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Iss9/21 /10 ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 16-30 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) Section 16-30 grants to the City of Santa Ana and its solid waste collection contractor the exclusive right to collect and process solid waste generated in the City; and B. SAMC Sec 16-30 allows the generator of recyclable solid waste to sell or donate such waste; and C. The City desires to clarify its intent that a recyclable solid waste generator may not provide any tangible consideration to any party for collecting such donated recyclable solid waste; and D. The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) is responsible for the regulation of solid waste collection, transportation, and disposal; and E. All provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code which are repeated herein are repeated solely in order to comply with the provisions of section 418 of the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Any such restatement of existing provisions of the Code is not intended, nor shall it be interpreted, as constituting a new action or decision of the City Council, but rather such provisions are repeated for tracking purposes only in conformance with the Charter. Section 2. Section 16-30 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to acknowledge that the California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery now regulates solid waste management in California and to clarify that no compensation may be made to the donee, buyer or any third party for the collection, processing or transportation of recyclable solid waste, such that it reads as follows (new language in bold, deleted language in strikeout for tracking purposes only): Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 1 of 4 5OA-3