AGENDA – MAY 8, 2024 PAGE 1 of 4
CITY OF SAN MARINO
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Steven W. Huang, DDS, Mayor
Gretchen Shepherd Romey, Vice Mayor
Tony Chou, Council Member
Calvin Lo, Council Member
Steve Talt, Council Member
Philippe Eskandar, City Manager
www.SanMarinoCA.gov
(626) 300-0700 Phone
City Hall Council Chamber
2200 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
SAN MARINO CITY COUNCIL
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2024 AT 5:00 PM
CITY HALL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC)
2200 HUNTINGTON DRIVE
SAN MARINO, CA 91108
The City of San Marino appreciates your attendance. Citizens’ interest provides the Council with valuable information regarding issues of the community.
Regular meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. Typically, adjourned meetings are held on the last Friday of every month at 8:30 a.m.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person with a disability who requires a reasonable modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should contact the City Clerk via email at [email protected] or by phone at (626) 300-0705 prior to the meeting for assistance.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Council Member Chou, Council Member Lo, Council Member Talt, Vice Mayor Shepherd Romey, and Mayor Huang
POSTING OF AGENDA
The special meeting agenda is posted 24 hours prior to each special meeting at the following locations: City Hall, 2200 Huntington Drive, the Crowell Public Library, 1890 Huntington Drive, and the Stoneman Building, 1560 Pasqualito Drive. The special meeting agenda is also posted on the City’s website: http://www.SanMarinoCA.gov.
AGENDA – MAY 8, 2024 PAGE 2 of 4
CLOSED SESSION
The City Council will recess to closed session to discuss:
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION GOVERNMENT CODE 54956.9 (D)(2)
The City Council is meeting with respect to two (2) matters of significant exposure to litigation against the City (one associated with the attached communication from CalRecycle; and one for which no further disclosure is required at this time).
RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
Posted: 5/3/2024 ALISON WALKER
CITY CLERK
1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 | P.O. Box 4025, Sacramento, CA 95812 www.CalRecycle.ca.gov | (916) 322-4027
California Environmental Protection Agency
Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery
Gavin Newsom
California Governor
Jared Blumenfeld
Secretary for Environmental Protection
Rachel Machi Wagoner
CalRecycle Director
02/24/2022
Michael Thorne
Director of Public Works
2200 Huntington Drive
San Marino, CA 91108
RE: Notice of Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling Program Implementation Gap Dear Mr. Thorne,
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has conducted a review of the City of Monrovia to determine compliance with Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling (MORe), also known as AB 1826. In accordance with Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 42649.3(h) and PRC Section 42649.82(g)(2), CalRecycle is authorized to conduct reviews of a jurisdiction’s programs at any time.
As a result, of the review, the City of San Marino has been found to be deficient in implementing its MORe program. CalRecycle’s Local Assistance and Market Development (LAMD) has discussed this with the City’s Annual Reporting contact, Mr.
Robert Bauman, on 02/18/2022.
Pursuant to PRC Section 42649.3(i) and 42649.82(h), CalRecycle evaluates a number of factors in its evaluation of the jurisdiction’s good faith effort. Good faith effort means all reasonable and feasible efforts made by the jurisdiction to implement its MORe program. CalRecycle has determined the jurisdiction is not making a good faith effort based upon the following factors:
1. Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling
A. The jurisdiction implemented its MORe program but based on the monitoring numbers submitted by the jurisdiction, there is still a high level of non-compliance.
At this time, the City is requested to submit a detailed MORe Program Action Plan with strategies, milestones and expected completion dates to address the program gap identified. The Plan should demonstrate all reasonable and feasible efforts to address program gap.
1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 | P.O. Box 4025, Sacramento, CA 95812 www.CalRecycle.ca.gov | (916) 322-4027
To have adequate time to assess the information submitted and provide additional information in the public agenda item, the Plan should be submitted by March 24, 2022.
At the public meeting in April:
1. If the City has submitted a Plan to adequately address the gap as indicated in the public agenda item April 21, 2022, LAMD staff will monitor implementation of Plan activities after the meeting to ensure the program gap is fully addressed.
Should the same gap persist at any time the City will be notified and will be referred to the Jurisdiction Compliance Unit (JCU) for consideration of a compliance order.
2. If the gaps are not adequately addressed or a Plan is not submitted to address program implementation gap, this information will be presented at the public meeting and the City will receive a letter from JCU indicating the start of the conferring period for consideration of a compliance order.
A. During the conferring time if the gap is addressed, JCU will inform the jurisdiction a compliance order will not be issued, and the City will be referred back to LAMD for regular annual reviews. JCU will also report that the jurisdiction has addressed the gap in a public report at one of the Department’s monthly meetings.
B. If JCU finds the gap has not been addressed, JCU will initiate the process to commence issuing a compliance order. The City will receive information from JCU about the process should the jurisdiction proceed down that path. LAMD staff will continue working with the jurisdiction on other AB 939 program areas.
Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Jennifer Wallin, Section Manager at (562) 492-9685 or by email at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Jennifer Wallin
Section Manager
Local Assistance and Market Development
cc: Jeffrey Taylor, Supervisor, Calrecycle
Samuel Sasu, Environmental Scientist, Calrecycle
Robert Bauman, City of San Marino
Chris Gutierrez, City of San Marino