Transcript city council presentation

Planning Department
Prohibition on the Distribution of Plastic
Carryout Bags and Establishment of a
Charge on Paper Carryout Bags
City Council
October 3, 2011
Proposed Ordinance
Planning Department
• Reduce Consumer Use of Single Use Disposable
Carry-Out Bags and Accelerate a Shift to Reusable
Bags
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Proposed Ordinance
Planning Department
• Furthers the City’s Commitment to Environmental
Stewardship
> Supports Council Adopted Green City Action Plan Goals
> Supports Council Adopted Green Cities California
Sustainability Resolution
• Supported by the Environmental Advisory Commission
> Subcommittee on Waste
> Public Meetings
• Follows Los Angeles County Model Ordinance
> Supports Consistency in the Region
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Proposed Ordinance
Planning Department
• Applies to supermarkets, drug stores, pharmacies, liquor
stores, food markets, farmers markets and vendors at City
events/facilities/property
• Two Phases of Implementation
> 6 months – larger grocers and food marts
> 12 months – smaller grocers, convenience stores, food
markets, drug stores, liquor stores, farmers markets,
vendors at City sponsored events, facilities or City
property
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Exemptions
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Proposed Ordinance
Planning Department
• Benefits to the Environment
• Reduction of Litter and
Associated Clean-Up Costs
• Reduction of Waste Sent to
Landfills
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Reduction of Litter
Planning Department
• Compliance with the Los
Angeles Regional Water
Quality Zero Trash Goal for
the Los Angeles River
Watershed
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Pasadena Stores
Planning Department
• Phone survey of approximately 100 stores
affected by the proposed ordinance
Type of Store
Total Number of
Stores Within City
Affected by
Ordinance
Percentage of
Stores Who
Responded to
Survey
Large Grocery Stores
22
91%
Large Food Marts
2
100%
Pharmacies
15
73%
Convenience Stores
6
50%
Liquor Stores
16
50%
Small Grocers
38
42%
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Pasadena Stores’ Practices
Planning Department
Type of Store
(Number
Responded)
Provide
Plastic
Provide
Paper
Sell
Reusable
Provide
Incentive
Large Grocery Stores
(20)
18
15
20
10
Large Food Marts (2)
2
0
2
2
Pharmacies (11)
10
5
9
4
Convenience Stores
(3)
Liquor Stores (8)
3
2
1
0
7
5
0
0
Small Grocers (16)
16
11
3
0
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Paper Bag Charge
Planning Department
• Reduce the use of single-use carryout bags
• Reasonable average cost for a paper bag
• Deters transition from plastic to paper carryout
bags and supports transition to reusable bags
• Minimizes trading one set of environment impacts
for other
• Is not a tax and is not subject to sales tax
• Retained by the store
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Public Outreach
Planning Department
• A 12-month focused public outreach effort will include:
> Provide information to affected stores and Farmers Markets on
the provisions of the ordinance
> Develop an online resource page to include best management
practices, downloadable signage, decals and brochures
> Distribute information through existing public information
channels
> Coordinate with the Special Events Office
> Continue to distribute reusable bags at no charge at various
established City sponsored public outreach events.
> Initiate a reusable bag share program
> Seek out partnerships
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Enforcement
Planning Department
• Complaint driven
• Non-Compliance Minimal
• Handled by Code Enforcement
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Environmental Analysis
Planning Department
• Los Angeles County’s EIR was designed to allow any of the 88
incorporated cities in the County to tier off of the County’s EIR
• An Addendum to the County’s EIR was created to ensure that
the City meets its environmental obligations and addresses the
environmental impact, if any, of the proposed ordinance to the
City of Pasadena
• Addendum circulated for public review
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