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REV: 02-27-24 LF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AND THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO TO SUPPORT REDWOOD CITY’S EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU), entered into this ______ day of ____________________ 2024, by and between the County of San Mateo, hereinafter called “the County” and the City of Redwood City, hereinafter called “the City”. W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, the County and the City are implementing the mandates of the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 7, Chapter 12 Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SB 1383); and WHEREAS, SB 1383 mandates that the County and City both establish an edible food recovery program that mandates that large, food-generating businesses and organizations arrange for the maximum amount of their surplus edible food be recovered for human consumption; educate, inspect, and enforce requirements for regulated businesses and organizations for edible food recovery compliance; and expand the capacity of food recovery organizations to recover and distribute all the surplus edible food available for recovery from regulated businesses and organizations within the jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, on December 1, 2021, the County and City entered into a MOU to establish an edible food recovery program consistent with SB 1383 in the City, which is led and managed by the County. Under this MOU, the County agrees to educate and inspect regulated businesses and organizations and build edible food recovery capacity within the City; and WHEREAS, since January 28, 2020, the County has contracted with a food recovery organization serving the City’s businesses and residents called Nuestra Casa of East Palo Alto to expand the organization’s edible food recovery and distribution capacity within the City (Exhibit A). Through this contract, the County has provided Nuestra Casa of East Palo Alto with funding to purchase refrigerated vehicles, hire drivers and admin staff, pick up surplus edible food from grocery stores and wholesalers, and distribute collected food to community members in need; and WHEREAS, the City has received grant funding from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) under the SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program to pay for eligible SB 1383 implementation expenses including edible food recovery program development; and WHEREAS, the City has a surplus of up to $30,000 of SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program grant funding that must be spent by the end of the grant term, May 2, 2024, or else be returned to the State, and is willing to provide these funds to the County for their edible food recovery program work in the City; and ATTY/AGR.2024.021/San Mateo County (Edible Food Recovery MOU) (Page 1 of 32) April 5th