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. . I . - Mayor Hartnett declared a recess at 9:16 p.m. Meeting reconvened at 9:27 p.m. - 8. STAFF REPORTS A Yard Waste Program Proposal from BFI (803); STAFF REPORTS: Director of Finance, August 12, 1996 Proposal for Alternate Uses of Yard Waste, July 12, 1996 Chris Holmquist, BiIIing and Collections Manager, presented the staff report and said that in the audience there were representatives from BFI, Dan Day, Don Devincenzi, Troy Garner and Debbie Sergeant; SBTSA (South Bayside Transfer Station Authority); the City's consultant, Bob Hilton; and City staff. Manager Holmquist described the SBTSA special subcommittee formed to address this issue, stating that this proposal from BFI was the culmination of that Committee's efforts. Maureen Riordan, Redwood City Associate Planner and City Recycling Coordinator and SBTSA Subcommittee member, described AB 939, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989. It became law in 1990 and gave the State of California a much larger role in waste management. AB 939 was enacted not to make waste management cheaper or easier, rather it was designed to divert waste from landfill. It has been and - continues to be staff's job to try to reduce the cost of reaching these state mandated goals: 25% solid waste disposal reduction by 1995, and 50% reduction by 2000. Redwood City met its goal in 1995 by a 28% reduction. Planner Riordan advised that the law required each city to prepare a Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) and a Household Hazardous Waste Element (HHWE), and 16 cities in the County worked together to make this process less expensive and reduce duplication of efforts. A consulting firm was jointly hired to prepare the SRRE and HHWE plans that are the guiding documents which helped to design and implement the waste reduction and recycling proposals from BFI. Redwood City is also implementing many smaller recycling programs. Manager Holmquist told the Council if the City fails to ml!ke a good faith effort to meet the state mandated goals in the year 2000 it could be fined up to $10,000 per day. Manager Holmquist described the BFI proposal: To establish a Residential Yard Waste Collection and processing program. The recycling and yard waste collection service would be every other week (which may be on a day other than the regular once a week pick up for regular garbage) and would be called Environmental Day. BFI would collect three 32 gallon cans of yard waste every other week on the designated Environmental Day. --- This was what the "end of month pick-up" was originally intended to do in 1987 - pick-up REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 AUGUST 12, 1996 MINUTES Paqe No. 428 PAGE 15