HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2010-195RESOLUTION NO.2010-195
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL TO
SEND A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR ASSEMBLY BILL 1998
(BROWNLEY)
WHEREAS, the California Legislature finds that prohibiting the distribution of single-
use plastic carryout bags is necessazy to reduce the environmental, public health, economic and
societal costs resulting from single-use production, use and discard; and
WHEREAS, despite local and state efforts to minimize land-based sources of pollution,
and increasing efforts worldwide to protect water quality, the quantity of plastic pollution in the
world's aquatic environment is increasing; and
WHEREAS, plastics made from bio-based sources that are mazketed as "compostable" or
"biodegradable" are not environmentally sound alternatives to plastic carryout bags because they
have not been shown to degrade in aquatic environments; and
WHEREAS, bio-based plastics require conditions only available in composting facilities
to rapidly break down into constituents that assimilate back into the environment; and
WHEREAS, recycled content paper carryout bags are a high value recyc]able that is
collected in curbside and community recycling programs in California; and
WHEREAS, the environmental and economic costs posed by single-use bags aze of
statewide interest and concern and the State should take action to reduce the use of plastic and
other single-use bags.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby authorize a letter of support for Assembly Bill 1998 (Brownley).
Approved as to form by
Presented by
Resolution No. 2010-195
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 3rd day of August 2010 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Cox ay r
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, CHIC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2010-195 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regulaz meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 3rd day of August 2010.
Executed this 3rd day of August 2010.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk