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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
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Meeting Date 11 19 91
Public Hearing reQarding Preliminary Source Reduction and
Recycling Element (SRRE)
Principal Management Assistant Snyder
Conservation Coordinator
City Manager
4/5ths Vote:Yes No X
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) requires that all
cities and counties prepare formal plans directed at wastestream diversion goals
of 25% by 1995 and 50% by the year 2000. Specifically, cities are required to
prepare "elements" addressing the two programmatic areas of: 1) source reduction
and recycling (to include composting), and 2) household hazardous waste. The
city "elements" are then to be submitted to their respective counties which are
responsible for preparing their own "element" for the unincorporated area, as
well as for developing a region-wide facility siting component and producing a
County-wide Integrated Waste Management Plan (CIWMP). Because the total landfill
capacity in San Diego County exceeds eight years, the county-wide plan for San
Diego is due in 1994.
This Public Hearing presents the City's Preliminary SRRE so that comments and
questions on the City's proposed programs can be received from the Council and
the general public. The document is also being reviewed for comments by
neighboring jurisdictions, the State, the County, and the AB 939 Local Task
Force. All comments will be received and reconciled in the Final SRRE which is
expected to be brought forward to the City Council for adoption in February or
March of 1992. During the period of time leading up to the adoption of the SRRE,
the document will also be undergoing environmental review.
The report will present an overview of the process and the timetable as well as
staff comments regarding the document itself and the proposed programs for the
City.
RECOMMENDATION: Accept report and direct staff to: 1) continue to accept and
reconcile comments from the general public and appropriate agencies until
December 31, 1991 or until any later date deemed necessary by staff; 2) begin
appropriate environmental review as required by the California Environmental
Quality Act; and 3) return to the City Council for adoption of a Final SRRE at
such time as all public comments have been responded to and/or incorporated in
the document and the environmental review has b
een completed.
and the medium term (50% goals by the year 2000). In addition, this summary
integrates the individual programs with: materials that would be targeted within
that program, activities which will be used to achieve those goals, and the
expected percentage of wastestream reduction to be accomplished by those
activities.
The current wastestream data in the SRRE indicates that Chula Vista's diversion
rate at the present time is 1 - 2%. Staff will be working with the consultant
and the County to further refine that data and to include additional information
from existing commercial establishments within the City. However, it is
important to note that even at this relatively low level, moving ahead on
schedule with the programs previously outlined to the Council and included in the
SRRE will allow the City to meet both the County's mandatory ordinance schedule
and the State-mandated goals included in AB 939.
This document presents the plan for the achievement of those goals. Not to be
discounted, is the critical importance of future planning for regional facilities
such as materials recovery facilities, mixed waste processing plants, composting
facilities, transfer stations, and landfills. It is important for the City to
take responsibility for the individual programs and activities represented in
this SRRE but still recognize a necessary regional role in such areas as
encouraging local establishment of recycled material manufacturing businesses,
public education campaigns emphasizing greater personal responsibility for source
reduction, appropriate legislative programs to complement City source reduction,
recycling, and composting goals, etc. This broader area of the City's response
to diverting materials from the wastestream is referenced in the SRRE but will
be more significantly addressed when the SRRE is incorporated into the County-
wide plan.
The Next Steo
In conclusion, the Preliminary SRRE will undergo continued staff review and
refinement of background data, as well as response and reconciliation of comments
and questions received during this Public Hearing and during the entire public
review period. The Preliminary Household Hazardous Waste Element (HHWE), also
required by AB 939 and AB 1820, will be scheduled for Public Hearing in December
1991. Comments and questions received during the public review period for that
document will also be reconciled on an appropriate timetable and the Final HHWE
will be brought back to the City Council for adoption at the same time as the
Final SRRE.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact as a result of the recommended action.
The fiscal impact of individual programs and components will be addressed as the
programs are brought forward to the City Council in future actions.
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