HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 125-2001RESOLUTION 125-2001
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY TO
THE CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR
A TIME EXTENSION FOR THE CITY OF BURLINGAME TO ACHIEVE THE STATE
GOAL OF FIFTY PERCENT FOR WASTE DIVERSION
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame:
WHEREAS, the City has implemented a wide-ranging waste diversion program, including
curbside recycling, yard waste recycling, and construction debris recycling; and
WHEREAS, the City has apparently achieved a 47% diversion rate based on the statistical
model developed by the State; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of the construction debris recycling program together with
continued efforts of residents and businesses should allow the City to reach the State's fifty percent
diversion rate in the next two years,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED:
1. The City Manager is authorized and directed to apply to the California Integrated Waste
Management Board for a time extension for years 2001, 2002, and 2003, to achieve the fifty percent
goal, and to execute any documents necessary in such an application.
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I, ANN T. MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 19thday of
November ,2001, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: COFFEY, GALLIGAN, JANNEY, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD
To request a Time Extension (TE) or Alternative Diversion Requirement (ADR), please complete and sign
this form and return it to your Office of Local Assistance (OLA) representative at the address below, along
with any additional information requested by OLA staff. When all documentation has been received, your
OLA representative will work with you to prepare for your appearance before the Board. If you have any
questions about this process, please call (916) 341-6199 to be connected to your OLA representative.
Mail completed documents to:
California Integrated Waste Management Board
Office of Local Assistance, (MS 25)
1001 1 Street
PO Box 4025
Sacramento CA 95812-4025
General Instructions:
For a Time Extension complete Sections I, II, III -A, IV -A, and V.
For an Alternative Diversion Requirement complete Sections I, II, III -B, IV -B; and V.
Section is Jurisdiction Information and Certification
All respondents must complete this section.
I certify under penalty of perjury that the information in this document is true and correct to the best of
my knowledge, and that I am authorized to make this certification on behalf of:
Jurisdiction Name
County
City of Burlingame
San Mateo
Authoriz Signature
Title
CITY MANAGER
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Date
Phone
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Person Completing This Form (please print or type)
Title
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Consultant
Phone
E-mail Address
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Section 11—Cover Sheet
This cover sheet is to be completed for each Time Extension (TE) or Alternative Diversion
Requirement (ADR) requested.
Eligibility
Has your jurisdiction filed its Source Reduction and Recycling Element, Household Hazardous Waste
Element, and Nondisposal Facility Element with the Board (must have been filed by July 1, 1998 if you are
requesting an ADR)?
❑ No. If no, stop; not eligible for a TE or ADR.
® Yes. If yes, then eligible for a TE or ADR.
2. Specific Request and Length of Request
Please specify the request desired.
® Time Extension Request
Specific years requested: 2001. 2002 2003
Is this a second request? ® No ❑ Yes Specific years requested.
(Note: Requests for an additional extension will need to address why the jurisdiction's efforts to
meet the 50% goal by the end of the first extension were not successful.)
❑ Alternative Diversion Requirement Request (Not allowed for Regional Agencies).
Specific ADR requested
for the years
Is this a second ADR request? ❑ No ❑ Yes Specific ADR requested %, for the
years
(Note: Requests for an additional ADR will need to address why the jurisdiction's efforts to meet
50% by the end of the first ADR period were not successful.)
Note: Extensions may be requested anytime by a jurisdiction, but will only be effective in the years from
January 1, 2000 to January 1, 2006. An original request for a TE/ADR may be granted for any period up to
three years and subsequent requests for TE/ADR may extend the original request or be based on new
circumstances but the total number of years for all requests cannot total more than five years or extend
beyond January 1, 2006.
Section IIIA—TIME EXTENSION
Within this section, discuss your jurisdiction's progress in implementing diversion programs that
were planned to achieve 50%. Provide any additional information that demonstrates "good faith
effort." The CIWMB shall determine your jurisdiction's progress in demonstrating "good faith
effort" towards complying with AB 939. Note: The answers to each question should be
comprehensive and provide specific details regarding the jurisdiction's situation.
Attach additional sheets if necessary—please reference each response to the appropriate cell number (e.g., IIIA -1).
Why does your jurisdiction need more time to meet the 50% goal? Describe why SRRE selected
programs did not achieve 50% diversion. Identify barriers to meeting the 50% goal and briefly indicate
how they will be overcome.
The City planned to meet the state -mandated 50 percent diversion goal by 2000; falling short of this goal has
highlighted the need to revisit diversion program implementation and the need for new and/or expanded
programs.
The City has implemented all of the programs identified in the SRRE, or suitable alternatives, as well as several
additional programs. Failure to achieve the 50 percent diversion goal suggests that SRRE-selected programs
may have under -performed. In December 2000, the City passed a C&D Ordinance requiring at least 60 percent
diversion from construction and demolition projects subject to the ordinance, of which 25 percent must include
structural diversion. The ordinance was amended in August 2001 to target a larger number of projects with the
intent of increasing diversion. The effectiveness of this program in diverting materials had not been realized in
2000. The City needs the additional time to enhance the effectiveness of the programs that are currently in
place and to implement new and expanded programs targeting construction and demolition waste, commercial
and multi -family waste, and to a lesser extent residential waste.
The principal barrier to achieving 50 percent diversion was failure to recognize that the City's existing programs
currently implemented would fall just short of the 50 percent goal. The City plans to overcome this barrier by
focusing its efforts on those wastestreams that have the highest diversion potential and that comprise the most
significant portion of the City's disposed wastestream. A careful review of the City's disposal and diversion by
waste sector in 2000 indicates that with appropriately targeted programs, substantial improvements can be
achieved in the targeted wastestreams. The planned new and/or expanded programs are shown in the Plan of
Correction in Section N.A. These programs address gaps found in the SRRE. The diversion projections in the
Plan of Correction are based on recent reports of waste disposal and diversion prepared by the City's
franchised hauler, and ambitious but realistic estimates of the amount of the targeted wastestream that each
program will achieve.
The new and expanded programs will be coupled with enhanced public education and information programs
that increase awareness of existing programs and better inform residents, business operators, and construction
contractors of the importance of diverting materials and of buying recycling -content materials.
To ensure goal achievement, the City has included a contingency program in its Plan of Correction, the need
for which will be revisited after determination of goal achievement in 2001 and 2002. The City has selected
programs that are intended to achieve a diversion rate well above 50 percent to demonstrate the City's
commitment to meeting the mandated diversion rates and to correct for any unforeseen barriers.
Why does your jurisdiction need the amount of time requested? Describe any relevant circumstances in
the iurisdiction that contribute to the need for a Time Extension.
The City requests a three-year extension because it will take this amount of time to fully implement the
programs described in the Plan of Correction. The City has incorporated a contingency program into its suite of
programs that will be enacted should diversion targets remain below 50 percent in 2001 and 2002.
3. Describe your jurisdiction's Good Faith Efforts to implement the programs in its SRRE.
Current 2000 diversion is at 47 percent. The City has achieved this diversion rate through a combination of
locally and regionally implemented programs and private sector activities. The programs that have contributed
most to the City's diversion rate include:
• Curbside Recycling: implemented in 1990 and expanded in 1997. Program includes collection of OCC,
MP, ONP, and bottles and cans. Program accounts for roughly 4 percent of the City's diversion.
• Commercial Recycling: implemented in 1990 and expanded in 1999. Program includes collection of OCC,
MP, bottles and cans, and plant material from commercial and some multi -family complexes. Program
accounts for approximately 5 percent of the City's diversion.
• Curbside Plant Material Collection and Transfer Station Recovery: organics recovery began at the Transfer
Station in 1995 and has since been expanded to include residential curbside collection (carts are provided
to all households). The City also participated in a regional program to implement rate incentives for
separated yard waste and wood waste at the transfer station and landfill. Program accounts for about
5 percent of the City's diversion.
• Transfer Station and Landfill Material Recovery: material recovered at the TS through the expanded floor
sort and aggregates recycling programs recover materials from rich self -haul and debris box loads.
Program accounts for roughly 3 percent of the City's diversion.
In addition to these programs, in 1999, the City sponsored an intensive outreach effort targeting the City's
largest commercial and industrial waste generators. The City has also participated in all regional public
eduction and outreach efforts since 1990, including bilingual programs and programs that emphasize economic
incentives for recycling, such as redeeming CRV materials.
As stated in the response to Question 1 above, the City has implemented all of the programs selected in the
SPIRE or suitable alternatives. By implementing all of the programs in the SRRE, the City has made a good
faith effort to achieve 50 percent diversion. The most recent version of the PARIS reports for the City are
included in Section V of this report.
any additional relevant information that supports the request.
No additional information to be provided.
Section IV A—PLAN OF CORRECTION
A Plan of Correction is required by PRC Section 41820(a)(6)(B). The plan is fundamentally a
description of the actions the jurisdiction will take to meet the 50% goal by the expiration of the Time
Extension.
Attach additional sheets if necessary.
Residential %
24%
Non-residential %
76%
PROGRAM TYPE
NEW or
DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM
FUNDING
DATE FULLY
ESTIMATED
Please use the Board's
EXPAND
SOURCE
COMPLETED
PERCENT
DIVERSION
Program Types. The
Program Glossary Is
online at:
www.dwmb.ca.gov/
LG Central/PAR I S/Codes/
Reduce.htm
Commercial Program
Expand
Target smaller commercial generators and re -target
SBW MA
7/1/02
4.8
large generators from previous outreach efforts.
fees
Progressive Rate Structure
New
Implement progressive rate structure under which
Refuse
6/1/02
3.5%
additional increments of service level become more
Collection
costly. Targets franchised commercial and residential
Rates
wastestreams. Residential rates are currently
regressive, whereas commercial rates are uniform.
C&O Program
New
C&D Ordinance adopted 12/00. Hired part-time staff to
General
2/1/02
5.9%
promote and track C&D diversion in 1/01. Amended
Fund;
ordinance to target a larger number of projects in 8/01.
permit
Ordinance targets commercial and large residential
fees
construction and demolition projects, and requires that
waste management plans be prepared prior to issuance
of a building or demolition permit.
Multi -Family Program:
New
Initiate intensive outreach campaign to increase
Refuse
9/1/02
2.0%
Phase 1
participation in existing and new programs.
Collection
Rates
CONTINGENCY PROGRAMS
Multi -Family Program:
New
If Phase 1 under -performs, consider enacting multi-
General
5/1/03
2.0%
Phase 2
family recycling ordinance thatwould require
Fund
management to provide adequate space for recycling
and recycling bins: hire part-time staff to implement,
promote and track effectiveness of the ordinance.
Total Estimated Diversion Percent From New and/or Expanded Programs
18.2%
Current Diversion Rate Percent From Latest Annual Report
47.0%
Total Planned Diversion Percent Estimated
65.2%
PROGRAMS SUPPORTING DIVERSION ACTIVITIES
PROGRAM TYPE
NEW or
DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM
DATE FULLY
EXPANDED
COMPLETED
Public Education
Expand
Public Education and Information programs will be enhanced to
On-going
increase awareness of existing, expanded, and new programs and
to better inform residents, business operators, and construction
contractors of the importance of diverting materials and of buying
recycled -content materials.
Section V — PARIS
Office of Local Assistance staff will be reviewing your Jurisdiction's Planning Annual Report
Information System (PARIS) database printout as part of the evaluation of your request. Should the
Jurisdiction have updates or revisions to the program implementation from the latest Annual Report
submitted to the Board, please attach to the application the Jurisdiction's PARIS database printout
showing updates or revisions.
Contact your Office of Local Assistance Representative at (916) 341-6199 for a copy of PARIS, orgo to the
Board's website at www.ciwmb.ca.gov/LGCentral/PARIS/.
® PARIS Printout
The attached PARIS printout includes program status and notes submitted as part of the City's 2000 Annual Report to the
CIWMB.