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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 7.1 Diversion SubComm Reportti ~ ~1 J , ~,~' ~~ v ~ ,~~ SUBJECT: CITY CLERK File # ^~^~-~~ AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: February 3, 2009 ATTACHMENTS: RECOMMEND TION: Diversion Subcommittee Report and Proposed Diversion Action Plan Report Prepared by Roger Bradley, Administrative Analyst 1) Proposed Diversion Action Plan. Review and approve the Diversion Subcommittee's proposed Diversion Action Plan. FINANCIAL ST ENT: If the City Council were to approve the action items within the proposed Diversion Action Plan, Staff would investigate the costs of these services and incorporate them as Higher Service Levels within the Fiscal Year 2009-2010 budget. Sufficient funding for additional waste diversion programs exists within the City's recycling program funds, which are earmarked solely for waste diversion programs. Therefore, any diversion program approved by the City Council would not have an impact upon the City's General Fund. DESCRIPTION: As part of the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Goals & Objectives Program, Council included a high priority goal to create an Ad-Hoc Committee, consisting of two Councilmembers, to work with Amador Valley Industries (AVI) and with Staff on assessing and improving the City's waste diversion programs (G&O IV.E.4). At the August 5, 2008 City Council Meeting, the City Council appointed then-Mayor Lockhart and Vice Mayor Hildenbrand as the City Council's representatives to the Diversion Subcommittee. On August 5, 2008, the City Council approved the overall objective for the Subcommittee to create a Diversion Action Plan, which would serve as a guiding document for the City's diversion efforts. As part of the proceedings, the City Council included an objective to explore possible land-lease options for a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) within the City limits. The siting of a MRF within the City would allow for the recovery of materials that are currently being placed within regular garbage cans by residents and businesses and, as a result, go straight to the landfill. Currently, only materials that are placed in recycling or organics containers are diverted from the landfill. The placement of a MRF within the City would allow for the capture of this currently disposed of material. At the present time, an appropriate location for a MRF has not been identified. If an appropriate site is identified in the future, Staff will reintroduce the item for the City Council's consideration and seek direction on how to appropriately proceed. COPY TO: Amador Valley Industries Page 1 of 3 F:\Council\P.genda Statements\2008-2009\as-Diversion Committee-Final Report.doc ITEM NO. PROPOSED DIVERSION ACTION PLAN The Diversion Subcommittee focused its efforts on developing an action plan proposal, which takes into account collection sectors that provide the greatest opportunity for diversionary increases. The commercial sector, which consists of businesses, multifamily dwellings, and jurisdictional partners (Camp Parks, Santa Rita Jail, Correctional Institutions, and the school district), was determined to present the most significant opportunity for programmatic improvements and, thus, increased diversion. The commercial entities comprise approximately 40% of the total waste stream with more than 80% of this waste stream being sent to the landfill on an annual basis. Therefore, the Subcommittee focused the proposed Diversion Action Plan (Attachment 1) upon the commercial sector, which includes four strategies aimed at improving diversion within this sector. Proposed Diversion Strategies The first three strategies within the action plan are designed to increase diversion within the business sector, at multifamily complexes, and for jurisdictional partners. The strategies are listed below with a list of action items associated with each strategy. • Strategy 1: Increase diversion in the business sector. • Strategy 2: Increase diversion at multifamily complexes. • Strategy 3: Increase diversion among jurisdictional partners. -, Action Plan Strategies and Related Action Items 1) Business Sector 2) Multifamily Complexes 3Jurisdictional Partners 1. Survey and assess individual site 1. Survey and assess individual site _ _ 1. Survey and assess individual site practices. practices. practices. 2. Offer technical assistance to 2. Offer technical assistance to 2. Offer technical assistance to identify waste streams and promote identify waste streams and promote identify waste streams and promote recycling programs. recycling programs. recycling programs. 3. Cash incentive program for food- 3. Cash incentive program for food- 3. Encourage school food-scrapping scrapping. scrapping. programs -tie City funding to recycling efforts. 4. Commercial education campaign 4. Free recycling bags or bins for 4. Offer City mini-grants to get to promote recycling and tenants of multifamily dwellings. school diversion programs started. composting services and benefits. 5. Start a "75% Club" with. 5. Promote beverage container 5. Explore and encourage decal/plaque recognition for recycling program. environmental education programs businesses that divert 75% of their for schools. waste. 6. Enco>.>rage applications for 6. Consider separate bins for 6. Supplement existing beverage business waste prevention awards. targeted items to be recycled. container programs or start new programs or contests. 7. Assess metals diversion practices 7. Explore a compostable bag pilot 7. Explore a mixed paper program. and available options/markets. program. 8. Encourage arestaurant/store food 8. Explore and encourage school collection/donation network. composting and garden programs. 9. Work with Stopwaste.org to audit businesses. COPY TO: Page 2 of 3 F:\Council\Agenda Statements\2008-2009\as-Diversion Committee-Final Report.doc The final strategy proposed is to explore options to ensure that all commercial locations have the ability to house garbage, recycling, and composting collection bins in appropriate enclosures. This item is being proposed as there is a concern that some of the older commercial sites may not have adequate space within their enclosures to allow for participation in the City's recycling and composting programs. • Strategy 4: Explore mandatory enclosure policies/ordinances. Action Plan Strate ies ~4) Enclosure Items 1. Survey individual sites to assess enclosure needs. 2. Investigate retrofitting options for enclosures in commercial and multifamily buildings. 3. Explore mandatory recycling ordinance for enclosures in commercial or multifamily buildings. Proposed Diversion Goal The proposed Diversion Action Plan contains a goal to "Increase commercial diversion by 700 tons each year through 2010." The proposed strategies were developed for the accomplishment of this goal, and it was developed in conjunction with AVI for the purpose of propelling the City forward in obtaining its goal of a 75% diversion rate as determined under the State calculation methodology. In order to get to this desired rate, the franchise diversion rate for AVI will need to increase to 50% from the current 2008 rate of 39.15%. For this to happen, the City would need to see 1,200 new tons of diversion generated each year through 2012. As the Diversion Action Plan solely focuses upon the commercial sector, the tons that belong to other collection activities were removed. Thus, the 1,200 tons were apportioned across collection categories by percentage of category size, with the commercial sector accounting for about 60% of the tota1700 tons among the sectors included. Staff worked with AVI to finalize this goal, and it is felt that obtaining 700 tons a year over the next two years is feasible but should be reassessed at that time to determine the appropriateness of the goal before moving forward again. One item to mention, as it could affect the outcome of this goal, is the effect that the global economic downturn has had and may continue to have on the commodity market for recyclable materials. The market for such materials was at historic highs as recently as summer 2008. At the same time as the general market downturn, global demand for recycling commodities also decreased significantly. While AVI is able to sell recyclable materials generated from within the City of Dublin, and while it is not expected that conditions will continue to deteriorate, if conditions do worsen, the goal may need to be reassessed. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council review and approve the Diversion Subcommittee's proposed Diversion Action Plan. 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