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CC - (1) Introduction of an Ordinance Amending, Title 5, Public Works, of the Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC) to Add a New Chapter 5.07 Entitled "Waste Reduction Regulations" and Repealing CCMC Chapter 11.18, Polystyrene Regulations,; and (2) Adoption of a Categorical Exemption Relating Thereto, Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
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Meeting Date: May 10, 2021
Contact Person/Dept: Chanel Kincaid/PW-EPO
Phone Number: (310) 253 - 6445
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (05/05/2021);
Department Approval: Charles D. Herbertson, Public Works Director/City Engineer (04/27/2021)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council (1) introduce an Ordinance amending, Title 5, Public Works, of the Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC) to add a new Chapter 5.07 entitled "Waste Reduction Regulations" and repealing CCMC Chapter 11.18, Polystyrene Regulations; and (2) adoption of a Categorical Exemption relating thereto, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
BACKGROUND
The Ballona Creek Renaissance (BCR) submitted a proposal in July 2016 to the City of Culver City's Sustainability Subcommittee to ban the sale and use of disposable polystyrene food ware containers, cutlery and foam coolers that are not fully encased in another material. BCR indicated that during Ballona Creek cleanup events they have observed a large quantity of polystyrene foam litter floating down Ballona Creek to the ocean and that it has become the biggest pollution problem in the Santa Monica Bay. Polystyrene foam's light weight allows it to fly away and it floats on water and travels to the ocean via Ballona Creek, oftentimes crumbl...
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