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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />APRIL 17, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AB939 <br />SURCHARGE AT COUNTY LANDFILLS <br /> <br />APPROVED <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2"' Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />C TY MANAGER <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Adopt a resolution supporting the proposed AB939 surcharge of $19 per ton <br />at County landfills to encourage increased recycling by self-haulers. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) requires cities and <br />counties to reduce the amount of waste disposed in landfills by the year <br />2000 and beyond by 50% or face fines of up to $10,000 per day. In <br />addition, the State could issue a compliance order to the cities or to <br />the County requiring that it implement more stringent and expensive <br />measures and diversion programs with no consideration of local <br />conditions, budget or waste stream. Proposed legislation indicates a <br />push to increase the mandate to 75% diversion while the California <br />Integrated Waste Management Board has adopted a policy of "Zero Waste". <br /> <br />The City of Santa Ana has exceeded the State diversion requirements with <br />a diversion rate of 60%, however meeting and sustaining the diversion <br />mandate has been a challenge for many other Orange County cities and for <br />the County of Orange. Orange County cities diverted virtually the same <br />average percentage of waste in 2003 as they did in 2000, approximately <br />47%. In fact, more cities were in compliance in 2000 (16) than in 2003 <br />(15) . <br /> <br />For years self-hauled waste has been viewed by cities and their waste <br />haulers as a barrier to meeting the unfunded mandate of AB 939. Since <br />1997, two Orange County Grand Juries and two ad hoc committees of the <br />Orange County Waste Management Commission have also identified self <br />hauled waste as a barrier to AB 939 compliance for the following reasons: <br /> <br />558-1 <br />