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6 CITY OF SAN MATEO
RESOLUTION NO. (2024)
APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN
MATEO AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE COUNTY TO DEVELOP A COMPOST QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
CAMPAIGN AND APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
FOR MUTUAL INDEMNIFICATION
WHEREAS, the State of California passed Senate Bill (SB) 1383, which requires the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to adopt regulations to reduce organic waste by 50 percent from its 2014 baseline level by 2020 and 75 percent by 2025; and WHEREAS, CalRecycle has finalized regulations and revised Chapter 12 (Short-lived Climate Pollutants) of Division 7 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (SB 1383 Regulations); and WHEREAS, the SB 1383 Regulations require the City to procure recycled organics such as compost, mulch and renewable natural gas; and
WHEREAS, the compost produced from municipal organics collection programs is the most accessible and affordable to procure to meet the SB 1383 Regulations; and WHEREAS, the compost produced from municipal organics collection programs is contaminated with plastic, glass, and other material, limiting the potential uses for this product; and WHEREAS, the City of San Mateo has received grant funding from CalRecycle under the SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program and wishes to use a portion of the funding to develop the approach and materials for a compost quality improvement outreach campaign to educate residents about the importance and proper use of organics collection programs; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Mateo, the County of San Mateo, and other jurisdictions, namely the Cities/Towns of Atherton, Brisbane, Burlingame, Colma, East Palo Alto, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Pacifica, San Carlos, South San Francisco, Woodside, and Redwood City (Jurisdictions) within the county are collaboratively developing the Compost Quality Improvement Campaign (Campaign); and WHEREAS, to efficiently execute this Campaign and support the development of regionally consistent outreach materials, the City of San Mateo, County of San Mateo, and the Jurisdictions are pooling their grant funds to, as a group, hire a contractor to develop an outreach campaign approach and template materials, which can then be tailored and deployed as needed by the City and as memorialized in a Memorandum of Understanding; and
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2 WHEREAS, the City of San Mateo desires to enter into the Memorandum of Understanding authorizing the County of San Mateo to oversee, administer, manage, and make all final approvals regarding the agreement with the contractor in furtherance of the Campaign; and WHEREAS, the City of San Mateo also desires to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the County of San Mateo for mutual indemnification.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY RESOLVES that:
1. Authorization to enter into Memoranda of Understanding with the County of San Mateo and other Jurisdictions within the County to develop a Compost Quality Improvement Campaign is not a project subject to CEQA because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5).)
2. The Memorandum of Understanding with the County of San Mateo and other jurisdictions within the county of San Mateo to develop a compost quality improvement campaign is approved.
3. The Memorandum of Understanding with the County of San Mateo to provide for mutual indemnification is approved.
4. The City Manager is authorized to execute the Memoranda of Understanding and all related documentation.