HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-09-21; City Council; Resolution 2021-214Sept. 21, 2021 Item #7 Page 7 of 212
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-214
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, DIRECTING STAFF TO RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL LATER
THIS YEAR WITH A FINAL SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND ACCOMPANYING REQUEST FOR NEEDED
RESOURCES
EXHIBIT 1
WHEREAS, City Council accepted the Carlsbad Community Vision in January 2010, which
identifies environmental sustainability as a core community value, and the city's General Plan includes
goals and policies that promote environmental sustainability, including ethics of conservation, waste
reduction, recycling and sound procurement decisions; and
WHEREAS, the State of California passed Senate Bill (SB) 1383 (Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
Methane Emissions: Organic Waste Reductions) in 2016 which establishes methane emissions
reduction targets in a statewide effort to achieve reductions in the statewide emissions of short-lived
climate pollutants, all of which are essential to address the many impacts of climate change on human
health and on the environment; and
WHEREAS, on Aug. 20, 2019, City Council adopted the Sustainable Materials Management Plan,
which contains specific policies, ordinances, programs, services, service provider contractual
requirements and facility capacity that the city should pursue to ensure compliance with all solid waste
regulations currently in effect, achieve compliance with all SB 1383 requirements, and establish
sustainable materials management systems throughout the city; and
WHEREAS, current staffing resources are not adequate to implement the new programs
associated with SB 1383 in a manner that meets compliance as required by the California Department
of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle); and
WHEREAS, staff plan to return later this year with the final Implementation Plan and a request
for these additional resource requirements, in order to meet new state law requirements, for City
Council approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
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2. That staff are directed to return later this year with a final Sustainability Materials
Management Implementation Plan, to include any additional City Council direction.
3. Staff are directed to return later this year with a request for additional full-time
equivalent resources in order to meet new state law requirements.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 21st day of September 2021, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
MATT HALL, Mayor