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Home My WebLink About2021/09/14 Item 7.1 PresentationSB 1383 Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in California Manuel Medrano, Environmental Services Manager, Waste Collection Rate Adjustment For Organic Waste Services Good evening honorable mayor and councilmembers 1 Jurisdiction Responsibilities per SB1383 Provide Organics Collection Services to All Residents and Businesses Conduct Education and Outreach to Community Secure Access to Recycling and Edible Food Recovery Capacity Establish Edible Food Recovery Program Procure Recyclable and Recovered Organic Products Monitor Compliance and Conduct Enforcement Progress towards achieving carbon neutrality no later than 2045 – Statewide efforts on methane reduction Regulation created to mitigate climate change impacts Statewide effort to reduce the creation of methane created from organic waste in our landfills Supports our climate action plan Jurisdictions will be required to provide organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses. providing service or universal service; the resident or business is automatically provided the service rather than subscribing to it. The regs standardize container colors across the state and require a jurisdiction to place a label on each new container or lid provided to generators (starting Jan 1, 2022). Jurisdictions can issue three types of waivers to generators (de minimis, physical space, and collection frequency). EDIBLE FOOD REQUIREMENTS, Required to educate in 2022 –Tier 1: Supermarkets, Grocery store larger than 10K sq. Ft, Food distributors, Wholesale food vendors. In 2024, Tier II: Restaurants w/ 250+ seats, Hotels w/ onsite kitchen & 200+ rooms, Health facility with on-site kitchen and 100+beds, Large venue and School Cafeterias with on-site. Jurisdictions must conduct annual education and outreach to all generators. Agreements with edible food recovery organizations. Jurisdictions must also procure certain levels of recovered organic waste products (compost, renewable gas, or electricity from biomass conversion). Each jurisdiction will have a minimum procurement target that is linked to its population. Jurisdictions must monitor compliance and conduct enforcement Monitoring and education begins in 2022 Jurisdictions must do an annual compliance review of commercial businesses to make sure that they have service There are contamination monitoring requirements of the contents of the containers. Jurisdictions will typically delegate this task to their hauler. To reduce reporting, jurisdictions are required to maintain records and keep information in an Implementation Record. 2 Jurisdiction Review Conduct joint inspections with jurisdictions Review Implementation Record Issue Notices of Violation May Authorize Corrective Action Plan Allows up to 24 months to address barriers outside of a jurisdiction’s control CalRecycle Oversight (Begins in 2022) Oversee and Monitor State Enforcement Unfunded State mandate SB 1383 is a Statewide target and not a jurisdiction organic waste diversion target. The enforcement structure allows CalRecycle to focus on compliance assistance first and dedicate enforcement efforts to serious offenders. The regulations allow for flexibility and deadline extensions in some instances when there are extenuating circumstances causing compliance issues despite a jurisdiction’s substantial efforts. CalRecycle will conduct compliance evaluations with jurisdictions to address compliance issues first. Then if issues are not addressed, CalRecycle has the discretion to initiate the enforcement process. Penalties are imposed as a last resort after all other compliance actions have failed If a jurisdiction does not meet the deadlines in an NOV or a CAP, the Department has another opportunity to exercise enforcement discretion by determining whether to commence an action to impose penalties. If the Department decides to impose administrative civil penalties, it shall serve an accusation and hold a hearing if requested by the respondent (roughly a 180-day process) 3 Preparing for Compliance - Pilot program Began in 2014 Two-year duration 600 homes in Chula Vista 20 businesses Markets Restaurants Cafeterias Also helped republic Services the best methods to manage and process food waste. 4 Program proposal Required for all residential properties Multi-family properties to be evaluated Commercial food waste/organic waste generators will be phased in –No automatic increase Compliance waivers for commercial properties available. 1. No/low generation 2. Space limitations Commercial generators will not see an automatic increase, phased-in approach. 5 Republic Services – Assisting the City to comply Building a composting facility at the Otay Landfill Building a pre-processing facility for commercial food waste Purchase and deliver 15,000 carts, additional trucks and 3000 commercial food waste bins Dedicated Recycling Coordinator for Chula Vista to complement City efforts Provide compost at no cost for City projects One kitchen caddie for residential customers $50,000 per year for Food Rescue organizations Assistance with education and compliance efforts Compost facility to process 30K tons per year Preprocessing facility to address contamination Compost for City projects: 13,900 tons requirement per regulation 6 Program proposal – Single family Residential 7 Program proposal – Commercial In Chula Vista we pay a 25% franchise fee Rate reviewed with five other cities in the County, shown to be 8 to 9% lower than the 5 cities compared while factoring 25% to each for a more equitable comparison to rates paid in Chula Vista TRANSITION: These rate increase to comply with the new regulation are not unique to Chula Vista 8 League conducted a survey of 194 cities, encompassing all of California’s diverse geographies and city sizes, participated in a Cal Cities’ solid waste and recycling rate survey [Dec. 2020]. Respondents provided primary source data on anticipated percentage increases to waste rates in the next three years. Real percentage changes to rates are expected to differ, either higher or lower as reported, as cities go through their formal rate making process. 9 REPUBLIC SERVICES Matt Kross, General Manager 10 Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility 2030 Sustainability Goals Recognized for Excellence in Sustainability We work to increase recycling, generate renewable energy and help our customers and communities be more resourceful. In Chula Vista, we are building two composting facilities. 2020 Organics Recycler of the Year by the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) Republic is a leader in establishing appropriate, compliant and responsible programs to handle yard and food waste Republic owns and operates 11 composting facilities in five states, including one in Chula Vista, we run an organics preprocessing operations in Anaheim, and maintain a robust food recovery program in Los Angeles 1.7 billion pounds of yard and food waste were processed at our organic facilities last year, creating more than 275,000 tons of compost Republic is leading the way in diverting yard and food waste away from landfills and contributing to the circular economy Republic Services won the 2020 Organics Recycler of the Year award by the National Waste & Recycling Association 11 Chula Vista Food & Yard Waste Collection Program Chula Vista will have a dedicated recycling coordinator to assist businesses and multi-family properties with setting up their food waste and recycling programs. All food and yard waste will be processed into compost at the Otay Composting Operation located at the Otay Landfill. Republic Services, in partnership with the City of Chula Vista, will execute an extensive public outreach and education program to educate customers on the changes. Food & Yard Waste Program will start early next year for the city of Chula Vista Key highlights of the program include a dedicated recycling coordinator to assist businesses and multi-family properties with setting up their programs All food and yard waste will be processed into compost at the Otay Composting Facility at the Otay Landfill Republic and the city of Chula Vista will execute an extensive public outreach and education program 12 Acceptable and Unacceptable Items Food Waste Items Yard Waste Items Food-Soiled Paper Items Unacceptable Items recyclingsimplified.com Go over accepted and unaccepted items. Emphasize the importance of NO plastic bags in organics or recycling cart. I invite you to visit our RecyclingSimplified website to learn more about recycling. 13 Public Outreach & Education 14 Unique For Our Chula Vista Community Help City meet Climate Action Goals and State mandates Engage community interest and generate enthusiasm for robust participation Build momentum for rollout Materials will be prepared in multiple languages – English/Spanish Goals & Objectives Inform & Activate - Fall 2021 Educate customers about how organics recycling works Partner with grassroots community groups that share our vision for sustainability Provide resources to help businesses and residents implement Republic Services will execute a robust public outreach & education program in the city of Chula Vista. Goals and objectives of the program are to build awareness on the new regulation, increase participation and engage the city about the new recycling opportunity. We are partnering with key stakeholders, including the Living Coast Discovery Center, to educate and bring awareness on the new program. We will utilize community events, social media, educational materials, partnerships, website, presentations and media relations to get the message out to all residents and businesses. 14 Residential Customers All customers that do not have a Republic Services yard waste cart, will have one delivered. Rental fees for yard waste carts will discontinue upon implementation. Residents may pick up a kitchen caddie to store food scraps at their homes at select locations throughout the city. Republic Services will pickup food and yard waste combined in the green cart at the curb. Commercial Customers NOTE: Turn the presentation over to Manuel 16 Providing Value & Benefits 17 NEW composting facility NEW pre-processing facility for commercial food waste Discontinue $1.50 cart rental fee now paid by approx. 46,000 residents Delivering 15,000 NEW carts throughout the City NEW kitchen caddies for residential customers NEW Recycling Coordinators dedicated to outreach partnership with City of Chula Vista $50,000 per year for Food Rescue organizations Most Favored Nation Price Protection for City of Chula Vista NEW and Added Features Residential rate not to exceed a 90% County average 17 Staff Recommendation - Action Council adopt the resolution approving the request for a rate adjustment and direct staff to conduct the proceedings necessary prior to the implementation of the adjustment. Proposition 218 hearing process Approval of the resolution will trigger a Proposition 218 hearing process that will have to be conducted before the proposed rate adjustment goes into effect. That process will include sending notice of the proposed increase to all property owners, Republic’s Chula Vista customers of record and conducting a public “majority protest” hearing at least 45 days later, in accordance with the requirements of Proposition 218. If less than a majority of affected property owners protest the increase, it will go into effect 18