the City’s Land Use Plan of the Local
Coastal Program, as well as the designation of Carousel Park as a local Landmark by
the City’s Landmarks Commission. These changes rendered the three alternatives
impracticable and relegated some of the technical studies, such as the cultural
resources studies, incomplete. Additionally, comments were received during the public
review period concerning the lack of range of alternatives under consideration and the
lack of perceived impacts associated with the alternatives considered.
Discussion
As a result of significant cultural and environmental changes to the Bridge’s
surrounding, which took place circa 2018, a Notice of Preparation for a Recirculated
Draft EIR/EA for the Pier Replacement Bridge Project (Recirculated Draft EIR/EA) was
prepared identifying a new set of alternatives for the Project. Through consultation with
stakeholders – including the Santa Monica Pier Corporation Board, Disabilities
Commission, the Santa Monica Conservancy, as well as staff from the Public Works
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and Community Development Departments, the City prepared eight new build
alternatives and submitted a Notice of Preparation for a Recirculated Draft EIR/EA. The
City held a public scoping meeting on October 30, 2019, to solicit community feedback
on the alternatives, with the reception to the alternatives being favorable. Since October
2019, staff have met and presented at numerous public meetings, including four with
the Pier Board, two with the Landmark Commission, and two with the Disabilities
Commission. Staff also held meetings with members of the Santa Monica Conservancy,
the Pier Board’s Large Projects Subcommittee, the Pier Lessees Association, Coastal
Commission staff, and internal city stakeholders.
Further technical analysis required under CEQA reduced the number of acceptable
alternatives to two (2) build alternatives. In June 2021, staff submitted an Information
Item to Council (Attachment D) regarding the removal of the six (6) build alternatives
that included elevators, as the elevators were found to have adverse, unmitigable
impacts to adjacent cultural resources. Staff then proceeded with analyzing the
remaining alternatives below in the Recirculated Draft EIR/EA:
(1) Alternative 1 – wider (15’) sidewalk on the north side of the bridge (Figure 2)
(2) Alternative 2 – wider (15’) sidewalk on the south side of the bridge (Figure 3),
and
(3) No Build.
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Figure 2 – Alternative 1 rendering with sidewalk on the north side
Figure 3 – Alternative 2 rendering with sidewalk on the south side
The preferred alternative was identified as Alternative 2, with a 15-foot sidewalk on the
south side of the bridge. Stakeholders supported the new sidewalk on the south side as
it aligns better with the Colorado Esplanade and the general pedestrian flow on the Pier.
The structure is expected to be a largely cast in place post-tensioned concrete
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structure, with spans over Moomat Ahiko Way being pre-cast to limit impacts to the
public.
Staff completed and published the Recirculated Draft EIR/EA for a 49 -day public review
period between September 22, 2022, and November 10, 2022. A public meeting was
held on October 13, 2022, to present the Project and collect written comments on the
Recirculated Draft EIR/EA. The City received 16 separate comment letters regarding
the Recirculated Draft EIR/EA. Comments were raised regarding construction noise
impacts, impacts on nearby historic resources, and concerns about potential
trespassing on adjacent properties. Responses to all comment s received are included in
the Recirculated Final EIR/EA.
Environmental Review
Alternatives Studied
The selection of alternatives studied in the Recirculated Final EIR/EA are based on
CEQA and NEPA requirements as well as consideration of public comments received
during the 2017 Draft EIR/EA public review period. The Recirculated Final EIR/EA
studied the No-Build Project Alternative (required by CEQA/NEPA) and two build
Alternatives. Alternative 1 (In-Kind Pier Bridge Replacement with Northside Sidewalk),
and Alternative 2 (In-Kind Pier Bridge Replacement with Southside Sidewalk – locally
Preferred Alternative) both would provide an in-kind replacement bridge with the same
alignment and profile as the existing bridge. The replacement bridge would be
approximately 448 feet in length and approximately 39 feet wide, about 5 feet wider
than the existing bridge. The sidewalk on the new bridge would be 15 feet in width, 5.5
feet wider than the existing north side walkway. Due to clearance constraints for
Moomat Akiho Way, the downward slope of the replacement bridge would be
approximately 10 percent, the same as existing bridge. However, the two alternatives
differ in design configurations, as described below.
• Alternative 1 – Under Alternative 1, vehicles and bicycles would use a 20 -foot-
wide roadway on the south side of the bridge. A 15-foot-wide sidewalk would be
provided on the north side of the bridge. The roadway from Ocean Avenue would
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require a northeast-to-southwest taper from the existing curbs. The existing
historic pier sign would be removed during construction and reinstalled at the
same location but elevated to provide a minimum vertical clearance of 17’-0” per
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). This alternative would also
require an approximately 4-foot-wide extension of the existing pier deck, running
approximately 157 feet, on the north side of the pier. Under Alternative 1, the
footprint of the existing bridge on the south side would remain unchanged from
existing conditions.
• Alternative 2 – Under Alternative 2, the locally Preferred Alternative, the path
locations would be reversed; vehicles and bicycles would use a 20 -foot-wide
roadway on the north side of the bridge and a 15 -foot-wide sidewalk on the south
side of the bridge. The length of the bridge would be essentially the same (448
feet) as under Alternative 1. The historic pier sign would be temporarily removed
during construction and would require relocation to approximately 10 feet north of
its existing location and elevated to provide a minimum vertical clearance of 17’-
0”. The curbs from Ocean Avenue would not require a taper under this
alternative. The same pier deck extension on the north side would also be
required under this alternative. Under Alternative 2, the footprint of the existing
bridge on the south side would remain unchanged from existing conditions. For
both Alternatives 1 and 2, ADA-compliant access to the pier would be provided
by the existing routes.
Summary of Potential Environmental Impacts
In accordance with CEQA and NEPA, the Recirculated Final EIR/EA provided a
comprehensive analysis of the Project’s impacts under both alternatives for the
following environmental impact issue areas:
• Visual and Aesthetics
• Air Quality
• Biological Resources
• Cultural Resources
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• Energy
• Geology/Soils/Seismicity/Topography
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Hazardous Waste and Materials
• Hydrology (Storm Drain) and Water Quality
• Land Use/Community Character
• Noise
• Growth (including Population)
• Public Services
• Recreation
• Transportation/Traffic
• Tribal Cultural Resources
• Utilities and Service Systems (water supply, solid waste, electricity)
• Wildfire
Other issue areas such as wild and scenic rivers, farmlands, and timberlands were
determined to be less than significant in Chapter 2 of the Recirculated Final EIR/EA and
therefore were not analyzed in detail.
As analyzed in the Recirculated Final EIR/EA, project impacts would be less than
significant with no mitigation required in the issues of growth (including population
growth), community character and cohesion/land use, water supply, storm drains, visual
and aesthetics, hydrology, noise, energy, wetlands and other waters, and threatened
species.
The Recirculated Final EIR/EA determined that the project would result in potential
significant environmental impacts on land use, relocations and real property acquisition,
solid waste and electricity, police and fire protection, traffic and transportation, cultural
resources, water quality and stormwater runoff, geology/soils/seismicity/topography,
paleontology, hazardous waste and materials, air q uality, greenhouse gases, natural
communities, plant and animal species, and invasive species. However, all of these
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impacts could be reduced to less-than significant levels after implementation of
mitigation measures. Therefore, with mitigation, the Pier Bridge Replacement Project
would not result in any significant and unavoidable environmental impacts.
Environmentally Superior Alternative and Preferred Alternative
According to Section 15126.6(a) of the State CEQA Guidelines, the purpose of an
Alternatives analyses is to identify alternative developments that would feasibly attain most
of the basic objectives of the Project but that would avoid or substantially lessen any of the
significant effects of the Project. The EIR found that neither build alternative would result
in significant impacts. Notwithstanding, the EIR provided an analysis of the
environmentally superior alternative. Alternative 2, would be the environmentally superior
alternative and has been defined as the “Project”. This alternative would reduce impacts
as compared to the No-Build Alternative and Alternative 1. The No-Build Alternative was
found to be seismically deficient, would not address safety concerns with the pedestrian
staircase at Appian Way, and during times of high use, would not provide adequate space
to accommodate the volume of pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles that use the facility.
Alternative 2, the “Project”, would achieve project objectives, such as accommodating
vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian travel; providing ADA-compliant access to/from the Pier
Bridge; and have minimal environmental effects. The Project would also be cost efficient,
would reduce temporary and permanent impacts, and would address comments received
on the previous Draft EIR which circulated from December 2017 to February 2018.
Alternative 2 was found to be environmentally superior over Alternative 1 because it would
provide pedestrians with a sidewalk and access along the south side of the bridge, which
would align with the Colorado Esplanade at the eastern limit and the majority of the
destinations on the Pier which are located on the south side of the Pier. The south side
walkway would also reduce the need for pedestrians to cross vehicle traffic at both the top
and bottom of bridge. Therefore, Alternative 2 would greatly facilitate pedestrian flow over
Alternative 1, which has the sidewalk located along the north side of the bridge. Alternative
2 would also remove the need to taper the existing curbs compared to Alternative 1.
Between the two build alternatives under consideration, Alternative 2 has been
identified as the “preferred alternative.” Alternative 2 achieves project objectives, such
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as accommodating vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian travel; providing ADA -compliant
access to/from the Pier Bridge; and having minimal environmental effects. Among the
factors considered were:
• Project cost
• Engineering considerations
• Temporary and permanent impacts
• Public comments
To complete the environmental review phase of the Pier Bridge Replacement Project, it
is recommended that the City Council: 1) certify the Recirculated Final EIR/EA and
adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and 2) approve Alternative 2 as
the preferred alternative and authorize staff to proceed with the final design and
development of bidding documents for construction of the Pier Bridge Replacement
Project as recommended in the Recirculated Final EIR/EA. The Recirculated Final
EIR/EA will also require approval from Caltrans, as the lead agency for NEPA. Upon
certification of the Recirculated Final EIR/EA by Council and final sign-off from Caltrans,
final design would begin. The design is expected to take approximately 12 months.
Construction would be expected to begin in Fall of 2025 and take between 18 -24
months, with an estimated construction completion prior to the Los Angeles 2028
Summer Olympics.
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There are no financial impacts associated with the recommended actions.
Prepared By: Curtis Castle, Principal Civil Engineer
Approved
Forwarded to Council
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Attachments:
A. Pier Bridge EIR Reso - Final
B. Recirculated Final EIR/EA (Web Link)
C. Pier Bridge MMRP
D. Information Item - Pier Bridge Project
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City Council Meeting: June 13, 2023 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER ______ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA CERTIFYING THE RECIRCULATED FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT/ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND
ADOPTING A MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM FOR THE
SANTA MONICA PIER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act, California Public Resources
Code Section 21000 et seq. (“CEQA”) requires that cities consider the environmental
consequences of their actions before approving a “project”; and
WHEREAS, the City is the proponent of the Pier Bridge Replacement Project (the
Project) and the lead agency under CEQA and prepared a Recirculated Environmental
Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA) for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Project is subject to federal, as well as the City and state
environmental review requirements because the City proposes the use of federal funds
from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and/or the project requires an approval
from FHWA; and
WHEREAS, FHWA’s responsibility for environmental review, consultation, and any
other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this Project are being,
or have been, carried out by the state of California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) pursuant to 23 United States Code Section 327 (23 USC 327) and the
Memorandum of Understanding dated May 27, 2022, and executed by FHWA and
Caltrans; and
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WHEREAS, a joint Recirculated EIR/EA has been prepared in compliance with
both the CEQA and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); and
WHEREAS, the existing Pier Bridge structure has a sufficiency rating of 8.2 (on a
scale of 100) and does not meet current seismic standards; and
WHEREAS, bridges that are found to be seismically deficient, as defined by the
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), with a sufficiency rating of less than 50, are
eligible for federal funding for replacement under the Highway Bridge Program (HBP);
and
WHEREAS, during times of high use, the Pier Bridge is not wide enough to
accommodate the volume of pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles that use the facility
resulting in pedestrian overflows into the roadway; and
WHEREAS, replacement of the Pier Bridge is necessary to address the existing
operational and structural deficiencies of the bridge; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with CEQA, a Draft Environmental Impact
Report/Environmental Assessment (2017 Draft EIR/EA) for the Santa Monica Pier Bridge
Replacement Project was published for a 94-day public review period from December 11,
2017, to March 15, 2018; and
WHEREAS, substantial public comments were received concerning both the range
of alternatives under consideration for the Project and the perceived impacts associated
with those alternatives; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to release of the 2017 Draft EIR/EA, several changes to
the existing conditions occurred, including the designation of Carousel Park as a local
City landmark, (2) the designation of new scenic corridors as part of the City’s Final Draft
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2018 Land Use Plan of the Local Coastal Program, and (3) identification of potential new
historic district; and
WHEREAS, a Recirculated EIR/EA was required to analyze new alternatives for
the Project due to changes in existing conditions; and
WHEREAS, a Notice of Preparation for the Santa Monica Pier Bridge Replacement
Project Recirculated EIR/EA was published and circulated on October 22, 2019, for 30
days and thus the City developed the Recirculated EIR/EA; and
WHEREAS, a Notice of Completion/Notice of Availability of a Recirculated Draft
EIR/EA was published on September 22, 2022, in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA
Guidelines, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15105, the Recirculated Draft
EIR/EA was circulated for a 49-day public review period, which ended on November 10,
2022; and
WHEREAS, the Recirculated Draft EIR/EA analyzed the potential environmental
impacts that could result from the Santa Monica Pier Bridge Replacement Project and
two build alternatives, and a No Build Alternative; and
WHEREAS, on May 25, 2023, the Recirculated Final EIR/EA was published; and
WHEREAS, on June 13, 2023, the City Council, as the CEQA Lead Agency,
reviewed the Recirculated Final EIR/EA, in its decision-making process.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby certifies that:
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1) The Recirculated Final EIR/EA for the Santa Monica Pier Bridge
Replacement Project (“Project”) was completed in full compliance with state law
and the CEQA Guidelines, there was adequate public review of the Recirculated
Draft EIR/EA, and the Recirculated Final EIR/EA adequately analyzes all
potentially significant environmental issues; and
2) The Recirculated Final EIR/EA was presented to the City Council, and the
City Council has reviewed and considered the information contained in the
Recirculated Final EIR/EA, including all comments on the Recirculated Draft
EIR/EA and responses to comments, in its decision-making process prior to acting
on the Project; and
3) The Recirculated Final EIR/EA reflects the independent judgement and
analysis of the City.
SECTION 2. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15128, Chapter 2 of the
Recirculated Final EIR/EA determined that the following environmental impacts were not
considered potentially significant and were not analyzed in detail in the Recirculated Final
EIR/EA: wild and scenic rivers, farmlands, and timberlands.
SECTION 3. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15091 and 15092, and as
analyzed in the Recirculated Final EIR/EA, the City Council finds that the following Project
impacts would be less than significant without mitigation: growth (including population
growth), community character and cohesion, water supply, storm drains, visual and
aesthetics, hydrology, noise, energy, wetlands and other waters, and threatened species.
SECTION 4. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15091 and 15092, and as
analyzed in the Recirculated Final EIR/EA, the City Council finds that the following Project
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impacts could be reduced to a less than significant level with the implementation of
mitigation measures established in Appendix P- Environmental Commitment Record, of the
Recirculated Final EIR/EA, and as attached hereto as Exhibit A, Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program: land use, relocations and real property acquisition, solid waste and
electricity, police and fire protection, traffic and transportation, cultural resources, water
quality and stormwater runoff, geology/soils/seismicity/topography, paleontology,
hazardous waste and materials, air quality, greenhouse gases, natural communities, plant
and animal species, and invasive species.
SECTION 5. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15091 and 15092, and as
analyzed in the Recirculated Final EIR/EA, the City Council finds that all Project impacts
can feasibly be avoided or mitigated to below a level of significance.
SECTION 6. According to Section 15126.6(a) of the State CEQA Guidelines, the
purpose of an Alternatives analyses is to identify alternative developments that would
feasibly attain most of the basic objectives of the Project but that would avoid or substantially
lessen any of the significant effects of the Project. The Recirculated Final EIR/EA found
that the Project would not result in any significant effects. Notwithstanding, the Recirculated
Final EIR/EA provided an analysis of the environmentally superior alternative. Alternative
2, the Preferred Alternative, would be environmentally superior to Alternative 1. Alternative
2 was found to be environmentally superior over Alternative 1 because it would provide
pedestrians with a sidewalk and access along the south side of the bridge, which would
align with the Colorado Esplanade at the eastern limit and the majority of the destinations
on the Pier which are located on the south side of the Pier. The south side walkway would
also reduce the need for pedestrians to cross vehicle traffic at both the top and bottom of
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bridge. Therefore, Alternative 2 would greatly facilitate pedestrian flow compared to
Alternative 1, which places the sidewalk on the north side of the bridge. Alternative 1
would also result in re-aligning the northerly curb at the intersection with Ocean Avenue,
and as a result the traffic lanes would not align as well as with Alternative 2.
SECTION 7. Consistent with Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the City
Council adopts the attached Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, attached hereto
as Exhibit A, and incorporated herein by reference, and included as Appendix P -
Environmental Commitment Record of the Recirculated Final EIR/EA, to mitigate or avoid
significant effects of the Project on the environment, as described in Section 4 of this
resolution, and to ensure compliance during project implementation.
SECTION 8. The preceding findings, although based primarily on conclusions in the
Recirculated Final EIR/EA, have not attempted to describe the full analysis of each
environmental impact contained in the Recirculated Final EIR/EA. Instead, the findings
incorporate by reference the discussions and analyses in the Recirculated Final EIR/EA
and supporting reference documents supporting the Recirculated Final EIR/EA’s
determinations regarding the nature and severity of the impacts of the Project and
mitigation measures designed to address those impacts. In making these findings, the
City Council ratifies, adopts, and incorporates into these findings the analysis and
explanation in the Recirculated Final EIR/EA and ratifies, adopts, and incorporates in
these findings the determinations and conclusions of the Recirculated Final EIR/EA.
SECTION 9. Consistent with Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the
documents which constitute the record of proceedings for approving this Project are
located in the City of Santa Monica, Engineering and Street Services Division, 1685 Main
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Street, Santa Monica, California. The custodian of these documents is Omeed Pour, Civil
Engineer.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
________________________
Douglas Sloan, City Attorney
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MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM
[BEHIND THIS PAGE]
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SANTA MONICA PIER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
PROJECT
MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING
PROGRAM
P REPARED FOR: City of Santa Monica 1685 Main Street, Mail Stop 15 Santa Monica, CA 90401 Contact: Omeed Pour (310) 458-2201 x2481
P REPARED BY: ICF 555 W. 5th Street, Suite 3100 Los Angeles, CA 90013 Contact: Sarah Baker (213) 312-1742
May 2023
ICF. 2023. Santa Monica Pier Replacement Project. Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program. May. (ICF 104260.0.001.01.013.01.) Los Angeles, CA. Prepared for City of Santa Monica, CA.
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Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program 1
May 2023
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
CEQA requires agencies that adopt an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) or Mitigated Negative Declaration to take affirmative steps to determine that approved mitigation measures are implemented after project approval. As part of CEQA’s environmental review procedures, Section 21081.6 requires a public agency to adopt a reporting or monitoring program for assessing and ensuring the efficacy of any mitigation measures applied to a proposed project. Specifically, the lead or responsible agency must adopt a reporting or monitoring program for mitigation measures incorporated into a project or imposed as conditions of approval. The program must be designed to ensure compliance during project implementation. As stated in Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 (a) (1): The public agency shall adopt a reporting or monitoring program for the changes made to the project or conditions of project approval, adopted in order to mitigate or avoid significant effects on the environment. The reporting or monitoring program shall be designed to ensure compliance during project implementation. For those changes which have been required or incorporated into the project at the request of a responsible agency or a public agency having jurisdiction by law over natural resources affected by the project, that agency shall, if so requested by the lead agency or a responsible agency, prepare and submit a proposed reporting or monitoring program. CEQA Section 15097 provides general guidelines for implementing mitigation monitoring and reporting programs (MMRPs). Specific reporting and/or monitoring requirements, which are to be enforced during project implementation, shall be defined prior to final approval of the proposal by the responsible decision maker(s). In response to established CEQA requirements and those of Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq., this MMRP for the proposed Santa Monica Pier Replacement Project shall be submitted for adoption by the City prior to completion of the environmental review process. The City, as the project proponent and lead agency under CEQA, shall be responsible for assuring full compliance with the provisions of this program. The City shall also ensure that monitoring reports are filed on a timely basis and, when identified, that program violations are corrected. This MMRP includes the mitigation measure(s) identified in the Final EIR and for each mitigation measure, the following information is provided: Party Responsible for Implementation of the Mitigation Measure; Implementation Phase; Party Responsible for Monitoring Implementation; Monitoring Activity; Monitoring Period; Monitoring Frequency; and Source. The table below presents the MMRP for the proposed project.
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Table 1. Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
Category Measure Source Responsible
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Comply Phase Other UES-1. Prior to construction activities that could affect utility services on the pier, the City of Santa Monica project manager and construction contractor shall coordinate with utility owners to develop a plan to maintain continuous essential services to the pier during construction.
DEIR/EA pg. 2.1-27 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Construction Contractor
Contractor shall coordinate with impacted utility owners
Pre-Construction
Cultural Resources Approval/concurrence for finding of effect and memorandum of agreement DEIR/EA pg. 1-75 Caltrans PQS Principal Architectural Historian
Submit HPSR and Finding of Effect documentation to SHPO
Pre-Construction
Cultural Resources CR-5. All modifications to the Pier deck that are visible will be reconstructed and replaced in kind so as to maintain the historic character of the Pier, with new materials matching the original/old design, color, texture, and other visual qualities. All such work shall be accurately reproduced, based on historical, pictorial, and physical documentation and evidence. A Certificate of Appropriateness, approved by the City of Santa Monica Landmarks Commission, is also required.
DEIR/EA pg. 2.7-68 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Engineering Consultant
Obtain Certificate of Appropriateness from City of Santa Monica Landmarks Commission
Pre-Construction
Cultural Resources CR-6. To ensure a compatible replacement bridge avoids significant adverse effects to adjacent historic resources and their historic setting, the new bridge design shall follow guidance and direction provided in the Pier District Design Guidelines. In consideration of the proportions, window placement, and alignment with elements of Looff’s Hippodrome and surrounding historic resources, the following features shall be studied: landings and horizontal structure lines; building openings; visible joint lines and glazing mullions.
DEIR/EA pg. 2.1-68 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Engineering Consultant
Engineering Consultant shall follow Pier District Design Guidelines when developing final design for the selected alternative
Pre-Construction, Construction
Stormwater WQ-1. The proposed project will comply with the provisions of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit and Waste Discharge Requirements for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Discharges within the
DEIR/EA pg. 2.9-12 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Comply with associated NPDES permits Pre-Construction, Construction
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Party
Action to
Comply Phase Coastal Watersheds of Los Angeles County, Except Those Discharges Originating from the City of Long Beach MS4 (Order No. R4-2021-0105, NPDES No. CAS004004) and the NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Construction and Land Disturbance Activities (Construction General Permit) (Order No. 2022-0027-DWQ, NPDES No. CAS000002) and any subsequent permits in effect at the time of construction.
Construction Contractor
Water Quality WQ-2. The proposed project will comply with the Construction General Permit by preparing and implementing a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) to address issues related to construction activities, pieces of equipment, and materials that have the potential to affect water quality and risk levels. The SWPPP will identify the sources of pollutants that may affect the quality of stormwater and include Best Management Practices (BMPs), such as sediment controls, catch basin inlet protection, construction materials management, and non-stormwater BMPs, to control pollutants. All work must conform to the construction site BMP requirements specified in the latest edition of the California Department of Transportation Construction Site Best Management Practices Manual to control and minimize the impacts of construction and construction-related activities, materials, and pollutants on the watershed. These include, but are not limited to, temporary sediment control, temporary soil stabilization, waste management, materials handling, and other non-stormwater BMPs.
DEIR/EA pg. 2.9-12 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Construction Contractor
Prepare SWPPP Pre-Construction
Other GEO-1. The following actions shall be incorporated into the project: DEIR/EA pg. 2.10-3 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Construction Contractor
Incorporate GEO-1 actions into the project Pre-Construction, Construction
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Comply Phase
• Removal of unsuitable subgrade soils and replacement with engineered fill,
• Use of coated or non-metallic (i.e., concrete or polyvinyl chloride [PVC]) pipes that are not susceptible to corrosion,
• Construction of foundations using sulfate-resistant concrete,
• Support of structures on deep-pile foundation systems,
• Densification of compactable subgrade soils with in-situ techniques, and
• Placement of moisture barriers above and around expansive subgrade soils to help prevent variations in soil moisture content, where applicable. Hazardous Waste HAZ-2. In accordance with hazardous waste concerns relative to the final project design plans, the following shall be provided to the Caltrans Office of Environmental Engineering for review and approval: Final construction documents and plans for the preferred alternative,
• A hazardous waste Sampling and Analysis Plan, and
• A Site Investigation Report for ADL, which shall be performed to determine the extent of possible contamination within the state right-of-way. The detailed construction document/plans shall include design features and information showing proposed structure/foundation work (i.e., footing/pile types, pile lengths, maximum excavation depths) and the new right-of-way. Based on the detailed construction document/plans, the following shall also be submitted to Caltrans Office of Environmental Engineering for informational purposes:
DEIR/EA pg. 3-57 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Engineering Consultant
Supply final project design plans to Caltrans Office of Environmental Engineering
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Comply Phase
• Sampling and Analysis Plan (including a Health and Safety Plan) for soil and groundwater (including ADL),
• Asbestos-Containing Material and Lead-Based Paint Survey Work Plan for bridge demolition work (discussed above in HAZ-1), and
• Draft and Final Site Investigation Report, Asbestos-Containing Material Report, and Lead-Based Paint Survey Report. Based on the Site Investigation Report and investigative results, the City will be required to prepare the necessary construction plans and specifications for remediation of hazardous materials (including soil and groundwater) as necessary. The specifications shall comply with current Caltrans Standard Special Provisions (SSPs) and Standard Plans. In addition, the City shall review and incorporate Caltrans SSPs for work related to:
• Disturbance of material containing hazardous waste with concentrations of ADL,
• Removal of material containing hazardous waste with concentrations of ADL,
• Removal of yellow traffic stripes and pavement markings with hazardous waste residue,
• Disturbance of existing paint on bridges,
• Removal of treated wood waste, and
• Removal of traffic stripes and pavement markings containing lead. Other The City continue to coordinate with Heal the Bay to ascertain the particulars of their operations and specific replacement-property needs. The proposed partial acquisition and temporary displacement would comply with the appropriate requirements of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. An Adjacent Structures Monitoring Plan, mitigation measure CR-3, will be
Relocation Impact Memo pg. 5 City of Santa Monica Planning Staff Prepare Adjacent Structures Monitoring Plan and continue to meet with Heal
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Comply Phase prepared for the project and include the monitoring of the aquarium for impacts due to construction vibration. the Bay Aquarium Staff Other TRA-1. A Construction Traffic Impact Mitigation Plan shall be prepared and implemented prior to construction to provide for traffic and parking capacity management during construction. This plan shall be subject to approval by the City Engineer and/or the City Traffic Engineer. The approved mitigation plan shall be posted on the project site for the duration of construction and be produced upon request. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
• Implement a public information program to advise motorists of impending and ongoing construction activities (e.g., use of media listings/notifications, the City website and related agency websites, portable message signs, informational signs at the construction site, a telephone hotline to record comments/complaints during construction);
• Obtain approval from the City, or Caltrans, if required, for construction-related vehicular detours or construction work requiring encroachment into public rights-of-way or any other street use (e.g., haul routes for earth, concrete, construction materials, equipment);
• Provide safety precautions for pedestrians and bicyclists through measures such as the installation of protection barriers and signage that indicates pedestrian and bicycle detours where existing facilities would be affected;
• Ensure the timely notification of construction schedules for all affected agencies (e.g., City Police Department, Fire Department, and Public Works Department; Planning Division of the Community Development Department; affected transit agencies [Santa Monica Big Blue Bus and
DEIR/EA pg. 3-60 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Construction Contractor
Prepare a Construction Traffic Impact Mitigation Plan
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Metro]; and all property owners and residential and commercial tenants within a radius of 500 feet);
• Schedule pre-construction meetings with affected agencies to plan the proper methods for controlling traffic through work areas;
• Schedule and expedite work so as to cause the least amount of disruption and interference with the adjacent vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow, including, to the extent feasible, the avoidance of full closures on Moomat Ahiko Way, Appian Way, and Ocean Front Walk during months of peak activity at the pier;
• Prepare a detailed traffic control plan for work zones that includes, at a minimum, parking and travel lane configurations; warning, regulatory, guide, and directional signage; and area sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and parking lanes. The plan shall include specific information regarding project construction activities that may disrupt normal pedestrian and traffic flows and measures to address disruptions.
• Monitor traffic conditions during construction and, if needed, assign traffic control officers to direct vehicular traffic and pedestrians;
• Limit the queuing of trucks to on-site locations and limit truck queuing on City streets;
• Restrict the storage of construction material and equipment to designated work areas;
• Provide a construction-period parking plan that minimizes the use of public streets for parking. This may include use of a remote location with shuttle transport to the site;
• If feasible and safe, as determined by the City and Caltrans, ensure that Moomat Ahiko Way remains open during major events and activities at Santa Monica Pier; and
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Comply Phase Unless required by the City and Caltrans, ensure that the California Incline remains open during the construction period for the proposed project. Cultural Resources CR-3. Prior to the start of construction, the City shall prepare an Adjacent Structure Monitoring Plan (Monitoring Plan) to safeguard adjacent historic resources, including the Looff’s Hippodrome and the locally designated buildings at 1601–1619 Ocean Front Walk, during construction from damage due to vibration, demolition, excavation, and general construction activities and to mitigate the possibility of settlement due to the removal of soil. The Monitoring Plan will define protective measures specific to individual historic resources; assign monitoring responsibilities; install and maintain construction fencing for screening and security; and ensure safe public circulation and access during construction. Any protective measures shall be designed and installed in such a way that they are completely reversible with no impacts on historic resources. As part of the Monitoring Plan, prior to construction the project site and adjacent historic resources will be photographed to record their existing pre-construction condition and character-defining features to be kept on file with the publicly accessible property records at the City of Santa Monica. The Monitoring Plan shall be prepared by a qualified and California-licensed Professional Engineer who is approved by the City of Santa Monica. The Monitoring Plan shall be developed in conjunction with a qualified architectural historian, historic architect, or historic preservation professional who satisfies the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards in their respective field(s), pursuant to 36 CFR 61. All monitoring shall be conducted to the extent allowed by the property owners. The Monitoring Plan shall include performance standards that specify:
DEIR/EA pg. 2.7-67 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Engineering Consultant
Prepare Adjacent Structure Monitoring Plan
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Comply Phase All new construction work will be performed so that adjacent buildings and resources, including Looff’s Hippodrome and 1601–1619 Ocean Front Walk buildings, will not be adversely affected. A qualified and California-licensed Professional Engineer will develop monitoring recommendations, based on preconstruction surveys and photo documentation of existing conditions of adjacent historic resources. Monitoring may include the use of vibration monitors, elevation and lateral monitoring points, crack monitors, or other instrumentation determined necessary to protect adjacent buildings and structures from construction-related damage. Vertical and horizontal movement will be determined by a California-licensed land surveyor or qualified professional engineer, and vibration thresholds will be maintained to levels below that which could damage adjacent buildings. If thresholds are met, or if noticeable structural damage becomes evident to the project contractor, work shall stop until feasible steps to reduce vibratory levels have been undertaken and minimization measures have been implemented to stabilize adjacent building and prevent construction-related damage. Any damage to historic finish materials at nearby buildings shall be repaired in consultation with the affected property owner and a qualified preservation consultant and, if warranted, in a manner that meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. If necessary, as determined by a California-licensed Professional Engineer, a shoring plan will be developed to protect adjacent historic resource from excavation or general construction procedures. The shoring plan will be developed by the contractor and submitted to the City of Santa Monica for review. Cultural Resources CR-4. Prior to any construction starting, the Pier Sign Preservation Plan shall be implemented to ensure the protection of the Pier Sign throughout the construction phase. DEIR/EA pg. 2.7-68 and Pier Sign Preservation Architect Prepare Pier Sign Pre-construction
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Category Measure Source Responsible
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Comply Phase Protection Plan Preservation Plan Cultural Resources Submit full plan check set of construction drawings including details for work on the Pier Sign to Caltrans PQS Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-2 City of Santa Monica Planning Staff, Caltrans Architectural Historian PQS
Submit project plans to Caltrans Architectural Historian PQS
Pre-construction
Cultural Resources Solicit for qualified Historic Preservation Architect to review Monitoring Plan and Pier Sign plans, implement the Plans, and propose and inform the Contractor of specifications to ensure Standards-compliant work
Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-2 City of Santa Monica Project Manager Solicit for qualified Historic Preservation Architect
Pre-construction
Cultural Resources Solicit for qualified and licensed Engineer to perform pre-construction survey and prepare Monitoring Plan Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-2 City of Santa Monica Project Manager Solicit for qualified and licensed Engineer
Pre-construction
Cultural Resources Carry out pre-construction survey and documentation of existing conditions, establish vibration thresholds for incorporation into Monitoring Plan Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-2 Consultant Engineer Prepare pre-construction documentation of existing vibration thresholds
Pre-construction
Cultural Resources Prepare Monitoring Plan including specifications for monitoring procedures and equipment, vibration thresholds, and with input from Historic Preservation Architect regarding Standards-compliant work
Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-2 Consultant Engineer, Historic Preservation Architect
Prepare Monitoring Plan Pre-construction
Cultural Resources Prepare Pier Sign Report including conditions assessment, documentation, and specifications for work Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-2 Consultant Engineer, Historic Preservation Architect
Prepare Pier Sign Report Pre-construction
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Category Measure Source Responsible
Party
Action to
Comply Phase Cultural Resources Prepare detailed construction plan set based on Engineer’s specifications and recommendations in Monitoring Plan; submit to Caltrans PQS for review and comment Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-2 Consultant Engineer, Historic Preservation Architect
Submit construction plan set to Caltrans Architectural Historian PQS for comment
Pre-construction
Cultural Resources Prepare detailed construction plan set for work on the Pier Sign based on the Historic Preservation Architect’s specifications and recommendations; submit to Caltrans PQS for review and comment
Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-2 Consultant Engineer, Historic Preservation Architect
Submit construction plan set specific to the Pier Sign to Caltrans Architectural Historian PQS for comment
Pre-construction
Hazardous Waste HAZ-1. Prior to demolition work associated with the proposed improvements, ACBM and LBP surveys would be conducted to determine the presence of these materials. If discovered on site, asbestos and LBP hazards shall be abated in accordance with South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 1403 prior to any demolition or bridge rehabilitation activities.
DEIR/EA pg. 2-12.10 Construction Contractor Perform preconstruction surveys for ACBM and LBP
Pre-construction
Biology BIO-2. To avoid impacts on bats that may be roosting in palm trees within the project area, direct impacts on unmanicured palms with dead fronds shall be avoided during construction, and activities that cause high levels of vibration and/or noise, within 500 feet, shall also be avoided. If it is not possible to avoid direct impacts (e.g., tree removal, tree disturbance, tree trimming), as well as indirect impacts (e.g., noise, vibration), a qualified bat biologist shall survey the trees in the project area (i.e., conduct acoustic nighttime surveys) prior to disturbance to determine whether bats are roosting. A copy of all survey results shall be forwarded to Caltrans’ Division of Environmental Planning.
DEIR/EA pg. 3-52 Qualified Consultant Biologist Perform surveys for tree roosting bats prior to removal and monitor for impacts if present
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Comply Phase If bats are present, the bat biologist shall monitor construction activities to ensure that bats are not affected. The qualified bat biologist may also provide other avoidance measures to ensure that impacts are avoided and minimized. Biology BIO-3. A qualified bat biologist who is also familiar with crevice-dwelling bird species shall survey the project disturbance limits and the Pier Bridge in early summer, prior to construction, to assess the potential for the bridge’s use for bat roosting, bat maternity roosting, and bird roosting/nesting (maternity roosts and nests generally form in spring). The qualified bat biologist shall also perform preconstruction surveys within 2 weeks of construction because bat and bird roosts can change seasonally. These surveys will include a combination of structure inspections, exit counts, and acoustic surveys. A copy of all survey results shall be forwarded to Caltrans’ Division of Environmental Planning and the City.
DEIR/EA pg. 3-52 Qualified Consultant Biologist Perform preconstruction bats surveys 2 weeks prior to construction
Pre-construction
Biology BIO-5. Within 7 days of the commencement of construction activities (if between January 15 and September 1), a qualified biologist shall perform a nesting bird survey to determine whether there are active migratory bird nests within 200 feet of the project footprint and raptor nests within 500 feet of the project footprint. If present, this survey shall identify the species and, to the degree feasible, nesting stage (e.g., incubation of young, feeding of young, near fledging). Nests shall be mapped to the nearest location feasible without causing disturbance (close encroachment may cause nest abandonment). If active nests of non-listed migratory birds are found, construction shall not occur within a buffer until the nesting attempt has been completed and/or abandoned because of non-project-related reasons. The buffer distance for non-listed migratory birds shall be determined by the project biologist, depending on the species’ requirements, sensitivity to disturbance, and project activities. Construction shall not occur within 500 feet of a raptor’s nest until the nesting attempt has
DEIR/EA pg. 3-52 Qualified Consultant Biologist Perform preconstruction surveys for birds 7 days prior to construction
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Comply Phase been completed and/or abandoned because of non-project-related reasons. If a nest of a special-status migratory bird (either federal or state listed or non-listed) is found, an appropriate buffer distance shall be determined, based on the species’ nesting requirements and sensitivity to disturbance, in consultation with the appropriate wildlife agencies (i.e., CDFW and/or USFWS), depending on the species’ status. A copy of all survey results and any agency coordination shall be forwarded to Caltrans’ Division of Environmental Planning and the City. Other LU-1. The historic pier sign itself shall be maintained and preserved in kind. Repairs shall be performed, as needed, to preserve the sign’s longevity and historic aesthetic. New support structures, to accommodate widening of the bridge, shall be constructed and designed to match the existing historic context and aesthetic of the bridge. All designs for the support structures shall be approved by a certified architectural historian, in concurrence with California Department of Transportation personnel and the State Historic Preservation Officer.
DEIR/EA pg. 3-59 Construction Contractor Follow protocol set forth in the Pier Sign Protection Plan
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Cultural Resources CR-1. If human remains are discovered during construction, California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 states that further disturbances and activities shall cease in any area or nearby area suspected to overlie remains and the county coroner shall be contacted. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 5097.98, if the remains are thought to be Native American, the coroner will notify the Native American Heritage Commission, which will then notify the most likely descendent. At that time, the person who discovered the remains will contact the Caltrans 7 Division of Environmental Planning to work with the most likely descendent on the respectful treatment and disposition of the remains. Further provisions of Public Resources Code Section 5097.98 are to be followed, as applicable.
DEIR/EA pg. 2.7-67 Construction Contractor, Qualified Consultant Archeologist
Stop work if human remains are discovered and contract Caltrans staff
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Comply Phase Cultural Resources CR-2. If buried cultural resources, such as flaked or ground stone, historic debris, building foundations, or non-human bone, are inadvertently discovered during ground-disturbing activities, work shall stop in that area and within 100 feet of the find until a qualified archaeologist can assess the significance of the find and, if necessary, develop appropriate treatment measures. Treatment measures typically include developing avoidance strategies, capping with fill material, or mitigating impacts through data recovery programs such as excavation or detailed documentation.
DEIR/EA pg. 2.7-67 Construction Contractor, Qualified Consultant Archeologist
Stop work if buried cultural resources are discovered and contact Caltrans staff
Construction
Paleontology PAL-1. Because of the paleontological potential of the older Quaternary alluvium, a qualified vertebrate paleontologist shall be retained by the City or construction contractor to oversee monitoring during earthmoving activities with the potential to affect this formation. Excavations can be monitored by a qualified paleontological monitor under the supervision of the qualified paleontologist. Deep-drilled, poured-in-place concrete shafts will be monitored only if possible (e.g., during initial clearing and grading of the shaft sites). Monitoring of earthwork in the older Quaternary alluvium will reduce potential impacts to a less-than-significant level. Monitoring may be reduced if the potentially fossiliferous unit described herein is, upon exposure and examination by qualified paleontological personnel, determined to have low potential for containing fossil resources. The paleontological monitor shall be equipped to salvage fossils as they are unearthed to avoid construction delays and remove samples of sediments that are likely to contain the remains of small fossil invertebrates and vertebrates. The monitor shall have authority to temporarily divert grading away from exposed fossils to recover the fossil specimens professionally and efficiently and collect associated data. All efforts to avoid delays in project schedules shall be made. To prevent construction delays, paleontological monitors shall be equipped
DEIR/EA pg. 2.11-4 City of Santa Monica Project Manager, Construction Contractor, and Qualified Consultant Paleontological Monitor
City or Construction Contractor shall obtain a qualified vertebrate paleontologist to oversee monitoring during earthmoving activities with the potential to affect Quaternary alluvium
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Comply Phase with the necessary tools for the rapid removal of fossils and retrieval of associated data. This equipment shall include handheld global positioning system receivers, digital cameras, and cell phones as well as a tool kit with specimen containers, matrix sampling bags, field labels, field tools (e.g., awls, hammers, chisels, shovels, etc.), and plaster kits. At each fossil locality, field data forms shall be used to record pertinent geologic data, stratigraphic sections shall be measured, and appropriate sediment samples shall be collected and submitted for analysis. Fossils collected, if any, shall be transported to a paleontological laboratory for processing where they shall be prepared to the point of curation, identified by qualified experts, listed in a database to facilitate analysis, and then deposited in a designated paleontological curation facility such as the LACM. Following analysis, a report of findings with an appended itemized inventory of specimens shall be prepared. The report and inventory, when submitted to the appropriate lead agency, along with confirmation of the curation of recovered specimens into an established, accredited museum repository, shall signify completion of the program to mitigate impacts on paleontological resources. Cultural Resources Implement Monitoring Plan and Pier Sign Preservation Plan specifications Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-2 Construction Contractor, Historic Preservation Architect
Implement Monitoring Plan and Pier Sign Preservation Plan specifications
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Cultural Resources Securely label all disassembled Pier Sign components with identifying location and contact information and retain and store components safely in a secure location that is shared with City staff
Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-2 City of Santa Monica Planning Staff, Construction Contractor, Historic
Label and store Pier Sign components Construction
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Comply Phase Preservation Architect Cultural Resources Implement maintenance and repairs to the Pier Sign as outlined in Pier Sign Report and reviewed by Caltrans PQS Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-3 Historic Preservation Architect Implement maintenance and repairs to the Pier Sign as outlined in Pier Sign Report
Construction
Cultural Resources Read monitoring equipment and check for evident structural damage; implement minimization measures if thresholds met and/or damage observed Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-3 Construction Contractor, Historic Preservation Architect
Throughout construction contractor shall check for evident structural damage; implement minimization measures if thresholds met and/or damage observed
Construction
Cultural Resources Submit changes to the scope of work not covered in the FNAE to Caltrans PQS for review prior to the work beginning Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-3 City of Santa Monica Project Manager, Construction Contractor, Caltrans Architectural Historian PQS
Submit changes to the scope of work to Caltrans Architectural Historian PQS
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Cultural Resources 50% Project walk-through: conduct inspection midway through construction to determine if the FNAE conditions including Pier Sign specifications are being met Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-3 City of Santa Monica Project Manager, Caltrans
Perform 50% Project walk-through Construction
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Comply Phase Architectural Historian PQS Hazardous Waste HAZ-3. Although contaminated soil is unlikely to be present on the project site, the contractor shall observe exposed soil for odor and/or visual evidence of contamination during excavation activities. If odiferous, stained, or discolored soil is discovered by the contractor during excavation or grading activities, all work shall stop, and an investigation shall be designed and performed to verify the presence and extent of contamination at the site. A qualified and approved environmental consultant shall perform the review and investigation. Results shall be reviewed and approved by the applicable local and state agencies prior to construction. The investigation shall include collecting samples for laboratory analysis and quantifying contaminant levels within the proposed excavation and surface disturbance areas. Subsurface investigation shall determine appropriate procedures for worker protection and hazardous material handling and disposal procedures appropriate for the project site.
DEIR/EA pg. 3-57 Construction Contractor Observe exposed soil for odor and/or visual evidence of contamination during excavation activities
Construction
Hazardous Waste HAZ-4. Areas with contaminated soil that has been determined to be hazardous waste shall be excavated by personnel who have been trained through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration–recommended 40-hour safety program (29 Code of Federal Regulations 1910.120), with an approved plan for excavation, control of contaminant releases to the air, and off-site transport or on-site treatment. Health and safety plans prepared by a qualified and approved industrial hygienist shall be developed to protect the public and all workers in the construction area. Health and safety plans shall be reviewed and approved by the appropriate local and state agencies.
DEIR/EA pg. 3-58 Construction Contractor Areas with contaminated soil that has been determined to be hazardous waste shall be excavated by personnel who have been trained through the Occupational Safety and Health
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Comply Phase Administration–recommended 40-hour safety program with an approved plan for excavation Hazardous Waste HAZ-5. Should construction activities result in the removal of yellow or white painted or thermoplastic traffic stripes, the age of the traffic striping shall be determined. If lead or chromium is present in the materials at or above specified hazardous waste levels, it shall be appropriately captured and transported, then disposed of at a permitted Class I disposal facility in California. In addition, a project-specific Lead Compliance Plan shall be required to prevent or minimize worker exposure to lead while handling materials containing lead. Attention shall be directed to Title 8, California Code of Regulations, Section 1532.1, Lead.
DEIR/EA pg. 3-58 Construction Contractor Contractor shall dispose of thermoplastic traffic stripes determined to contain lead or chromium at a permitted Class I disposal facility in California
Construction
Hazardous Waste HAZ-6. Although there is no evidence that groundwater in the vicinity of the pier contains contaminants, excavations below the elevation of groundwater could experience strong seepage and require dewatering. The contractor shall observe groundwater for visual evidence of contamination or unusual odors. The contractor shall comply with all applicable regulations and permit requirements for construction dewatering. This may include laboratory testing, treatment of contaminated groundwater, or other disposal options.
DEIR/EA pg. 3-58 Construction Contractor The contractor shall observe groundwater encountered for visual evidence of contamination or unusual odors
Construction
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Comply Phase Air Quality AQ-1. To reduce particulate matter exhaust emissions, the City (or its contractors) shall ensure that all off-road diesel-powered equipment rated at 50 brake horsepower and greater used during construction shall meet EPA Tier 4 emissions standards, or better, except construction equipment for which such emissions control technology is not available
DEIR/EA pg. 2.13-20 Construction Contractor All off-road diesel-powered equipment rated at 50 brake horsepower and greater used during construction shall meet EPA Tier 4 emissions standards
Construction
Air Quality Most construction-related impacts on air quality are short term and, therefore, do not result in long-term adverse conditions. Implementation of the following avoidance and minimization measures, some of which may also be required for other purposes, such as stormwater pollution control, would reduce any air quality impacts resulting from construction activities:
• The construction contractor must comply with Caltrans Standard Specifications in Section 14-9 (2018).
• Section 14-9-02 specifically requires the contractor to comply with all applicable laws and regulations related to air quality, including air pollution control district and air quality management district regulations and local ordinances.
• Water or dust palliative will be applied to the site and equipment as often as necessary to control fugitive dust emissions. Fugitive emissions generally must meet a “no visible dust” criterion, either at the point of emission or at the right-of-way line, depending on local regulations.
DEIR/EA pg. 2.13-20 Construction Contractor Comply with air quality provisions outlined within this ECR
Construction
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• Soil binder will be spread on any unpaved roads used for construction purposes and on all project construction parking areas.
• Construction equipment and vehicles will be properly tuned and maintained. All construction equipment will use low-sulfur fuel, as required by California Code of Regulations Title 17, Section 93114.
• A dust control plan will be developed, documenting sprinkling, temporary paving, speed limits, and timely revegetation of disturbed slopes, as needed, to minimize construction impacts on existing communities.
• Equipment and material storage sites will be located as far away from residential, and park uses as practicable. Construction areas will be kept clean and orderly.
• Environmentally sensitive areas, or their equivalent, will be established near sensitive air receptors. Within these areas, construction activities involving extended idling of diesel equipment or vehicles will be prohibited, to the extent feasible.
• Track-out reduction measures, such as gravel pads at project access points to minimize dust and mud deposits on roads affected by construction traffic, will be used.
• All transported loads of soils and wet materials will be covered before transport or adequate freeboard (i.e., the space from the top of the material to the top of the truck) will be provided to minimize emissions of dust (particulate matter) during transportation.
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• Dust and mud deposited on paved public roads due to construction activity and traffic will be promptly and regularly removed to decrease particulate matter.
• To the extent feasible, construction traffic will be scheduled and routed so as to reduce congestion and related air quality impacts caused by idling vehicles along local roads during peak travel times. Mulch will be installed, or vegetation planted as soon as practical after grading to reduce windblown particulate in the area. Be aware that certain methods of mulch placement, such as straw blowing, may themselves cause dust and visible emissions; therefore, it may be necessary to use controls, such as dampened straw. Biology BIO-1. All construction-related work, including staging, storage, and access, shall be limited, to the greatest extent feasible; shall occur within the project limits; and shall not encroach upon the sandy beach habitat adjacent to the project area
DEIR/EA pg. 3-52 Construction Contractor Avoid sandy beach habitat adjacent to project area
Construction
Biology BIO-4. If recommended by the qualified bat biologist, to avoid indirect disturbance of bats and birds while roosting in areas that would be subject to or adjacent to impacts from construction activities, any portion of a structure that is deemed by a qualified bat biologist to have potential bat or bird roosting habitat, in areas where the young have the ability to fly and may be affected by the proposed project, shall have temporary bat/bird eviction and exclusion devices installed under the supervision of the qualified bat biologist prior to the initiation of construction activities. Eviction and subsequent exclusion will be conducted during the fall (September or October) to avoid trapping flightless young inside during the summer months or hibernating/overwintering individuals during the winter. Such exclusion efforts are dependent on weather conditions, take a minimum of 2 weeks, and must be continued to keep the structures free of bats and birds until the
DEIR/EA pg. 3-53 Construction Contractor and Qualified Consultant Biologist
Install exclusionary devices for birds and bats if deemed necessary
Construction
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Party
Action to
Comply Phase completion of construction. All eviction and/or exclusion techniques shall be coordinated between the qualified bat biologist and the appropriate resource agencies (e.g., CDFW). Work shall cease around any active bat maternity colony until such time that the young have the ability to fly, as determined by a qualified bat biologist. Biology BIO-6. Construction equipment shall be inspected and cleaned prior to mobilization to the project site to minimize the importation of nonnative plant material. Eradication strategies (e.g., weed control) shall be implemented should an invasion of nonnative plant species occur.
DEIR/EA pg. 3-54 Construction Contractor Inspect construction equipment prior to mobilization for nonnative plant species
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Other UES-2. Both before construction begins and thereafter, the City of Santa Monica project manager and construction contractor shall regularly notify and coordinate with the Santa Monica Police Department and Santa Monica Fire Department during project design and scheduling, particularly in regard to any street or lane closures related to the proposed project.
DEIR/EA pg. 2.4-9 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Construction Contractor
Regularly notify local police and fire departments of street closures
Construction
Noise Condition of Approval NOI-1. A Construction Noise Management Plan shall be prepared and approved by the City. The Plan shall outline measures that would be used to reduce noise levels. Measures shall include:
• Construction noise in excess of the limits identified in SMC 4.12.110(b) at sensitive receptors shall occur between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday in accordance with SMC 4.12.110(d).
• The construction contractor(s) shall ensure that construction equipment is properly maintained and in working order per manufacturer specifications and that all construction equipment is equipped with manufacturer approved mufflers and baffles.
FEIR/EA pg. 3-41 City of Santa Monica Project Manager and Construction Contractor
Develop Construction Noise Management Plan
Construction
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• The construction contractor(s) shall place noise generating construction equipment and located construction staging areas away from sensitive uses to the extent practical.
• All stationary construction equipment will be located and oriented, so that emitted noise is directed away from sensitive receptors nearest the Project Sites.
• Construction equipment will be turned off when not in use and will not be left idling.
• Heavily loaded trucks shall be routed away from residential streets, conforming to the City’s recommended haul route corridors.
• Construction activities shall be scheduled so as to avoid operating several pieces of high noise-generating equipment simultaneously, to the extent practical.
• The construction contractor(s) shall implement noise attenuation measures, which include temporary noise barriers and/or noise blankets placed between noise-generating construction equipment and activities and the off-site noise sensitive receptors (specifically residences), where noise levels have the potential to exceed the levels identified in SMC Section 4.12.110(b). The noise barriers and/or blankets shall be of sufficient density or design to provide a minimum of 40 dB Standard Transmission Class (STC). Biology BIO-7. After construction, species with a high or moderate rating on Cal-IPC’s California Invasive Plant Inventory, including any Cal-IPC-listed species of ice plant, shall not be planted in any revegetated areas.
DEIR/EA pg. 3-54 Construction Contractor Plant species with high or moderate rating on Cal-IPC’s California
Post Construction
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Comply Phase Invasive Plant Inventory, including any Cal-IPC-listed species of ice plant, shall not be planted in any revegetated areas Cultural Resources 100% Project walk-through: conduct post-construction inspection to determine if the requirements of the Pier Sign Preservation Plan were met; identify challenges and accomplishments; and include updated photographs of the Pier Sign to file with SHPO and the City
Finding of No Adverse Effect pg. 7-3 City of Santa Monica Project Manager, Construction Contractor, Caltrans Architectural Historian PQS
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SANTA M ONICA PIER BRIDGE REPLACEMENT
PROJECT
MITIGATION M ONITORING AND REPORTING
PROGRAM
P R E P A R E D F O R :
City of Santa Monica
1685 Main Street, Mail Stop 15
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Contact: Omeed Pour
(310) 458-2201 x2481
P R E P A R E D B Y :
ICF
555 W. 5th Street, Suite 3100
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Contact: Sarah Baker
(213) 312-1742
May 2023
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ICF. 2023. Santa Monica Pier Replacement Project. Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program. May. (ICF 104260.0.001.01.013.01.) Los Angeles, CA. Prepared for City of Santa
Monica, CA.
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Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
CEQA requires agencies that adopt an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) or Mitigated Negative
Declaration to take affirmative steps to determine that approved mitigation measures are
implemented after project approval.
As part of CEQA’s environmental review procedures, Section 21081.6 requires a public agency to
adopt a reporting or monitoring program for assessing and ensuring the efficacy of any mitigation
measures applied to a proposed project. Specifically, the lead or responsible agency must adopt a
reporting or monitoring program for mitigation measures incorporated into a project or imposed as
conditions of approval. The program must be designed to ensure compliance during project
implementation. As stated in Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 (a) (1):
The public agency shall adopt a reporting or monitoring program for the changes made to the
project or conditions of project approval, adopted in order to mitigate or avoid significant effects on
the environment. The reporting or monitoring program shall be designed to ensure compliance
during project implementation. For those changes which have been required or incorporated into
the project at the request of a responsible agency or a public agency having jurisdiction by law over
natural resources affected by the project, that agency shall, if so requested by the lead agency or a
responsible agency, prepare and submit a proposed reporting or monitoring program.
CEQA Section 15097 provides general guidelines for implementing mitigation monitoring and
reporting programs (MMRPs). Specific reporting and/or monitoring requirements, which are to be
enforced during project implementation, shall be defined prior to final approval of the proposal by
the responsible decision maker(s).
In response to established CEQA requirements and those of Public Resources Code Section 21000 et
seq., this MMRP for the proposed Santa Monica Pier Replacement Project shall be submitted for
adoption by the City prior to completion of the environmental review process.
The City, as the project proponent and lead agency under CEQA, shall be responsible for assuring full
compliance with the provisions of this program. The City shall also ensure that monitoring reports
are filed on a timely basis and, when identified, that program violations are corrected.
This MMRP includes the mitigation measure(s) identified in the Final EIR and for each mitigation
measure, the following information is provided:
Party Responsible for Implementation of the Mitigation Measure;
Implementation Phase;
Party Responsible for Monitoring Implementation;
Monitoring Activity;
Monitoring Period;
Monitoring Frequency; and
Source.
The table below presents the MMRP for the proposed project.
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Table 1. Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
Category Measure Source Responsible
Party
Action to
Comply Phase
Other UES-1. Prior to construction activities that could affect utility
services on the pier, the City of Santa Monica project manager
and construction contractor shall coordinate with utility owners
to develop a plan to maintain continuous essential services to
the pier during construction.
DEIR/EA pg.
2.1-27
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Construction
Contractor
Contractor shall
coordinate with
impacted utility
owners
Pre-
Construction
Cultural
Resources
Approval/concurrence for finding of effect and memorandum of
agreement
DEIR/EA pg.
1-75
Caltrans PQS
Principal
Architectural
Historian
Submit HPSR
and Finding of
Effect
documentation
to SHPO
Pre-
Construction
Cultural
Resources
CR-5. All modifications to the Pier deck that are visible will be
reconstructed and replaced in kind so as to maintain the
historic character of the Pier, with new materials matching the
original/old design, color, texture, and other visual qualities. All
such work shall be accurately reproduced, based on historical,
pictorial, and physical documentation and evidence. A
Certificate of Appropriateness, approved by the City of Santa
Monica Landmarks Commission, is also required.
DEIR/EA pg.
2.7-68
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Engineering
Consultant
Obtain
Certificate of
Appropriateness
from City of
Santa Monica
Landmarks
Commission
Pre-
Construction
Cultural
Resources
CR-6. To ensure a compatible replacement bridge avoids
significant adverse effects to adjacent historic resources and
their historic setting, the new bridge design shall follow
guidance and direction provided in the Pier District Design
Guidelines. In consideration of the proportions, window
placement, and alignment with elements of Looff’s Hippodrome
and surrounding historic resources, the following features shall
be studied: landings and horizontal structure lines; building
openings; visible joint lines and glazing mullions.
DEIR/EA pg.
2.1-68
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Engineering
Consultant
Engineering
Consultant shall
follow Pier
District Design
Guidelines when
developing final
design for the
selected
alternative
Pre-
Construction,
Construction
Stormwater WQ-1. The proposed project will comply with the provisions of
the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Permit and Waste Discharge Requirements for Municipal
Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Discharges within the
DEIR/EA pg.
2.9-12
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Comply with
associated
NPDES permits
Pre-
Construction,
Construction
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Coastal Watersheds of Los Angeles County, Except Those
Discharges Originating from the City of Long Beach MS4 (Order
No. R4-2021-0105, NPDES No. CAS004004) and the NPDES
General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with
Construction and Land Disturbance Activities (Construction
General Permit) (Order No. 2022-0027-DWQ, NPDES No.
CAS000002) and any subsequent permits in effect at the time of
construction.
Construction
Contractor
Water
Quality
WQ-2. The proposed project will comply with the Construction
General Permit by preparing and implementing a Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) to address issues related to
construction activities, pieces of equipment, and materials that
have the potential to affect water quality and risk levels. The
SWPPP will identify the sources of pollutants that may affect the
quality of stormwater and include Best Management Practices
(BMPs), such as sediment controls, catch basin inlet protection,
construction materials management, and non-stormwater
BMPs, to control pollutants. All work must conform to the
construction site BMP requirements specified in the latest
edition of the California Department of Transportation
Construction Site Best Management Practices Manual to control
and minimize the impacts of construction and construction-
related activities, materials, and pollutants on the watershed.
These include, but are not limited to, temporary sediment
control, temporary soil stabilization, waste management,
materials handling, and other non-stormwater BMPs.
DEIR/EA pg.
2.9-12
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Construction
Contractor
Prepare SWPPP Pre-
Construction
Other GEO-1. The following actions shall be incorporated into the
project:
DEIR/EA pg.
2.10-3
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Construction
Contractor
Incorporate
GEO-1 actions
into the project
Pre-
Construction,
Construction
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• Removal of unsuitable subgrade soils and replacement
with engineered fill,
• Use of coated or non-metallic (i.e., concrete or polyvinyl
chloride [PVC]) pipes that are not susceptible to
corrosion,
• Construction of foundations using sulfate-resistant
concrete,
• Support of structures on deep-pile foundation systems,
• Densification of compactable subgrade soils with in-situ
techniques, and
• Placement of moisture barriers above and around
expansive subgrade soils to help prevent variations in
soil moisture content, where applicable.
Hazardous
Waste
HAZ-2. In accordance with hazardous waste concerns relative
to the final project design plans, the following shall be provided
to the Caltrans Office of Environmental Engineering for review
and approval:
Final construction documents and plans for the preferred
alternative,
• A hazardous waste Sampling and Analysis Plan, and
• A Site Investigation Report for ADL, which shall be
performed to determine the extent of possible
contamination within the state right-of-way.
The detailed construction document/plans shall include design
features and information showing proposed
structure/foundation work (i.e., footing/pile types, pile lengths,
maximum excavation depths) and the new right-of-way. Based
on the detailed construction document/plans, the following
shall also be submitted to Caltrans Office of Environmental
Engineering for informational purposes:
DEIR/EA pg.
3-57
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Engineering
Consultant
Supply final
project design
plans to
Caltrans Office
of
Environmental
Engineering
Pre-
Construction
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• Sampling and Analysis Plan (including a Health and
Safety Plan) for soil and groundwater (including ADL),
• Asbestos-Containing Material and Lead-Based Paint
Survey Work Plan for bridge demolition work (discussed
above in HAZ-1), and
• Draft and Final Site Investigation Report, Asbestos-
Containing Material Report, and Lead-Based Paint
Survey Report.
Based on the Site Investigation Report and investigative results,
the City will be required to prepare the necessary construction
plans and specifications for remediation of hazardous materials
(including soil and groundwater) as necessary. The
specifications shall comply with current Caltrans Standard
Special Provisions (SSPs) and Standard Plans. In addition, the
City shall review and incorporate Caltrans SSPs for work related
to:
• Disturbance of material containing hazardous waste with
concentrations of ADL,
• Removal of material containing hazardous waste with
concentrations of ADL,
• Removal of yellow traffic stripes and pavement markings
with hazardous waste residue,
• Disturbance of existing paint on bridges,
• Removal of treated wood waste, and
• Removal of traffic stripes and pavement markings
containing lead.
Other The City continue to coordinate with Heal the Bay to ascertain
the particulars of their operations and specific replacement-
property needs. The proposed partial acquisition and
temporary displacement would comply with the appropriate
requirements of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. An Adjacent
Structures Monitoring Plan, mitigation measure CR-3, will be
Relocation
Impact
Memo pg. 5
City of Santa
Monica
Planning Staff
Prepare
Adjacent
Structures
Monitoring Plan
and continue to
meet with Heal
On-going
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prepared for the project and include the monitoring of the
aquarium for impacts due to construction vibration.
the Bay
Aquarium Staff
Other TRA-1. A Construction Traffic Impact Mitigation Plan shall be
prepared and implemented prior to construction to provide for
traffic and parking capacity management during construction.
This plan shall be subject to approval by the City Engineer
and/or the City Traffic Engineer. The approved mitigation plan
shall be posted on the project site for the duration of
construction and be produced upon request. The plan shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
• Implement a public information program to advise
motorists of impending and ongoing construction
activities (e.g., use of media listings/notifications, the City
website and related agency websites, portable message
signs, informational signs at the construction site, a
telephone hotline to record comments/complaints
during construction);
• Obtain approval from the City, or Caltrans, if required, for
construction-related vehicular detours or construction
work requiring encroachment into public rights-of-way
or any other street use (e.g., haul routes for earth,
concrete, construction materials, equipment);
• Provide safety precautions for pedestrians and bicyclists
through measures such as the installation of protection
barriers and signage that indicates pedestrian and
bicycle detours where existing facilities would be
affected;
• Ensure the timely notification of construction schedules
for all affected agencies (e.g., City Police Department, Fire
Department, and Public Works Department; Planning
Division of the Community Development Department;
affected transit agencies [Santa Monica Big Blue Bus and
DEIR/EA pg.
3-60
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Construction
Contractor
Prepare a
Construction
Traffic Impact
Mitigation Plan
Pre-
construction
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Metro]; and all property owners and residential and
commercial tenants within a radius of 500 feet);
• Schedule pre-construction meetings with affected
agencies to plan the proper methods for controlling
traffic through work areas;
• Schedule and expedite work so as to cause the least
amount of disruption and interference with the adjacent
vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow, including, to the
extent feasible, the avoidance of full closures on Moomat
Ahiko Way, Appian Way, and Ocean Front Walk during
months of peak activity at the pier;
• Prepare a detailed traffic control plan for work zones
that includes, at a minimum, parking and travel lane
configurations; warning, regulatory, guide, and
directional signage; and area sidewalks, bicycle lanes,
and parking lanes. The plan shall include specific
information regarding project construction activities that
may disrupt normal pedestrian and traffic flows and
measures to address disruptions.
• Monitor traffic conditions during construction and, if
needed, assign traffic control officers to direct vehicular
traffic and pedestrians;
• Limit the queuing of trucks to on-site locations and limit
truck queuing on City streets;
• Restrict the storage of construction material and
equipment to designated work areas;
• Provide a construction-period parking plan that
minimizes the use of public streets for parking. This may
include use of a remote location with shuttle transport to
the site;
• If feasible and safe, as determined by the City and
Caltrans, ensure that Moomat Ahiko Way remains open
during major events and activities at Santa Monica Pier;
and
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Unless required by the City and Caltrans, ensure that the
California Incline remains open during the construction period
for the proposed project.
Cultural
Resources
CR-3. Prior to the start of construction, the City shall prepare an
Adjacent Structure Monitoring Plan (Monitoring Plan) to
safeguard adjacent historic resources, including the Looff’s
Hippodrome and the locally designated buildings at 1601–1619
Ocean Front Walk, during construction from damage due to
vibration, demolition, excavation, and general construction
activities and to mitigate the possibility of settlement due to the
removal of soil.
The Monitoring Plan will define protective measures specific to
individual historic resources; assign monitoring
responsibilities; install and maintain construction fencing for
screening and security; and ensure safe public circulation and
access during construction. Any protective measures shall be
designed and installed in such a way that they are completely
reversible with no impacts on historic resources. As part of the
Monitoring Plan, prior to construction the project site and
adjacent historic resources will be photographed to record their
existing pre-construction condition and character-defining
features to be kept on file with the publicly accessible property
records at the City of Santa Monica.
The Monitoring Plan shall be prepared by a qualified and
California-licensed Professional Engineer who is approved by
the City of Santa Monica. The Monitoring Plan shall be
developed in conjunction with a qualified architectural
historian, historic architect, or historic preservation
professional who satisfies the Secretary of the Interior’s
Professional Qualification Standards in their respective field(s),
pursuant to 36 CFR 61. All monitoring shall be conducted to the
extent allowed by the property owners.
The Monitoring Plan shall include performance standards that
specify:
DEIR/EA pg.
2.7-67
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Engineering
Consultant
Prepare
Adjacent
Structure
Monitoring Plan
Pre-
construction
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All new construction work will be performed so that adjacent
buildings and resources, including Looff’s Hippodrome and
1601–1619 Ocean Front Walk buildings, will not be adversely
affected.
A qualified and California-licensed Professional Engineer will
develop monitoring recommendations, based on
preconstruction surveys and photo documentation of existing
conditions of adjacent historic resources. Monitoring may
include the use of vibration monitors, elevation and lateral
monitoring points, crack monitors, or other instrumentation
determined necessary to protect adjacent buildings and
structures from construction-related damage.
Vertical and horizontal movement will be determined by a
California-licensed land surveyor or qualified professional
engineer, and vibration thresholds will be maintained to levels
below that which could damage adjacent buildings.
If thresholds are met, or if noticeable structural damage
becomes evident to the project contractor, work shall stop until
feasible steps to reduce vibratory levels have been undertaken
and minimization measures have been implemented to stabilize
adjacent building and prevent construction-related damage.
Any damage to historic finish materials at nearby buildings shall
be repaired in consultation with the affected property owner
and a qualified preservation consultant and, if warranted, in a
manner that meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards.
If necessary, as determined by a California-licensed Professional
Engineer, a shoring plan will be developed to protect adjacent
historic resource from excavation or general construction
procedures. The shoring plan will be developed by the
contractor and submitted to the City of Santa Monica for review.
Cultural
Resources
CR-4. Prior to any construction starting, the Pier Sign
Preservation Plan shall be implemented to ensure the
protection of the Pier Sign throughout the construction phase.
DEIR/EA pg.
2.7-68 and
Pier Sign
Preservation
Architect
Prepare Pier
Sign
Pre-
construction
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Protection
Plan
Preservation
Plan
Cultural
Resources
Submit full plan check set of construction drawings including
details for work on the Pier Sign to Caltrans PQS
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-2
City of Santa
Monica
Planning Staff,
Caltrans
Architectural
Historian PQS
Submit project
plans to
Caltrans
Architectural
Historian PQS
Pre-
construction
Cultural
Resources
Solicit for qualified Historic Preservation Architect to review
Monitoring Plan and Pier Sign plans, implement the Plans, and
propose and inform the Contractor of specifications to ensure
Standards-compliant work
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-2
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager
Solicit for
qualified
Historic
Preservation
Architect
Pre-
construction
Cultural
Resources
Solicit for qualified and licensed Engineer to perform pre-
construction survey and prepare Monitoring Plan
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-2
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager
Solicit for
qualified and
licensed
Engineer
Pre-
construction
Cultural
Resources
Carry out pre-construction survey and documentation of
existing conditions, establish vibration thresholds for
incorporation into Monitoring Plan
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-2
Consultant
Engineer
Prepare pre-
construction
documentation
of existing
vibration
thresholds
Pre-
construction
Cultural
Resources
Prepare Monitoring Plan including specifications for monitoring
procedures and equipment, vibration thresholds, and with input
from Historic Preservation Architect regarding Standards-
compliant work
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-2
Consultant
Engineer,
Historic
Preservation
Architect
Prepare
Monitoring Plan
Pre-
construction
Cultural
Resources
Prepare Pier Sign Report including conditions assessment,
documentation, and specifications for work
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-2
Consultant
Engineer,
Historic
Preservation
Architect
Prepare Pier
Sign Report
Pre-
construction
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Cultural
Resources
Prepare detailed construction plan set based on Engineer’s
specifications and recommendations in Monitoring Plan; submit
to Caltrans PQS for review and comment
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-2
Consultant
Engineer,
Historic
Preservation
Architect
Submit
construction
plan set to
Caltrans
Architectural
Historian PQS
for comment
Pre-
construction
Cultural
Resources
Prepare detailed construction plan set for work on the Pier Sign
based on the Historic Preservation Architect’s specifications
and recommendations; submit to Caltrans PQS for review and
comment
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-2
Consultant
Engineer,
Historic
Preservation
Architect
Submit
construction
plan set specific
to the Pier Sign
to Caltrans
Architectural
Historian PQS
for comment
Pre-
construction
Hazardous
Waste
HAZ-1. Prior to demolition work associated with the proposed
improvements, ACBM and LBP surveys would be conducted to
determine the presence of these materials. If discovered on site,
asbestos and LBP hazards shall be abated in accordance with
South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 1403 prior to
any demolition or bridge rehabilitation activities.
DEIR/EA pg.
2-12.10
Construction
Contractor
Perform
preconstruction
surveys for
ACBM and LBP
Pre-
construction
Biology BIO-2. To avoid impacts on bats that may be roosting in palm
trees within the project area, direct impacts on unmanicured
palms with dead fronds shall be avoided during construction,
and activities that cause high levels of vibration and/or noise,
within 500 feet, shall also be avoided. If it is not possible to
avoid direct impacts (e.g., tree removal, tree disturbance, tree
trimming), as well as indirect impacts (e.g., noise, vibration), a
qualified bat biologist shall survey the trees in the project area
(i.e., conduct acoustic nighttime surveys) prior to disturbance
to determine whether bats are roosting. A copy of all survey
results shall be forwarded to Caltrans’ Division of
Environmental Planning.
DEIR/EA pg.
3-52
Qualified
Consultant
Biologist
Perform surveys
for tree roosting
bats prior to
removal and
monitor for
impacts if
present
Pre-
construction
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If bats are present, the bat biologist shall monitor construction
activities to ensure that bats are not affected. The qualified bat
biologist may also provide other avoidance measures to ensure
that impacts are avoided and minimized.
Biology BIO-3. A qualified bat biologist who is also familiar with
crevice-dwelling bird species shall survey the project
disturbance limits and the Pier Bridge in early summer, prior to
construction, to assess the potential for the bridge’s use for bat
roosting, bat maternity roosting, and bird roosting/nesting
(maternity roosts and nests generally form in spring). The
qualified bat biologist shall also perform preconstruction
surveys within 2 weeks of construction because bat and bird
roosts can change seasonally. These surveys will include a
combination of structure inspections, exit counts, and acoustic
surveys. A copy of all survey results shall be forwarded to
Caltrans’ Division of Environmental Planning and the City.
DEIR/EA pg.
3-52
Qualified
Consultant
Biologist
Perform
preconstruction
bats surveys 2
weeks prior to
construction
Pre-
construction
Biology BIO-5. Within 7 days of the commencement of construction
activities (if between January 15 and September 1), a qualified
biologist shall perform a nesting bird survey to determine
whether there are active migratory bird nests within 200 feet of
the project footprint and raptor nests within 500 feet of the
project footprint. If present, this survey shall identify the
species and, to the degree feasible, nesting stage (e.g.,
incubation of young, feeding of young, near fledging). Nests
shall be mapped to the nearest location feasible without causing
disturbance (close encroachment may cause nest
abandonment). If active nests of non-listed migratory birds are
found, construction shall not occur within a buffer until the
nesting attempt has been completed and/or abandoned because
of non-project-related reasons. The buffer distance for non-
listed migratory birds shall be determined by the project
biologist, depending on the species’ requirements, sensitivity to
disturbance, and project activities. Construction shall not occur
within 500 feet of a raptor’s nest until the nesting attempt has
DEIR/EA pg.
3-52
Qualified
Consultant
Biologist
Perform
preconstruction
surveys for
birds 7 days
prior to
construction
Pre-
construction
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been completed and/or abandoned because of non-project-
related reasons. If a nest of a special-status migratory bird
(either federal or state listed or non-listed) is found, an
appropriate buffer distance shall be determined, based on the
species’ nesting requirements and sensitivity to disturbance, in
consultation with the appropriate wildlife agencies (i.e., CDFW
and/or USFWS), depending on the species’ status. A copy of all
survey results and any agency coordination shall be forwarded
to Caltrans’ Division of Environmental Planning and the City.
Other LU-1. The historic pier sign itself shall be maintained and
preserved in kind. Repairs shall be performed, as needed, to
preserve the sign’s longevity and historic aesthetic. New
support structures, to accommodate widening of the bridge,
shall be constructed and designed to match the existing historic
context and aesthetic of the bridge. All designs for the support
structures shall be approved by a certified architectural
historian, in concurrence with California Department of
Transportation personnel and the State Historic Preservation
Officer.
DEIR/EA pg.
3-59
Construction
Contractor
Follow protocol
set forth in the
Pier Sign
Protection Plan
Construction
Cultural
Resources
CR-1. If human remains are discovered during construction,
California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 states that
further disturbances and activities shall cease in any area or
nearby area suspected to overlie remains and the county
coroner shall be contacted. Pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 5097.98, if the remains are thought to be Native
American, the coroner will notify the Native American Heritage
Commission, which will then notify the most likely descendent.
At that time, the person who discovered the remains will
contact the Caltrans 7 Division of Environmental Planning to
work with the most likely descendent on the respectful
treatment and disposition of the remains. Further provisions of
Public Resources Code Section 5097.98 are to be followed, as
applicable.
DEIR/EA pg.
2.7-67
Construction
Contractor,
Qualified
Consultant
Archeologist
Stop work if
human remains
are discovered
and contract
Caltrans staff
Construction
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Cultural
Resources
CR-2. If buried cultural resources, such as flaked or ground
stone, historic debris, building foundations, or non‐human bone,
are inadvertently discovered during ground‐disturbing
activities, work shall stop in that area and within 100 feet of the
find until a qualified archaeologist can assess the significance of
the find and, if necessary, develop appropriate treatment
measures. Treatment measures typically include developing
avoidance strategies, capping with fill material, or mitigating
impacts through data recovery programs such as excavation or
detailed documentation.
DEIR/EA pg.
2.7-67
Construction
Contractor,
Qualified
Consultant
Archeologist
Stop work if
buried cultural
resources are
discovered and
contact Caltrans
staff
Construction
Paleontology PAL-1. Because of the paleontological potential of the older
Quaternary alluvium, a qualified vertebrate paleontologist shall
be retained by the City or construction contractor to oversee
monitoring during earthmoving activities with the potential to
affect this formation. Excavations can be monitored by a
qualified paleontological monitor under the supervision of the
qualified paleontologist. Deep-drilled, poured-in-place concrete
shafts will be monitored only if possible (e.g., during initial
clearing and grading of the shaft sites). Monitoring of earthwork
in the older Quaternary alluvium will reduce potential impacts
to a less-than-significant level.
Monitoring may be reduced if the potentially fossiliferous unit
described herein is, upon exposure and examination by
qualified paleontological personnel, determined to have low
potential for containing fossil resources.
The paleontological monitor shall be equipped to salvage fossils
as they are unearthed to avoid construction delays and remove
samples of sediments that are likely to contain the remains of
small fossil invertebrates and vertebrates. The monitor shall
have authority to temporarily divert grading away from
exposed fossils to recover the fossil specimens professionally
and efficiently and collect associated data. All efforts to avoid
delays in project schedules shall be made. To prevent
construction delays, paleontological monitors shall be equipped
DEIR/EA pg.
2.11-4
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager,
Construction
Contractor,
and Qualified
Consultant
Paleontological
Monitor
City or
Construction
Contractor shall
obtain a
qualified
vertebrate
paleontologist
to oversee
monitoring
during
earthmoving
activities with
the potential to
affect
Quaternary
alluvium
Construction
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with the necessary tools for the rapid removal of fossils and
retrieval of associated data. This equipment shall include
handheld global positioning system receivers, digital cameras,
and cell phones as well as a tool kit with specimen containers,
matrix sampling bags, field labels, field tools (e.g., awls,
hammers, chisels, shovels, etc.), and plaster kits. At each fossil
locality, field data forms shall be used to record pertinent
geologic data, stratigraphic sections shall be measured, and
appropriate sediment samples shall be collected and submitted
for analysis.
Fossils collected, if any, shall be transported to a paleontological
laboratory for processing where they shall be prepared to the
point of curation, identified by qualified experts, listed in a
database to facilitate analysis, and then deposited in a
designated paleontological curation facility such as the LACM.
Following analysis, a report of findings with an appended
itemized inventory of specimens shall be prepared. The report
and inventory, when submitted to the appropriate lead agency,
along with confirmation of the curation of recovered specimens
into an established, accredited museum repository, shall signify
completion of the program to mitigate impacts on
paleontological resources.
Cultural
Resources
Implement Monitoring Plan and Pier Sign Preservation Plan
specifications
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-2
Construction
Contractor,
Historic
Preservation
Architect
Implement
Monitoring Plan
and Pier Sign
Preservation
Plan
specifications
Construction
Cultural
Resources
Securely label all disassembled Pier Sign components with
identifying location and contact information and retain and
store components safely in a secure location that is shared with
City staff
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-2
City of Santa
Monica
Planning Staff,
Construction
Contractor,
Historic
Label and store
Pier Sign
components
Construction
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Preservation
Architect
Cultural
Resources
Implement maintenance and repairs to the Pier Sign as outlined
in Pier Sign Report and reviewed by Caltrans PQS
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-3
Historic
Preservation
Architect
Implement
maintenance
and repairs to
the Pier Sign as
outlined in Pier
Sign Report
Construction
Cultural
Resources
Read monitoring equipment and check for evident structural
damage; implement minimization measures if thresholds met
and/or damage observed
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-3
Construction
Contractor,
Historic
Preservation
Architect
Throughout
construction
contractor shall
check for
evident
structural
damage;
implement
minimization
measures if
thresholds met
and/or damage
observed
Construction
Cultural
Resources
Submit changes to the scope of work not covered in the FNAE to
Caltrans PQS for review prior to the work beginning
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-3
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager,
Construction
Contractor,
Caltrans
Architectural
Historian PQS
Submit changes
to the scope of
work to Caltrans
Architectural
Historian PQS
Construction
Cultural
Resources
50% Project walk-through: conduct inspection midway through
construction to determine if the FNAE conditions including Pier
Sign specifications are being met
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-3
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager,
Caltrans
Perform 50%
Project walk-
through
Construction
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Historian PQS
Hazardous
Waste
HAZ-3. Although contaminated soil is unlikely to be present on
the project site, the contractor shall observe exposed soil for
odor and/or visual evidence of contamination during
excavation activities. If odiferous, stained, or discolored soil is
discovered by the contractor during excavation or grading
activities, all work shall stop, and an investigation shall be
designed and performed to verify the presence and extent of
contamination at the site. A qualified and approved
environmental consultant shall perform the review and
investigation. Results shall be reviewed and approved by the
applicable local and state agencies prior to construction. The
investigation shall include collecting samples for laboratory
analysis and quantifying contaminant levels within the
proposed excavation and surface disturbance areas. Subsurface
investigation shall determine appropriate procedures for
worker protection and hazardous material handling and
disposal procedures appropriate for the project site.
DEIR/EA pg.
3-57
Construction
Contractor
Observe
exposed soil for
odor and/or
visual evidence
of
contamination
during
excavation
activities
Construction
Hazardous
Waste
HAZ-4. Areas with contaminated soil that has been determined
to be hazardous waste shall be excavated by personnel who
have been trained through the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration–recommended 40-hour safety program (29
Code of Federal Regulations 1910.120), with an approved plan
for excavation, control of contaminant releases to the air, and
off-site transport or on-site treatment. Health and safety plans
prepared by a qualified and approved industrial hygienist shall
be developed to protect the public and all workers in the
construction area. Health and safety plans shall be reviewed and
approved by the appropriate local and state agencies.
DEIR/EA pg.
3-58
Construction
Contractor
Areas with
contaminated
soil that has
been
determined to
be hazardous
waste shall be
excavated by
personnel who
have been
trained through
the
Occupational
Safety and
Health
Construction
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Administration–
recommended
40-hour safety
program with
an approved
plan for
excavation
Hazardous
Waste
HAZ-5. Should construction activities result in the removal of
yellow or white painted or thermoplastic traffic stripes, the age
of the traffic striping shall be determined. If lead or chromium is
present in the materials at or above specified hazardous waste
levels, it shall be appropriately captured and transported, then
disposed of at a permitted Class I disposal facility in California.
In addition, a project-specific Lead Compliance Plan shall be
required to prevent or minimize worker exposure to lead while
handling materials containing lead. Attention shall be directed
to Title 8, California Code of Regulations, Section 1532.1, Lead.
DEIR/EA pg.
3-58
Construction
Contractor
Contractor shall
dispose of
thermoplastic
traffic stripes
determined to
contain lead or
chromium at a
permitted Class
I disposal
facility in
California
Construction
Hazardous
Waste
HAZ-6. Although there is no evidence that groundwater in the
vicinity of the pier contains contaminants, excavations below
the elevation of groundwater could experience strong seepage
and require dewatering. The contractor shall observe
groundwater for visual evidence of contamination or unusual
odors. The contractor shall comply with all applicable
regulations and permit requirements for construction
dewatering. This may include laboratory testing, treatment of
contaminated groundwater, or other disposal options.
DEIR/EA pg.
3-58
Construction
Contractor
The contractor
shall observe
groundwater
encountered for
visual evidence
of
contamination
or unusual
odors
Construction
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Air Quality AQ-1. To reduce particulate matter exhaust emissions, the City
(or its contractors) shall ensure that all off-road diesel-powered
equipment rated at 50 brake horsepower and greater used
during construction shall meet EPA Tier 4 emissions standards,
or better, except construction equipment for which such
emissions control technology is not available
DEIR/EA pg.
2.13-20
Construction
Contractor
All off-road
diesel-powered
equipment rated
at 50 brake
horsepower and
greater used
during
construction
shall meet EPA
Tier 4 emissions
standards
Construction
Air Quality Most construction-related impacts on air quality are short term
and, therefore, do not result in long-term adverse conditions.
Implementation of the following avoidance and minimization
measures, some of which may also be required for other
purposes, such as stormwater pollution control, would reduce
any air quality impacts resulting from construction activities:
• The construction contractor must comply with Caltrans
Standard Specifications in Section 14-9 (2018).
• Section 14-9-02 specifically requires the contractor
to comply with all applicable laws and regulations
related to air quality, including air pollution control
district and air quality management district
regulations and local ordinances.
• Water or dust palliative will be applied to the site and
equipment as often as necessary to control fugitive dust
emissions. Fugitive emissions generally must meet a
“no visible dust” criterion, either at the point of
emission or at the right-of-way line, depending on local
regulations.
DEIR/EA pg.
2.13-20
Construction
Contractor
Comply with air
quality
provisions
outlined within
this ECR
Construction
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• Soil binder will be spread on any unpaved roads used
for construction purposes and on all project
construction parking areas.
• Construction equipment and vehicles will be properly
tuned and maintained. All construction equipment will
use low-sulfur fuel, as required by California Code of
Regulations Title 17, Section 93114.
• A dust control plan will be developed, documenting
sprinkling, temporary paving, speed limits, and timely
revegetation of disturbed slopes, as needed, to
minimize construction impacts on existing
communities.
• Equipment and material storage sites will be located as
far away from residential, and park uses as practicable.
Construction areas will be kept clean and orderly.
• Environmentally sensitive areas, or their equivalent,
will be established near sensitive air receptors. Within
these areas, construction activities involving extended
idling of diesel equipment or vehicles will be
prohibited, to the extent feasible.
• Track-out reduction measures, such as gravel pads at
project access points to minimize dust and mud
deposits on roads affected by construction traffic, will
be used.
• All transported loads of soils and wet materials will be
covered before transport or adequate freeboard (i.e.,
the space from the top of the material to the top of the
truck) will be provided to minimize emissions of dust
(particulate matter) during transportation.
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• Dust and mud deposited on paved public roads due to
construction activity and traffic will be promptly and
regularly removed to decrease particulate matter.
• To the extent feasible, construction traffic will be
scheduled and routed so as to reduce congestion and
related air quality impacts caused by idling vehicles
along local roads during peak travel times.
Mulch will be installed, or vegetation planted as soon as
practical after grading to reduce windblown particulate in the
area. Be aware that certain methods of mulch placement, such
as straw blowing, may themselves cause dust and visible
emissions; therefore, it may be necessary to use controls, such
as dampened straw.
Biology BIO-1. All construction-related work, including staging, storage,
and access, shall be limited, to the greatest extent feasible; shall
occur within the project limits; and shall not encroach upon the
sandy beach habitat adjacent to the project area
DEIR/EA pg.
3-52
Construction
Contractor
Avoid sandy
beach habitat
adjacent to
project area
Construction
Biology BIO-4. If recommended by the qualified bat biologist, to avoid
indirect disturbance of bats and birds while roosting in areas
that would be subject to or adjacent to impacts from
construction activities, any portion of a structure that is deemed
by a qualified bat biologist to have potential bat or bird roosting
habitat, in areas where the young have the ability to fly and may
be affected by the proposed project, shall have temporary
bat/bird eviction and exclusion devices installed under the
supervision of the qualified bat biologist prior to the initiation
of construction activities. Eviction and subsequent exclusion
will be conducted during the fall (September or October) to
avoid trapping flightless young inside during the summer
months or hibernating/overwintering individuals during the
winter. Such exclusion efforts are dependent on weather
conditions, take a minimum of 2 weeks, and must be continued
to keep the structures free of bats and birds until the
DEIR/EA pg.
3-53
Construction
Contractor and
Qualified
Consultant
Biologist
Install
exclusionary
devices for birds
and bats if
deemed
necessary
Construction
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completion of construction. All eviction and/or exclusion
techniques shall be coordinated between the qualified bat
biologist and the appropriate resource agencies (e.g., CDFW).
Work shall cease around any active bat maternity colony until
such time that the young have the ability to fly, as determined
by a qualified bat biologist.
Biology BIO-6. Construction equipment shall be inspected and cleaned
prior to mobilization to the project site to minimize the
importation of nonnative plant material. Eradication strategies
(e.g., weed control) shall be implemented should an invasion of
nonnative plant species occur.
DEIR/EA pg.
3-54
Construction
Contractor
Inspect
construction
equipment prior
to mobilization
for nonnative
plant species
Construction
Other UES-2. Both before construction begins and thereafter, the City
of Santa Monica project manager and construction contractor
shall regularly notify and coordinate with the Santa Monica
Police Department and Santa Monica Fire Department during
project design and scheduling, particularly in regard to any
street or lane closures related to the proposed project.
DEIR/EA pg.
2.4-9
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Construction
Contractor
Regularly notify
local police and
fire
departments of
street closures
Construction
Noise Condition of Approval NOI-1. A Construction Noise Management
Plan shall be prepared and approved by the City. The Plan shall
outline measures that would be used to reduce noise levels.
Measures shall include:
• Construction noise in excess of the limits identified in
SMC 4.12.110(b) at sensitive receptors shall occur
between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday
through Friday in accordance with SMC 4.12.110(d).
• The construction contractor(s) shall ensure that
construction equipment is properly maintained and in
working order per manufacturer specifications and that
all construction equipment is equipped with
manufacturer approved mufflers and baffles.
FEIR/EA pg.
3-41
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager and
Construction
Contractor
Develop
Construction
Noise
Management
Plan
Construction
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• The construction contractor(s) shall place noise
generating construction equipment and located
construction staging areas away from sensitive uses to
the extent practical.
• All stationary construction equipment will be located
and oriented, so that emitted noise is directed away
from sensitive receptors nearest the Project Sites.
• Construction equipment will be turned off when not in
use and will not be left idling.
• Heavily loaded trucks shall be routed away from
residential streets, conforming to the City’s
recommended haul route corridors.
• Construction activities shall be scheduled so as to avoid
operating several pieces of high noise-generating
equipment simultaneously, to the extent practical.
• The construction contractor(s) shall implement noise
attenuation measures, which include temporary noise
barriers and/or noise blankets placed between noise-
generating construction equipment and activities and
the off-site noise sensitive receptors (specifically
residences), where noise levels have the potential to
exceed the levels identified in SMC Section 4.12.110(b).
The noise barriers and/or blankets shall be of sufficient
density or design to provide a minimum of 40 dB
Standard Transmission Class (STC).
Biology BIO-7. After construction, species with a high or moderate
rating on Cal-IPC’s California Invasive Plant Inventory, including
any Cal-IPC-listed species of ice plant, shall not be planted in
any revegetated areas.
DEIR/EA pg.
3-54
Construction
Contractor
Plant species
with high or
moderate rating
on Cal-IPC’s
California
Post
Construction
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Pier Bridge Replacement Project
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program May 2023
Category Measure Source Responsible
Party
Action to
Comply Phase
Invasive Plant
Inventory,
including any
Cal-IPC-listed
species of ice
plant, shall not
be planted in
any revegetated
areas
Cultural
Resources
100% Project walk-through: conduct post-construction
inspection to determine if the requirements of the Pier Sign
Preservation Plan were met; identify challenges and
accomplishments; and include updated photographs of the Pier
Sign to file with SHPO and the City
Finding of
No Adverse
Effect pg. 7-3
City of Santa
Monica Project
Manager,
Construction
Contractor,
Caltrans
Architectural
Historian PQS
Conduct 100%
Project walk-
through
Post
Construction
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Date: June 17, 2021
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Rick Valte, Acting Director of Public Works
Subject: Pier Bridge Replacement Project – Environmental Document
Introduction
The City has endeavored to replace the Santa Monica Pier Bridge (Bridge) for nearly 30
years. Staff is currently working on a third iteration of the environmental document with the
goal of completing the Pier Bridge Replacement Project (Project) in advance of the Olympic
Games – Los Angeles 2028. Over the course of three draft environmental documents in the
last fifteen years, the City has analyzed numerous project alternatives. Since 2013,
elevators have been included with some of the analyzed project alternatives. However, after
recent consultation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) regarding the
effects elevator towers would have on adjacent cultural resources and attempts to mitigate
those effects, it is evident that including alternatives with elevators in the Revised
Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (REIR/EA) would jeopardize the
project schedule and federal funding. To meet the goals of replacing the Bridge before the
2028 Olympics while maintaining federal funding, staff is moving forward with an REIR/EA
that would include three alternatives: (1) Alternative 1 – wider (15’) sidewalk on the north
side of the bridge; (2) Alternative 2 – wider (15’) sidewalk on the south side of the bridge and
(3) No Build. Alternatives 1 and 2 would replace the existing bridge with a new seismically
sound structure.
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Background
The Pier Bridge is the sole vehicular route and a vital pedestrian link to one of Santa
Monica’s most prominent destinations, the Santa Monica Pier. In a typical year, it carries
millions of visitors from Palisades Park to the Santa Monica Pier and the Beach. The
reinforced concrete structure was constructed in 1939 and is owned by the City. The Bridge
was rated 33.4 out of 100 in the 2008 bridge inspection report prepared by the Los Angeles
County Department of Public Works. In 2020, the bridge was rated 17 out of 100, meaning a
50% deterioration in the past 12 years. The primary purpose of the Project is to replace a
decaying 82-year-old bridge and to provide a seismically sound and functional bridge for the
residents, pier businesses, and visitors ahead of the 2028 Olympics.
Efforts to replace the Bridge in the 1990s ended when federal funding was derailed. The City
resumed the Project in 2006 with a proposal to rehabilitate the existing bridge, which was
ultimately rejected by Caltrans. In August 2010, City Council authorized staff to apply for
federal funding for the current replacement project; federal funding for design and
construction of the Bridge was subsequently secured in 2012. The last EIR/EA, which
circulated for public review between December 11, 2017 and March 15, 2018, could not be
finalized because during its circulation, a scenic corridor along Ocean Front Walk was
established and Carousel Park was landmarked by the City. The technical analysis provided
by the 2017 EIR/EA did not analyze the effects the Project would have on these newly
established cultural resources and therefore, the environmental document and project
alternatives had to be revamped. Past Council actions are summarized below in Table 1.
Table 1 - Past Council Actions
Meeting
Date Description
06/13/1995 Authorized an agreement for Professional Services w/WRT Inc. for Beach Improvement
Group Project (included Pier Bridge)
11/28/2000 Authorized a modification to WRT Inc. to begin design of CA Incline and Pier Bridge
02/26/2002 Authorized a contract for outreach services for the CA Incline and Pier Bridge
08/20/2010 Authorized staff to proceed with initiation of a project to replace the Pier Bridge
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09/11/2012
Awarded Professional Services Agreement with T. Y. Lin to provide public outreach,
conceptual design and environmental documentation services for the Pier Bridge
Replacement Project
02/26/2013 Authorized staff to modify Pier Bridge sidewalk to enhance safety
11/26/2013 Authorized City Manager to negotiate a third modification to agreement with TY Lin
10/09/2018 Established 15-ton weight restriction on Pier Bridge
12/17/2019 Authorized a fourth modification to agreement with T.Y. Lin
Discussion
The Pier Bridge site has numerous constraints that limit the size, scale, and features that
can be included with the replacement bridge. Beyond the physical constraints of tying into
Ocean Avenue to the east and the Santa Monica Pier to the west, the site is surrounded by
cultural resources, including the scenic corridor along Ocean Front Walk, the locally
landmarked Carousel Park, and the nationally landmarked Looff Hippodrome. Both the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) require that project proponents identify the potential effects project alternatives
would have on cultural resources and implement the least impactful alternative.
Staff collaborated with the Project stakeholders to develop eight new alternatives for
consideration (Attachment A). With a goal of improving the existing ADA compliant routes to
the Santa Monica Pier (Attachment B), the community supported alternatives with a
pedestrian path sloped at 5% that connected to elevators. As a result, six alternatives
included elevators.
Community Outreach
Staff has conducted the following outreach:
09/09/2019 Disabilities Commission – Development of the eight alternatives
09/16/2019 Pier Board – Development of the eight alternatives
10/30/2019 Notice of Preparation – CEQA public/community scoping meeting
11/11/2019 Landmarks Commission – Project update
11/16/2020 Pier Board – Project update
01/11/2021 Landmarks Commission – Project update
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03/04/2021 Pier Board, Pier Bridge Subcommittee – Update regarding potential effects
of elevators
03/22/2021 Pier Board – Update regarding potential effects of elevators; meeting
invitation extended to Landmarks Commission, Santa Monica Conservancy,
Disabilities Commission
04/05/2021 Disabilities Commission – Update regarding potential effects of elevators
During preparation of the REIR/EA and the required technical studies, it became apparent
that the six alternatives with elevators, including the preferred alternative, would result in a
finding of adverse impacts on the adjacent cultural resources: the elevator towers would
obscure the view of the Looff Hippodrome. Staff proposed mitigating these effects by
incorporating various design features that minimized the presence of the elevators.
However, the mitigated alternatives would not preclude a technical finding of adverse
impacts under federal law and would result in a prolonged state and federal review process
that would likely conclude with the elimination of the alternatives with elevators because
there are viable alternatives without adverse impacts. Staff engaged in numerous
consultations with Caltrans, the lead agency for compliance with NEPA and undeniably,
these challenges place both the project schedule and federal funding at risk.
Staff estimates that an effort to maintain alternatives with elevators may add two years to the
project timeline and cause construction to extend into the 2028 Olympics. The effort, in itself,
poses a funding risk as state and federal funds are unlikely to be approved for a project with
elevators when alternatives with no elevators are feasible and have lesser, or zero, impacts
on cultural resources.
Moving Forward
Staff evaluated two options of moving the project forward.
Option 1 has the least schedule and funding risks and explores an REIR/EA with the
following three alternatives:
(1) Alternative 1 – wider (15’) sidewalk on the north side of the bridge
(2) Alternative 2 – wider (15’) sidewalk on the south side of the bridge, and
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(3) No Build.
The key benefits and shortfalls of this option are summarized in Table 2. Pedestrian access
routes shown in Attachment B would be enhanced under Alternatives 1 and 2.
Table 2 - Pros and Cons of Alternatives without Elevators
Pros Cons
Complete construction before 2028 Olympic Games May not fully address concerns of stakeholders
who prioritize accessibility enhancements
Support from stakeholders who prioritize schedule
and risk mitigation
Would not enhance accessibility to the beach and
Pier as much as inclusion of elevators
Support from stakeholders who prioritize minimizing
impacts to cultural resources
Cost effective; Project alternative is 100% fully
funded by FHWA.
Shorter construction reduces impacts to Pier
businesses
Mitigates risk of losing federal funding
Option 2 continues with the current eight alternatives, including those with elevators. This
would add two years to the environmental approval phase and jeopardize currently
programmed federal funding. There is no guarantee alternatives with elevators would
ultimately be approved and published in the REIR/EA. Federal and state reviewers with
jurisdiction over the environmental document would most likely require the City to select a
least impactful alternative on cultural resources like Looff’s Hippodrome. This anticipated
outcome is based on the interpretation by staff and the City’s environmental consultant of
Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 USC 303) in consultation with the
City Attorney’s Office. The key benefits and shortfalls of this option are summarized in Table
3. Figure 1 summarizes the Federal and State approval process.
Table 3 - Pros and Cons of Including Elevators in Scope
Pros Cons
Fully address concerns of stakeholders who
prioritize accessibility enhancements
Construction would occur during and/or after the
Olympics, which could impact the number of
visitors allowed on the Pier during a time of peak
travel into the Los Angeles area.
Accessibility community is familiar and supportive of
elevators
Two additional years of operational and
maintenance risks for an 80+ year old bridge
structure
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Elevators may not ultimately be permitted under
state and federal requirements due to impacts to
cultural resources
City would have to select least impactful alternative
(i.e., alternative without elevators)
Additional project time jeopardizes federal funding
timelines
Minimal support for elevators from stakeholders
concerned about impacts on cultural resources
Requires additional local funds = $7 to $10 Million
(separate pedestrian path and elevators not eligible
for federal reimbursement)
Requires operating and maintenance costs for
elevators in perpetuity
Project schedule would be increased by 2+ years
Increases construction cost by an estimated $1.9M
due to escalation over two years
Actual elevator performance may not meet
expectations; operating elevators in a marine
environment presents significant maintenance
challenges and extended downtime due to
maintenance would generate community concerns.
For example, elevators in the City’s downtown
parking structures have been misused and
subjected to extended occupation by unhoused
residents. Installing elevators for the Pier bridge
may cause this same unintended consequence.
Figure 1 State & Federal Approval Process Summary
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Schedule
The schedule for each approach is shown below in Figure 2. Moving forward with the
alternatives that include elevators would add approximately two years to the Project (with no
guarantee that elevators would ultimately be permissible). Caltrans and the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) authorized the federal reimbursement for preliminary engineering
funds in March 2012 and require construction to start within ten years (“ten-year rule”).
Extensions to the ten-year rule may be requested and while the City would request such an
extension under both options, delaying the project schedule an additional two years to
pursue option 2 would increase the risk of the extension being denied. The City would
consequently be required to return the currently obligated $1,625,000 in federal funding.
Figure 2 – Schedule Comparison
While Option 2 would continue to explore the possibility of elevators being constructed with
the proposed project, the City’s environmental subconsultant ICF (through coordination with
Caltrans) has advised that it is extremely unlikely that elevators would be cleared
environmentally, and the process would ultimately lead to Alternatives 1 and 2 (no elevators)
being the only options feasible. The time lost pursuing an alternative that would likely lead to
the dismissal of elevators from the Project would add an estimated $1.9 million of escalated
construction costs to the Project. There is also the additional risk that the Federal grant
would not be adjusted to cover these costs and that local funds would need to be identified
to cover the increase.
In addition to the additional design costs, the proposed elevators and walkways in
Alternatives 3 – 8 are estimated to add $7-10 million in construction costs to the Project
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(which Caltrans has informed the City will not be reimbursed), as well as annual
maintenance costs in perpetuity.
Summary and Next Steps
Based upon recently updated technical studies, consultations with Caltrans, and a
comparison of the options, it is evident that including alternatives with elevators in the
REIR/EA would jeopardize both the Project schedule and federal funding (currently
programmed for $27,225,000 in total). Staff believes that Option 1 is the only viable
approach.
Staff will continue working with the project stakeholders and will return to them with this
memorandum explaining the basis for why the City is moving forward with an REIR/EA with
three alternatives that do not include elevators.
Staff will begin revising the REIR/EA and NEPA technical studies by reducing the existing
eight alternatives to the three Project alternatives listed above, and will continue
coordination with Caltrans regarding Project funding and ensuring construction of a new,
functional and seismically sound bridge is completed in advance of the 2028 Summer
Olympics.
Prepared By: Curtis Castle, Principal Civil Engineer, Public Works Department
Attachment A: Pier Bridge Alternatives
Attachment B: ADA Compliant Routes
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City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: June 13, 2023
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Rick Valte, Public Works Director, Public Works, Water Resources
Subject: Public Hearing and Adoption of Resolution for the 2023 Annual Water
Shortage Assessment Report
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15307 and Section
15308 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines .
2. Hold a public hearing and receive public comment for the 2023 Annual Water
Shortage Assessment Report for the Public Works Department, Water
Resources Division.
3. Approve the attached resolution adopting the 2023 Annual Water Shortage
Assessment Report.
Summary
To ensure the availability of water during extreme climate events, such as severe
drought, the California Water Code (CWC) requires all urban water suppliers to conduct
an annual water supply and demand assessment. The City’s Public Works Department -
Water Resources Division completed the assessment for the projected 2023 fiscal year
(July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024), as defined by the California Department of Water
Resources. Details of the annual assessment are included in the attached 2023 Annual
Water Shortage Assessment Report. The annual assessment analyzes current water
supply and demand conditions to project water supply reliability over the next year (July
1, 2023 through June 30, 2024), identify potential water supply shortages and, if
necessary, implement water shortage response actions to mitigate potential water
supply shortage conditions. In order to adapt to environmental impacts induced by
climate change on the City’s water supply, the City continues to invest in diversifying its
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water supply, enhancing drought resiliency, and investing in water conservation
measures to permanently reduce water demand. Based on the findings from the annual
assessment, staff recommends continuing to require 20% reduction in water use
compared to each customer’s 2013 baseline (Stage 2 Water Shortage Level), per the
City’s 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan adopted by City Council in June 2021.
Although recent historic rainfall has alleviated drought conditions across the state, the
City needs to use water efficiently and continue to conserve water where possible to
adapt to climate change impacts on our water supply. Maintaining a Stage 2 Water
Shortage is critical to meet the City’s goal to reduce its reliance on imported water
supplies, comply with state regulations to reduce per capita water use, and help
preserve this precious resource. The City has remained in the Stage 2 Water Shortage
Level since the 2014 drought and continues to maintain a 20% reduction in water
demand from the baseline year of 2013.
Discussion
In 2018, the California Legislature enacted into law new requirements for urban wa ter
suppliers to increase drought resilience and to improve communication of water
shortage response actions. Each urban water supplier is required to prepare an Annual
Water Supply and Demand Assessment (Annual Assessment) and submit an Annual
Water Shortage Assessment Report (Annual Shortage Report) to the California
Department of Water Resources (DWR) on or before July 1, 2022, and every year
thereafter. The annual assessment must be conducted according to a written decision -
making process determined by individual water suppliers. The City’s written decision-
making process is outlined in the City’s 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan, which
was adopted by City Council on June 8, 2021, as part of the City’s 2020 Urban Water
Management Plan.
The assessment required the analysis of current year and projected year water supply
and demand. The City currently obtains its potable water supply from a combination of
treated local groundwater and imported water from the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California (MWD), which is purchased to supplement local water supplies. The
CWC requires water utilities to assess available water supplies under a representative
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single dry year. Per the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan, local groundwater supply
available during a single, worst-case dry year is approximately 6,755 acre-feet per year
(AFY). Relative to previous years, the local groundwater supply in 2022 (4,082 AFY)
was significantly lower than the past due to: 1) Santa Monica Well 4, the highest
producing groundwater well in the Olympic Well Field, was taken offline due to
operational issues; and, 2) the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant (WTP) was offline for
extended periods for construction of the Arcadia WTP production efficiency
enhancement and expansion. Construction is occurring at the City’s Arcadia WTP
through the end of 2023, and local groundwater supply is expected to decrease by
approximately 552 AFY for the projected year due to construction activities. The
projected year local groundwater supply of 6,203 AFY is calculated by subtracting 552
AFY from the single, dry year supply of 6,755 AFY identified in the 2020 Urban Water
Management Plan. For imported water supplies, the assessment assumes only MWD’s
Tier 1 water supply allotment of 7,406 AFY is available. The total available supply for
the projected 2023 year is therefore 13,609 AF (6,203 AFY local supply + 7,406 AFY
MWD Tier 1 allotment).
To project water demand, staff tabulated unconstrained water demand (or estimated
water demand without any water conservation efforts) for 2022 across the City’s primary
customer categories and projected unconstrained demand for a conservative (dry year)
2023-year scenario per CWC requirements. Basis for water demand projection for each
customer category are listed below.
• Single family, multi-family, and landscape customer’s water demand is projected
to increase slightly as a conservative estimate for a potential dry year. The
average of 2021 and 2022 water usage - both hot, dry years - was used to
project the water demand for these three categories.
• The projected water demand for industrial/commercial and institutional customers
also indicates an increase from 2022 water usage, due to economic recovery
effort from the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Fire demand and water loss are projected to be the same as the historical
average. Fire demand is projected at 3 AF, which is less than the current year
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unconstrained fire service use of 33 AF, which was higher than historical average
due to flushing and testing efforts to update the City’s hydraulic model.
Unconstrained water demand for the current and projected year is summarized in Table
1. Unconstrained demand is defined by the CWC as water demand absent any water
supply and demand restrictions (e.g., water conservation programs).
Table 1: Current Year and Projected Year Unconstrained Water Demands
Current Year
Unconstrained January -
December 2022 (AF)
Projected Year
Unconstrained July 2023
- June 2024 (AF)
Single Family Residential 3,221 3,389
Multi-Family Residential 5,766 5,854
Industrial/ Commercial 3,073 3,358
Institutional 361 404
Landscape Irrigation 586 654
Fire Service 33 3
Water Loss - -
Demand 13,040 13,662
The results of the annual water supply and demand assessment show that without
water shortage response actions (e.g., 20% water conservation target), a 0.4% water
supply shortage is projected for the next year. A 0.4% shortage equates to the State’s
Standard Shortage Level 1 (≤10% shortage). The shortage is due to the difference in
projected unconstrained demand and water supply is summarized in Table 2.
Table 2: Assessment Results without Water Shortage Response Actions for Projected
2023 Year
Total (AF)
Anticipated Unconstrained Demand (without Stage 2 Water
Shortage conservation efforts)
13,662
Anticipated Total Water Supply 13,609
Surplus/Shortage without Water Shortage Response Actions1 -53
% Surplus/Shortage without Water Shortage Response Actions1 - 0.4%
State Standard Shortage Level 1
1 Shortage is indicated by a negative number/percentage; surplus is indicated by a
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positive number/percentage.
Although the assessment results indicate a State Standard Shortage Level 1, the City
recommends staying in Stage 2 (e.g., 20% water conservation target) for the following
reasons:
• Staying in Stage 2 helps the City achieve its long-term water goals to reduce its
reliance on imported water supplies and increase local control of water
production costs.
• On the state level, the Water Conservation Act of 2009 (Senate Bill X7 -7)
requires water suppliers in California to increase their water use efficiency, and
CA Executive Order B-37-16: Making Water Conservation a California Way of
Life focuses on water conservation to permanently reduce per capita water use.
• If the Stage 2 Shortage was lifted, water demand would increase and result in
increased purchase of imported water, which could impact water rates and
potentially lead to a heavier burden on the City’s rate payers.
The City has remained in a Stage 2 Water Shortage Level since 2014 and has
consistently maintained 20% reductions in water demand from 2013 water usage levels.
The City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan utilizes the same shortage levels as the
State and includes water shortage response actions for a Stage 2 shortage. These
actions include water use allowance on bills, restriction/enforcement on irrigation runoff
or water waste, water use efficiency public outreach through social media and other
media outlets, water conservation rebates such as turf replacement, and water use
efficiency consultations. The goal of these actions is to reduce water demand by 20%
from the 2013 baseline year. Revised results of the assessment with the water shortage
response actions incorporated for an estimated 20% reduction in water demand (i.e.,
“constrained” demand) are tabulated in Table 3.
Table 3: Assessment Results with Stage 2 Water Shortage Response Actions for
Projected 2023 Year
Total (AF)
Anticipated Constrained Demand 10,928
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(or projected actual water consumption)
Anticipated Total Water Supply Available 13,609
Revised Surplus with Water Shortage Response Actions 2,681
Revised % Surplus with Water Shortage Response Actions 20%
Environmental Review
The City’s annual water shortage assessment and maintenance of Stage 2 water
shortage restrictions are categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15307
(Class 7) and 15308 (Class 8) of the CEQA Guidelines. Section 15307 and 15308
exempts a class of projects consisting of actions taken by regulatory agencies as
authorized by state law or local ordinance to assure the maintenance, restoration, or
enhancement of a natural resource and the environment where the regulatory process
involves procedures for protection of the environment. The intent of the Annual Water
Shortage Assessment is to assess available water supplies against demands in an
effort to protect the environment. Additionally, the recommended water shortage
response actions are intended to protect water resources and prevent harm to the
natural environment. Therefore, these actions are exempt from CEQA pursuant to
Section 15307 and Section 15308.
Commission Action and Public Outreach
The annual water supply and demand assessment written decision -making procedures
include a presentation of the annual assessment to the Commission on Sustainability,
Environmental Justice, and the Environment. On March 20, 2023, and April 17, 2023,
Staff presented the annual water supply and demand assessment findings to the
Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the Environment, and the
Commission approved a motion in support of adopting the annual water supply and
demand assessment findings and for the City to remain in a Stage 2 Water Shortage.
Public participation is required as part of the annual water supply and demand
assessment procedures which include a public hearing and comment period. Public
notification regarding a public hearing was posted in the Santa Monica Daily Press the
week of May 30th and June 6th.
Past Council Actions
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Meeting Date
6/8/2021 (Attachment A) Public Hearing and Adoption of the City of Santa
Monica’s 2020 Urban Water Management Plan and
Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of the
recommended action.
Prepared By: Sunny Wang, Water Resources Manager
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. June 8, 2021 Staff Report (Web Link)
B. Draft 2023 Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report_053023
C. Resolution
D. Written Comments
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ii
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1 California Water Code Requirements ......................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Water System Overview ................................................................................................................... 1-2
2 ANNUAL WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND ASSESSMENT ............................................ 2-1
2.1 Decision-making process ................................................................................................................. 2-1
2.2 Key Data Inputs ................................................................................................................................... 2-2
2.2.1 Water Demand...................................................................................................... 2-3
2.2.2 Water Supply ...................................................................................................... 2-10
3 Supply and Demand Assessment Results and Recommendations....................... 3-1
3.1 Recommended Water Shortage Response Stage .................................................................... 3-1
3.2 Ongoing Reassessments ................................................................................................................... 3-6
Figures
Figure 1. Potable Water System Overview .............................................................................................. 1-3
Figure 2. Components of the 2018 Sustainable Water Master Plan ............................................. 1-5
Tables
Table 2-1. Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Process ............................................. 2-2
Table 2-2. Constrained Water Demand by Sector in Acre-Feet (2018-2022) ........................... 2-3
Table 2-3. Current Year and Projected Year Demands (Non-Potable) ......................................... 2-8
Table 2-4. Current Year and Projected Year Demands (Potable) ................................................... 2-9
Table 2-5. Current Year and Projected Year Potable Supply ........................................................ 2-13
Table 2-6. Current Year and Projected Year Non-Potable Supply .............................................. 2-14
Table 3-1. Assessment Results without Water Shortage Response Actions .............................. 3-1
Table 3-2. Water Shortage Stages and Reduction Targets ................................................................ 3-2
Table 3-3. Summary of Water Shortage Stages and Conditions ..................................................... 3-2
Table 3-4. Summary of Stage 1 and Stage 2 Water Shortage Response Actions ...................... 3-3
Table 3-5. Assessment Results with Stage 2 Water Shortage Response Actions ..................... 3-5
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List of Acronyms
AF Acre-Feet
AFY Acre-Feet Per Year
AMI Advanced Metering Infrastructure
AWSDA Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment
BMP Best Management Practice
CWC California Water Code
DRINC Drinking Water Information Clearinghouse
DWR Department of Water Resources
GAC Granular Activated Carbon
GSP Groundwater Sustainability Plan
MCL Maximum Contaminant Level
MG Million Gallons
MGD Million Gallons Per Day
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MTBE Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether
MWD Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
ND Non Detect
NOV Notice of Violation
PFAS Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
SGMA Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014
SMB Santa Monica Basin
SMBGSA Santa Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency
SMURRF Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility
SWIP Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project
SWMP Sustainable Water Management Plan
SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board
RO Reverse Osmosis
TBA Tert-Butyl Alcohol
WCU Water Conservation Unit
WSCP Water Shortage Contingency Plan
WSIP Water Savings Incentive Program
WRD Water Resources Division
WTP Water Treatment Plant
WUA Water Use Allowance
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1 INTRODUCTION
This report summarizes findings from the City of Santa Monica (City) 2023 Annual Water
Supply and Demand Assessment (AWSDA). The AWSDA is required by the California Water
Code (§10632.1) to analyze current water supply and demand conditions as well as project
water supply reliability each year. In doing so, AWSDA’s serve as a tool to help identify
potential water supply shortages and to implement water shortage response actions to
mitigate possible supply gaps.
Beginning in 2022, the California Water Code (§10632.1) required urban water suppliers to
conduct an AWSDA and submit an annual water shortage assessment report to the
California Department of Water Resources (DWR) on or before July 1 of each year. The
annual water shortage assessment report evaluates water supply reliability over the
following year and provides an explanation of the process, data, and results of the
assessment.
1.1 CALIFORNIA WATER CODE REQUIREMENTS
The City’s 2023 AWSDA was performed in compliance with California Water Code (CWC)
requirements. Guidelines for the AWSDA can be found in CWC Section 10632 and a brief
summary is provided below.
CWC §10632.1 An urban water supplier shall conduct an annual water supply and demand
assessment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10632 and, on or before July 1 of each
year, submit an annual water shortage assessment report to the department with
information for anticipated shortage, triggered shortage response actions, compliance and
enforcement actions, and communication actions consistent with the supplier’s water
shortage contingency plan. An urban water supplier that relies on imported water from the
State Water Project or the Bureau of Reclamation shall submit its annual water supply and
demand assessment within 14 days of receiving its final allocations, or by July 1 of each
year, whichever is later.
CWC §10632(a)(2) The procedures used in conducting an annual water supply and
demand assessment that include, at a minimum, both of the following:
(A) The written decision-making process that an urban water supplier will use each year to
determine its water supply reliability.
(B) The key data inputs and assessment methodology used to evaluate the urban water
supplier’s water supply reliability for the current year and one dry year, including all of the
following:
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(i) Current year unconstrained demand, considering weather, growth, and other
influencing factors, such as policies to manage current supplies to meet demand
objectives in future years, as applicable.
(ii) Current year available supply, considering hydrological and regulatory
conditions in the current year and one dry year. The annual supply and demand
assessment may consider more than one dry year solely at the discretion of the
urban water supplier.
(iii) Existing infrastructure capabilities and plausible constraints.
(iv) A defined set of locally applicable evaluation criteria that are consistently relied
upon for each annual water supply and demand assessment.
(v) A description and quantification of each source of water supply.
The written decision-making process used to determine water supply reliability and key
data inputs and assessment methodology used for the 2023 AWSDA are detailed in Section
2 of this report, Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment.
1.2 WATER SYSTEM OVERVIEW
The City’s current domestic water supply consists of local groundwater and purchased
imported water (either from the State Water Project or the Colorado River) from the
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). The City extracts local
groundwater from ten active groundwater wells located in the Santa Monica Groundwater
Basin (SMB). Five of these wells are located in the Charnock subbasin, two are located in
the Olympic subbasin, and three are located in the Arcadia subbasin. Three of the five wells
located in the Charnock subbasin are pretreated at the Charnock Water Treatment Plant
(Charnock WTP) to remove volatile organic carbon (VOC) compounds from historical
industrial pollution and then blended with the two other Charnock wells prior to being
pumped to the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant (Arcadia WTP) for further treatment.
Groundwater pumped from the Olympic and Arcadia subbasins are also treated at the
Arcadia WTP. The Arcadia WTP provides multi-barrier treatment to all of the City’s
groundwater wells to reduce hardness in the groundwater and meet all federal and state
drinking water regulations. Only one groundwater well, SM-1, located in the Arcadia
subbasin is distributed, after disinfection at the well head, directly into the water
distribution system as it does not require any additional treatment to meet federal and
state drinking water regulations. Final treated water from the Arcadia WTP is sent to the 5-
million-gallon (MG) Arcadia Reservoir and distributed for potable water use throughout
the City. In addition to the Arcadia Reservoir, the City also owns and operates three
additional water storage reservoirs representing a total storage capacity of 40 MG: Riviera
Reservoir, Mt. Olivette Reservoir, and San Vincente Reservoir.
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The City supplements its local groundwater supply with imported water purchased from
MWD. The City, along with 12 other local governments, formed the MWD in 1928. MWD
was originally created to build the Colorado River Aqueduct to supplement the water
supplies of the original founding members in Southern California. Water was first
delivered to the City in 1941 via the Colorado River Aqueduct. In 1972, MWD augmented its
supply sources to include deliveries from the State Water Project via the California
Aqueduct. Today, MWD serves more than 145 cities and 94 unincorporated communities
across Southern California.
An overview of the existing domestic potable water system is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Potable Water System Overview
The City also has a dedicated recycled water system that provides service to 30 metered
locations currently. The primary use of recycled water is for landscape irrigation but is also
used for street sweeping, sewer jetting, and for lavatories at two facilities. Recycled water
is distributed from the Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility (SMURRF), which
captures and treats urban runoff from the storm drain system. Prior to SMURRF
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operations, the runoff discharged to Santa Monica Bay and adversely impacted water
quality.
In November 2018, City Council adopted an updated Sustainable Water Master Plan
(SWMP). The intent of the 2018 SWMP update was to refine the pathway for the City to
reduce its reliance on imported water. The refined pathway also considered impacts of on-
going drought conditions as well as new regulations that required additional treatment for
restoring local groundwater supplies. The 2018 SWMP builds on the City’s previous
successes by continuing to develop projects and programs at the local level to enhance the
reliability and resiliency of the City’s water supply. The 2018 SWMP consisted of three key
components and a brief summary on progress is listed below.
· Component 1 – Increasing water conservation efforts to permanently reduce
water demand. The City is currently developing its first Water Conservation Master
Plan that will be completed in 2023, aimed to increase water conservation efforts to
permanently reduce water demand.
· Component 2 – Developing sustainable and drought resilient alternative water
supplies. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the City’s Sustainable Water
Infrastructure Project (SWIP) in November 2022. The SWIP leverages stormwater,
dry weather urban runoff, brackish groundwater, and municipal wastewater to
provide up to 1,650 acre-feet per year of sustainable, drought resilient water supply
to the City’s water supply portfolio. The City is also making progress on enhancing
the production efficiency at the Arcadia WTP through concentrate recovery by
implementing the first municipal installation of Flow Reversal Reverse Osmosis that
would provide an additional 1,200 acre-feet per year of drinking water for the City
and set to be completed by the end of 2023.
· Component 3 – Expanding local groundwater production within sustainable
yield limits. To maximize local groundwater supplies, the City is constructing a
new well head treatment facility to remove industrial contaminants in the Olympic
Well Field and restore it to full production capacity. The new Olympic Advanced
Water Treatment Facility is scheduled for completion by the end of 2023.
When fully implemented, the projects outlined in the 2018 SWMP will provide a diversified,
drought-resilient water supply portfolio that leverages all available water resources to the
City. The key components of the SWMP are listed on the following page and shown in
Figure 2.
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2 ANNUAL WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND ASSESSMENT
AWSDAs analyze current water demand and supply conditions and project water supply
reliability over the next year. To analyze current water demand and supply, City staff
compiled water use and water supply data over the previous calendar year (i.e., January 1,
2022 to December 31, 2022) to project the current year’s trends for water demand and
supply. This information, in combination with other considerations such as anticipated
growth, weather patterns, State and local regulations and policies, and other plausible
factors, were then used to project demand and supply over the next year. Because annual
water shortage assessment reports are due by July 1st of each year, the projected water
demand and supply is for the period from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. Although
California experienced one of the wettest winters on record, the CWC requires the
projected assessment period to be a dry year. The following sections detail the decision-
making process and data inputs used for the AWSDA and water shortage assessment
report.
2.1 DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
CWC §10632 requires AWSDAs to be conducted according to a written decision-making
process. The City’s written decision-making process is outlined in the City’s Water Shortage
Contingency Plan (WSCP), which serves as the City’s action plan during an actual or
predicted drought or a catastrophic water supply shortage. The process includes:
· Presenting the findings to the City’s Commission on Sustainability, Environmental
Justice, and the Environment (formerly the Task Force on the Environment)
· Public notification regarding the proposed water supply shortage stage, water
shortage response actions, and upcoming City Council meeting for the Public
Hearing; and
· Formal adoption of the annual water shortage assessment report findings and
proposed water supply shortage stage by City Council.
A timeline for the decision-making process is provided in Table 2-1.
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Table 2-1. Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Process
Month Activity
January City of Santa Monica Water Resources Division’s (WRD)
commences the annual water supply and demand assessment
February
WRD presents annual assessment findings and proposed water
supply shortage stage to the Commission on Sustainability,
Environmental Justice, and the Environment
March
WRD prepares an annual water shortage assessment report and
proposed water supply shortage stage, if any, to the Public Works
Department Head for approval
April
Public notification regarding proposed water supply shortage stage,
water shortage response actions, and upcoming City Council
meeting
May/June
WRD presents annual water shortage assessment report findings
and proposed water supply shortage stage to City Council for formal
adoption by resolution
On or before
July 1st
WRD submits a final water shortage assessment report to the State
of California Department of Water Resources (DWR)
2.2 KEY DATA INPUTS
CWC §10632 requires the following data inputs and assessment methodology to be used to
evaluate the urban water supplier’s water supply reliability for the current year and one
dry year:
· Current year unconstrained demand, considering weather, growth, and other
influencing factors, such as policies to manage current supplies to meet demand
objectives in future years, as applicable. Unconstrained demand is defined by the
CWC as “water demand absent any water supply and demand restrictions”.
· Current year available supply, considering hydrological and regulatory conditions in
the current year and one dry year. The annual supply and demand assessment may
consider more than one dry year solely at the discretion of the urban water supplier.
· Existing infrastructure capabilities and plausible constraints (e.g., shutdown of the
City’s water treatment plant for extended durations or unforeseen extended outages
of the City’s groundwater production wells).
· A defined set of locally applicable evaluation criteria that are consistently relied
upon for each annual water supply and demand assessment.
· A description and quantification of each source of water supply.
The following sections describe these inputs in detail.
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2.2.1 Water Demand
Water usage for the City is tracked by six customer categories: Single-Family Residential,
Multi-Family Residential, Commercial/Industrial, Institutional, Landscape, and Fire Service.
Predominate water use in the City is by residential users, which account for more than two-
thirds of the City’s total water consumption. Within the residential users, total water usage
in the multi-family residential category (roughly 44% of total) is significantly higher than
the total water usage of single family residential (roughly 25% total).
Commercial/industrial water consumption is approximately 25% of the total water usage
within the City. The other three sectors (institutional, landscape, and fire service)
combined account for approximately 6-7% of total water use in the City. Table 2-2
summarizes the constrained water demand in the City over the last five years in acre-feet
(AF). An acre-foot is defined as the volume of water that would cover one acre of land to a
depth of one foot. Constrained demand is calculated by subtracting the water demand
reduction (e.g., the City’s water conservation program) from the unconstrained demand.
The City’s water conservation efforts to date equates to approximately 20% of the
unconstrained water demand.
Table 2-2. Constrained Water Demand by Sector in Acre-Feet (2018-2022)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Single Family
Residential 2,773 2,556 2,756 2,845 2,577
Multi-Family
Residential 4,917 4,752 4,944 4,752 4,613
Industrial/
Commercial 3,028 2,914 2,100 2,131 2,458
Institutional 474 356 273 267 289
Landscape
Irrigation 456 450 438 576 469
Fire Service 3 3 2 3 3
Water Loss - - 66 - -1
Constrained
Demand2 11,651 11,030 10,580 10,641 10,432
1Water Loss Audit has yet to be completed for 2022.
2Demand summarized in this table are actual water demand (or constrained water demand as defined by
DWR), which includes water demand reduction from water conservation efforts.
Compared to 2021, single family and multi-family residential water usage in 2022
decreased by 268 AF and 139 AF, respectively. The industrial/commercial sector saw an
increase in usage of 327 AF, which can be attributed to businesses recovering after COVID-
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19. Institutional usage also increased by 22 AF in 2022. Landscape usage decreased by 107
AF, while fire usage increased by 23 AF. Water conservation efforts by the community are a
likely contributor to the decrease in water usage by residential and landscape users.
The water demand summarized in Table 2-2 also considered water loss in the water
distribution system. Distribution system water loss, defined as the difference between
water supplied to the system less authorized consumption, has declined linearly during
this entire reporting period. The City meets the Water Loss Audit Standard through its
participation in annual water audits. The audits are validated by an independent third-
party according to American Water Works Association standards. In 2015, the total water
loss was approximately 3.8%, and in 2016, it was 1.6%. However, subsequent years (2018,
2019, 2021, and 2022) yielded water consumption exceeding water supplied, and therefore
it is assumed that water loss was 0% in 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022.
The discrepancy for water consumption exceeding water supplied has been attributed to
several factors. First, there is a timing issue with the manual meter reading where the City
maintains a 60-day billing cycle so there is a lag in consumption data relative to source
water entering the system. Second, the metering of the source water entering the City’s
distribution system are in multiple locations. The City’s potable water supply has four
sources entering the system: imported water from two MWD feeder services (SMN-01 and
SMN-02) and local treated groundwater from Santa Monica Well 1 and the Arcadia WTP.
MWD’s two feeder service lines both have meters and are maintained by MWD. Santa
Monica Well 1 has a dedicated magnetic flowmeter. The Arcadia WTP does not have a
single flowmeter for the potable water produced. Rather, treated water flow from the
Arcadia WTP is calculated using a composite of multiple internal flowmeters at the Arcadia
WTP. These internal flows originate from internal bypass flows and reverse osmosis
product flows, with each meter subject to its own margin of error. It is likely that the
discrepancies in reporting are due to compounded inaccuracies from the various flow
meters when tabulated.
The City is in the process of installing a single potable water flow meter at the Arcadia
WTP, at the inlet of the Arcadia Reservoir, and upgrading water meters on the customer’s
end with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) throughout the distribution system. The
new meter at the Arcadia WTP will allow for more accurate flow accounting while the AMI
smart meters provide for real-time water demand monitoring in the distribution system as
opposed to the current 60-day meter reading cycle.
2.2.1.1 Water Conservation
The City has a long history of promoting water conservation. In 2002, the City initiated its
Water Efficiency Strategic Plan and in 2004 began implementing various conservation
programs including the No Water Waste and Green Building Ordinances. On August 12,
2014, City Council adopted a resolution declaring a Stage 2 Water Supply Shortage thereby
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requiring mandatory water conservation to achieve a 20% reduction in water use
compared to 2013. Subsequently, on October 28, 2014, City Council also authorized the
significant expansion of staffing and funding to augment the City’s water conservation
efforts to address the state-wide drought and help the City reduce its reliance on imported
water supplies. The City has remained in a Stage 2 Water Shortage since 2014, which has
contributed to a water demand reduction of approximately 20% or approximately 2,500
acre-feet per year (AFY). More recently, the City implemented outdoor watering
restrictions, limiting outdoor watering to two days per week, on July 2022 in response to
severe drought conditions across the State of California.
Water Demand Management is achieved through implementation of various water
conservation and efficiency programs designed to permanently reduce residential and
commercial potable water use. Continuation of existing and implementation of proposed
conservation measures are essential for the City to reduce overall use in the face of
increased demand pressures from new housing and from the commercial and institutional
sectors of the local economy. Below is a list of some of the key conservation measures
currently being implemented:
· Water Neutrality Ordinance (SMMC 7.16.050): On July 1, 2017, the City’s Water
Neutrality Ordinance went into effect, which caps water use for new developments
to the average five-year historical water use for that individual parcel. If the
projected annual water use for the development is greater than existing parcel’s
annual average over the past five years, the increased amount must be offset by
funding water-efficient retrofits of existing buildings elsewhere in the City. Offset
retrofits currently include low-flow indoor fixtures (toilets, urinals, showerheads,
and aerators). The ordinance applies to pools, ponds, spas, and other water features
as well. This ordinance was developed and is implemented by Water Conservation
Unit (WCU) staff. Implementation includes performing over 500 development
project plan checks each year along with determining fees and managing a full-scale
Water Neutrality Direct Install program.
· Recycled Water Ordinance (SMMC 7.12.170): On January 1, 2023, the City’s
recycled water ordinance went into effect which requires all new development
within the recycled water service area and with a total floor area of 7,500 square
feet or more to utilize 100% recycled water for surface irrigation and/or dual-
plumbing applications, as applicable, serving all non-potable water demands within
the development. This includes applications using potable water that can be
replaced with recycled water like landscaping, water features, toilet flushing, and
cooling towers.
· Water Use Allowances (WUAs): The WUA is a component of the WSCP and is the
mechanism to implement the mandatory reduction required by a Water Supply
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Shortage. WUAs represent the amount of water that can be used by a water
customer without risk of receiving an exceedance citation (see below). The WUA for
the current Stage 2 Water Supply Shortage is 20% below the amount of water used
in 2013. Every water customer in the City receives a WUA uniquely calculated for
each billing period.
· Water Use Allowance Exceedance Citations: A water customer can receive an
administrative citation for exceeding their WUA for any given billing period. Citation
fees are $250 for the first exceedance, $500 for the second exceedance (within 12
months of the first) and $1,000 for the third exceedance (within 12 months of the
second). Since 2015, over 1,300 WUA Exceedance Citations have been issued.
· Water Use Consultations: WCU staff make onsite visits to customers to validate
water meter readings and comprehensively audit indoor water use (measuring flush
and flow fixtures, appliances, checking for leaks, behaviors) and outdoor water use
(irrigation system, checking for leaks, behaviors). Recommendations for saving
water are documented and sent to the customer. Consultations have resulted in the
discovery and repair of major leaks, adjustment of irrigation system timers,
installation of low-flow devices (aerators and showerheads [free]), toilets and
urinals (rebates), and water-use behavior changes. This program is free of charge
for any Santa Monica water customer. Since 2015, over 700 consultations have been
provided to City customers.
· Landscape Rebate Program: The City’s most successful rebate program provides
rebates for customers that replace their turf grass and overhead spray irrigation
with sustainable, drought tolerant, and low-water using landscapes with no or drip
irrigation only. Santa Monica’s unique landscape rebate requirements establish
effective water conservation, provide successful and maintainable projects, and
ensure an aesthetically pleasing landscape. Since 2015, over 750 rebate projects
have been completed removing over 1.1 million square feet of turf at a program cost
of $2.5 million.
· Landscape Consultants: The WCU has partnered with professional landscape
professionals who meet with potential landscape rebate customers at their property
and provide expert advice on sustainable landscaping and completing a rebate. This
service is $50 for a two-hour consultation. Since 2015, over 620 Landscape
Consultations have been completed. Note: This program was halted in 2020 due to
COVID-19 budget cuts.
· Water Waste Patrols: WCU staff enforces SMMC 7.16.020, the “No Water Waste”
ordinance. Responses to inbound water waste complaints are handled immediately,
and proactive patrols in the community provide on-site detection of water waste. A
Notice of Violation is issued to the water customer with Citations issued as needed if
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the water waste continues. Since 2015, over 1,500 Notices of Violations have been
issued.
· MWD Water Conservation Rebates: As a member-agency of the MWD, the City
participates in the MWD’s program to provide rebates for high efficiency toilets,
urinals, clothes washers, restaurant appliances, irrigation devices and other devices.
Since 2015, the WCU has increased the supplemental funding added to MWD’s base
rebate amounts to further incentivize installation of these water-conserving devices.
Since 2015, over 7,500 devices have been rebated.
· Free Water Saving Items: WCU staff has distributed thousands of water saving
items to Santa Monica water customers since 2015. These items include low-flow
faucet aerators, low-flow showerheads, automatic shut-off hose nozzles, toilet leak-
detection dye tabs, shower buckets, flow-rate bags, and reusable canvas bags. The
WCU also provides free tent cards and door hangers for hotels/motels to encourage
water conservation by guests through reusing towels and sheets. These free items
are available in the City Hall and are also distributed at outreach events. Since 2015,
over 17,000 water saving devices have been distributed.
· Customer Support: WCU staff provides excellent customer phone and email
support every workday regarding any water conservation issue or program.
Approximately 300 phone calls and emails from Santa Monica water customers are
received and responded to each year.
Depending on funding, additional conservation measures that are planned for
implementation over the next five years include:
· Water Conservation Programs Master Plan: An overall master plan is being
developed to provide a more detailed water conservation framework and
benefit/cost analysis of existing and proposed programs. An outside consultant is
providing guidance and support for developing this plan.
· Marketing/Messaging Program for “Conservation as a Way of Life”: A water
conservation marketing campaign will be created with messaging aligned with the
State’s “Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life.” Drought-related
information will also become part of the messaging.
· Targeted Commercial Sector Programs: Restaurants, hotels, and medical facilities
are the highest commercial users of water in the City. As such, outreach and support
program will be developed for one-on-one audits, evaluations, process
recommendations, and rebate incentives for fixtures/devices to provide meaningful
water savings in these specific sectors. An outside contractor may be used to
develop and implement these programs.
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· Performance Pays: This effort will leverage Metropolitan Water District’s Water
Savings Incentive Program (WSIP) for unique, innovative water conservation
programs. Potential projects include pump pods for fire department trainings and
cooling tower retrofits with new technology.
· School District Retrofits via Water Neutrality Direct Install Program: The scope
of properties where the Water Neutrality Direct Install program retrofits fixtures
will be expanded from residential and CII to include all City campuses of the Santa
Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
· Irrigation System Audit and Repair: Much of the outdoor water waste occurs due
to incorrect watering schedules programmed in customer’s irrigation
timers/controllers (i.e. overwatering). In addition, leaks and broken sprinklers
heads go unnoticed as irrigation is typically run at night and not observed. This new
program will utilize a contractor to provide extensive outdoor audits and make
necessary timer adjustments and simple repairs to save water.
2.2.1.2 Non-potable Water Demand
The City has a dedicated recycled water system that provides service to 30 metered
locations. The primary use of recycled water is for landscape irrigation, but it is also used
for street sweeping, sewer jetting, and for lavatories at two facilities. With the
implementation of the City’s recycled water ordinance, projected water demand is
expected to increase over the coming year as new developments requiring recycled water
come online. The City recently completed the SWIP on November 2023 that will increase
recycled water production up to 1,650 acre-feet per year and also being groundwater
recharge operations using advanced treated recycled water from SWIP by the end of 2023.
Table 2-3. Current Year and Projected Year Demands (Non-Potable)
Current Year
January – December 2022
(AF)
Projected Year
July 2023 – June 2024
(AF)
Non-Potable Reuse 69 72
Aquifer Recharge (Direct Injection)1 0 242
Total Demand 69 314
1200 GPM aquifer injection estimated to begin in October 2023.
2.2.1.3 Unconstrained Demand
The CWC requires water suppliers to estimate the current year’s unconstrained demand as
part of the AWSDA. Unconstrained demand is water demand absent any water supply or
demand restrictions (e.g., voluntary or mandatory conservation). Water suppliers then use
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the current year unconstrained demand, while also considering other factors such as
weather and population growth, to project demand for the twelve-month period following
the July 1st AWSDA deadline (i.e., July 1 to June 30).
Table 2-4 summarizes the current year and projected year unconstrained demands as well
as constrained demands, derived by subtracting an estimated 20% conservation savings.
This 20% reduction is contributed to water conservation activities, which the City has
consistently achieved or exceeded since 2014. Constrained demand for the current year is
included from Table 2-2.
Table 2-4. Current Year and Projected Year Demands (Potable)
Current Year
Unconstrained
January –
December 2022
(AF)
Projected Year
Unconstrained
July 2023 –
June 2024
(AF)
Current Year
Constrained
January –
December
2022
(AF)
Projected Year
Constrained
July 2023 –
June 2024
(AF)
Single Family
Residential 3,221 3,389 2,577 2,711
Multi-Family
Residential 5,766 5,854 4,613 4,683
Industrial/
Commercial 3,073 3,358 2,458 2,686
Institutional 361 404 289 323
Landscape
Irrigation 586 654 469 523
Fire Service 33 3 26 3
Water Loss - - - -
Demand 13,040 13,661 10,432 10,929
The City used a conservative approach for the projected year demands, as the intent of the
AWSDA and requirements of the CWC are to ensure urban water suppliers are able to
maintain reliable water supplies for a projected dry year. Constrained demands for the
projected year (July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024) were calculated using averages of
previous years’ constrained demand. This projection ensures the City is prepared for a
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worst-case scenario (high demand coupled with a dry year). As temperatures continue to
rise due to climate change, California is likely to experience warming by 2 degrees
Fahrenheit or more by 2040. In Los Angeles County, the 12-month average temperature
increased by 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit between May 2020 and April 2022. Higher
temperatures are likely to result in increased water use from year to year. The projected
year demands assumed that it would be hot and dry year (e.g., severe drought conditions).
The projected year demand assumptions for each usage category are as follow:
· Single Family Residential: assumed usage was returning to pre-COVID-19 levels
and continued drought conditions (e.g., hot and dry); used average of 2021 and
2022 actual demand (2021 had the highest usage of the past 5 years and 2022 usage
is slightly greater than 2019 pre-COVID-19 usage and most accurately reflects
recent usage).
· Multi-Family Residential: assumed usage was returning to pre-COVD-19 levels
and continued drought conditions; used average of 2021 and 2022 actual demand
(2021 usage was the same as 2019 pre-COVID-19 and 2022 usage most accurately
reflects recent usage).
· Industrial/Commercial: assumed slight increase in demand due to economic
recovery from COVID-19; used average of 2019 and 2022 actual demand (2019
usage reflects pre-COVID-19 and 2022 usage most accurately reflects recent usage).
· Institutional: assumed slight increase in demand due to economic recovery from
COVID-19; used average of 2019 and 2022 demand (2019 usage reflects pre-COVID-
19 and 2022 usage most accurately reflects recent usage).
· Landscape Irrigation: assumed slight increase in demand due to continued
drought conditions; used average of 2021 and 2022 actual demand (2021 had the
highest usage of the past 5 years and 2022 usage most accurately reflects recent
usage).
· Fire Service: used historical average.
· Water Loss: used historical average.
2.2.2 Water Supply
The City currently purchases imported water from MWD to supplement its local water
supplies. The City is one of 26 retail agencies served by MWD and receives imported water
at two locations: the Arcadia WTP and the Charnock WTP. Both connections are 24 inches
in size and are capable of serving 100% of the City’s water needs. The City’s Tier 1
imported water supply limit from MWD has been 7,406 AFY since 2016, and the City has
been well under this limit in the past 10 years since the Charnock Well Field Restoration
Project was completed in 2010 that restored local groundwater supplies. Additional MWD
supply beyond the Tier 1 limit is also available to the City at a higher Tier 2 water supply
rate.
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The California Water Code requires AWSDAs to evaluate water supply reliability for the
current year and one dry year. Relative to previous years, the local groundwater supply in
2022 was lower than average. The lower local production was a result of two factors. First,
Santa Monica 4 (SM-4), the highest producing well in the City’s second largest producing
groundwater aquifer(the Olympic Well Field) was taken offline due to operational issues.
The other factor that contributed to lower groundwater supply in 2022 and 2023 was the
Arcadia WTP temporarily being taken offline during construction of the Arcadia WTP
expansion project. The Arcadia WTP is the City’s primary drinking water treatment facility
that treats local groundwater supplies. The expansion project will upgrade the Arcadia
WTP to improve production efficiency from 82% to 90% or more and increase the
treatment capacity from 11 million gallons per day (MGD) to a maximum 13 MGD. This
project is scheduled to be completed by March 2024.
To assess supplies under a single dry year (drought year), the City used the available water
supply estimate from the drought risk assessment performed as part of the 2020 Urban
Water Management Plan. The drought risk assessment projected that under a single, worst-
case dry year, the City’s local groundwater supply was approximately 6,755 AF, which
equates to the lowest five-year running average for the City’s water supply from 2010 to
2020. The 2010-2020 time period was chosen because it is after the City completed the
Charnock Well Field Restoration Project in 2010 and is more representative of current
operating conditions (e.g., available groundwater supply and annual MWD imported water
use).
2.2.2.1 Existing Infrastructure Capabilities and Plausible Constraints
In addition to evaluating water supply reliability for the current year and one dry year, the
California Water Code also requires suppliers to consider existing infrastructure
capabilities and plausible constraints. As previously mentioned, construction will be
occurring at the City’s Arcadia WTP through March 2024. It is estimated that this could
result in a decrease in the local groundwater supply of approximately 552 AF for the
Projected Year due to plant shutdowns during construction.
2.2.2.2 Regulatory Considerations
Over 20 years ago, Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA),
compounds once used as gasoline additives, were detected in three of the Charnock Sub-
basin wells. These contaminants shutdown production from the Charnock Sub-basin, the
City’s largest groundwater supply, until the completion of the Charnock Well Field
Restoration Project. The treatment from this project uses Granular Activated Carbon (GAC)
filtration, from coconut shells, to successfully treat MTBE and TBA concentrations to levels
well below the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 5 ppb. As a part of the Charnock Well
Field Restoration Project, additional treatment processes were also added at the Arcadia
WTP including reverse osmosis (RO) and aeration to provide multi-barrier treatment for
the local groundwater.
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More recently in April 2019, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
investigated source water wells in California most vulnerable to Per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) contamination. This included those near airports and landfills, and later
those near secondary sources of PFAS activities. The SWRCB did not require Santa Monica
to sample its sources. However, the City proactively sampled the City’s Drinking Water
sources, and PFOA was detected in the Olympic Well Field. This compound was in addition
to 14 other synthetic organic constituents of potential concern, including trichloroethylene,
tetrachloroethylene, 1,4-dioxane, and 1,2,3-Trichloropropane, identified in the Olympic
subbasin as a result of historical industrial contamination. The City is required to
demonstrate compliance with the Division of Drinking Water (DDW) Process Memo 97-
005-R2020 - Revised Guidance for Direct Domestic Use of Extremely Impaired Sources to
utilize the Olympic subbasin as a drinking water source. As part of maintaining compliance,
the Arcadia WTP expansion will also include the new Olympic Wellfield Restoration Project
to remove these constituents through ultraviolet-advanced oxidation processes and two-
stage GAC in order to amend the City’s drinking water permit to perform continuous
wellfield monitoring for these substances, including PFOA.
In May 2017, the Cities of Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Culver City, and Los
Angeles County signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form the Santa Monica
Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SMBGSA). The SMBGSA is tasked with
implementing an ongoing sustainable groundwater management program for the SMB in
conformance with California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) of 2014.
A key piece of this program is the development of a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP),
which was approved by the SMBGSA in January 2022.
The GSP is the first comprehensive groundwater assessment and management plan specific
to the SMB, which has been identified as a medium-priority groundwater basin by the
California DWR. The SMBGSA is required to provide a description of the sustainable
management criteria that will be used for the basin. As part of the GSP, sustainable
management criteria (e.g., sustainable yield) and interfaces with neighboring groundwater
basins (e.g., West Coast Basin and Central Basin) for the SMB was assessed. Projected
groundwater levels calculated using a calibrated groundwater model indicate that at a
production rate of 9,000 AFY, groundwater elevations will decline and recover based on
the volume of recharge available in the SMB. The City has already begun implementing
projects to aid in maintaining sustainability of the SMB, including groundwater recharge
with advanced treated recycled water from SWIP, advancing monitoring wells to eliminate
data gaps and refine groundwater modeling efforts, and expanding water conservation
programs to permanently reduce water demand.
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2.2.2.3 Projected Available Water Supply
Current year and projected year supply used for the AWSDA are provided in Table 2-5. The
projected year water supply includes existing infrastructure capabilities, plausible
constraints, and regulatory considerations described above. The projected year local
groundwater supply was calculated by subtracting construction-related Arcadia WTP
outages (552 AF) from the water supply from the drought risk assessment (6,755 AF). The
water supply from the drought risk assessment is the lowest five-year running average for
water supply from 2010 to 2020. As a conservative approach, the projected supply
assumes that only MWD’s Tier 1 supply is available.
Table 2-5. Current Year and Projected Year Potable Supply
Current Year
January – December 2022
(AF)
Projected Year
July 2023 – June 2024
(AF)
Local Groundwater 4,082 6,2031
MWD Tier 1 7,406 7,406
Total Supply 11,488 13,609
1Derived from subtracting the 552 AF decrease in groundwater supply from the 6,755 AF water supply used
in the drought risk assessment during the Projected Year due to Arcadia WTP construction.
2.2.2.4 Projected Available Non-Potable Supply
In 2001, the City began operating the SMURRF to treat dry-weather urban runoff that was
previously discharged into Santa Monica Bay from the Pier and Pico-Kenter storm drains.
The SMURRF is operated by Santa Monica, though operating costs and revenues are shared
jointly with the City of Los Angeles, as a Best Management Practice (BMP) facility. Treated
water from SMURRF is sent through a City-wide non-potable water distribution system
that serves parks, medians, Woodlawn Cemetery, and dual-plumbed buildings for toilet
flushing. The non-potable water is also used by City operations for street sweeping, sewer
jetting, and pressure washing. Due to upgrades being made at SMURRF, the facility was
offline during the entire current year (2022). As a result, supplemental potable water was
used to meet recycled water customer demand during this period. The upgraded SMURRF
is expected to be complete and back online Summer 2023.
In addition to SMURRF, the City will be using the SWIP Advanced Water Treatment Facility
(AWTF) to supply non-potable customers Summer 2023. The SWIP AWTF will be the City’s
first wastewater treatment facility and will be able to produce up to 1 MGD, on average, of
advanced treated recycled water (approximately 10% of the City’s water supply). Initially,
advanced treated recycled water would be used to meet non-potable reuse demands.
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Ultimately, the advanced treated recycled water will also be used to augment the
groundwater aquifer at the Olympic Well Field via direct aquifer injection. The City is also
exploring the potential for direct potable reuse in the future when regulatory guidelines
are available in December 2023. Table 2-6 summarizes the current year and projected year
non-potable supplies available to the City.
Table 2-6. Current Year and Projected Year Non-Potable Supply
Current Year
January – December 2022
(AF)
Projected Year
July 2023 – June 2024
(AF)
SMURRF 69 Up to 560
SWIP 0 Up to 1,120
Total Non-Potable Supply 69 Up to 1,680
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3 Supply and Demand Assessment Results and
Recommendations
Results of the AWSDA comparing anticipated unconstrained demand and total water
supply for the projected year are summarized in Table 3-1. A shortage is indicated by a
negative number/percentage, while a surplus is indicated by a positive
number/percentage.
Table 3-1. Assessment Results without Water Shortage Response Actions
Total (AF)
Anticipated Unconstrained Demand 13,661
Anticipated Total Water Supply 13,609
Surplus/Shortage w/out Water Shortage Response Actions1 -52
% Surplus/Shortage w/out Water Shortage Response Actions -0.4%
State Standard Shortage Level without Water Shortage Response
Actions
Level 1
(≤10%shortage )
1 Shortage is indicated by a negative number/percentage; surplus is indicated by a positive
number/percentage.
Results indicate that without water shortage response actions, a -0.4% water supply
shortage is projected for the next year. A -0.4% water supply shortage indicates a State’s
Standard Shortage Level 1 (≤10%shortage) per the WSCP where necessary actions (e.g.,
water conservation) are not required to be taken to enhance the reliability and resiliency of
the available water supply. However, the City recommends staying in a Stage 2 shortage,
where conservation is required to meet the City’s goal of reducing its reliance on imported
water supplies and is discussed further below.
3.1 RECOMMENDED WATER SHORTAGE RESPONSE STAGE
The City’s WSCP utilizes the same water shortage levels as the State and includes water
shortage response actions for each stage. The City’s water shortage stages and associated
water use reduction targets from the City’s WSCP are provided in Table 3-2 on the
following page.
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Table 3-2. Water Shortage Stages and Reduction Targets
Water
Shortage
Stage
Shortage
Level
Water Shortage
Condition
Water Use
Restrictions
City-wide Use
Reduction Goal
Stage 1 ≤10% Minimal Voluntary 10%
Stage 21 10-20% Moderate Mandatory 20%
Stage 3 20-30% Significant Mandatory 30%
Stage 4 30-40% Severe Mandatory 40%
Stage 5 40-50% Critical Mandatory 50%
Stage 6 >50% Catastrophic Mandatory >50%
1Recommended Water Shortage Stage
The recommended Stage 2 Water Shortage Stage includes mandatory water use
restrictions with a City-wide use reduction goal of 20% compared to the 2013 water use
baseline. Water shortage conditions and actions implemented as part of a Stage 2 Water
Shortage Stage are provided in Table 3-3 and Table 3-4.
Table 3-3. Summary of Water Shortage Stages and Conditions
Water
Shortage
Stage
Water Shortage
Level Water Shortage Condition
Stage 1 Up to 10%
Using more than 50% of MWD Tier 1 allowance for
imported/purchased water and/or MINIMAL decrease
in local ground water supply
Stage 2 Up to 20%
Using more than 50% of MWD Tier 1 allowance for
imported/purchased water and/or MINIMAL decrease
in local ground water supply
Stage 3 Up to 30%
Using more than 70% of MWD Tier 1 allowance for
imported/purchased water and/or SIGNIFICANT
decrease in local ground water supply.
Stage 4 Up to 40%
Using more than 80% of MWD Tier 1 allowance for
imported/purchased water and/or ADVANCED decrease
in local ground water supply.
Stage 5 Up to 50%
Using more than 90% of MWD Tier 1 allowance for
imported/purchased water and/or SEVERE decrease in
local ground water supply.
Stage 6 > 50%
Exceeding MWD Tier 1 allowance for
imported/purchased water and/or CATASTROPHIC
decrease in local ground water supply.
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Table 3-4. Summary of Stage 1 and Stage 2 Water Shortage Response Actions
Water
Shortage
Stage Action
Estimated
Reduction
Stage 1 Offer Water Use Surveys 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Provide Rebates on Plumbing Fixtures and Devices 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Provide Rebates for Landscape Irrigation Efficiency 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Provide Rebates for Turf Replacement 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Landscape - Restrict or prohibit runoff from landscape
irrigation 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific times 1% - 2%
Stage 1 CII - Restaurants may only serve water upon request 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Water Features - Restrict water use for decorative water
features, such as fountains 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Pools and Spas - Require covers for pools and spas 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Other - Customers must repair leaks, breaks, and
malfunctions in a timely manner 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Other - additional conservation measures by City staff 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Other - Irrigation Association’s Best Management Practices
for all City landscaped areas 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Other – immediate notification by City staff of any leaks
seen on City property or private property 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Other – immediate notification by City staff of any leaks
seen on City property or private property 1% - 2%
Stage 2 Other – continued implementation of Stage 1 actions 10% - 20%
Stage 2 Other - Implement Water Use Allowances (WUAs) for a
20% reduction from the amount of water used in 2013. 10% - 20%
Stage 2 Expand Public Information Campaign 1% - 10%
Stage 2 Increase Water Waste Patrols 1% - 10%
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The goal of water shortage response actions is to reduce demand and enhance the
reliability of the City’s water supply. For a Stage 2 Shortage, the City’s WSCP identifies a list
of actions that aim to reduce water demand in the City by 20%. The City has been in a
Stage 2 water shortage stage since 2014 and has consistently achieved 20% reductions in
water demand. The estimated reduction in water demand resulting from Stage 2 actions for
the projected year is approximately 2,732 AF.
In addition to water demand reduction, water supply augmentation may also be used as a
water shortage response action. The City plans to use Tier 2 imported water supply from
MWD as a supply augmentation action during prolonged, planned local groundwater
supply outages (e.g., shutdown of the Arcadia WTP or the Charnock Well Field for over 2
months). As previously discussed, the Arcadia WTP is temporarily offline for construction
and during these outages, additional water from MWD, beyond the City’s Tier 1 allocation
will need to be purchased to supplement the City’s supply. The proposed supply
augmentation budget allowed from the MWD Tier 2 is 5,600 AF, which is equivalent to the
current year’s highest six consecutive month total supply and coincides with how long
planned outages in local water supplies may last (e.g., construction at the Arcadia WTP or
replacement of groundwater wells). Tier 2 water is not listed as a water shortage response
action in Table 3-4 because it would only be used in certain circumstances (e.g. planned
construction), and is not tied to customer water usage. The WSCP will be revised to reflect
the addition of supply augmentation as a water shortage response.
The City recommends staying in a Stage 2 Shortage for a variety of reasons:
· First, the Water Conservation Act of 2009 (Senate Bill X7-7) required water
suppliers in California to decrease urban per capita water use by 20% by the year
2020. The City met this goal, and by staying in a Stage 2 Shortage, the City would be
able to continue meeting this requirement.
· Second, if the Stage 2 Shortage was lifted, water demand could increase due to the
public’s perception of relaxed conservation requirements, thus increasing the
purchase of imported water. This could impact water rates and potentially lead to a
heavier burden on the City’s rate payers.
· Third, while California has seen heavy rain thus far in 2023, this does not
completely alleviate the long-term impacts of the current drought or the state’s
chronic water supply challenges. The rain events have been beneficial for the State
Water Project (imported water from Northern California); however, Southern
California’s other major imported water supply from the Colorado River has yet to
recover from over 20 years of drought conditions, and studies suggest the Colorado
River may not recover in our lifetime
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Staying in a Stage 2 Water Shortage is prudent for the City in order to maintain demand
reduction so that we are prepared for the next inevitable, extended dry period.
The severe drought California has faced since 2020, paired with the heavy rains of 2023,
showcase that climate change results in greater variability and volatility of weather
patterns. Investments in the City’s water supply resiliency are necessary to mitigate against
these extreme weather events. The SWIP and Arcadia WTP Expansion are examples of the
City’s efforts in adapting the City’s water portfolio to climate change impacts. The SWIP
leverages stormwater, when it is available during wet weather events, and municipal
wastewater to produce purified water to recharge local groundwater aquifers. The Arcadia
WTP will improve production efficiencies to produce additional drinking water without
increasing local groundwater pumping through first-of-its-kind, high-efficiency Flow
Reversal Reverse Osmosis technology. Both projects are expected to be online within the
projected year. Coupled with water conservation activities, these components represent
the culmination of the 2018 SWMP to improve water resiliency, self-sufficiency, and
sustainability.
The long-term vision of the City is to center on water conservation, per CA Executive Order
B-37-16: Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life. Local conservation goals are
detailed in the City’s Water Conservation Master Plan. Implementing cutting edge projects,
along with great water conservation efforts from the public, the City is able to prepare for
future. Table 3-5 highlights the benefits of remaining in a Stage 2 Shortage. The City is able
to jump from a -0.4% shortage to a 20% surplus in water supply using Stage 2 Shortage
response actions.
Table 3-5. Assessment Results with Stage 2 Water Shortage Response Actions
Total (AF)
Projected Year Supply (Local Groundwater and MWD Tier 1 Supply) 13,609
Total Supply 13,609
Projected Unconstrained Demand 13,661
Benefit from Stage 2 Water Demand Reduction Actions (2,732)
Constrained Demand 10,929
Revised Surplus w/ Water Shortage Response Actions
(Total Supply – Constrained Demand) 2,680
Revised % Surplus w/ Water Shortage Response Actions 20%
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3.2 ONGOING REASSESSMENTS
The City has been providing monthly water production and conservation reports to the
SWRCB since July 2014 to comply with the statewide drought emergency water
conservation regulation. While the emergency regulation expired in November 2017, the
City continues to report voluntarily. Monthly reports became mandatory again in October
2020 after the SWRCB adopted a new regulation on Monthly Urban Water Conservation
Reporting. The new reporting regulation requires monthly reporting of key elements and
additional information during water shortages. The reports, compiled by the City, include
information on residential water use, total potable water production, measures
implemented to conserve water and improve efficiency, and local enforcement actions. The
reports are submitted to the SWRCB’s Drinking Water Information Clearinghouse online
portal.
Over the next few years, the City will also be upgrading its water meters with AMI, which
will allow real-time water demand monitoring as opposed to the current 60-day meter
reading cycle. Past studies have shown AMI to reduce water demand by as much as 5-7%
of the total water supply. The City is also working on three master planning documents: a
Water Master Plan, a Water Conservation Master Plan, and a Recycled Water Master Plan.
These master plans will help identify water system improvements over the next ten years,
refine the implementation of water conservation measures to further reduce water
demand, and plan for the expansion of the recycled water system.
On the water supply side, the City’s WRD provides monthly water production reports to
interested parties within the City. The reports include information on well production,
finished local water production and imported water purchased. Staff will continue monthly
monitoring of water supplies to assess water shortage conditions.
On the non-potable water supply side, the future non-potable water supply capability far
exceeds projected demand. It is anticipated that the SMURRF and SWIP AWTF will operate
to meet non-potable demand and aquifer recharge demand at one injection well. To
maximize the use of advanced treated recycled water, the City is analyzing potential sites
for up to two additional injection wells and exploring the potential for direct potable reuse
in the future to further enhance the reliability and resiliency of the City’s water supply
portfolio.
As an adaptive management plan, the WSCP will be refined as needed to ensure it
continues to effectively address potential water shortage conditions. On an ongoing basis,
using the reports and compliance tracking process described above, any necessary changes
to the WSCP will be identified. In addition, as a part of annual demand and supply
assessments, the WSCP will be reviewed with refinements incorporated as needed.
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City Council Meeting: June 13, 2023 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADOPTING THE 2023
ANNUAL WATER SHORTAGE ASSESSMENT REPORT
WHEREAS, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 1414 amending
Sections 10608.34, 10609.20, 10609.22, 10609.24, 10609.26, 10621, 10631, and
10632.1 of, and to add Section 10609.25 to, the California Water Code; and
WHEREAS, Section 10632.1 of the California Water Code requires an urban
water supplier to conduct an annual water supply and demand assessment and submit
an annual water shortage assessment report to the California Department of Water
Resources consistent with the supplier’s water shortage contingency plan by July 1 of
each year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica is an urban supplier of water; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica water shortage contingency plan requires
annual water shortage assessment reports to be adopted by City Council after public
review and a public hearing, and filed with the California Department of Water Resources
by July 1 of each year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica has prepared and circulated for public review a
draft 2023 annual water shortage assessment report, and a noticed public hearing regarding
the report was held by City Council on June 13, 2023.
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WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the contents of the draft
2023 annual water shortage assessment report and determined that it complies with Section
10632 of the California Water Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Recitals above are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that the City is in conformance with all applicable
requirements of Section 10632 of the California Water Code.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby adopts the City's 2023 annual water shortage
assessment report.
SECTION 4. The Water Resources Manager is hereby authorized and directed to file
the 2023 annual water shortage assessment report with the California Department of Water
Resources by July 1, 2023.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution of the
City Council, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DOUGLAS SLOAN
City Attorney
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From:Amanda Grossman
To:councilmtgitems
Subject:Item 12a - Water Shortage Assessment Report
Date:Monday, June 12, 2023 4:03:20 PM
Attachments:23.04.17_WaterShortageAssessmentPlan.docx
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Good afternoon,
Attached is a motion made by the Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the
Environment regarding Item 12a - Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report. Please let me know if
you need any additional information. Thank you.
Amanda Grossman (She/Her)
Sustainability Analyst
LEED Green Associate, TRUE Advisor, ENV SP
(310) 458-2201 x 2406
Sustainablesm.org
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Packet Pg. 553 Attachment: Written Comments (5638 : Public Hearing and Adoption of Resolution for the 2023 Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report)
Memo
To: City of Santa Monica City Council and City Manager’s Office
From: Dean Kubani, Chair, Commission on Sustainability, Environmental
Justice and the Environment
Signature:
Date: April 18, 2023
Re: City of Santa Monica Commission on Sustainability, Environmental
Justice, and the Environment Motion Regarding the Water Supply
and Demand Assessment Report
At the April 17, 2023 regular meeting, the Commission on Sustainability,
Environmental Justice, and the Environment discussed and took action on the
following agenda item:
a. Water Supply and Demand Assessment
i) Dinaz Kureishy (Civil Engineer Assistant) presented update to the
Water Supply and Demand Assessment report. The report
assesses the projected water supply and usage for the City.
ii) Staff recommends staying in Stage 2 Water conservation efforts
and helps the City meet water self-sufficiency goals and reduces
the amount of imported water.
iii) The report will be presented to Council in June and then to the
Department of Water Resources in July.
After discussion, the Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice,
and the Environment made the following motion:
The Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the
Environment recommends that Council to support the resolution to adopt
the 2023 Water Shortage Assessment Report.
The motion was made by Vice Chair Mearns, and seconded by Member
Sokol.
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The motion was approved by the following roll call vote:
Ayes: Chair Kubani
Vice Chair Mearns
Member Lempert
Member Sokol
Noes: None
Abstain: None
Absent: Member Pettit and Member Tower
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City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: June 13, 2023
Agenda Item: 12.B
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Rick Valte, Public Works Director, Public Works, Resource Recovery &
Recycling
Subject: Public Hearing and Adoption of Solid Waste Rate Resolution
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Hold a public hearing.
2. Receive public comment pursuant to Proposition 218 requirements.
3. Consider all protests against the proposed solid waste rate increases that have
been submitted in accordance with Proposition 218.
4. Adopt findings of Statutory Exemption pursuant to Public Resources Code
20180(b)(8) and Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15273 of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
5. Adopt the attached resolution establishing a five-year schedule of solid waste
rates effective August 1, 2023, for FY 2023-24 and July 1 every year thereafter
through July 1, 2027, for FY 2027-28.
Summary
The City’s Resource Recovery and Recycling Division (RRR) provides year-round
sanitation services to over 93,000 Santa Monica residents plus additional daytim e
workers and visitors. These services, such as solid waste collection, recycling, organics
recycling, alley cleanup, street sweeping, household hazardous waste collection, and
zero waste education, are primarily funded through solid waste utility rates. The last
solid waste rate increase was approved by the City Council nine years ago in 2014.
In 2020, the City consciously paused a proposed solid waste rate increase at the
beginning of the COVID-19 global pandemic to avoid imposing additional financial
hardships on ratepayers. After a three-year rate freeze, RRR now relies on spending
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down reserves in its enterprise fund in order to sustain a $37 million sanitation operation
with 93.9 full-time-equivalent (FTE) essential workers who collected over 176 million
pounds of organics, recyclables, and landfill trash in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 while trying
to keep pace with escalating costs due to inflation, increasing community needs, and
State regulatory compliance. Without a rate increase, RRR would deplete its reserves in
2024. In order to preserve the City’s ability to provide residents and businesses with
reliable and cost effective municipal solid waste management services while ensuring
the RRR Fund remains financially self-sustaining, the proposed rate adjustments are
critical and necessary.
The 2023-2028 Five-Year Solid Waste Rate Study (Attachment A) recommends an 11
percent increase per year from Fiscal Year 2023-24 through Fiscal Year 2027-28.
Furthermore, a rate restructuring in the first year is recommended for multi-family and
commercial customers to eliminate the livable unit charges and water meter charges
and fold in street sweeping services into one bundled solid waste and recycling rate in
order to simplify and modernize the rate structure to meet solid waste industry standards.
These recommendations were presented and supported by the City Council during the
study session held on February 28, 2023. Even with the proposed increases, Santa
Monica’s solid waste rates are still among the lowest in Los Angeles County.
This report discusses the proposed solid waste rates and new or improved community
programs funded by the new rates, including the creation of a new income -qualified
Solid Waste Rate Assistance Program, a new Community Cleanup Program, and the
enhancement of the existing Bulky Item Illegal Dumping Response Program.
Pursuant to Proposition 218 legal requirements, staff recommends that the City Council
conduct a public hearing at the Council Meeting on June 13, 2023, receive community
comments, and approve the proposed solid waste rates for 2023-2028.
Background
In support of a clean, safe, and sustainable Santa Monica, the 2023-2028 Five-Year
Solid Waste Rate Study proposes new rates that will enable the City to meet increasing
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community needs including regulatory compliance with the new statewide mandatory
organics recycling law Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383), increase alley cleaning frequencies,
enhance bulky item and illegal dumping pickup services, support volunteer -organized
community cleanup activities, sweep the City’s increasing inventory of protected bicycle
lanes, and continue its sustainability efforts to achieve the City Council’s goal of zero
waste by 2030, which is defined as lowering the per capita landfill disposal rate to 1.1
pounds per person per day (PPD) by 2030 from the current rate of 3.5 PPD.
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Discussion
Clean and Safe
At the study session on February 28, 2023, staff presented two rate adjustment options
and one alternative outcome in detail (Attachment B) for the City C ouncil’s discussion:
Table 1. Solid Waste Rate Option Summary
Option
Additional
Staffing
Level
Proposed
Annual
Increase
Anticipated Outcome
One – Enhanced Clean and Safe
Services (RECOMMENDED)
15.12 FTE 11% Enhanced bulky item illegal dumping collection
Proactive weekly alley cleanup
Quarterly community cleanup program
Two – Right-Size Basic Services 8.12 FTE 10.2% Right-size existing basic services
No enhanced bulky item illegal dumping collection
No quarterly community cleanup program
Alternative (NOT RECOMMENDED) 0 FTE 9% Staffing shortages persist
Missed or delayed collections continue
City’s cleanliness degrades
City Council supported rate adjustment Option One, titled Enhanced Clean and Safe
Services, which supports a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable City by providing the
tangible community benefits summarized in Table 2.
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Table 2. Services Included in the Enhanced Clean & Safe Services Proposed Solid Waste Rates
Service Category
Service
Frequency
Benefits to the Community
On-Site Organics Recycling for All Weekly All residential and business locations will be
provided with on-site organics collection and
recycling services of green waste, food waste, and
food-soiled papers at no additional charge
Reliable Curbside Collection Services Weekly On-time weekly collection of landfill trash (black
container), recyclables (blue container), and
organics (green containers)
Enhanced Bulky Item and Illegal Dumping
Collection Program
Weekly Proactive and frequent removal of illegally dumped
and abandoned items from alleys and sidewalks to
minimize undesirable behaviors and improve the
City’s overall cleanliness
Year-Round Recycling Events Monthly All residents have access to free recycling events
that rotate monthly, including compost and kitchen
pail giveaways, paper shredding and recycling,
collection and recycling of hard-to-recycle items
such as electronic waste, mattresses, box springs,
and carpets
New Community Cleanup Program Quarterly A new, volunteer-driven program that empowers
residents and businesses to play a part in cleaning
up their neighborhood with City-supported supplies
and resources
Enhanced Sweeping Program Year-Round
As Needed
Routine sweeping of all City streets, alleys, and
protected bike paths; increased removal of fallen
palm fronds from public right-of-way
Enhanced Zero Waste Education and Outreach Year-Round
As Needed
Increased capacity and frequency to provide waste
reduction and recycling education to residents and
businesses through all means, including social
media, mailers, in-person appointments,
inspections, and on-site technical assistance
On-Demand Household Hazardous Waste
(HHW) Collection
Year-Round
As Needed
All residents can request a HHW collection from
their doorstep at no additional charge
The proposed rates shown in Table 3 are for two months of service (the City bills bi-
monthly, or six times a year) for some of the most frequently chosen landfill trash
service levels by customer type. Recycling and organics recycling services are b undled
in the rates at no additional charge. RRR offers a wide variety of service levels, ranging
from one 65-gallon trash cart with once-a-week collection to multiple 4-cubic-yard trash
bins with seven-day-a-week collection. A complete set of proposed solid waste rates for
all service levels from 2023-2028 is attached (Attachment C) and posted online at
www.santamonica.gov/solid-waste-rates.
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Table 3. Proposed Rates of Typical Solid Waste Services
Customer Type
Current
Proposed
8.1.2023
Proposed
7.1.2024
Proposed
7.1.2025
Proposed
7.1.2026
Proposed
7.1.2027
Single-Family
One 65-gallon 1x per week collection $83.55 $92.74 $102.94 $114.26 $126.83 $140.78
One 95-gallon 1x per week collection $107.79 $119.65 $132.81 $147.42 $163.64 $181.64
Multi-Family
Four-unit apartment with two 95-gallon
1x per week collection
$198.56 $239.30 $265.62 $294.84 $327.28 $363.28
Ten-unit apartment with one 300-
gallon 2x per week collection
$445.16 $550.00 $610.50 $677.66 $752.20 $834.94
Commercial
One 2-cubic-yard 1x/week
collection with 0.75-inch water meter
$262.67 $309.38 $344.01 $382.45 $425.11 $472.46
One 3-cubic-yard 3x/week
collection with 3-inch water meter
$1,060.22 $1,411.11 $1,566.96 $1,739.94 $1,931.91 $2,144.97
For single-family customers, the proposed rate increase is 11% annually for all five
years. For multi-family and commercial ratepayers, the Year One increase on August 1,
2023, is greater than the subsequent years. A rate restructuring is required for these
customers in the first year to eliminate the livable unit charges and water meter charges
and fold in street sweeping services into one bundled rate to ensure the City’s rate
structure is consistent among all customer types and align with solid waste industry
standards. Year Two through Year Five increases are identical to single-family
customers at 11%.
With the proposed increases, Santa Monica’s solid waste rates for single -family
customers are slightly higher than some cities, but it is important to note the City also
provides more services to its residents at no additional charge, such as year -round
recycling events and on-demand door-to-door household hazardous waste collection.
On the other hand, the City’s multi-family and commercial rates are among the lowest in
Los Angeles County because some cities contract out the collection services for those
customer types to private haulers, while Santa Monica remains one of only three cities
in the County (including Culver City and Claremont) that provide municipal solid waste
management services to all customers. This demonstrates the benefits of a municipally -
run solid waste management operation.
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The new rates would be effective on August 1, 2023, and annually thereafter on the first
day of the fiscal year from July 1, 2024, through July 1, 2027. The additional revenues
generated from the rate increases are anticipated to keep the RRR Fund in a positive
fund balance, but the continued use of RRR reserve funds through FY 2025-26 are
anticipated to be required to keep the annual increase to 11% and not at a higher rate.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, over time, RRR Fund reserves are projected to
be restored to an industry best practice standard of a minimum 90-days of operating
expenditures.
Sustainability
Besides cost effectiveness, having full, local control of a municipal operation means
RRR maintains the flexibility in its service offerings and the ability to set priorities that
are important to the community, such as doubling down on bulky item illegal dumping
cleanup efforts while recovering recyclable items (e.g. cardboards dumped on the
ground) and diverting them from landfills, committing to sustainable waste management
strategies, including continued implementation of mandatory organics recycling of all
residents and businesses, and striving towards the City Council’s sustainability goal of
achieving zero waste by 2030, which is locally defined as reducing the landfill disposal
rate to 1.1 pounds per person per day (PPD). Currently, the City generates 3.5 PPD,
and much progress is needed in zero waste strategy implementation.
New: Solid Waste Rate Assistance Program
Council supported staff’s recommendation of allocating General Fund resources to
create an income-qualified Solid Waste Rate Assistance Program to minimize the
financial impacts on eligible ratepayers.
Staff recommends mirroring the eligibility criteria of the City’s existing water and
wastewater (sewer) utility rates low-income assistance program. Currently, income-
qualified customers who are enrolled in Southern California Edison and Southern
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California Gas Company’s California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE)1 program can
submit proof of CARE program enrollment to the City and apply for discounted water
and wastewater rates, which reduces the Tier 1 rate by $1 per hundred cubic feet. The
actual discount varies depending on water usage. Instead of creating a stand -alone
application process for the solid waste rate discount, staff proposes easing the burden
on customers and simplifying the administrative process by automatically enrolling all
CARE customers who qualify for the water and wastewater rate discounts in a 10%
discount on the solid waste rate. Currently, the City has 444 CARE customers.
Staff believes a 10% discount would provide a significant relief to CARE customers to
help offset the proposed 11% increase. Staff analysis indicates 64% of the CARE
customers are single-family residents and smaller multi-family building owners. New
discount applications are accepted and approved year-round, and the discount would
be reflected on the following billing cycle’s utility statement. Proposition 218 prohibits
one ratepayer class from subsidizing the utility rates of another ratepayer class, which
dictates such discounts must be funded outside of the RRR enterprise fund.
Accordingly, General Fund resource have been identified to support this program.
Enhanced: Bulky Item Illegal Dumping (BIID) Response Team
Collection and removal of abandoned items, bulky items, and illegal dumping from the
public right-of-way is one of the most frequently requested services in the City’s 311
system. Residents perceive the cleanliness of their neighborhood by not only how timely
the City collects the materials inside the trash, recycling, and organics containers, but
also items discarded outside the containers and on the ground, in the alleys, and by the
curb. RRR recognizes bulky item and illegal dumping collection is a community priority
but has not had the staffing to provide proactive daily cleanups of the City’s 200 -plus
miles of streets and alleys after losing a significant number of contract and as -needed
workers during the COVID-19 budget cuts and restructuring in 2020.
1 California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program qualification is based on one of two criteria: 1) a
household member’s participation in a public assistance program, such as, but not limited to, Women,
Infants, and Children (WIC), CalFresh/SNAP (Food Stamps), Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
Medicaid, or Medi-Cal; or 2) the total combined gross annual household income does not exceed $36,620
for households with a 1-2 people, $46,060 for a 3-person household, and $55,500 for a 4-person
household.
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If the proposed new rates are approved, RRR would be able to hire more permanent,
full-time sanitation workers to fully restore and expand the Bulky Item Illegal Dumping
(BIID) team. The BIID team would proactively inspect “hot spots,” especially in highly
visible/high-traffic locations, because those areas have the greatest impact on our
residents and visitors’ perception of the City. The BIID team would also monitor the
streets and alleys of a different section of the City every day, removing it ems from the
ground and separating out recyclable items such as clean and dry mattresses and
cardboard and diverting them from the landfill. Simultaneously, RRR would launch a
community awareness campaign to promote reuse and anti-dumping. Given the
necessary time required to hire and train new City workers and establish a public
education campaign, it is anticipated the community should experience a noticeable
improvement in 311 response time for bulky item/illegal dumping collection and cleaner
streets and alleys by the first quarter of the 2024 calendar year.
New: Community Cleanup Program
The new rates would also provide the resources needed to create and support a new,
volunteer-driven Community Cleanup Program. Community members want to make a
difference in the neighborhood they live in and be part of the solution, and this program
would empower them to do that. Under the Community Cleanup Program, volunteers
from residents, businesses, schools, or community-based organizations can apply for a
neighborhood cleanup day on a specified date. RRR would provide volunteers with
gloves, bags, and trash pickers. At the end of the cleanup event, RRR sanitation
workers and collection trucks would remove the trash bags and any oversized items.
The BIID team mentioned in the previous section would support the Community
Cleanup Program, so the program is anticipated to launch in early 2024 at a quarterly
frequency after the BIID team is fully staffed and trained.
Public Outreach and Support from the Sustainability Commission
Since the February 2023 study session, RRR staff have presented to and/or shared the
rate study information with all seven neighborhood groups in the City; met twice with the
major business stakeholders including the Chamber of Commerce, Santa M onica Travel
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& Tourism, Santa Monica Pier Corporation, and Business Improvement Districts (BID)
leaders; advertised in SaMoNews and the Buy Local Newsletter; published a notice of
the public hearing in the Santa Monica Daily Press; mailed a full-color educational
Proposition 218 public notice to all residents and solid waste account holders; created a
website with all the pertinent rate study information and frequently asked questions at
www.santamonica.gov/solid-waste-rates; and created an email address for inquiries at
swrates@santamonica.gov. Additionally, staff presented twice to the Commission on
Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the Environment. At its April 17, 2023, public
meeting, the Commission passed a motion to support RRR’s proposed rate increases
and the zero-waste programming funded by these rates (Attachment D).
Pursuant to Proposition 218 legal requirements, the City Council must hold a public
hearing at the conclusion of a 45-day notice period on June 13, 2023, to receive public
comments. Moreover, the City Clerk will tally the Proposition 218 protests received at
the public hearing. Absent a majority protest of one vote per property (50% plus one),
the Council can approve the proposed rate increases.
Environmental Review
The establishment of the new solid waste rates is exempt from CEQA pursuant to
Section 21080(b)(8) of the Public Resources Code and Section 15273 of the CE QA
Guidelines, which states that CEQA does not apply to the establishment, modification,
structuring, restructuring, or approval of rates, tolls, fares, and other charges by public
agencies which the public agency finds are for the purpose of meeting operating
expenses, including employee wage rates. The new solid waste rates would ensure that
the City has the ability to continue to provide municipal solid waste management
services, and therefore, are exempt from CEQA
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
The proposed new rates will impact the RRR (54) Fund as follows:
• Revenues: An estimated $6.1 million in additional utility billing revenues in FY
2023-24.
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• Expenditures: An estimated $3.7 million in additional operating and capital
expenditures in FY 2023-24.
• FTEs: An addition of 18 FTE permanent positions, offset by a deletion of 2.88
FTE as-needed positions, for a net increase of 15.12 FTE positions.
The proposed revenues, expenditures and positions are included in the FY 2023 -25
Proposed Biennial Budget, and one-time vehicle expenditures of $1.2 million will be
including in a subsequent budget process.
The estimated subsidy required for the Solid Waste Rate Assistance Program is also
included in the FY 2023-25 Proposed Biennial Budget. The General Fund will reimburse
the RRR Fund for the subsidy amount annually based on actual need through an
interfund transfer. Future year funding is contingent on Council budget approval.
Prepared By: Yvonne Yeung, Resource Recovery and Recycling Administrator
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Solid Waste Rate Study 2023-2028
B. Staff Report - Five-Year Rate Study 2023-2028 (Web Link)
C. Five Year Solid Waste Rate Table 2023-2028
D. Sustainability Commission Letter of Support
E. Resolution - Solid Waste Rates 2023-2028
F. Written Comments
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REPORT
City of Santa Monica
Submitted electronically: February 6, 2023
Five-Year Rate Study
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405 14th Street, Suite 350, Oakland, CA 94612 | p 916.782.7821 | f 916.782.7824 | www.r3cgi.com
February 6, 2023
Ms. Yvonne Yeung
Acting Resource Recovery and Recycling Manager
City of Santa Monica
2500 Michigan Ave, Building 9s, Santa Monica, CA 90404
submitted via email: Yvonne.Yeung@smgov.net
SUBJECT: Report – Five-Year Rate Study
Dear Ms. Yeung,
R3 Consulting Group (R3) is pleased to submit this Report to the City of Santa Monica (City) detailing our
analysis findings, and recommendations related to Santa Monica’s Resource Recovery and Recycling
(RRR) Divisions enterprise fund and solid rates for fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 through FY 2027-28.
In 2019, the City engaged R3 to conduct a rate study forecasting revenues, expenses, and necessary
rate increases effective FY 2020-21 through FY 2024-25. The results of that rate study were completed in
March 2020, just prior to start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and were not brought forward for Council
adoption because of the economic uncertainty at the time.
This updated rate study follows up on that prior engagement, with findings and recommendations
including:
The City’s RRR Division provides comprehensive solid waste, recycling, street sweeping, and
other services necessary to fulfill unfunded State and other mandates.
The RRR enterprise fund is currently operating at a budgeted deficit due to not adjusting solid
waste rates since FY 2019-20.
The RRR enterprise fund will be nearly exhausted by the end of FY 20223-24 and will not be
able to continue operations into FY 2024-25 without immediate increases in rate revenues.
The City provides a comparably high level of service to its residents and businesses compared
to other publicly run solid waste operations.
After needed updates to the City’s rate structure and increases to rate revenues, the City’s rates
for single-family residents will remain appropriate given the level of service being provided, and
rates for multi-family residents and businesses will remain low compared to other communities.
* * * * *
We appreciate the opportunity to continue to be of service to the City. Should you have any questions on
our Report, please don’t hesitate to reach out directly.
Sincerely,
Garth Schultz | Principal
R3 Consulting Group, Inc.
510.292.0853 | gschultz@r3cgi.com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report TOC
1. Executive Summary & Background
page 1
2. RRR Enterprise Fund Is At Risk
page 3
3. Five-Year Rate Study Overview
page 5
4. Revenue, Expense, & Reserve Projections
page 6
5. Five-Year Rate Projections
page 9
Supporting Figures
1 Cost Increases by Category for FY 2022-23 over FY 2021-22 ...............................................3
2 Expense Projections for Five-Year Rate Study ......................................................................7
3 History and Projections of Revenues, Expenses and Reserves by Year ...............................8
4 Comparison of Single-Family Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected) ................... 10
5 Comparison of Multi-Family Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected) ...................... 12
6 Comparison of Commercial Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected) ...................... 14
Supporting Tables
1 Single-Family 65-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates ........................................................................9
2 Single-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates ........................................................................9
3 Annual Change in Single-Family 65-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates ..........................................9
4 Annual Change in Single-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates ..........................................9
5 Multi-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates (4-Units) .......................................................... 11
6 Multi-Family 2-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (10-Units) ......................................... 11
7 Annual Change in Multi-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates (4-Units) ............................ 11
8 Annual Change in Multi-Family 2-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (10-Units) ........... 11
9 Commercial 3-CY 1x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (0.75” WM) ........................................ 13
10 Commercial 3-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (1.5” WM) .......................................... 13
11 Annual Change in Commercial 3-CY 1x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (0.75” WM) .......... 13
12 Annual Change in Commercial 3-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (1.5” WM) ............ 13
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & BACKGROUND
City of Santa Monica | Five-Year Rate Study – Report 1 of 14
Executive Summary
The City of Santa Monica’s Resource Recovery and Recycling Division (RRR) provides critical solid
waste and recycling, public health, sustainable materials management, short-lived climate pollutant
greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, and Clean & Safe community programs and services to residents and
businesses in the City of Santa Monica. Santa Monica is among the few public agencies that provides
these services to residents and businesses as a municipal operation, from which the primary benefit is
the City’s direct control over programs, flexibility in service, and ability to adapt in response to public
needs. 95% of RRR’s funding comes from rates charged via the City’s utility bill – those rates have not
been changed since fiscal year (FY) 2019-20 and are overdue for updates.
The City had previously planned to update rates in FY 2020-21, in order to provide the new programs
needed to address increasing demand for extra solid waste collection, combat illegal dumping, and fund
progress towards achievement of the City’s 2030 Zero Waste Goal. Additionally, important updates to
multi-family and commercial rates were needed to align with single-family residential rates and best
practices for solid waste rate structuring. Updates to rates were not implemented that year, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, and the City remains without an approved plan to set rates in future years.
RRR is a well-managed operating providing high levels of service to the community, and had a history of
low-rate increases, well-controlled expenses, and stable reserves above target levels. However, since the
inception of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the available reserves in RRR’s enterprise fund have been
spent, despite RRR cutting staffing and programs, deferring capital replacements and projects, and
leveraging one-time revenues all in an effort to continue providing services while avoiding increases in
charges to ratepayers. Today, the RRR Fund is at a critical moment wherein rate increases are required
for RRR to continue operating for much longer – without rate increases in FY 2023-24, RRR Fund
reserves will be fully exhausted early in FY 2024-25 and RRR will not be able to function.
The results of the City’s new RRR rate study will achieve sustainable funding for operations, restore
operations to pre-COVID-19 levels, and replenish reserves to safe levels. Rate increases for single-family
rates effective August 1, 2023 and July 1 of 2024 through 2027 of 10.2% to 11% are recommended – with
these increases, the average annual increase over the last 15-years is just over 5%, which is directly in
keeping with solid waste industry trends. Updates to multi-family and commercial rates to bundle street
sweeping charges into solid waste rates is also recommended, resulting in varying changes (from
approximately 2% to 50%) in effective August 1, 2023 and 10.2% to 11% on July 1 of 2024 through 2027.
After update and adjustment, the City’s multi-family and commercial rates will remain well below most
other comparable agencies, and the City’s single-family residential rates will be comparable to other
agencies given the comparably high level of service the City provides.
Background and Services
RRR is an enterprise operation provides solid waste and recycling collection, processing and disposal,
and street sweeping services to residents and businesses in Santa Monica. Santa Monica is among a
small and unique set of public agencies in Los Angeles County that provide municipal solid waste
services to residents and businesses, with only two other cities (Claremont and Culver City) providing full
service solid waste programs to their constituents. Publicly provided solid waste services like Santa
Monica’s can provide a great deal of control, flexibility, and responsiveness to community needs
compared to private operations secured through long-term agreements.
Services and programs provided by RRR are critical to preserve public health and are also required to
fulfill State mandates for the reduction of GHG emissions. Per SB 1383 (The Short-Lived Climate
Pollutant Act of 2016) the City must implement a variety of programs and services to recover and recycle
organic waste (such as food scraps, yard trimmings and paper) and thus reduce GHG emissions from
landfills. In support of this objective, as well as the City’s Goal of Zero Waste for 2030, the City employs a
team of dedicated staff supporting Zero Waste outreach and education efforts, including in-the-field
training and technical assistance to businesses and multi-family dwellings.
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Executive Summary & Background
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The suite of services that RRR provides to residents and businesses exceed those provided by most
other jurisdictions in Los Angeles County and the State.
Unlike most cities, Santa Monica provides:
Trash, recycling and organic waste collection in a bundled package via one rate to all customers,
which provides a strong financial incentive to recycle and compost waste and is cost-effective for
rate payers.
Unlimited collection of bulky items from residents and businesses, dedicated clean-up and
removal of illegal dumping and alley clean-ups throughout the City, and quarterly community
clean-up events.
Convenient on-call door-to-door collection of household hazardous waste (“HHW” which includes
paints, cleaning chemicals, pesticides, etc.).
Regular and popular recycling events including paper shredding, electronic waste, carpet,
mattresses, compost giveaways, used oil collection, City-wide garage sale, and repair café.
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2. RRR ENTERPRISE FUND IS AT RISK
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The RRR enterprise fund (RRR Fund) is currently operating at a structural budget deficit of $10 million in
FY 2022-23 after a three-year rate increase suspension.
This deficit is primarily due to the combined result of $9.5 million in cost increases over the prior
year, including:
$1.4 million - Normal increases in collection operations costs, including labor, vehicle
maintenance, fuel and other services, and which comprise nearly half (43%) of RRR’s overall
expenses.
$2.3 million - Anticipated increases in post-collection costs, including recycling, composting, and
processing of trash (instead of direct landfilling) to recover resources to meet State mandates and
the City’s Zero Waste Goal, comprising one quarter (25%) of RRR’s expenses.
$2.0 million – Increases in property, overhead and shared costs, including new salary deferrals
per labor agreements, new costs for debt service on the City Yards project, and increases in
RRR’s funding obligations to other City programs (OSE and 311), comprising 12% of RRR’s
expenses.
$3.8 million – Increases due to deferred capital replacements and projects, including collection
containers and vehicles and RRR’s operating facility, comprising 20% of RRR’s expenses.
Additional detail regarding the changes in cost for FY 2022-23 compared to FY 2021-22 by category are
shown in Figure 1, below.
Figure 1: Cost Increases by Category for FY 2022-23 over FY 2021-22
Salaries and Wages,
$837,122
Vehicle Maintenance,
$78,889 Fuel, Supplies,
Professional Services,
$471,197
Recycling and Disposal
Costs, $1,319,897
Transfer and
Transportation Costs,
$835,541
Household Hazardous
Waste Services,
$141,265 Salary and Benefit
Commitments (MOU,
OPEB, EMPC Payout),
$1,129,650
City Yard Debt Service,
$496,268
Environmental
Reimbursement to OSE,
$148,615
311 Team Funding,
$223,534
Trucks and Equipment
Capital Costs,
$3,843,155
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RRR Enterprise Fund Is At Risk
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prior plans to update rates and increase effective July 1, 2020 by 15%
and annually thereafter by 4% were not implemented. Instead, RRR cut staffing (twelve as-needed
frontline employees were laid off plus four permanent positions were eliminated) and other expenses,
leading to service issues that remain today. RRR also deferred necessary capital truck replacements and
facility projects, leveraged one-time revenues, and drew down the RRR Fund balance in order to sustain
operations.
Under present operating conditions, the RRR Fund will nearly exhaust all of its reserves by the end of FY
2023-24. Without immediate increases to solid waste rates charged to residents and businesses, the
RRR Fund will run out of money in early FY 2024-25, which will have detrimental effects on the City’s
solid waste, recycling and street sweeping operations.
The City must increase solid waste rates in order to continue providing solid waste, recycling and street
sweeping services beyond FY 2023-24.
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3. FIVE-YEAR RATE STUDY OVERVIEW
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The City typically conducts rate studies every five years in order to set rates for RRR’s operations. Rate
studies were completed in 2006 and 2014, each of which resulted in Council adoption of five-year rate
projections.
In 2019, the City engaged R3 to conduct a rate study forecasting revenues, expenses, and necessary
rate increases effective FY 2020-21 through FY 2024-25. The results of that rate study were completed in
March 2020, just prior to start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and were not brought forward for Council
adoption because of the economic uncertainty at the time.
The City re-engaged R3 to complete a rate study for the coming five (5) fiscal years, from FY 2023-24
through FY 2027-28. A summary of rate modeling projections is included in Attachment 1.
The objectives of this rate study were to:
Achieve financial stability in the RRR Fund by generating revenues to cover costs, fund required
capital replacement and projects (collection vehicles and containers) and rebuild healthy
reserves.
Rebuild and restore staffing and services that were cut during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Enhance and improve services to support Santa Monica’s Clean & Safe community objectives.
Update, modernize and simplify the City’s rate structure to meet current industry standards.
During the course of completing the rate study, R3 found RRR’s operations to be well-run,
comprehensive, and generally very stable.
For example, R3 found that, over the prior ten years from FY 2011-12 through FY 2021-22:
RRR’s annual expenses grew at a pace of 3.8% annually, which is below normal industry trends
of 4-5% annual expense growth.
RRR’s residential customer rates grew at a pace of 2.4% annually and commercial rates grew by
3.2% annually, both of which were below the rate of growth in expenses.
RRR successfully navigated downturns in recycling markets resulting from China’s National
Sword Policy (2017) while also navigating community compliance with new unfunded State
mandates for Mandatory Commercial Recycling (AB 341) and Mandatory Commercial Organics
Recycling (AB 1826), as well as the Short-lived Climate Pollutants Act (SB 1383).
The RRR Fund balance was very healthy, well above recommended 90-day operating reserves in
recent years.
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4. REVENUE, EXPENSE, & RESERVE
PROJECTIONS
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In completing the rate study, R3 evaluated and projected RRR’s revenues, expenses, fund reserves, and
necessary rate increases over the next five years.
Revenue Projections
The vast majority of RRR’s revenues (95%) are from bi-monthly rate charged to residents and businesses
via the City’s utility bills for solid waste and recycling collection, processing, recovery and disposal
services (projected to be $27 million in FY 2022-23). The remaining 5% of revenues (projected to be $2.3
million in FY 2022-23) are generated from other RRR services, such as construction and demolition
debris management planning, solid waste enclosure plan check review, services to other City
departments, events and other services.
RRR’s revenues do not change appreciably year-to-year and are thus projected to remain flat without
changes to the bi-monthly rates charged to ratepayers. Though there is the possibility of growth in the
number of ratepayers in the future (associated with projection of new housing units included in the City’s
new Housing Element), growth in accounts cannot be reliably projected at this time, and thus the rate
study does not include an expectation of growth in revenue resulting from growth in subscriptions.
Expense Projections
RRR’s expenses are projected to increase annually by an average of ~4% per year in the coming
five years, in accordance with the following projections:
Net addition of 14.12 full time equivalent permanent positions in FY 2023-24 to replenish
positions lost during COVID-19 staffing reductions and to enhance the City’s clean, safe, and
zero waste programming, with projected increases in these expenses of 5% annually. This also
includes creation of a new illegal dumping and bulky item response team, that will increase
collection of illegal dumping and bulky items while also improving responsiveness time for these
services.
Labor costs (inclusive of salaries, wages and benefits) increasing overall by 3.4% to 5.5%, in
keeping with the City’s uniform cost-of-living-adjustment projections per labor MOUs.
Vehicle maintenance costs increasing by 2.4% per year.
Fuel, supplies and professional services increasing by 1.9% per year after one-year increases for
insurance, contractual and legal services in FY 2023-24.
Recycling and disposal costs increasing by 8.8% to 13.1% per year as per the terms and
conditions of recently procured agreements which include gradually increasing amounts of solid
waste processing to capture and recyclable recoverable materials to meet State mandates and
the City’s Zero Waste Goal.
Transfer and transportation costs increasing by 2.4% annually.
HHW costs increasing 2.3% to 3.5% annually.
City-wide cost allocation costs increasing 3% annually.
Anticipated doubling of RRR’s rental costs for use of City Yard.
General liability insurance costs increasing 3% to 14.8% annually in accordance with City’s
budget projections.
Environmental reimbursement to Office of Sustainability and Environment increasing 3% to 4%
annually in accordance with City’s budget projections.
Truck and equipment capital costs set based on replacement projections provided by City’s Fleet
Department.
Expense projections by year are shown in Figure 2, on the following page.
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Figure 2: Expense Projections for Five-Year Rate Study
Expense Allocations
RRR expenses are allocated by service container type – i.e., cart service or bin service – which
corresponds to the type of route truck used to perform solid waste collections. Annual expenses are
allocated to cart or bin service based on a blended allocation comprised of: revenue (20% weighting),
tonnage (65% weighting), number of subscriptions (7.5% weighting) and container lifts (7.5% weighting).
The result is that 38.75% of expenses are allocated to cart service and 61.25% are allocated to bin
service.
Fund Reserve Projections
The RRR Fund began FY 2022-23 with available reserves of $22.5 million, $10 million of which are
projected to be used to fund operations, resulting in a projected year-end fund balance of $12.5 million.
In order to phase-in rate necessary rate increases and avoid near-term spikes in rates, the City intends to
continue to use available fund balance to offset needed increases through FY 2025-26.1 This means that
expenses will continue to exceed revenues in FY 2023-24 through FY 2025-26 even if the City adopts
and implements recommended rate increases. As a result, R3 projects that the available fund balance will
1 Please Note: Prior rate study draft included larger rate adjustments in FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25 than those
included in this Report – use of fund reserves is keeping near-term rate adjustments lower than they would
otherwise be.
15,692,311 17,079,520 18,038,251 18,841,735 19,414,774 20,100,146 20,751,515
7,335,557
9,632,260 10,211,111 11,080,094 11,996,900 12,963,727 13,988,766
2,696,317 4,705,650
5,825,138 5,538,435 5,654,268 5,769,384 5,867,027
1,616,237 1,697,049 1,781,901 1,870,996 1,964,546
4,044,144
7,887,299
5,356,420 5,526,106 4,834,973 4,936,893 5,040,599
29,768,329
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FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24 FY 24/25 FY 25/26 FY26/27 FY 27/28
Collection Operation Costs
Post-Collection Recycling and Disposal Costs
Property, Overhead and Shared Costs
Compliance Programs Costs
Vehicle Replacement and Capital Projects
Grand Total Costs
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decrease to $6.4 million by the end of FY 2023-24, $3.0 million by the end of FY 2024-2025, and $2.7
million by the end of FY 2025-26.
While spending down available fund balance to stabilize rates and phase-in rate increases is an
appropriate and advantageous, it is also important rebuild reserves to safe target levels. R3 strongly
recommends that the City set rates to achieve a 90-day operating reserve by the end of the five-year
projection period. The 90-day operating reserve is the best practice policy for other solid waste enterprise
funds through the state and is also the City’s adopted target for the Water Fund. The rate study measures
the 90-day operating reserve as 25% (90 divided by 365) of projected operating expenses (not including
truck replacement and capital project costs) and forecasts achievement of the reserve target by the end
of FY 2027-28, which is the final year of the rate study. Achieving the 90-day operating reserve in that
year would result in an ending available fund balance of $10.5 million.
The primary reason that the City should plan to achieve a 90-day operating reserve for the RRR Fund
within five years is due to the fact that expense projections are modest and do not reflect the possibility of
long-term inflation. Expenses as projected in the rate study generally use low 2% to 5% cost-of-living
adjustments, resulting in overall annual cost increases of approximately 4% per year. If inflation results in
higher annual cost increases in range of 5% to 6% per year (as was the case for many cost types in
2022) then actual costs will outpace rate study projections, resulting in precipitously low fund reserves.
To that end, planning to achieve a 90-day operating reserve serves as further rate stabilization and likely
avoiding the need for additional rate increases above those already contemplated for the coming five
years via the rate study. A history of and projections for RRR’s revenues, expenses and fund reserves by
year are shown in Figure 3, below.
Figure 3: History and Projections of Revenues, Expenses and Reserves by Year
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Fund Reserves as Percent of Expenses
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Using the aforementioned projections of revenues, expenses, and fund reserves, the rate study yields
recommended increases to RRR’s single-family, multi-family and commercial rates effective August 1,
2023 and July 1 of 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027. Two rate adjustment alternatives are presented for the
City’s consideration: Alternative A, which includes funding for all expense projections described on the
prior page and is recommended by RRR staff and R3, and Alternative B, which does not include the
creation of an illegal dumping and bulky item response team (IDBI-RT), and thus has marginally lower
rate increases. Though the City’s rates are listed in its rate sheets and billed to customers in utility bills on
a bi-monthly basis, the effective monthly rates are shown for easy reference. The complete set of
projected rates for each ratepayer classification is included as Attachment 2 (Five-Year Rate Sheets).
Single-Family Rates
The City’s single-family rates are based on trash container size (65-gallon and 95-gallon trash carts) but
cover the cost of all service provided to single-family customers. The “bundled” service package includes
weekly collection of trash, recycling, and organics, as well as street sweeping, bulky item pickups, on-call
door-to-door HHW collection, and access to periodic recycling events. Tables 1 and 2, below, show the
single-family rates for the five-year rate study period for 65-gallon and 95-gallon monthly rates for each of
the two alternatives.
Table 1: Single-Family 65-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates
Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $41.78 $46.37 $51.47 $57.13 $63.42 $70.39
B – No IDBI-RT $41.78 $46.04 $50.73 $55.91 $61.61 $67.89
Table 2: Single-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates
Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $53.90 $59.83 $66.41 $73.71 $81.82 $90.82
B – No IDBI-RT $53.90 $59.39 $65.45 $72.13 $79.48 $87.59
Tables 3 and 4, below, show the annual increase in the monthly rates, which amount to 11% per year for
Alternative A and 10.2% per year for Alternative B.
Table 3: Annual Change in Single-Family 65-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates
Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $4.60 $5.10 $5.66 $6.29 $6.98
B – No IDBI-RT $4.26 $4.70 $5.18 $5.70 $6.29
Table 4: Annual Change in Single-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates
Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $5.93 $6.58 $7.30 $8.11 $9.00
B – No IDBI-RT $5.50 $6.06 $6.68 $7.36 $8.10
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It is important to note that, considering the three years of frozen rates (FY 2020-21 through FY 2022-23),
the average annual 10-year increase through FY 2027-28 for Alternative A is 6.3% and for Alternative B is
6.0%. Likewise, the average annual 15-year increase from FY 2013-14 through FY 2027-28 is 5.3% per
year for Alternative A and 5.05% per year for Alternative B. That average annual rate of increase
compares well with industry standards, especially given changes in the recycling market places, new and
increasing unfunded State mandates, and the comparably high levels of service provided by RRR.
The City’s single-family rates are comparable to other cities in Los Angeles County that provide municipal
solid waste collection services themselves, as shown in Figure 4, below. This shows the recommended
FY 2023-24 City rates per Alternative A in comparison to projected FY 2023-24 rates for the seven other
municipally provided solid waste services in Los Angeles County for which comparable rates exist.2
Though Santa Monica’s single-family rates are somewhat higher than those charged by the comparable
agencies, single-family residents in Santa Monica have greater benefits in the form of street sweeping,
on-call door-to-door HHW collection, unlimited bulky item collection, periodic recycling events and funding
for Zero Waste Goal achievement, which are not common in most of the other agencies.
Figure 4: Comparison of Single-Family Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected)
Multi-Family Rates
Like single-family rates, the City’s multi-family rates are also based on trash container size and cover the
cost providing collection of trash, recycling, and organics, as well as bulky item pickups, on-call door-to-
door HHW collection, and access to periodic recycling events.
2 Please Note: CPI adjustments have been applied to FY 2022-23 rates for comparable agencies where
applicable. Additionally, while Beverly Hills also provides municipal solid waste services to single-family
residents, that City collects solid waste rate revenues via tax rolls based on square footage with the amounts not
being publicly available or comparable. Finally, Culver City does not provide 95-gallon single-family service and
Los Angeles does not provide 65-gallon single-family service.
$46.37
$35.89 $37.68
$53.49
$36.58
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$39.54 $37.60
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$46.85
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$36.32
$54.82
$38.93
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Unlike the single-family rates, however, street sweeping is not currently included as a part of the bundled
trash rate and is instead charged separately on per living unit. The practice of separately charging for
street sweeping per living unit is inconsistent with standard solid waste rate-setting practice as well as the
City’s current practice for single-family ratepayers and is unnecessarily complicated and impractical to
continue given a recent Court of Appeals ruling that considered street sweeping to be solid waste
collection activity. Therefore, R3 and staff are recommending discontinuance of the separate street
sweeping charge based on living units and are instead recommending that street sweeping be included in
the bundled rate based on trash subscription.
Also unlike single-family rates, multi-family ratepayers can choose from a variety of subscription levels
and sizes, as shown in Attachment 1 (Five-Year Rate Sheets). Tables 5 and 6, below, show examples of
common multi-family subscription types (95-gallon of trash at a four-unit complex and 2-cubic yards of
trash collected twice weekly at a 10-unit complex) for multi-family rates for the five-year rate study period.
Table 5: Multi-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates (4-Units)
Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $59.25 $59.83 $66.41 $73.71 $81.82 $90.82
B – No IDBI-RT $59.25 $59.39 $65.45 $72.13 $79.48 $87.59
Table 6: Multi-Family 2-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (10-Units)
Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $230.60 $314.78 $349.41 $387.85 $430.51 $477.86
B – No IDBI-RT $230.60 $314.78 $346.89 $382.27 $421.26 $464.23
Tables 7 and 8, below, show the annual increase in the monthly rates. For the 95-gallon / 4-unit complex
rates, the projected increase is 1% in FY 2023-24 and 11% in each of the following years for Alternative
A, and 0.2% in FY 2023-24 and 10.2% per year in each of the following years for Alternative B. For the 2-
cubic yards twice weekly / 10-unit complex rates, the projected increase is 36.5% in FY 2023-24 and 11%
in each of the following years for Alternative A, and 36.5% in FY 2023-24 and 10.2% in each of the
following years for Alternative B.
Table 7: Annual Change in Multi-Family 95-Gal Bundled Monthly Rates (4-Units)
Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $0.58 $6.58 $7.30 $8.11 $9.00
B – No IDBI-RT $0.14 $6.06 $6.68 $7.36 $8.10
Table 8: Annual Change in Multi-Family 2-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (10-Units)
Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $84.18 $34.63 $38.44 $42.66 $47.35
B – No IDBI-RT $84.18 $32.11 $35.38 $38.99 $42.97
As shown in Table 7, above, the effect of bundling street sweeping charges in with trash rates for a small
multi-family complex is minimal. Table 8, above, shows that the effect for larger multi-family complexes is
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somewhat larger in the first year, though it is important to understand that the City’s bundled multi-family
service rates are quite low in comparison to other agencies. Figure 5, below, shows the comparison of
Santa Monica’s rates via Alternative A (and inclusive of street sweeping charges) to other agencies.3
Figure 5: Comparison of Multi-Family Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected)
As shown in Figure 5, Santa Monica’s rates for multi-family customers (inclusive of street sweeping)
compare favorably to rates in other jurisdictions while also providing a high level of service including bulky
item pickups, on-call door-to-door HHW collection, and access to periodic recycling events.
Commercial Rates
As with the City’s single-family and multi-family rates, the City’s commercial rates are based on trash
container size and covers the cost providing collection of trash, recycling, and organics, as well as bulky
item pickups, although business don’t have access to on-call door-to-door HHW collection and periodic
recycling events and thus aren’t charged for those services (which is why the proposed commercial rates
are slightly lower than the single-family and multi-family rates for the same subscription levels –
commercial customers do not pay for HHW services and events through their solid waste rates).
Akin to the multi-family rates, street sweeping is also not currently included as a part of the bundled
commercial trash rates and is instead charged separately, based on water meter size. The practice of
separately charging for street sweeping by water meter size is inconsistent with standard solid waste rate-
setting practice as well as the City’s current practice for single-family ratepayers.
As with multi-family rates, it is unnecessarily complicated and impractical to continue this practice given a
recent Court of Appeals ruling that considered street sweeping to be solid waste collection activity.
3 Please Note: Claremont, Culver City, and Torrance did not have publicly available multi-family rates for the
purposes of this comparison and that Beverly Hills does not provide cart service to multi-family. Also note that
multi-family service for all except Santa Monica are rates provided by private contractors, not municipal service.
$59.83
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$56.68 $41.72
$124.04
$77.74
$314.78
$363.29
$510.20
$744.80
$1,023.02
$975.33
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$400
$600
$800
$1,000
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Therefore, R3 and staff are recommending discontinuance of the separate street sweeping charge based
on water meter (WM) size and are instead recommending that street sweeping be included in the bundled
rate based on trash subscription. Like multi-family ratepayers, commercial ratepayers can choose from a
variety of subscription levels and sizes, as shown in Attachment 1 (Five-Year Rate Sheets).
Tables 9 and 10, below, show examples of common commercial subscription types (2-cubic yards once
weekly with 0.75” water meter and 3-cubic yards twice weekly with 1.5” water meter) for rates over the
five-year rate study period.
Table 9: Commercial 2-CY 1x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (0.75” WM)
Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $131.34 $154.69 $172.01 $191.23 $212.56 $236.23
B – No IDBI-RT $131.34 $154.69 $170.75 $188.44 $207.93 $229.42
Table 10: Commercial 3-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (1.5” WM)
Alternatives Current FY
2022-23 FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $318.26 $469.47 $521.42 $579.08 $643.07 $714.09
B – No IDBI-RT $318.26 $469.47 $517.64 $570.71 $629.19 $693.65
Tables 11 and 12, below, show the annual increase in the monthly rates. For the 2-cubic yards once
weekly with 0.75” water meter, the projected increase is 17.8%% in FY 2023-24 and 11% in each of the
following years for Alternative A, and 17.8% in FY 2023-24 and 10.2% per year in each of the following
years for Alternative B.
For the 3-cubic yards twice weekly with 1.5” water meter, the projected increase is 47.5% in FY 2023-24
and 11% in each of the following years for Alternative A, and 47.5% in FY 2023-24 and 10.2% in each of
the following years for Alternative B.
Table 11: Annual Change in Commercial 2-CY 1x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (0.75” WM)
Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $23.36 $17.32 $19.22 $21.33 $23.68
B – No IDBI-RT $23.36 $16.06 $17.69 $19.50 $21.49
Table 12: Annual Change in Commercial 3-CY 2x Weekly Bundled Monthly Rates (1.5” WM)
Alternatives FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
A – Staff
Recommended $151.22 $51.95 $57.66 $63.99 $71.02
B – No IDBI-RT $151.22 $48.17 $53.07 $58.48 $64.46
As shown in Tables 11 and 12, above, the effect of bundling street sweeping charges in with trash rates
for commercial customers is higher in FY 2023-24 than in the following years.
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Five-Year Rate Projections
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As with multi-family rates, it is important to understand that the City’s bundled commercial service rates
are quite low in comparison to other agencies. Figure 6, below, shows the comparison of Santa Monica’s
rates via Alternative A (and inclusive of street sweeping charges) to other agencies.4
Figure 6: Comparison of Commercial Bundled Monthly Rates (FY 2023-24 Projected)
4 Please Note: Claremont and Torrance did not have publicly available multi-family rates for the purposes of this
comparison. Also note that commercial service for all except Santa Monica and Culver City are rates provided by
private contractors, not municipal service.
$154.69
$220.32
$399.30 $368.29 $372.40
$548.38 $588.18
$469.47
$665.74
$1,043.49
$848.80 $812.52
$1,109.16
$975.33
$-
$200
$400
$600
$800
$1,000
$1,200
Santa Monica Beverly Hills Burbank Culver City Glendale Los Angeles Pasadena
2 Cubic Yards Once Weekly 3 Cubic Yards Twice Weekly
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ACTUALSADJUSTED BUDGET12345FY 21/22 FY 22/23 FY 23/24 FY 24/25 FY 25/26 FY26/27 FY 27/28Starting Fund Balance21,169,728 22,549,276 12,569,720 6,420,809 3,005,343 2,679,323 5,033,898 Single‐Family Residential Rate Increase11.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0% 11.0%Multi‐Family Residential Rate IncreaseRESTRUCTURE11.0%11.0%11.0%11.0%Commercial Rate IncreaseRESTRUCTURE11.0%11.0%11.0%11.0%Revenues28,388,780 29,325,172 34,898,246 39,267,954 43,356,794 47,995,721 53,140,822 Salaries and Wages 10,854,075 11,691,197 12,249,833 12,924,498 13,367,071 13,918,971 14,433,795 Vehicle Maintenance 3,521,111 3,600,000 3,686,397 3,774,874 3,865,471 3,958,242 4,053,240 Fuel, Supplies, Professional Services 1,317,126 1,788,323 2,102,022 2,142,363 2,182,232 2,222,932 2,264,481 Collection Operation Costs15,692,311 17,079,520 18,038,251 18,841,735 19,414,774 20,100,146 20,751,515 Recycling and Disposal Costs 4,034,019 5,353,916 5,825,061 6,587,666 7,395,381 8,252,174 9,162,365 Transfer and Transportation Costs 2,998,414 3,833,955 3,925,970 4,020,193 4,116,678 4,215,478 4,316,650 Household Hazardous Waste Services 303,124444,389460,080472,235484,842496,074509,751Post‐Collection Recycling and Disposal Costs7,335,557 9,632,260 10,211,111 11,080,094 11,996,900 12,963,727 13,988,766 City‐wide Cost Allocation Plan 1,276,612 1,276,612 1,302,144 1,328,187 1,354,751 1,381,846 1,409,483 City Yard Rent (With Contingency) 681,022666,368 1,332,736 1,332,736 1,332,736 1,332,736 1,332,736 Salary and Benefit Commitments (MOU, OPEB, EMPC Payout) 77,490 1,207,140 1,283,413 1,121,523 1,140,810 1,176,880 1,214,139 City Yard Debt Service‐496,268776,587777,266777,209777,548777,096General Liability Insurance388,375414,295459,491527,285583,779621,443640,274Environmental Reimbursement to OSE272,818421,433438,290451,439464,982478,932493,300311 Team Funding‐223,534232,475‐‐‐‐Property, Overhead and Shared Costs2,696,317 4,705,650 5,825,138 5,538,435 5,654,268 5,769,384 5,867,027 Restore and Right‐size Collection Service ‐ ‐ 740,194 777,204 816,064 856,867 899,710 Illegal Dumping & Bulky Item Response Team‐‐641,355673,423707,094742,449779,571SB 1383 Mandatory Compliance & Zero Waste by 2030 Programs‐‐122,743128,880135,324142,090149,195Right‐Size Sweeping Services‐‐111,945117,542123,419129,590136,069Compliance Programs Costs‐‐ 1,616,237 1,697,049 1,781,901 1,870,996 1,964,546 Trucks and Equipment Capital Costs 4,044,144 7,887,299 5,356,420 5,526,106 4,834,973 4,936,893 5,040,599 Grand Total Costs 29,768,329 39,304,729 41,047,157 42,683,419 43,682,815 45,641,145 47,612,453 Surplus (Shortfall) (1,379,549) (9,979,557) (6,148,911) (3,415,466) (326,021) 2,354,575 5,528,369 Ending Fund Balance 22,549,276 12,569,720 6,420,809 3,005,343 2,679,323 5,033,898 10,562,267 Ending Fund Balance as % of Operating Expenses (Excluding Capital)40%18%8%7%12%25%Santa Monica RRR Fund 5‐Year Forecast and Rate StudyAttachment 1Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study112.B.aPacket Pg. 584Attachment: Solid Waste Rate Study 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $92.74 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $314.78
SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $185.48 SSZ Shared Container Service $59.83
SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $278.22
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $119.65
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $239.30 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00
SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $358.95 RFX Inactive Account $0.00
SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $212.39 CRC Recycling Container $0.00
SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $275.00 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00
RUC Residence Under Construction $92.74
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $92.74 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $472.17
MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $119.65 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $944.34
MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,416.51
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $275.00 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,888.68
MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $550.00 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,360.85
MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $825.00 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,833.02
MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,305.19
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,100.00
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,375.00 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $629.56
MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,259.12
MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,888.68
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $314.78 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,518.24
MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $629.56 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,147.80
MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $944.34 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,777.36
MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,259.12 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,406.92
MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,573.90
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $1,888.68 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $55.10
MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,203.46 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $110.20
MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $165.30
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $220.40
MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $275.50
MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $27.68 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $330.60
MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $113.74 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $385.70
MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $59.83
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $62.32
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $124.64
MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $186.96
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $249.28
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $311.60
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $373.92
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $436.24
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective August 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
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SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $102.94 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $349.41
SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $205.88 SSZ Shared Container Service $66.41
SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $308.82
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $132.81
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $265.62 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00
SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $398.43 RFX Inactive Account $0.00
SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $235.75 CRC Recycling Container $0.00
SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $305.25 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00
RUC Residence Under Construction $102.94
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $102.94 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $524.12
MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $132.81 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,048.24
MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,572.36
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $305.25 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,096.48
MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $610.50 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,620.60
MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $915.75 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,144.72
MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,668.84
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,221.00
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,526.25 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $698.82
MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,397.64
MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,096.46
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $349.41 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,795.28
MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $698.82 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,494.10
MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,048.23 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,192.92
MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,397.64 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,891.74
MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,747.05
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,096.46 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $61.16
MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,445.87 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $122.32
MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $183.48
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $244.64
MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $305.80
MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $30.73 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $366.96
MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $126.25 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $428.12
MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $66.41
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $69.18
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $138.36
MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $207.54
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $276.72
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $345.90
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $415.08
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $484.26
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
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SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $114.26 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $387.84
SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $228.52 SSZ Shared Container Service $73.71
SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $342.78
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $147.42
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $294.84 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00
SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $442.26 RFX Inactive Account $0.00
SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $261.68 CRC Recycling Container $0.00
SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $338.83 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00
RUC Residence Under Construction $114.26
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $114.26 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $581.78
MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $147.42 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,163.56
MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,745.34
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $338.83 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,327.12
MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $677.66 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,908.90
MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $1,016.49 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,490.68
MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,072.46
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,355.32
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,694.15 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $775.70
MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,551.40
MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,327.10
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $387.85 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,102.80
MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $775.70 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,878.50
MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,163.55 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,654.20
MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,551.40 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,429.90
MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,939.25
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,327.10 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $67.89
MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,714.95 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $135.78
MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $203.67
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $271.56
MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $339.45
MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $34.11 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $407.34
MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $140.14 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $475.23
MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $73.71
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $76.79
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $153.58
MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $230.37
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $307.16
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $383.95
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $460.74
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $537.53
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
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SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $126.83 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $430.50
SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $253.66 SSZ Shared Container Service $81.82
SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $380.49
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $163.64
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $327.28 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00
SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $490.92 RFX Inactive Account $0.00
SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $290.47 CRC Recycling Container $0.00
SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $376.10 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00
RUC Residence Under Construction $126.83
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $126.83 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $645.77
MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $163.64 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,291.54
MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,937.31
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $376.10 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,583.08
MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $752.20 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,228.85
MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $1,128.30 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,874.62
MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,520.39
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,504.40
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,880.50 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $861.02
MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,722.04
MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,583.06
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $430.51 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,444.08
MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $861.02 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,305.10
MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,291.53 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,166.12
MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,722.04 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,027.14
MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,152.55
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,583.06 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $75.36
MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,013.57 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $150.72
MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $226.08
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $301.44
MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $376.80
MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $37.86 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $452.16
MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $155.56 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $527.52
MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $81.82
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $85.24
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $170.48
MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $255.72
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $340.96
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $426.20
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $511.44
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $596.68
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027
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SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $140.78 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $477.86
SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $281.56 SSZ Shared Container Service $90.82
SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $422.34
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $181.64
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $363.28 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00
SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $544.92 RFX Inactive Account $0.00
SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $322.42 CRC Recycling Container $0.00
SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $417.47 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00
RUC Residence Under Construction $140.78
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $140.78 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $716.79
MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $181.64 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,433.58
MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,150.37
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $417.47 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,867.16
MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $834.94 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,583.95
MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $1,252.41 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,300.74
MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,017.53
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,669.88
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $2,087.35 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $955.72
MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,911.44
MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,867.16
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $477.86 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,822.88
MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $955.72 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,778.60
MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,433.58 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,734.32
MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,911.44 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,690.04
MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,389.30
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,867.16 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $83.65
MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,345.02 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $167.30
MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $250.95
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $334.60
MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $418.25
MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $42.02 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $501.90
MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $172.67 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $585.55
MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $90.82
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $94.62
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $189.24
MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $283.86
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $378.48
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $473.10
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $567.72
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $662.34
MISCELLANEOUS
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
SINGLE FAMILY RATESSINGLE FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISIONSanta Monica RRR 5-Year Rate StudyAttachment 2 12.B.a
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#REF! Rate Increase
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $87.34 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $309.38
CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $180.08 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $624.16
CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $272.82 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $938.94
CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $365.56 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,253.72
CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $458.30 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,568.50
CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $1,883.28
CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,198.06
CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $114.25 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $466.77
CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $233.90 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $938.94
CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $353.55 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,411.11
CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $473.20 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,883.28
CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $592.85 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,355.45
CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,827.62
CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,299.79
CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $269.60 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $624.16
CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $544.60 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,253.72
CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $819.60 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,883.28
CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,094.60 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,512.84
CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,369.60 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,142.40
CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,771.96
CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,401.52
CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $113.74 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $55.10
CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $27.68 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $110.20
CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $165.30
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $220.40
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $275.50
RCS .75"Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $330.60
RCT 1.00"Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $385.70
RCU 1.5"Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00"Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $62.32
RCX 4.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $124.64
RCY 6.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $186.96
CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $249.28
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDN Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $311.60
CDO Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $373.92
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $436.24
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Rates effective August 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.a
Packet Pg. 590 Attachment: Solid Waste Rate Study 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $97.54 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $344.01
CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $200.48 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $693.42
CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $303.42 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,042.83
CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $406.36 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,392.24
CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $509.30 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,741.65
CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,091.06
CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,440.47
CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $127.41 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $518.72
CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $260.22 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,042.84
CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $393.03 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,566.96
CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $525.84 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,091.08
CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $658.65 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,615.20
CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,139.32
CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,663.44
CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $299.85 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $693.42
CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $605.10 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,392.24
CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $910.35 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,091.06
CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,215.60 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,789.88
CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,520.85 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,488.70
CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,187.52
CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,886.34
CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $126.25 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $61.16
CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $30.73 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $122.32
CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $183.48
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $244.64
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $305.80
RCS .75"Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $366.96
RCT 1.00"Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $428.12
RCU 1.5"Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00"Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $69.18
RCX 4.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $138.36
RCY 6.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $207.54
CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $276.72
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $345.90
CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $415.08
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $484.26
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
2 CUBIC YARD BINS65 GALLON CARTS
Rates effective July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.a
Packet Pg. 591 Attachment: Solid Waste Rate Study 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $108.86 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $382.45
CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $223.12 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $770.30
CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $337.38 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,158.15
CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $451.64 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,546.00
CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $565.90 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,933.85
CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,321.70
CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,709.55
CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $142.02 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $576.38
CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $289.44 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,158.16
CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $436.86 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,739.94
CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $584.28 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,321.72
CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $731.70 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,903.50
CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,485.28
CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,067.06
CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $333.43 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $770.30
CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $672.26 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,546.00
CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $1,011.09 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,321.70
CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,349.92 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,097.40
CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,688.75 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,873.10
CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,648.80
CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,424.50
CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $140.14 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $67.89
CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $34.11 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $135.78
CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $203.67
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $271.56
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $339.45
RCS .75"Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $407.34
RCT 1.00"Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $475.23
RCU 1.5"Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00"Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $76.79
RCX 4.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $153.58
RCY 6.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $230.37
CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $307.16
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $383.95
CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $460.74
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $537.53
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Rates effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.a
Packet Pg. 592 Attachment: Solid Waste Rate Study 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $121.43 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $425.11
CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $248.26 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $855.62
CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $375.09 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,286.13
CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $501.92 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,716.64
CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $628.75 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,147.15
CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,577.66
CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,008.17
CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $158.24 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $640.37
CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $321.88 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,286.14
CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $485.52 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,931.91
CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $649.16 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,577.68
CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $812.80 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,223.45
CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,869.22
CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,514.99
CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $370.70 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $855.62
CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $746.80 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,716.64
CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $1,122.90 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,577.66
CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,499.00 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,438.68
CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,875.10 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,299.70
CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,160.72
CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,021.74
CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $155.56 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $75.36
CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $37.86 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $150.72
CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $226.08
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $301.44
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $376.80
RCS .75"Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $452.16
RCT 1.00"Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $527.52
RCU 1.5"Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00"Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $85.24
RCX 4.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $170.48
RCY 6.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $255.72
CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $340.96
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $426.20
CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $511.44
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $596.68
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Rates effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.a
Packet Pg. 593 Attachment: Solid Waste Rate Study 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $135.38 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $472.46
CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $276.16 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $950.32
CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $416.94 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,428.18
CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $557.72 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,906.04
CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $698.50 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,383.90
CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,861.76
CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,339.62
CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $176.24 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $711.39
CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $357.88 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,428.18
CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $539.52 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,144.97
CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $721.16 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,861.76
CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $902.80 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,578.55
CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,295.34
CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,012.13
CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $412.07 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $950.32
CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $829.54 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,906.04
CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $1,247.01 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,861.76
CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,664.48 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,817.48
CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $2,081.95 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,773.20
CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,728.92
CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,684.64
CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $172.67 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $83.65
CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $42.02 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $167.30
CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $250.95
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $334.60
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $418.25
RCS .75"Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $501.90
RCT 1.00"Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $585.55
RCU 1.5"Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00"Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $94.62
RCX 4.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $189.24
RCY 6.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $283.86
CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $378.48
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $473.10
CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $567.72
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $662.34
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
BIN ROLL OUT MISCELLANEOUS
4 CUBIC YARD BINS300 GALLON CONTAINERS
3 CUBIC YARD BINS95 GALLON CARTS
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Rates effective July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
2 CUBIC YARD BINS65 GALLON CARTS
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.a
Packet Pg. 594 Attachment: Solid Waste Rate Study 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $92.74 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $314.78
SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $185.48 SSZ Shared Container Service $59.83
SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $278.22
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $119.65
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $239.30 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00
SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $358.95 RFX Inactive Account $0.00
SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $212.39 CRC Recycling Container $0.00
SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $275.00 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00
RUC Residence Under Construction $92.74
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $92.74 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $472.17
MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $119.65 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $944.34
MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,416.51
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $275.00 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,888.68
MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $550.00 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,360.85
MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $825.00 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,833.02
MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,305.19
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,100.00
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,375.00 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $629.56
MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,259.12
MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,888.68
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $314.78 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,518.24
MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $629.56 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,147.80
MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $944.34 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,777.36
MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,259.12 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,406.92
MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,573.90
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $1,888.68 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $55.10
MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,203.46 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $110.20
MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $165.30
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $220.40
MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $275.50
MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $27.68 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $330.60
MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $113.74 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $385.70
MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $59.83
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $62.32
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $124.64
MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $186.96
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $249.28
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $311.60
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $373.92
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $436.24
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective August 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study12.B.c
Packet Pg. 595 Attachment: Five Year Solid Waste Rate Table 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $102.94 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $349.41
SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $205.88 SSZ Shared Container Service $66.41
SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $308.82
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $132.81
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $265.62 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00
SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $398.43 RFX Inactive Account $0.00
SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $235.75 CRC Recycling Container $0.00
SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $305.25 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00
RUC Residence Under Construction $102.94
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $102.94 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $524.12
MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $132.81 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,048.24
MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,572.36
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $305.25 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,096.48
MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $610.50 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,620.60
MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $915.75 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,144.72
MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,668.84
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,221.00
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,526.25 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $698.82
MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,397.64
MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,096.46
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $349.41 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,795.28
MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $698.82 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,494.10
MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,048.23 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,192.92
MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,397.64 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,891.74
MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,747.05
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,096.46 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $61.16
MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,445.87 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $122.32
MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $183.48
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $244.64
MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $305.80
MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $30.73 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $366.96
MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $126.25 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $428.12
MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $66.41
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $69.18
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $138.36
MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $207.54
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $276.72
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $345.90
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $415.08
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $484.26
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISIONSanta Monica RRR 5-Year Rate StudyAttachment 2 12.B.c
Packet Pg. 596 Attachment: Five Year Solid Waste Rate Table 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $114.26 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $387.84
SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $228.52 SSZ Shared Container Service $73.71
SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $342.78
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $147.42
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $294.84 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00
SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $442.26 RFX Inactive Account $0.00
SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $261.68 CRC Recycling Container $0.00
SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $338.83 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00
RUC Residence Under Construction $114.26
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $114.26 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $581.78
MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $147.42 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,163.56
MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,745.34
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $338.83 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,327.12
MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $677.66 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,908.90
MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $1,016.49 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,490.68
MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,072.46
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,355.32
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,694.15 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $775.70
MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,551.40
MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,327.10
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $387.85 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,102.80
MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $775.70 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,878.50
MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,163.55 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,654.20
MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,551.40 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,429.90
MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,939.25
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,327.10 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $67.89
MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,714.95 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $135.78
MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $203.67
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $271.56
MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $339.45
MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $34.11 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $407.34
MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $140.14 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $475.23
MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $73.71
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $76.79
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $153.58
MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $230.37
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $307.16
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $383.95
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $460.74
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $537.53
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISIONSanta Monica RRR 5-Year Rate StudyAttachment 2 12.B.c
Packet Pg. 597 Attachment: Five Year Solid Waste Rate Table 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $126.83 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $430.50
SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $253.66 SSZ Shared Container Service $81.82
SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $380.49
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $163.64
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $327.28 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00
SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $490.92 RFX Inactive Account $0.00
SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $290.47 CRC Recycling Container $0.00
SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $376.10 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00
RUC Residence Under Construction $126.83
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $126.83 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $645.77
MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $163.64 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,291.54
MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,937.31
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $376.10 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,583.08
MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $752.20 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,228.85
MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $1,128.30 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,874.62
MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,520.39
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,504.40
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $1,880.50 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $861.02
MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,722.04
MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,583.06
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $430.51 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,444.08
MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $861.02 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,305.10
MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,291.53 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,166.12
MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,722.04 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,027.14
MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,152.55
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,583.06 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $75.36
MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,013.57 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $150.72
MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $226.08
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $301.44
MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $376.80
MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $37.86 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $452.16
MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $155.56 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $527.52
MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $81.82
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $85.24
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $170.48
MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $255.72
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $340.96
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $426.20
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $511.44
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $596.68
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
MISCELLANEOUS
SINGLE FAMILY RATES SINGLE FAMILY RATES
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISIONSanta Monica RRR 5-Year Rate StudyAttachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.c
Packet Pg. 598 Attachment: Five Year Solid Waste Rate Table 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
SSC 1-65 gallon 1x weekly $140.78 SB2 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $477.86
SSD 2-65 gallon cart 1xweekly $281.56 SSZ Shared Container Service $90.82
SSE 3-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $422.34
SSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $181.64
SSG 2-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $363.28 RFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00
SSH 3-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $544.92 RFX Inactive Account $0.00
SSK 1-65 & 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $322.42 CRC Recycling Container $0.00
SX3 300 gallon container 1x weekly $417.47 SYC Yard Waste Container $0.00
RUC Residence Under Construction $140.78
MSC 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $140.78 MCA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $716.79
MSF 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $181.64 MCB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,433.58
MCC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,150.37
MXQ 300 gallon Container 1x weekly $417.47 MCD 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,867.16
MXA 300 gallon Container 2x weekly $834.94 MCF 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,583.95
MXB 300 gallon Container 3x weekly $1,252.41 MCE 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,300.74
MCG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,017.53
MXC 300 gallon Container 4x weekly $1,669.88
MXE 300 gallon Container 5x weekly $2,087.35 MDA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $955.72
MXD 300 gallon Container 6x weekly $861.25 MDB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,911.44
MDC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,867.16
MSQ 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $477.86 MDD 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,822.88
MBA 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $955.72 MDE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,778.60
MBB 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,433.58 MDF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,734.32
MBC 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,911.44 MDG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,690.04
MBE 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,389.30
MBD 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,867.16 MBN Bin roll out 1x weekly $83.65
MBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,345.02 MBO Bin roll out 2x weekly $167.30
MBP Bin roll out 3x weekly $250.95
MFV Livable Unit Charge $0.00 MBQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $334.60
MFE No Charge/2nd Meter $0.00 MBS Bin roll out 5x weekly $418.25
MLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $42.02 MBR Bin roll out 6x weekly $501.90
MSY City Bin on City Property Per Bin $172.67 MDT Bin roll out 7x weekly $585.55
MSZ Share Bin/Cart Service $90.82
MCJ Bin truck roll out 1x weekly $94.62
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate MCK Bin truck roll out 2x weekly $189.24
MCL Bin truck roll out 3x weekly $283.86
MCM Bin truck roll out 4x weekly $378.48
MCO Bin truck roll out 5x weekly $473.10
MCN Bin truck roll out 6x weekly $567.72
MCP Bin truck roll out 7x weekly $662.34
MISCELLANEOUS
MULTI-FAMILY CART/BIN RATES
SINGLE FAMILY RATESSINGLE FAMILY RATES
Rates effective July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028
BI-MONTHLY SINGLE/MULTI FAMILY RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISIONSanta Monica RRR 5-Year Rate StudyAttachment 2 12.B.c
Packet Pg. 599 Attachment: Five Year Solid Waste Rate Table 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
#REF! Rate Increase
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $87.34 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $309.38
CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $180.08 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $624.16
CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $272.82 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $938.94
CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $365.56 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,253.72
CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $458.30 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,568.50
CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $1,883.28
CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,198.06
CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $114.25 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $466.77
CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $233.90 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $938.94
CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $353.55 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,411.11
CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $473.20 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,883.28
CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $592.85 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,355.45
CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,827.62
CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,299.79
CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $269.60 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $624.16
CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $544.60 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,253.72
CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $819.60 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,883.28
CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,094.60 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,512.84
CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,369.60 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,142.40
CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,771.96
CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,401.52
CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $113.74 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $55.10
CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $27.68 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $110.20
CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $165.30
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $220.40
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $275.50
RCS .75"Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $330.60
RCT 1.00"Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $385.70
RCU 1.5"Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00"Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $62.32
RCX 4.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $124.64
RCY 6.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $186.96
CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $249.28
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDN Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $311.60
CDO Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $373.92
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $436.24
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Rates effective August 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.c
Packet Pg. 600 Attachment: Five Year Solid Waste Rate Table 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $97.54 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $344.01
CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $200.48 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $693.42
CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $303.42 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,042.83
CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $406.36 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,392.24
CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $509.30 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,741.65
CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,091.06
CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,440.47
CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $127.41 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $518.72
CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $260.22 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,042.84
CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $393.03 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,566.96
CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $525.84 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,091.08
CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $658.65 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,615.20
CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,139.32
CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,663.44
CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $299.85 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $693.42
CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $605.10 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,392.24
CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $910.35 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,091.06
CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,215.60 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,789.88
CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,520.85 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,488.70
CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,187.52
CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,886.34
CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $126.25 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $61.16
CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $30.73 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $122.32
CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $183.48
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $244.64
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $305.80
RCS .75"Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $366.96
RCT 1.00"Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $428.12
RCU 1.5"Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00"Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $69.18
RCX 4.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $138.36
RCY 6.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $207.54
CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $276.72
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $345.90
CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $415.08
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $484.26
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
2 CUBIC YARD BINS65 GALLON CARTS
Rates effective July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.c
Packet Pg. 601 Attachment: Five Year Solid Waste Rate Table 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $108.86 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $382.45
CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $223.12 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $770.30
CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $337.38 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,158.15
CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $451.64 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,546.00
CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $565.90 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $1,933.85
CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,321.70
CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $2,709.55
CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $142.02 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $576.38
CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $289.44 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,158.16
CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $436.86 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,739.94
CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $584.28 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,321.72
CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $731.70 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,903.50
CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,485.28
CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,067.06
CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $333.43 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $770.30
CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $672.26 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,546.00
CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $1,011.09 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,321.70
CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,349.92 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,097.40
CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,688.75 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,873.10
CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,648.80
CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,424.50
CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $140.14 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $67.89
CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $34.11 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $135.78
CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $203.67
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $271.56
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $339.45
RCS .75"Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $407.34
RCT 1.00"Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $475.23
RCU 1.5"Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00"Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $76.79
RCX 4.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $153.58
RCY 6.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $230.37
CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $307.16
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $383.95
CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $460.74
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $537.53
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Rates effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.c
Packet Pg. 602 Attachment: Five Year Solid Waste Rate Table 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $121.43 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $425.11
CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $248.26 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $855.62
CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $375.09 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,286.13
CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $501.92 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,716.64
CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $628.75 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,147.15
CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,577.66
CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,008.17
CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $158.24 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $640.37
CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $321.88 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,286.14
CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $485.52 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,931.91
CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $649.16 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,577.68
CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $812.80 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,223.45
CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $3,869.22
CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $4,514.99
CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $370.70 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $855.62
CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $746.80 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,716.64
CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $1,122.90 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,577.66
CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,499.00 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,438.68
CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $1,875.10 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,299.70
CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,160.72
CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,021.74
CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $155.56 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $75.36
CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $37.86 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $150.72
CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $226.08
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $301.44
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $376.80
RCS .75"Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $452.16
RCT 1.00"Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $527.52
RCU 1.5"Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00"Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $85.24
RCX 4.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $170.48
RCY 6.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $255.72
CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $340.96
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $426.20
CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $511.44
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $596.68
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
MISCELLANEOUS BIN ROLL OUT
300 GALLON CONTAINERS 4 CUBIC YARD BINS
95 GALLON CARTS 3 CUBIC YARD BINS
65 GALLON CARTS 2 CUBIC YARD BINS
Rates effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.c
Packet Pg. 603 Attachment: Five Year Solid Waste Rate Table 2023-2028 [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
CSA 1-65 gallon cart 1x weekly $135.38 CBA 2 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $472.46
CSB 1-65 gallon cart 2x weekly $276.16 CBB 2 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $950.32
CSC 1-65 gallon cart 3x weekly $416.94 CBC 2 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $1,428.18
CSE 1-65 gallon cart 4x weekly $557.72 CBD 2 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $1,906.04
CSF 1-65 gallon cart 5x weekly $698.50 CBG 2 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $2,383.90
CSD 1-65 gallon cart 6x weekly $205.43 CBE 2 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $2,861.76
CSG 1-65 gallon cart 7x weekly $239.67 CBF 2 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $3,339.62
CTA 1-95 gallon cart 1x weekly $176.24 CDA 3 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $711.39
CTB 1-95 gallon cart 2x weekly $357.88 CDB 3 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,428.18
CTC 1-95 gallon cart 3x weekly $539.52 CDC 3 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,144.97
CTF 1-95 gallon cart 4x weekly $721.16 CDE 3 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $2,861.76
CTG 1-95 gallon cart 5x weekly $902.80 CDH 3 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $3,578.55
CTD 1-95 gallon cart 6x weekly $292.34 CDF 3 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $4,295.34
CTE 1-95 gallon cart 7x weekly $341.07 CDG 3 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $5,012.13
CXA 300 gallon container 1x weekly $412.07 CEA 4 cubic yard bin 1x weekly $950.32
CXB 300 gallon container 2x weekly $829.54 CEB 4 cubic yard bin 2x weekly $1,906.04
CXC 300 gallon container 3x weekly $1,247.01 CEC 4 cubic yard bin 3x weekly $2,861.76
CXD 300 gallon container 4x weekly $1,664.48 CED 4 cubic yard bin 4x weekly $3,817.48
CXG 300 gallon container 5x weekly $2,081.95 CEE 4 cubic yard bin 5x weekly $4,773.20
CXE 300 gallon container 6x weekly $620.92 CEF 4 cubic yard bin 6x weekly $5,728.92
CXF 300 gallon container 7x weekly $700.59 CEG 4 cubic yard bin 7x weekly $6,684.64
CSX City bin on City Property Per Bin $172.67 CCN Bin roll out 1x weekly $83.65
CLK Lock Charge/Per Bin $42.02 CCO Bin roll out 2x weekly $167.30
CCP Bin roll out 3x weekly $250.95
CCQ Bin roll out 4x weekly $334.60
CCS Bin roll out 5x weekly $418.25
RCS .75"Per Unit $0.00 CCR Bin roll out 6x weekly $501.90
RCT 1.00"Per Unit $0.00 CCT Bin roll out 7x weekly $585.55
RCU 1.5"Per Unit $0.00
RCV 2.00"Per Unit $0.00
RCW 3.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDJ Bin Truck roll out 1x weekly $94.62
RCX 4.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDK Bin Truck roll out 2x weekly $189.24
RCY 6.00"Per Unit $0.00 CDL Bin Truck roll out 3x weekly $283.86
CDM Bin Truck roll out 4x weekly $378.48
TBD Compacted Waste Per Bin 2x Bin Rate CDO Bin Truck roll out 5x weekly $473.10
CDN Bin Truck roll out 6x weekly $567.72
CDP Bin Truck roll out 7x weekly $662.34
BIN TRUCK ROLL OUT
STREET SWEEPING RATES (based on water meter size)
BIN ROLL OUT MISCELLANEOUS
4 CUBIC YARD BINS300 GALLON CONTAINERS
3 CUBIC YARD BINS95 GALLON CARTS
RESOURCE RECOVERY & RECYCLING DIVISION
Rates effective July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028
BI-MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RATES
2 CUBIC YARD BINS65 GALLON CARTS
Attachment 2 Santa Monica RRR 5-Year Rate Study 12.B.c
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Memo
To: City of Santa Monica City Council and City Manager’s Office
From: Dean Kubani, Chair, Commission on Sustainability, Environmental
Justice and the Environment
Signature:
Date: April 18, 2023
Re: City of Santa Monica Commission on Sustainability, Environmental
Justice, and the Environment Motion Regarding the Solid Waste
Rate Study
At the April 17, 2023 regular meeting, the Commission on Sustainability,
Environmental Justice, and the Environment discussed and took action on the
following agenda item:
Waste Rate Study
i) Yvonne Yeung (Resource Recovery and Recycling Manager)
presented on the Five-Year Solid Waste Rate Study with rate
adjustments for enhanced “Clean and Safe” services. Rates have
not been adjusted since 2019.
ii) The rate adjustments will help the City hire more sanitation
workers, right-size sweeping services, further SB 1383 mandatory
organics recycling implementation, restore bulky item pick-up
staff, and develop a volunteer community cleanup program.
iii) The proposed rate adjustments would be a 11 percent rate
increase for all customers (single, multi-family, commercial).
Additional discounts are being developed for low-income
households similar to water rates.
iv) The rate study will be presented to Council in June. If adopted, the
new rates will go in effect in August 2023.
After discussion, the Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice,
and the Environment made the following motion:
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The Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice and the
Environment recommends Council support the findings in the proposed
Solid Waste Rate Study. Understanding the environmental, economic, social
and regulatory importance of achieving zero waste, the Commission
supports the proposed rate increase of 11 percent associated with the
Enhanced Clean and Safe Services option.
The motion was made by Chair Kubani, and seconded by Member Sokol.
The motion was approved by the following roll call vote:
Ayes: Chair Kubani
Vice Chair Mearns
Member Lempert
Member Sokol
Noes: None
Abstain: None
Absent: Member Pettit and Member Tower
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Packet Pg. 606 Attachment: Sustainability Commission Letter of Support [Revision 1] (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
City Council Meeting: June 13, 2023 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER ______ (CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MOINCA, CALIFORNIA,
REVISING SOLID WASTE RATES
WHEREAS, Government Code section 54344 and Santa Monica Municipal Code
Section 5.08.250 allows the City Council to establish by resolution the rates of municipal
solid waste services; and
WHEREAS, the City provides comprehensive solid waste services to its
residential, commercial, and municipal customers using sustainable waste diversion
strategies with the goal of achieving zero waste, locally defined as 1.1 pounds per
person per day (PPD) of landfill disposal, by 2023; and
WHEREAS, the rates established by this resolution are no more than necessary
to recover the costs of the services provided, including the establishment of a 90-day
(24.7%) operating reserve level; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica, in accordance with Article XIII D Section 6
of the California Constitution, mailed a notice of the proposed solid waste rate increases
for a five-year period beginning August 1, 2023, through June 30, 2028, to the owner of
record of each parcel in Santa Monica; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk gave notice of the proposed solid waste rate
increases by publish ing once a week for two weeks prior to the public hearing in the
Santa Monica Daily Press in accordance with Government Code section 54354.5; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on June 13, 2023, to consider
the proposed solid waste rate increases; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all written and oral testimony
presented at the public hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Effective August 1, 2023, or as soon thereafter practical, solid waste
rate shall be increased as follows:
BI-MONTHLY RATE SCHEDULE
(All rates are based on the landfill trash service level. Recycling and organics services are
bundled in the rates below at no additional charge.)
Single-Family Residential Customers
Service Description 8.1.2023 7.1.2024 7.1.2025 7.1.2026 7.1.2027
One 65-gallon cart 1x/weekly $92.74 $102.94 $114.26 $126.83 $140.78
Two 65-gallon cart 1x/weekly $185.48 $205.88 $228.52 $253.66 $281.56
Three 65-gallon cart 1x/weekly $278.22 $308.82 $342.78 $380.49 $422.34
One 95-gallon cart 1x/weekly $119.65 $132.81 $147.42 $163.64 $181.64
Two 95-gallon cart 1x/weekly $239.30 $265.62 $294.84 $327.28 $363.28
Three 95-gallon cart 1x/weekly $358.95 $398.43 $442.26 $490.92 $544.92
One 65- and one 95-gallon cart 1x/weekly $212.39 $235.75 $261.68 $290.47 $322.42
One 300-gallon cart 1x/weekly $275.00 $305.25 $338.83 $376.10 $417.47
One 2-cubic -yard bin 1x/weekly $314.78 $349.41 $387.84 $430.50 $477.86
Shared container service $59.83 $66.41 $73.71 $81.82 $90.82
Residence Under Construction $92.74 $102.94 $114.26 $126.83 $140.78
Multi-Family Residential Customers
Service Description 8.1.2023 7.1.2024 7.1.2025 7.1.2026 7.1.2027
One 65-gallon cart 1x/weekly $92.74 $102.94 $114.26 $126.83 $140.78
One 95-gallon cart 1x/weekly $119.65 $132.81 $147.42 $163.64 $181.64
One 300-gallon cart 1x/weekly $275.00 $305.25 $338.83 $376.10 $417.47
One 300-gallon cart 2x/weekly $550.00 $610.50 $677.66 $752.20 $834.94
One 2-cubic -yard bin 1x/weekly $314.78 $349.41 $387.85 $430.51 $477.86
One 2-cubic -yard bin 2x/weekly $629.56 $698.82 $775.70 $861.02 $955.72
One 2-cubic -yard bin 3x/weekly $944.34 $1,048.23 $1,163.55 $1,291.53 $1,433.58
One 2-cubic -yard bin 4x/weekly $1,259.12 $1,397.64 $1,551.40 $1,722.04 $1,911.44
One 2-cubic -yard bin 5x/weekly $1,573.90 $1,747.05 $1,939.25 $2,152.55 $2,389.30
One 2-cubic -yard bin 6x/weekly $1,888.68 $2,096.46 $2,327.10 $2,583.06 $2,867.16
One 2-cubic -yard bin 7x/weekly $2,203.46 $2,445.87 $2,714.95 $3.013.57 $3,345.02
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Service Description 8.1.2023 7.1.2024 7.1.2025 7.1.2026 7.1.2027
One 3-cubic -yard bin 1x/weekly $472.17 $524.12 $581.78 $645.77 $716.79
One 3-cubic -yard bin 2x/weekly $944.34 $1,048.24 $1,163.56 $1,291.54 $1,433.58
One 3-cubic -yard bin 3x/weekly $1,416.51 $1,572.36 $1,745.34 $1,937.31 $2,150.37
One 3-cubic -yard bin 4x/weekly $1,888.68 $2,096.48 $2,327.12 $2,583.08 $2,867.16
One 3-cubic -yard bin 5x/weekly $2,360.85 $2,620.60 $2,908.90 $3,228.85 $3,583.95
One 3-cubic -yard bin 6x/weekly $2,833.02 $3,144.72 $3,490.68 $3,874.62 $4,300.74
One 3-cubic -yard bin 7x/weekly $3,305.19 $3,668.84 $4,072.46 $4,520.39 $5,017.53
One 4-cubic -yard bin 1x/weekly $629.56 $698.82 $775.70 $861.02 $955.72
One 4-cubic -yard bin 2x/weekly $1,259.12 $1,397.64 $1,551.40 $1,722.04 $1,911.44
One 4-cubic -yard bin 3x/weekly $1,888.68 $2,096.46 $2,327.10 $2,583.06 $2,867.16
One 4-cubic -yard bin 4x/weekly $2,518.24 $2,795.28 $3,102.80 $3,444.08 $3,822.88
One 4-cubic -yard bin 5x/weekly $3,147.80 $3,494.10 $3,878.50 $4,305.10 $4,778.60
One 4-cubic -yard bin 6x/weekly $3,777.36 $4,192.92 $4,654.20 $5,166.12 $5,734.32
One 4-cubic -yard bin 7x/weekly $4,406.92 $4,891.74 $5,429.90 $6,027.14 $6,690.04
Bin roll out 1x/weekly $55.10 $61.16 $67.89 $75.36 $83.65
Bin roll out 2x/weekly $110.20 $122.32 $135.78 $150.72 $167.30
Bin roll out 3x/weekly $165.30 $183.48 $203.67 $226.08 $250.95
Bin roll out 4x/weekly $220.40 $244.64 $271.56 $301.44 $334.60
Bin roll out 5x/weekly $275.50 $305.80 $339.45 $376.80 $418.25
Bin roll out 6x/weekly $330.60 $366.96 $407.34 $452.16 $501.90
Bin roll out 7x/weekly $385.70 $428.12 $475.23 $527.52 $585.55
Bin truck roll out 1x/weekly $62.32 $69.18 $76.79 $85.24 $94.62
Bin truck roll out 2x/weekly $124.64 $138.36 $153.58 $170.48 $189.24
Bin truck roll out 3x/weekly $186.96 $207.54 $230.37 $255.72 $283.86
Bin truck roll out 4x/weekly $249.28 $276.72 $307.16 $340.96 $378.48
Bin truck roll out 5x/weekly $311.60 $345.90 $383.95 $426.20 $473.10
Bin truck roll out 6x/weekly $373.92 $415.08 $460.74 $511.44 $567.72
Bin truck roll out 7x/weekly $436.24 $484.26 $537.53 $596.68 $662.34
Lock charge per container $27.68 $30.73 $34.11 $37.86 $42.02
Shared container service $59.83 $66.41 $73.71 $81.82 $90.82
City container on City property $113.74 $126.25 $140.14 $155.56 $172.67
Commercial Customers
Service Description 8.1.2023 7.1.2024 7.1.2025 7.1.2026 7.1.2027
One 65-gallon cart 1x/weekly $87.34 $97.54 $108.86 $121.43 $135.38
One 65-gallon cart 2x/weekly $180.08 $200.48 $223.12 $248.26 $276.16
One 95-gallon cart 1x/weekly $114.25 $127.41 $142.02 $158.24 $176.24
One 95-gallon cart 2x/weekly $233.90 $260.22 $289.44 $321.88 $357.88
One 300-gallon cart 1x/weekly $269.60 $299.85 $333.43 $370.70 $412.07
One 300-gallon cart 2x/weekly $544.60 $605.10 $672.26 $746.80 $829.54
One 2-cubic -yard bin 1x/weekly $309.38 $344.01 $382.45 $425.11 $472.46
One 2-cubic -yard bin 2x/weekly $624.16 $693.42 $770.30 $855.62 $950.32
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Service Description 8.1.2023 7.1.2024 7.1.2025 7.1.2026 7.1.2027
One 2-cubic -yard bin 3x/weekly $938.94 $1,042.83 $1,158.15 $1,286.13 $1,428.18
One 2-cubic -yard bin 4x/weekly $1,253.72 $1,392.24 $1,546.00 $1,716.64 $1,906.04
One 2-cubic -yard bin 5x/weekly $1,568.50 $1,741.65 $1,933.85 $2,147.15 $2,383.90
One 2-cubic -yard bin 6x/weekly $1,883.28 $2,091.06 $2,321.70 $2,577.66 $2,861.76
One 2-cubic -yard bin 7x/weekly $2,198.06 $2,440.47 $2,709.55 $3,008.17 $3,339.62
One 3-cubic -yard bin 1x/weekly $466.77 $518.72 $576.38 $640.37 $711.39
One 3-cubic -yard bin 2x/weekly $938.94 $1,042.84 $1,158.16 $1,286.14 $1,428.18
One 3-cubic -yard bin 3x/weekly $1,411.11 $1,566.96 $1,739.94 $1,931.91 $2,144.97
One 3-cubic -yard bin 4x/weekly $1,883.28 $2,091.08 $2,321.72 $2,577.68 $2,861.76
One 3-cubic -yard bin 5x/weekly $2,355.45 $2,615.20 $2,903.50 $3,223.45 $3,578.55
One 3-cubic -yard bin 6x/weekly $2,827.62 $3,139.32 $3,485.28 $3,869.22 $4,295.34
One 3-cubic -yard bin 7x/weekly $3,299.79 $3,663.44 $4,067.06 $4,514.99 $5,012.13
One 4-cubic -yard bin 1x/weekly $624.16 $693.42 $770.30 $855.62 $950.32
One 4-cubic -yard bin 2x/weekly $1,253.72 $1,392.24 $1,546.00 $1,716.64 $1,906.04
One 4-cubic -yard bin 3x/weekly $1,883.28 $2,091.06 $2,321.70 $2,577.66 $2,861.76
One 4-cubic -yard bin 4x/weekly $2,512.84 $2,789.88 $3,097.40 $3,438.68 $3,817.48
One 4-cubic -yard bin 5x/weekly $3,142.40 $3,488.70 $3,873.10 $4,299.70 $4,773.20
One 4-cubic -yard bin 6x/weekly $3,771.96 $4,187.52 $4,648.80 $5,160.72 $5,728.92
One 4-cubic -yard bin 7x/weekly $4,401.52 $4,886.34 $5,424.50 $6,021.74 $6,684.64
Bin roll out 1x/weekly $55.10 $61.16 $67.89 $75.36 $83.65
Bin roll out 2x/weekly $110.20 $122.32 $135.78 $150.72 $167.30
Bin roll out 3x/weekly $165.30 $183.48 $203.67 $226.08 $250.95
Bin roll out 4x/weekly $220.40 $244.64 $271.56 $301.44 $334.60
Bin roll out 5x/weekly $275.50 $305.80 $339.45 $376.80 $418.25
Bin roll out 6x/weekly $330.60 $366.96 $407.34 $452.16 $501.90
Bin roll out 7x/weekly $385.70 $428.12 $475.23 $527.52 $585.55
Bin truck roll out 1x/weekly $62.32 $69.18 $76.79 $85.24 $94.62
Bin truck roll out 2x/weekly $124.64 $138.36 $153.58 $170.48 $189.24
Bin truck roll out 3x/weekly $186.96 $207.54 $230.37 $255.72 $283.86
Bin truck roll out 4x/weekly $249.28 $276.72 $307.16 $340.96 $378.48
Bin truck roll out 5x/weekly $311.60 $345.90 $383.95 $426.20 $473.10
Bin truck roll out 6x/weekly $373.92 $415.08 $460.74 $511.44 $567.72
Bin truck roll out 7x/weekly $436.24 $484.26 $537.53 $596.68 $662.34
Lock charge per container $27.68 $30.73 $34.11 $37.86 $42.02
City container on City property $113.74 $126.25 $140.14 $155.56 $172.67
SECTION 2. Resolution Number 10806 (CCS) is hereby repealed as of the
effective date of this resolution.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adopt of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
__________________________
DOUGLAS SLOAN
City Attorney
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From:Amanda Grossman
To:councilmtgitems
Subject:Item 12b - Solid Waste Rate Study
Date:Monday, June 12, 2023 3:58:03 PM
Attachments:23.04.17_RRRWasteRateStudy.docx
image001.png
Good afternoon,
Attached is a motion from the Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the
Environment regarding Item 12b – Solid Waste Rate Study. Please let me know if you need any
additional information. Thank you.
Amanda Grossman (She/Her)
Sustainability Analyst
LEED Green Associate, TRUE Advisor, ENV SP
(310) 458-2201 x 2406
Sustainablesm.org
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Packet Pg. 612 Attachment: Written Comments (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
Memo
To: City of Santa Monica City Council and City Manager’s Office
From: Dean Kubani, Chair, Commission on Sustainability, Environmental
Justice and the Environment
Signature:
Date: April 18, 2023
Re: City of Santa Monica Commission on Sustainability, Environmental
Justice, and the Environment Motion Regarding the Waste Rate
Study
At the April 17, 2023 regular meeting, the Commission on Sustainability,
Environmental Justice, and the Environment discussed and took action on the
following agenda item:
Waste Rate Study
i) Yvonne Yeung (Resource Recovery and Recycling Manager)
presented on the Five-Year Waste Rate Study with rate
adjustments for enhanced clean and safety services. Rate studies
are typically conducted every five years in the City. Rates have not
been adjusted since 2019.
ii) The rate adjustments will help the City right size waste and
recyclable staff levels, right size sweeping services, further SB 1383
implementation, restore bulky item pick-up staff, and develop a
volunteer community cleanup program.
iii) The proposed rate adjustments would be a 11 percent rate
increase for all customers (single, multi-family, commercial).
Additional discounts are being developed for low-income
households similar to water rates.
iv) The rate study will be presented to Council in June. If adopted, the
new rates will go in effect in August 2023.
After discussion, the Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice,
and the Environment made the following motion:
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The Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice and the
Environment recommends Council support the findings in the proposed
Solid Waste Rate Study. Understanding the environmental, economic, social
and regulatory importance of achieving zero waste, the Commission
supports the proposed rate increase of 11 percent associated with the
Enhanced Clean and Safe Services option.
The motion was made by Chair Kubani, and seconded by Member Sokol.
The motion was approved by the following roll call vote:
Ayes: Chair Kubani
Vice Chair Mearns
Member Lempert
Member Sokol
Noes: None
Abstain: None
Absent: Member Pettit and Member Tower
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Packet Pg. 614 Attachment: Written Comments (5650 : Solid Waste Rate Adoption)
From:City of Santa Monica
To:councilmtgitems
Subject:FW: To the Manager of Recycling, Solid Waste Management, RRR Division Managers
Date:Tuesday, June 13, 2023 9:30:22 AM
Attachments:image001.png
To submit a 311 request please visit 311.santamonica.gov, email 311@santamonica.gov, or call (866)
311-7266
City of Santa Monica
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 458-8411
From: wallachjs@aol.com <wallachjs@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 1:07 AM
To: City of Santa Monica <info@santamonica.gov>
Subject: To the Manager of Recycling, Solid Waste Management, RRR Division Managers
EXTERNAL
June 13, 2023
To Yvonne Yeung, Manager of Recycling
and all the Policy Managers of the RRR Division of Santa Monica:
The comprehensive "Rate Study for Solid Waste Review" fails to fully, fairly
consider individual customer's actual production of solid waste. Over recent years,
Santa Monica has engaged its residents in pro-active participation in various
programmatic and educational efforts to reduce the creation of solid waste, including
the new Organics Recycling Program to accelerate the City's goal to achieve "Zero
waste for pounds per day per person of landfilled trash by 2030." My whole family
has pro-actively accepted the challenge of Zero Waste, and most months we come
very close to achieving this goal.
Between the Green Organics and the Blue Recycle bins, sometimes we have nothing
to put out in the black bin, and often it goes out for collection with just one lonely
paper bag in the bottom, or does not even go out to the curb for collection at all. For
years I have called RRR to see if there is a tiny refuse option available that would
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reflect our family's actual production of solid waste, always to be rebuffed that "the
65-gallon bin" is the smallest size available." 65-gallons is obscenely large for a zero
waste by 2030 goal. I would think that any serious plan to incentivize the "Zero
Waste Goal" would include encouraging effortful reduction of single-family solid
waste through offering the option of much smaller-capacity bins. I don't need a 65-
gallon bin, and in all fairness should not be charged for making that obscene amount
of solid waste.
It is indeed disappointing to see that Santa Monica's new glossy Prop 218
Notification, "Proposed Rate Increases for Solid Waste Services," does not offer or
even consider incentivizing reduced capacity options accompanied by
correspondingly reduced rates. Uncreatively, 65-gallons remains the smallest
capacity available, which ignores the actual needs and efforts of some families, and
thus the proposed plan falls short of being an inclusive project. Moreover, the front-
page, bold heading, Ways to Lower Your Bill, after stating the obvious that "the
more landfill trash a customer generates, the higher the bill," then describes/offers NO
rate reduction plan for customers who have worked to successfully achieve "zero
waste by 2030." Nada, zippo, nothing is offered for residents like myself who have
taken to heart and implemented the "zero waste by 2030" reality. So it is not quite
true or fully honest to state that "the more landfill trash the higher the bill" when zero
landfill trash does not equal a zero bill. In my opinion, this is a glaring omission, and
admission really that Santa Monica is not serious about truly incentivizing behavioral
change to achieve the goal to which it pays lip service.
Moreover, it is very disappointing to see this meager section, "Ways to Lower Your Bill," as
an insincere afterthought to the real goal of jacking increased rates across the board. The
little paragraph is void of any substantive ways to lower the bill by conforming to the
programmatic goal the objectives of which, we as a single family have already achieved.
Although RRR services claims to "modernize and simplify the rate structure," the actual
rate schedule does not rationalize or correspond to reflect the stated goal of ZERO WASTE
BY 2030. With no rate or use option to fit my household's ZERO WASTE, my household
(and other similarly actively participating residents in the City's collective solid waste goal)
is thus effectively excluded from a fair rate and use option offered by all the RRR Services
Plans, past and present, and future as now proposed.
I don't need a 65-gallon black bin, do not use it, do not want it, and do not want to be
compelled to pay for it. In all fairness, Solid Waste Policy and Collection pricing options
need to reflect Santa Monica residents' actual production/participation of solid waste
production. Have faith that as policy and in practice, the Zero Waste by 2030 effort does
actually work.
Over the years, and long before the articulated goal of "zero waste by 2030," I have called
the RRR Administration many times to raise my voice and concerns, always have been told
"there are no other service subscription options" for you, "you must pay for the minimum
65-gallon bin." RRR has never been helpful to "assess my disposal activities to choose the
right service subscription" as stated in the Proposition 218 Notification. Finally, after all
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these 25 years, I would appreciate being heard, and receiving a response. Thank you.
Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Aleta Wallach, owner of
355 25th Street
Santa Monica, Ca 90402
wallachjs@aol.com
Assessor's ID # 4278004015
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