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Consider Directing Staff to Create a "Straws on Request" Ordinance and Review Ordinance No. 2977 to Address that "To Go" Food Ware, Including Straws, be Compostable or Recyclable. (Mayor Spencer) [Not heard on May 16, 2017 or June 6, 2017]
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item.
3) Take dispositive action if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Mayor Trish Herrera Spencer
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): April 25, 2017
Council Meeting date: May 16, 2017
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
Consider directing staff to create a "straws on request" ordinance as outlined in the attached.
Also, consider directing staff to review Alameda's current Polystyrene Foam Food Service Ware Reduction (2008 Ordinance No. 2977), which is similar to Santa Cruz County's Sustainable Packaging Ordinance which they interpret to provide that all plastic lids, plastic stirrers, plastic straws and plastic "to go" food ware be compostable or recyclable. In order to be considered "compostable," the items are required to be BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) certified. Thus, coffee cups could not be lined with plastic, but would have a compostable coating (like PLA polylactic acid). The City of Alameda should also require that all "to go" food ware be compostable similar to Santa Cruz County, which may already be in the Ordinance No. 2977 or may require revision to the Ordinance. See attachments.
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