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• Inspect Tier One Commercial Food Generators, food recovery organizations, and <br /> food recovery services. (This will be completed by StopWaste and Alameda <br /> County Health Department.) <br /> • Conduct Commercial Food Generator compliance through route review. <br /> • Conduct inspections every five years to verify de minimis and physical space <br /> waiver conditions. <br /> • Provide non-compliant generators with educational materials. <br /> • Beginning January 1, 2024, take enforcement action, including issuing Notice of <br /> Violations and imposing penalties for non-compliant generators, haulers, self- <br /> haulers, commercial edible food generators, or other regulated entities. <br /> • Provide a procedure for the receipt and investigation of complaints, including the <br /> method for notifying complainant of the result of the complaint; investigation of <br /> complaints received; and, maintain a record of all complaints and responses. <br /> 3. Procure certain levels of compost, renewable gas used for transportation fuels, <br /> electricity, heating applications, or pipeline injection, or electricity from biomass <br /> conversion produced from organic waste. <br /> The City will need to satisfy an annual minimum procurement target which is calculated <br /> by multiplying the City's population by a per capita procurement target of 0.08 tons per <br /> residents. This equates to 6,357 tons per year of recovered organic waste products. <br /> City staff are working on several options to meet this requirement. <br /> • Procure compost and mulch which is anticipated to cost up to $250,000 per year. <br /> • Consider delegating some or all of the procurement requirement to direct <br /> services providers, such as PGS. This will be discussed as part of the SB 1383 <br /> Implementation negotiations with PGS. <br /> • Explore options for procuring electricity from biomass from East Bay Community <br /> Energy. <br /> • Work with StopWaste to identify regional strategies to address the procurement <br /> requirements. <br /> 4. Adopt an ordinance, or similarly enforceable mechanism that is consistent with these <br /> regulatory requirements prior to 2022. Several areas of the City's municipal code will <br /> need to be updated in order to comply with SB 1383. These include topics such as solid <br /> waste, mandatory recycling, water conservation, building code. enforcement <br /> procedures, and procurement policies. Additionally, ordinance language for self-haulers, <br /> Page 6 of 9 <br />