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BACKGROUND In 1990, Alameda County voters approved the Alameda County Waste Reduction and Recycling Act of 1990 which established a county wide goal of diverting 75% of all solid waste generated in the county by 2010. This act, commonly referred to as Measure D, also established the Source Reduction and Recycling Board as part of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority (Authority). Both operate collectively as Stopwaste.org. Council member Sullivan serves on the Source Reduction and Recycling Board. Additionally, Measure D established a funding mechanism for recycling programs based on a per ton surcharge at landfills or incinerator facilities. The Authority allocates Measure D revenue and maintains an agreement with the City and County of San Francisco since the mid-1980's requiring payment of and "Waste Import Mitigation Fee" to the Authority for use of capacity at the Altamont Landfill. Since the mid 1990's the Authority has allocated $1,000,000 of these revenues annually to member agencies (which increased to $1,100,000 in FY 07/08). In FY 07/08 the Authority adopted a set of eligibility criteria that would need to be adopted by each member agency in order to receive IM Funding, which included adopting the Bay Friendly Landscape Ordinance (applicable to City landscape projects in excess of $100,000). In April 2008, Pleasanton City Council adopted this set of requirements and the City has received approximately $68,000 annually from IM Funding allocation. In 2009, the California State Legislature passed the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (updated in accordance to the Water Conservation in Landscaping Act of 2006, AB 1881). By default of not submitting an equally or more water stringent local ordinance prior to January 31, 2010, the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance now applies as the City's Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (WELO) as if adopted by the City, in accordance to this State law. In October of 2011, StopWaste.org announced a new set of eligibility requirements for receipt of FY 2011/2012 IM Funding, the final year of funding allocation. The City is currently in compliance with these requirements with the exception of adopting the modified Bay Friendly Basics (BFB) landscape requirements. DISCUSSION Staff has held extensive discussions internally regarding the implications of adopting the BFB landscape requirements, as well as discussions with Stopwaste.org. A summary of the landscape requirements that adopting BFB would add to the City's WELO requirements are summarized as follows: Bay Friendly Basics Applicability The BFB landscape requirements are applicable to the same landscape projects that fall under WELO requirements. These are new construction and rehabilitated landscapes for public and private landscapes of 2,500 square feet of irrigated area or greater that require a permit, plan check, or design review. Page 2 of 4