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RESOLUTION NO. 2025- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR POST-COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING AND DIVERSION SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AND GREENWASTE RECOVERY, LLC. WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of California, by enactment of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (“AB 939”) and subsequent modifications thereto, established a solid waste management process that requires cities and other local jurisdictions to implement source reduction, reuse, and recycling as integrated waste management practices; and WHEREAS, the State of California has found and declared that the amount of refuse generated in California, along with diminishing Disposal Site space and potential adverse environmental impacts from landfilling, and the need to conserve natural resources, have created an urgent need for State and local agencies to enact and implement an aggressive integrated waste management program. The State has, through enactment of AB 939 and subsequent related legislation, including, but not limited to, the Jobs and Recycling Act of 2011 (AB 341), the Event and Venue Recycling Act of 2004 (AB 2176), SB 1016 (Chapter 343, Statutes of 2008 [Wiggins, SB 1016), the Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling Act of 2014 (AB 1826), the Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Bill of 2016 (SB 1383), AB 1594, AB 1201, AB343, and the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54), directed the responsible State agency, and all local agencies, to promote Diversion and to maximize the use of feasible waste reduction, reuse, Recycling, and Composting options in order to reduce the amount of refuse that must be Disposed; and WHEREAS, in 1990, the Alameda County Waste Reduction and Recycling Initiative Charter Amendment established a county-wide Solid Waste Diversion rate goal of seventy-five percent (75%) by 2010; and WHEREAS, in 2010, the Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board (“StopWaste”) adopted a Strategic Plan that included a new waste diversion goal. By 2020, Alameda County wanted less than ten percent (10%) of waste deposited in Alameda County’s landfills to be readily Recyclable or Compostable; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 40059(a) (2), the City has determined that the public health, safety, and well-being require that an exclusive right be awarded to a qualified Contractor to provide for the Collection, Transportation, and Processing (where permitted under this Agreement) of Solid Waste, Recyclable Materials, Organic Materials, Construction and Demolition Debris, Bulky Items and other services related to meeting the City’s Customer service and environmental goals as well as goals established through the City’s Climate Action Plan; and ATTACHMENT 3 Page 173 of 223