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ORDINANCE 2945 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 13.67 (MANDATORY ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL REDUCTION) TO TITLE 13 OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF THE EXEMPTION UNDER CEQA. WHEREAS, the City of Redlands, California ("City") is a municipal corporation, duly organized under the constitution and laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, State Recycling Law, Assembly Bill 939 of 1989, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (California Public Resources Code Section 40000, et seq., as amended, supplemented, superseded, and replaced from time to time and as implemented by regulations of the California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recover ("CalRecycle")), requires the City to reduce, reuse, and recycle (including composting) Solid Waste generated in the City to the maximum extent feasible before any incineration or landfill disposal of waste, to conserve water, energy, and other natural resources, and to protect the environment; and WHEREAS, State Recycling Law, Assembly Bill 341 of 2011 places requirements on businesses and Multi -Family property owners with five (5) or more dwelling units, that generate a specified threshold amount of Solid Waste to arrange for recycling services and requires the City to implement a Mandatory Commercial Recycling program; and WHEREAS, State organics recycling law, Assembly Bill 1826 of 2014 (requires businesses, including multi -Family property owners with five (5) or more dwelling units, that generate a specified threshold amount of Solid Waste, Recycling, and Organic Waste per week to arrange for recycling services for that waste, and requires the City to implement a mandatory commercial organic recycling program for designated businesses and multi -family property owners; and WHEREAS, Senate Bill "SB" 1383, the Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act of 2016, requires CalRecycle to develop regulations to reduce organics in landfills as a source of methane. The regulations place requirements on multiple entities including the City, residential households, Commercial Businesses and business owners, Commercial Edible Food Generators, haulers, Self -Haulers, Food Recovery Organizations, and Food Recovery Services to support achievement of Statewide Organic Waste disposal reduction targets; and WHEREAS, SB 1383, the Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act of 2016, requires the City to adopt and enforce an ordinance or enforceable mechanism to implement relevant provisions of SB 1383 Regulations. This ordinance will also help reduce food insecurity by requiring Commercial Edible Food Generators to arrange to have the maximum amount of their Edible Food, that would otherwise be disposed, be recovered for human consumption; and 1 I:AOidinanees\Nos 2900-2999 in Word\2945 Adding Chapter 13.67 Clean.doex