Title
Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve a CalRecycle Grant Application in the Amount of $115,507 for a SB1383 Local Assistance Grant Program Funding for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 and 2022-2023; and to authorize the City Manager or Her Designee to Execute all Documents Pertaining to this Resolution and the Administration of the Grant Award
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a Department of Resources and Recycling and Recovery ("CalRecycle") grant application to support cross-departmental efforts impacting the entire City to design and implement a program to reduce organic waste disposal. This effort will advance Council Goal "E"--support and implement programs that advance the quality of life for residents of San Leandro.
BACKGROUND
The Department of Resources and Recycling and Recovery provides the following history behind the new law and this grant. They explain the history as follows:
In September 2016, Governor Edmund Brown Jr. set methane emissions reduction targets for California (SB 1383 Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP). The targets must reduce organic waste disposal 50 percent by 2020 and 75 percent by 2025 and rescue for people to eat at least 20 percent of currently disposed surplus food by 2025.
SB 1383 is an unfunded mandate with serious budget implications. Ultimately, the City is responsible for complying with the extensive program requirements that include:
* Provide organics collection service to all residents and businesses
* Establish an edible food recovery program for commercial food generators
* Conduct education and outreach to the community
* Procure recyclable and recovered organic products
* Secure access to edible food recovery capacity, in partnership with the County
* Monitor generators for compliance and conduct enforcement; and
* By January 1, 2022, the Ci...
Click here for full text