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ATTACHMENT 1 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 9.23 ORGANICS REDUCTION AND RECYCLING TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE ALAMEDA COUNTY WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY'S ORGANICS REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ORDINANCE 2021-02 WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS, AND ADOPTING CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTERS 9.20 AND 9.22 AND SECTIONS 20.26.020, 20.26.050 and 20.26.070 WHEREAS, the purpose of this ordinance is to comply with certain state laws requiring cities, counties, and special districts providing solid waste collection services to adopt ordinances and take other measures to reduce the amount of organic and recyclable materials deposited in landfills from commercial and residential generators, more specifically the Short -Lived Climate Pollutants Organic Waste Reduction regulations adopted pursuant to Senate Bill 1383 (Statutes of 2016) set forth in the California Code of Regulations (the "SB 1383 Regulations"); and WHEREAS, the City is a member of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority ("WMA" and also commonly known as "StopWaste"). The WMA is a joint powers agency comprised of all the cities in Alameda County, the county, and two sanitary districts; and WHEREAS, the SB 1383 Regulations require cities, counties, and special districts providing solid waste collection services to adopt and enforce an ordinance or other enforceable mechanism applicable to residents and businesses generating or processing solid waste to implement relevant provisions of the SB 1383 Regulations. In response to this mandate, the WMA's member agencies requested that WMA adopt an ordinance to establish a uniform and comprehensive countywide system to establish the local regulations required by the SB 1383 Regulations concerning regulation of organic waste collection services, generators of organic waste, waste haulers, and generators and processors of edible food, together with enforcement mechanisms and administrative civil penalties for violations of local regulations; and WHEREAS, on July 28, 2021, the WMA adopted the Organics Reduction and Recycling Ordinance ("ORRO"), Ordinance 2021-02, attached hereto as Exhibit A. In order for the ORRO to apply in Pleasanton, the City of Pleasanton must adopt an ordinance declaring that it will apply within Pleasanton; and WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton wants the ORRO to apply in Pleasanton so adopts by reference WMA's ORRO as allowed by Cal. Government Code §§ 50022.2 and 50022.3, with local amendments as described herein; and WHEREAS, the ORRO provides jurisdictions with the option to grant enforcement authority over various of its provisions to agencies specified in the ORRO. The City is making designations by approving agreements with other entities prior to January 1, 2022; and WHEREAS, the SB 1383 Regulations also require cities, counties, and special districts providing solid waste collection services to adopt and enforce an ordinance or other enforceable mechanism concerning the CALGreen Building Standards, the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, and Procurement of Recovered Organic Waste Products. These requirements are addressed in Pleasanton Municipal Code Chapters 17.50 and 20.26 Green Building, Chapter