Jul 25, 2022 Sustainability Commission

SO JUST FOR PERSPECTIVE, I WANT TO

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, PLEASE. SO I WANTED TO KIND OF FIRST START OFF WITH THE GENERAL TAKE AWAY.

I MENTION THESE REGIONAL PLANS WE HAVE IN PLACE.

AND WE TALK ABOUT PLANNING WE HAVE TO HAVE METRICS IN PLACE THAT MEASURE ARE THE REGIONS THROUGH THE RIGHT THINGS TO ENSURE THERE IS GROUNDWATER HERE IN THE VALLEY? SO THIS IS KIND OF A TAKE AWAY, AND TERMS OF OUR ACCUMULATIVE GROUNDWATER STORAGE OVER THE YEARS.

YOU'LL SEE DATA FROM AS EARLY AS THE 1970S. THERE IS A DRASTIC DROP IN 2009.

AND THEN, IT KIND OF GOES BACK UP STARTING FROM 2009 ONWARDS.

WE SEE A LOT OF THIS UPTICK IN GROUNDWATER STORAGE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, IS ATTRIBUTED TO THINGS LIKE WE DO WITH CANAL WATER REPLENISHMENT, ROBUST CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND RECYCLED WATER, AND THAT SORT OF THING.

THE OTHER THING WE CAN ATTRIBUTE HIGHER WATER LEVELS IN THE REGION IS GROUNDWATER PUMPING HAS DECREASED AND GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT HAS INCREASED. I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WITHOUT GETTING TOO TECHNICAL, I MENTIONED THAT WE LOOK AT WATER LEVELS.

SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT IS WE EVALUATE OUR WATER LEVELS EVERY YEAR. THEY CALL IT A WATER YEAR.

SO WE LOOK AT IT'S FROM, I BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

THIS IS THE LATTICED DATA SHOWING INFLOW, THAT MEANS WATER COMING IN, AND OUTFLOW IS WATER GOING OUT.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE, WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF GROUNDWATER STORAGE OF ROUGHLY -- --. THAT'S ACCOUNTING FOR THINGS WATER FLOWING IN AND WATER FLOWING OUT.

THAT'S THE DELTA RIGHT THERE, AT LEAST

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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT REGIONAL COLLABORATION, WE LOOK AT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

SO THIS IS A VERY HIGH-LEVEL CHART.

IT'S A MULTI PRONG APPROACH.

THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

ONE OF WHICH IS THE MOST EASIEST IS WATER CONSERVATION.

ESSENTIALLY, USING WATER MORE EFFICIENTLY. WE ALSO LOOK AT WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT. THAT WOULD BE LIKE CONSTRUCTING ADDITIONAL WATER RESERVOIR SITES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

WE LOOK AT SOURCE SUBSTITUTION REPLENISHMENT. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES LIKE RECYCLED WATER FACILITIES.

AND WE REDUCE GROUNDWATER PUMPING.

LASTLY, WE LOOK AT WATER QUALITY PROTECTION, WHICH IS MONITORING THE WATER QUALITY THAT WE USE, AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT THAT WATER QUALITY IS TREATED TO THE LEVEL THAT WE CAN

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, PLEASE. SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE USE WATER, AND CERTAINLY, COACHELLA, WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF GOLF COURSES.

I WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE USE ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES TO IRRIGATE GOLF COURSES.

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THE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE IS USING RECYCLED WATER.

THEN YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF A MINT GREEN LOOKING COLOR. THESE ARE FUTURE CANAL WATER THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO USE REGIONALLY TO HELP WITH IRRIGATION.

AND THEN, YOU SEE IN THE BLUE, THAT IS THE GROUNDWATER CUSTOMERS.

I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE'S

[6.1 2022 Indio Subbasin Water Management Plan Update]

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHEN YOU HONE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE, THIS IS MORE OF INDIOS'S SERVICE AREA.

YOU'LL SEE WITHIN THE CITY OF INDIA ITSELF, THERE ARE ALTERNATE WATER SOURCES BEING USED.

CANAL WATER, RECLAIMED RECYCLED WATER, AND THERE ARE FUTURE PROJECTS SLOTTED TO USE ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES.

I KIND OF WANTED TO HOLD IT DOWN REGIONALLY AND SPECIFICALLY THE INDIO AREA. SO I MENTIONED TO YOU ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE REGIONAL COLLABORATIONS AND ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.

WE ALSO DO A LOT OF MODELING AND FORECASTING TO SEE IF THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO YIELD SOME KIND OF IMPACT, WHETHER NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE IN TERMS OF OUR WATER SUPPLY.

WITH THIS CHART BASICALLY SHOWS AS WE RUN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

THIS INCLUDES ACCOUNTING FOR INSTANCES LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE.

BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WE MAY HAVE TO DO CUTBACKS, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S FROM THE COLORADO RIVER WATER SUPPLIES OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. ALSO ACCOUNTING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, BOTH FOR ONCE WE PLAN IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, MIDTERM AND DOWN THE ROAD.

SO WE RUN ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND WE COUPLED THAT WITH ASSUMING CERTAIN DRY CONDITIONS, THIS IS WHAT THE MODELING SHOWS.

WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BLUE LINE IS, ASSUMING, THIS IS THE BASELINE.

MEANING WE DON'T DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO NOW.

WE KEEP THINGS CURRENT AND IT'S BASICALLY THE STATUS QUO.

IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING FURTHER, YOU WILL SEE THE PROJECTION IS THAT THE WATER LEVELS GO DOWN SLOWLY OVER TIME.

THE OTHER LINES ARE SHOWING WELL, IF WE CONTINUE OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

YOU KNOW, IF WE CONTINUE TO INCLUDE OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH MEANS EITHER AUGMENTING OR IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLIES, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE WATER LEVELS ARE ACTUALLY GOING UP.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY EVEN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, WHICH IS THE BASELINE WHICH IS PROBABLY UNREALISTIC, WHICH IS THE BLUE LINE, THE WATER LEVELS SLOWLY GO DOWN. (INDISCERNIBLE) YOU WILL SEE OUR WATER LEVELS GOING UP.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU IN TERMS OF PERSPECTIVE, LIKE THE IMPACTS. YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE VARIOUS PROJECTS, THE VARIOUS MODELING THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO SHOW WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF VALLEY IN TERMS OF HAVING A SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE OTHER THING HIGH-LEVEL, RIGHT? THERE'S THAT KIND OF PLANNING.

THE OTHER PLANNING WE DO IS KIND OF LOOKING AT -- WITH A PLAN CALLED THE URBAN WATERMAN MANAGEMENT PLAN.

WE DO IT EVERY FIVE YEARS.

WE COLLABORATE WITH THE OTHER WATER AGENCIES. WITH THE SPECIFIC PLANETS FOCUSED ON SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC, WHICH IS KIND OF LOOKING AT CURRENT WATER DEMANDS AND PROJECTING THE WATER USE THROUGH AT LEAST THE YEAR 2045.

WE USE THIS INFORMATION, COUPLED WITH THE MODELING TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE AT IN TERMS OF WATER STORAGE. SO THE PLANTS WORK HAND-IN-HAND.

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PART OF IT IS CALLED THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN.

IF I CAN HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ON THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, WATER AGENCIES ARE ENACTING STAGE II OF THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE MEDIA OR WHAT YOU ARE HEARING IS ALL ABOUT.

IT IS ALL WATER AGENCIES HAVE A WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN, WITH VARYING STAGES, STAGES FROM ONE ALL THE WAY UP TO SIX. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOT OF 06, IT WOULD BE LIKE DISASTER LEVEL.

AT THE EMERGENCY WATER RATIONING -- THAT SORT OF THING.

SO THE INTENTION HAVE A WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN IS FOR WATER AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY WHAT MEASURES NEED TO BE TAKEN DEPENDING ON A PROJECT THE -- WHETHER IT'S ANTICIPATED OR ACTUAL WATER SHORTAGE.

IN THIS CASE THE WATER SHORTAGE IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND DRY CONDITION.

A FEW MONTHS BACK BACK IN MAY, THE GOVERNOR HAD ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AND ESSENTIALLY TOLD ALL WATER AGENCIES TO LOOK INTO ENACTING AND DECLARING A STAGE II, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.

AND I KIND OF LIST THAT OUT WITH THESE ADDITIONAL WATER USE RESTRICTIONS ARE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ALSO INDICATED FOR THE NO WATERING OF NONFUNCTIONAL TURF.

WHEN I SAY NONFUNCTIONAL TURF, I'M TALKING ABOUT AREAS THAT ARE IN THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL AREAS, WHERE WE DON'T USE IT FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

AND SO THE WAY THE STAGES WORK IS AS WE ADVANCE THROUGH THE STAGES, THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN NUMBER OF WATER RESTRICTIONS, RIGHT? BEFORE STAGE II, IT WAS ALWAYS PROMOTING WATER YOU SUFFICIENTLY, TIME TO REPAIR YOUR SPRINKLER HEADS.

YOU KNOW, REPAIR LEAKS AND THAT SORT OF THING. NOW WE ARE ADDING AN EXTRA ELEMENT TO IT, SOME OF IT WHICH IS LIKE NO OUTDOOR WATER USE DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.

THE INTENT IS THAT WATERING DURING THE NIGHT, RIGHT? SO MINIMIZING EVAPORATION DURING THE DAYTIME AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE INTENTION OF STAGE II IS TO GET US CLOSER TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE, WHICH IS THE GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION WAS WELL NEED TO REDUCE OUR WATER USAGE BY 15 PERCENT, COMPARED TO 2020 LEVELS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS IS ALL COMING INTO PLAY WAS NOT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN ADDITION TO THE WATER USE RESTRICTIONS, INDIO WATER AUTHORITY ALSO OFFERS REBATES TO ASSIST CUSTOMERS. WHETHER IT'S REBATES FOR SMART IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS, TURF REMOVAL, AND INDOOR FIXTURES, WHICH WE HAVE AVAILABLE. BUT ALSO PARTNERING UP AS I MENTIONED WITH THE OTHER WATER AGENCIES.

WE ESTABLISHED A GROUP CALLED CV WATER COUNTS. WE HAVE A DEDICATED WATER SITE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TO PROMOTE WATER CONSERVATION. IT'S KIND OF A ONE-STOP SHOP THAT INCLUDES A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND ALL THINGS WATER RELATED.

THE INTENT OF CV WATER COUNTS WAS ESTABLISHED – WROTE AN INTERESTING FACT, WAS ESTABLISHED FROM THE LAST ROUTE BACK IN 2015.

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THE OTHER THING IN TERMS OF (INDISCERNIBLE) RESOURCE FOR OUR WATER CUSTOMERS, IS THE WEB PORTAL IN WHICH OUR SYSTEM IS TIED TO -- I THINK IT'S ADVANCED METER INFRASTRUCTURE, ALSO KNOWN AS AMIDE.

SO YOU CAN LOGIN, LOOK AT YOUR WATER USAGE. SIGN UP FOR ANY ALERTS.

IT'S A TOOL THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS SO THEY CAN MONITOR THEIR WATER USAGE AND IDENTIFY IF AND WHEN THERE MAY BE A LEAK THAT THEY ARE NOTIFIED OF THAT.

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SO IN SHORT, THE KIND OF GENERAL TAKEAWAYS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS PRESENTATION IS JUST REITERATE THAT WE WORK WITH OTHER WATER AGENCIES IN THE REGION TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY. AND THAT'S BY WAY OF THESE LONG-TERM PLANNING DOCUMENTS. MODELING AND ACCOUNTING FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS, LIKE DROUGHT CONDITIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER CUTBACKS. AND EVEN WITH ALL THAT SAID AND DONE, AT LEAST FROM THE MOST RECENT STUDY THAT WE'VE DONE TODAY, MEASURING AROUND WATER STORAGE IT SHOWED A POSITIVE YIELD. SO THERE'S A POSITIVE AMOUNT FROM WHAT WE USED IN THE REGION AND WHAT HAS BEEN STORED. AND THEN, THAT WE WORK REGIONALLY FOR CONSERVATION AND PROGRAMMING.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TAKEAWAYS.

AND IF I CAN HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

I THINK I SEE A HAND UP.

DO YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION? I'M SORRY, I THINK YOU ARE ON MUTE.

[SILENCE] >> THERE YOU GO! I THINK SHE IS ON MUTE.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S OFF MUTE.

IT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR

MICROPHONE. >> YEAH, COULD BE.

>> YES! >> YEAH, I WAS CONNECTED TO A PANEL AND DISPLAY. I THINK THAT TOOK AWAY MY WRIGHT CAPABILITIES. THANKS VERY MUCH, MICHELLE.

I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THAT CV DEPAKOTE ACTUALLY HAS A SCHOOL.

IT IS FIVE OR SIX WEEKS LONG.

AND I ATTENDED IT AND IT WAS EXCELLENT.

IT WAS BY ALL OF THE LOCAL WATER DISTRICTS PARTICIPATED.

THE SCHOOL.

I CAME AWAY FROM THAT, HOWEVER, WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CONCLUSION THAN WATCHING YOUR PRESENTATION.

THE SCHOOL, I CAME AWAY WITH THE CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE THIS ON THE GROUND, YOU KNOW, THESE WATER.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GETTING MOST OF OUR FRESHWATER FROM.

AND IT'S IN THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE OF THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN EFFECT.

HOWEVER, WHEN I LOOKED AT YOUR SLIDE THAT HAD THE TRENDS, WE HAVE A BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO WITH VOLUMES ACTUALLY DECLINING -- IS THAT IN SPITE OF IMPLEMENTING THE WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN?

OR --? >> I CAN ANSWER THAT.

YES, SO TO CLARIFY, I BELIEVE THE TABLE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAD THE FOUR DIFFERENT LINES? AND THAT BLUE LINE, UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND ALL OF THAT, IF WE JUST KEPT STATUS QUO? IF WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW? THAT WATER SUPPLY STORAGE WOULD EVENTUALLY TAPER OFF AND START (INDISCERNIBLE).

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>> RIGHT. BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THOSE OTHER ACTIONS? THOSE ARE FUNDED?

>> YEAH. SO THAT BASELINE IS PROBABLY A VERY UNREALISTIC -- RIGHT? BASELINE.

AND I THINK ALL THE WATER AGENCIES ARE COMMITTED IN TERMS OF THE LONG-TERM PLANNING. YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK AT FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND EVEN PROJECTS BEYOND THAT.

EVEN LOOKING AT CLIMATE CHANGE.

SO THAT GRAPH WAS INTENDED TO SHOW -- THE DIFFERENT LINES, ONE I BELIEVE IS THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL PROJECT AND CLIMATE CHANGE WITH THE ONE LINE.

THEN YOU HAVE CAPITAL (INDISCERNIBLE) BEYOND THE MARKET PLUS CONSERVATION.

THAT'S ANOTHER LIE. I THINK THE THIRD LINE WAS SHOWING INCREASING. ASSUMING THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND ALL OF THAT. THAT WAS THE THIRD LINE.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE SENIOR WATER COUNTS ACADEMY.

THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK BESIDES COVID THAT ONE OR TWO YEARS, WE'VE TRIED TO JUST INFORM THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF WHERE OUR WATER SOURCES COME FROM AND GETTING THE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION OUT THERE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE INTEND TO CONTINUE ON THAT FRONT.

AND ACTUALLY, THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE PRIOR ACADEMY SESSIONS ARE POSTED ONLINE IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED.

>> IT WAS GREAT.

ONE OF THE BEST (LAUGHING) VOLUNTARY THINGS THAT I EVER SIGNED UP FOR! IT WAS HIGHLY INFORMATIVE! SO THANK YOU.

>> A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.

JUST TO ADD A LITTLE NOTE TO THAT, OVER THE YEARS WHAT WE'VE DONE, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CHART IS WE'VE TRIED TO SIGN UP FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE ABOVE THE BLUE LINE.

AND WE CONTINUED TO DO THOSE.

SO AS WE GO FORWARD, AS WE LOOK AT EACH ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON, THERE WILL BE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WILL KEEP THAT BLUE LINE FROM GOING IN THE DIRECTION IT'S GOING. SO IF WE DO ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN DO TO CONSERVE WATER, THAT LINE WON'T CHANGE.

>> IT MAKES US FEEL WEALTHY BEING HERE.

IT'S IRONIC. AFTER ATTENDING THAT ACADEMY I WENT

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>> I THINK IT'S A VERY INTERESTING STORY TO TELL. IT'S A VERY DRY AREA.

BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE SET UP GEOGRAPHICALLY, JUST GEOLOGICALLY WITH A LARGER UNDERWATER -- GROUNDWATER BASIN AT ALL OF THESE THINKING AHEAD, BIG PICTURE, PLANNING TYPE PROJECTS HAVE REALLY PUT US IN A GOOD POSITION.

BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY CONSERVATION -- IT STILL FACTORED IN.

I THINK IF ANYTHING, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ALL CAN DO, THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST THING TO DO.

IT'S PROBABLY THE LEAST EXPENSIVE, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF CHANGING HOW WE USE OUR WATER AND THAT SORT OF THING, VERSUS WIELDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO THIS THAT OR THE OTHER. I THINK IT'S A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GET US TO WHERE WE ARE AT

NOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, MICHELLE.

VERY WELL DONE. VERY INFORMATIVE.

I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL IN THE HEAD AS YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE FORWARD THINKING. (INDISCERNIBLE) IN TERMS OF BOTH IMPLEMENTING THE POLICIES THAT ARE COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION, AND ALSO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AS TO HOW WE CAN DO OUR PART TO ENSURING WE ARE CONSERVING THIS RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR REGION.

A COUPLE QUESTIONS I HAVE, AND EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE ON IT.

I KNOW TYPICALLY THE WAY THE BASIN IS REFILLED IS PERCOLATION PROCESS ALONG THOSE LINES -- TO WHATEVER DEGREE, IS THERE ANY RECLAMATION THAT HAPPENS FROM WATERING, LET'S SAY A GOLF COURSE.

MOST OF IT OBVIOUSLY IS GONNA BE USED UP. I'M ASSUMING SOME STILL SEEPS AND TESCO DO YOU KNOW THE PERCENTAGE THAT

DOES? >> UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT.

TO YOUR POINT, YES.

ANYTHING WE PUT THROUGH THE GROUND, IT MAY TAKE A WHILE BUT EVENTUALLY PERCOLATES BACK.

AND I CERTAINLY CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT WATER QUALITIES, RIGHT? WE HAVE ONCE THAT ARE TREATED FOR DRINKING PURPOSES.

AND THEN WHEN WE RECYCLE WATER, WE TREATED TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S NOT CAN ABUSE FOR DRINKING.

IT MIGHT BE USED FOR IRRIGATION.

BUT STILL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF BEING RELATIVELY SAFE SO TO SPEAK.

I UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER

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THAT. >> GREAT.

AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS REGARDING SOME OF THAT TREATED WATER THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO -- THE RECYCLED WATER.

WHERE DOES INDIO STAND IN TERMS OF RECYCLED WATER FACILITIES? AND ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO EXPAND THAT? I KNOW (INDISCERNIBLE) JUST BROKE OUT OUR NEW FACILITY, SO I'M WONDERING WHERE OUR CITY STANDS ON THAT?

>> YEAH. SO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION -- FOR INDIO WATER AUTHORITY, OUR WATER SOURCE IS 100 PERCENT GROUNDWATER.

IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT RECYCLED WATER AND THAT SORT OF THING, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PRELIMINARY PHASES OF VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT, DOING STUDIES OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF TREATING THAT WASTEWATER FOR PERCOLATION OR INJECTION AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT IT'S VERY EARLY ON RIGHT NOW.

I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED. BUT AGAIN, IS IN A FEASIBILITY STATE AT

THIS POINT. >> GREAT.

THANK YOU. >> NO OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

THEN I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING! REX ALL RIGHT!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANKS, MICHELLE.

>> THANK YOU.

[6.2 SB1383 Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy Update]

>> ALRIGHTY. THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER, SARA, SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD TO THAT? (INDISCERNIBLE). THAT IS SB1383, SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANT REDUCTION STRATEGY UPDATE.

>> YES. I WILL PULL UP THE PRESENTATION HERE.

I WILL GET STARTED ON THAT ITEM.

OKAY. JUST FOR BACKGROUND, THE SB1383 SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANT REDUCTION STRATEGY. THE NEW LEGISLATION OR FAIRLY NEW LEGISLATION THAT THE STATE HAS PUT OUT TO MOVE ORGANIC WASTE OUT OF LANDFILLS AND INTO EITHER COMPOST OR DIGESTION, OR EVEN AS EDIBLE FOOD.

AND TO SOME OTHER DIVERSION.

THEY DO IT, THEY FOCUSED ON ORGANIC WASTE BECAUSE THEY FOUND THAT ABOUT HALF OF WHAT CALIFORNIANS SENT TO LANDFILLS WAS YARD WASTE AND FOOD SCRAPS AND ORGANIC WASTE.

AND THEN, ALSO, LANDFILLS ARE THE THIRD SOURCE IN CALIFORNIA OF METHANE GAS.

THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN THESE ORGANICS GO TO A LANDFILL, THEY CREATE THE METHANE GAS, WHICH IS ACCORDING TO CALRECYCLE, ABOUT 84 TIMES STRONGER THAN CARBON DIOXIDE AND HEATING THE ATMOSPHERE.

SO ON TOP OF THAT, THEY ALSO LOOKED INTO BEING FOOD WASTE, OR SOME OF IT BEING FOOD WASTE -- WHAT COULD BE MOVED TOWARD FEEDING PEOPLE? OR ANIMALS? OR PUTTING IT TO A BETTER USE THAN A LANDFILL. AND IT CHECKED ALL OF THOSE BOXES.

AND SO, THEY MADE A PRETTY FIERCE LEGISLATION WITH MANY COMPONENTS TO TRY AND GET THOSE ORGANICS OUT OF THE LANDFILL. AND FOR GOOD REASONS.

WE DO KNOW THAT HERE, AS CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRESSES, WE ARE IN MORE DANGER OF MORE SEVERE HEAT AND LONGER HEAT PER MAX. AND ALSO THE SAME WITH DROUGHT -- MORE DROUGHT, LONGER DROUGHT PER AND THEY COME UP FREQUENTLY.

SO CALRECYCLE CREATED A HUGE LEGISLATION. THEY LOOKED AT A LOT OF COMPONENTS OF MOVING ORGANIC WASTE.

WHERE CAN YOU TAKE IT? IS THERE CAPACITY TO MOVE IT THROUGH PROCESSING? WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS CONTAMINATION? WHO'S GOING TO OVERSEE ALL OF THIS? CALRECYCLE DOES THE LARGEST PART OF THE ENFORCEMENT, OR MOVING THE LEGISLATION ALONG. BUT AT THE HEART OF IT ARE JURISDICTIONS. IN CITIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL KINDS OF COMPONENTS OF SB1383, FROM MONITORING TO ENFORCEMENT, TO EDUCATION.

AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR (INDISCERNIBLE) FOR THE MOST PART, MOST CITIES TO HAVE THEM DO A LOT OF THE FOOTWORK FOR THIS.

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AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT GETS REPORTED. AND CITIES CAN BE FINED FOR NOT MOVING THESE -- THE LEGISLATION AND THE PROGRAMS ALONG IN A SOMEWHAT TIMELY MANNER. IN INDIO, WE HAVE FINALIZED, I THINK WHAT I WOULD CALL THE FRAMEWORK FOR MOVING 1383 ALONG.

WE NEED TO ASK PEOPLE TO DIVERT FOOD WASTE, BOTH RESIDENTS AND RESTAURANTS, OR BUSINESSES -- ALL BUSINESSES THAT MEET A CERTAIN REQUIREMENT.

BUT WE ALSO HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE THE SERVICES IN PLACE.

IN THOSE SERVICES, OF COURSE, COST MONEY. SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THE RATES WERE IN PLACE TO PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES.

AND THEN WE HAD TO PUT TOGETHER AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWED US TO DO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT CALRECYCLE HAD WRITTEN INTO 1383, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THINGS ARE BEING MONITORED AND EVERYONE WHO NOW HAS SERVICE ACTUALLY USES THE SERVICE. SO WE FINALIZED ALL OF THESE THINGS IN JUNE. SO WE HAVE THE BACKBONE.

AND NOW, WE NEED TO BEGIN ACTUALLY REALLY ROLLING OUT, ASKING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO START DOING THIS.

BUSINESSES, WE BEEN WORKING ON THAT OUTREACH FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE TOGETHER, BUSINESSES WILL HAVE TO HAVE WASTE RECYCLING AND ORGANICS SERVICES.

THERE WILL BE A POINT IN TIME NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR WHERE IT WON'T MATTER WHETHER THE BUSINESS SIGNS UP FOR THE SERVICE. IT WILL BE ADDED.

AMBER TECH WILL GO OUT AND SPEAK WITH THEM AND TRAIN THEM, AND HELP THEM TO UTILIZE THE SERVICE CORRECTLY.

BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT.

FOR BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW, AS WE ROLL IT OUT, WE HAVE THE BACKBONE.

WE'RE GONNA START THE EDUCATION.

WE HAVE CV STRATEGIES WORKING ON SOME OF THE OUTREACH NOW.

THAT SHOULD BE OUT VERY, VERY SOON.

WE KNOW THAT THE ROLLOUT IS BETTER WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE TO EDUCATE THE WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT. WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, HOW DO WE REALLY HELP FOLKS GET STARTED WITH THIS? AND RIGHT NOW, FOR BUSINESSES WE ARE OFFERING THE OUTDOOR CONTAINERS -- THE GREEN CONTAINERS. WHERE ALSO OFFERING RECYCLING CONTAINERS. ANY BUSINESSES CAN GET THESE CONTAINERS FOR FREE TO HELP THEM GET STARTED ON THEIR PROJECTS. BUT BUSINESSES, THEIR RATES ARE BASED ON SERVICE. SO THE MORE WASTE THEY HAVE, THE MORE COST. THE MORE THE TRUCK HAS TO COME BY AND PICK UP NO MATTER WHAT IT IS -- THE COST FOR THEIR SERVICE GOES UP.

FOR RESIDENTS, THE SERVICES ARE BUNDLED. THAT WAS THE BEST WAY WE COULD KEEP THE SERVICES -- THE COST AS LOW AS WE COULD. SO IT'S ONE PRICE.

IF IT'S A REDUCTION IN WASTE -- DOESN'T NECESSARILY HELP RESIDENTS FINANCIALLY.

WE ALREADY BASICALLY KEPT THAT -- THE COST AS LOW AS WE CAN.

WE DID THAT THROUGH BUNDLING RATES.

SO AS WE START TO MOVE THIS PROGRAMS OUT, WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO TALK TO ALL ABOUT TONIGHT, AN ACTION ITEM, IS HOW WE MIGHT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND WITH RESIDENTS TO ROLL THIS OUT AND ACTUALLY HELP THEM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAME ALONG WAS CALLED TRUE CERTIFICATION.

WHAT IT IS IS IT'S KIND OF A THIRD-PARTY, ZERO WASTE CERTIFYING ORGANIZATION. IT'S MANAGED BY THE GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION, WHICH ALSO OVERSEES CERTIFICATIONS.

THEY ARE NOT NEW. THEY UNDERSTAND A LOT ABOUT KEEPING RECORDS AND CERTIFYING DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

THE TRUE CERTIFICATION IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD AS THE CERTIFICATION.

THERE ARE OTHERS.

BUT BECAUSE THIS IS MANAGED BY THE GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION, IT'S MORE THOUGHT OF AS THE MOST -- AS PROBABLY THE BEST CERTIFICATION TO GO WITH.

TO BECOME ZERO WASTE CERTIFIED UNDER TRUE CERTIFICATION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST A 90 PERCENT DIVERSION OF NONHAZARDOUS SOLID WASTE FROM THE

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AND OF COURSE, THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUSINESS WOULD HAVE TO ULTIMATELY REDUCE ITS WASTE BY 90 PERCENT.

IT HAS MINIMUM PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO BECOMING CERTIFIED UNDER THE TRUE CERTIFICATION.

FIRST YOU HAVE TO MEET ALL THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE. AND THEN, THERE ARE ABOUT 100 DIFFERENT CREDITS. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE 31 TO 37 CREDITS OUT OF THIS HUGE LIST, ON TOP OF WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN HERE.

SO IT'S NOT A SMALL UNDERTAKING.

THE THINGS ON THE LIST, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT BECAUSE OF THE LAWS IN CALIFORNIA WITH ORGANICS DIVERSION, THEY'LL ALREADY GET THOSE CREDITS.

WHEN I LOOKED INTO THIS, I FELT LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BUSINESSES MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO. ANOTHER THING THAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT THE TRUE CERTIFICATION IS THAT IT HAS VERY CUT AND DRY COST SYSTEM.

SO THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO BECOME ZERO WASTE CERTIFIED FACILITY.

THE REGISTRATION FEES ARE ABOUT $1500.

THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE PRECERTIFICATION FEES.

IT'S AN OPTIONAL WAY OF BEING CERTIFIED THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU THE CERTIFICATION EARLY IF YOU ARE IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT REALLY NEEDS THAT RIGHT AWAY.

AN EXTENDED -- EXPEDITED REVIEW FEE IS THE SAME. IT'S $2000 TO HAVE IT A LITTLE QUICKER.

BUT THE BASE FEE, FOR BASICALLY ANY ORGANIZATION, IS $1500.

AND THEN, THEY CUT COSTS OUT BY HOW LARGE YOUR FACILITY IS, ULTIMATELY, IN SQUARE FEET. IF YOU'RE A TWO LEVEL FACILITY, IT COUNTS ALL THE FLOORS.

BUT YOU CAN WORK OUT YOUR FEE AHEAD OF TIME AND KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO. THEN THERE ARE RECERTIFICATION FEES EVERY THREE YEARS, WHICH DO ALSO INCLUDE -- PAPERWORK AS WELL.

SO STAFF TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE STILL DOING THE THINGS YOU WERE CERTIFIED FOR FROM THE BEGINNING.

SO WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO TALK TO YOU

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>> SARA, I THINK WE MISSED PART OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THERE. YOUR MICROPHONE (INDISCERNIBLE).

>> OKAY.

YOU CAN TAKE THE PRESENTATION DOWN, IF YOU WOULD. I WANTED TO TALK TO ALL ABOUT AS FAR AS AN ACTION ITEM IS LOOKING FURTHER INTO CERTIFICATION LIKE THIS PROGRAM.

THE IDEA BEING THAT FOR COMMERCIAL FACILITIES IN INDIO, A REDUCTION IN SERVICE COULD VERY WELL LEAD TO A REDUCTION IN PRICE FOR THE NEW SERVICES THAT THEY LITERALLY HAVE TO HAVE.

AND I THINK THAT THIS MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUR COMMERCIAL FACILITIES BY HELPING THEM NOT JUST GET CERTIFIED, BUT TO HELP WITH THE COST OF THAT CERTIFICATION. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE KNOW THE COSTS UPFRONT.

BUT I WANTED TO TALK TO ALL OF YOU COMMISSIONERS ABOUT ONE, THE IDEA.

AND IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, IF ONE OR TWO OF YOU MAY BE WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER IN AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TOGETHER? JUST TRYING TO LOOK INTO THIS A LITTLE FURTHER AND DECIDE WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU, AS COMMISSIONERS, COULD SUPPORT. SO ULTIMATELY, TWO OF YOU WOULD WORK.

AND I WOULD HELP AS WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE. BUT WORK TO LOOK INTO THIS MORE DEEPLY AND SEE IF THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT COULD BE ROLLED OUT IN INDIO.

THAT YOU FEEL THAT COULD BE ROLLED OUT IN INDIO. THAT YOU FEEL COULD SUBSTANTIATE IF WE EVER WANTED TO, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, ABOUT WHY WE ARE DOING IT OR WHAT GOOD IT COULD DO.

IT'S DEFINITELY A PROGRAM BUILDING TYPE OF SITUATION.

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IF YOU ARE WILLING TO KIND OF CONSIDER THIS MORE SERIOUSLY, I COULD ALSO BRING BACK SOMEONE FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHO HAS SOME RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESSES, OR THEY ARE WORKING ON BUILDING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS HERE.

AND THEY MIGHT GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT AS WELL. BUT THAT'S THE ACTION ITEM IS HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT MOVING THIS FORWARD AND ABOUT CREATING, POSSIBLY, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT IT MORE DEEPLY?

>> WELL, I THINK, MAY BE IN THE GAL, WERE YOU PRESENT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT

THIS LAST YEAR? >> I WAS NOT.

BACKGROUND. WE DISCUSSED THIS -- WE HAD VERY GOOD SUCCESS WITH USING THIRD-PARTY VENDORS.

TO MANAGE OUR ENDEAVORS.

AND BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS COMMUNITY, WITH THE AQUIFER THE WAY IT IS, WITH THE BUSINESSES SPREAD OUT, AND THE ONLY LANDFILL WE HAVE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE UNIQUE TO OUR LITTLE INDIO COMMUNITY.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE THAT IF WE GO WITH 1/3 PARTY VENDOR WHO COULD TAKE THE BURDEN OFF, PROVIDE US ALL THE DETAILS, GIVE US THE WORKING MECHANICS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, WE'VE HAD PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS WITH THAT.

THAT'S SORT OF THE BACKGROUND OF THIS.

SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS WE DO THE SAME THING, WHETHER IT'S CHARGING STATIONS OR WHATEVER WE DO.

SO THAT'S SORT OF THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH BY USING A THIRD-PARTY VENDOR.

I'M NOT NECESSARILY ABLE TO COMMIT BEING ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT I HAVE DEFINITELY 100 PERCENT IN FAVOR OF PURSUING THIS AS A WAY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR BUSINESSES TO COMPLY.

BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH SITUATION. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF EDUCATION.

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH BORTAC THAT WILL STEP IN AND HELP US WITH THIS PROCEDURE. SO BETWEEN A THIRD-PARTY VENDOR AND BORTAC, WE HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS DIRECTION. SO MY VOTE WOULD BE THAT WE PROCEED

FORWARD. >> I'D BE HAPPY TO LEND MY TIME TO AN

AD HOC COMMITTEE. >> THANKS, PETE, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL! YOU'LL LEARN AS YOU SEE ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE YEARS SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS -- I GUESS, (INDISCERNIBLE).

I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COMMISSIONERS WHEN THIS THING GOT STARTED DAY ONE.

SO BEFORE IT WAS EVEN CREATED.

SO I HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY OF WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT, AND HOW WE WORKED WITH BORTAC TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE AT NOW.

SO THAT JUST MIGHT GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND OR COMFORT LEVEL TO KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS FROM DAY ONE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> QUESTION? SO JUST KIND OF GOING BACK.

SO SB1383 -- DO WE HAVE IN INDIO, A LOCAL ORDINANCE GOVERNING THIS PROGRAM? I HAVE NOT LOOKED?

>> YES, WE DO. IT IS NEW.

EVERY CITY NOW HAS ONE OR IS WORKING ON MAKING ONE.

THAT WAS PART OF THE STATE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT CITIES WOULD HAVE TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE SO THAT THEY COULD, BASICALLY, ROLL IT OUT.

AND AT SOME POINT, IF NECESSARY, ENFORCE CONTAMINATION, ALL THE WAY TO MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS ARE USING THE SERVICES.

>> (INDISCERNIBLE) SOME OF THE NUANCES OF THIS PROGRAM IS WE HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE WHEN IT COMES TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE THE DUMPSTER AND DON'T HAVE INDIVIDUAL CANS.

SO THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL -- YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARTY HAVE THIS IN PLACE? THEY HAVE ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER SMALL COMPOST FOR ORGANIC FOOD WASTE.

AND, YOU HAVE A DISPENSER THAT HAS A LITTLE PLASTIC BAG. HE PUT IT ASIDE: INSIDE THE CONTAINER.

AS YOU FILLED THAT OUT, IT GETS FILLED, TIED AND PUT IN THE GREEN CAN FOR ONCE A WEEK PICKUP WAS NOT SO WE HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE IN DOING MULTIPLE UNITS IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE A DUMPSTER SYSTEM AND NOT HAVING INDIVIDUAL CANS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ARTY

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THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS A

BIG ISSUE. >> OKAY.

SO THE QUESTION RELATED TO THIS ORDINANCE IS I LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE. OR YOU SAY IT'S NEW? IS IT FINAL? IF YOU COULD GIVE ME THE ORDINANCE

NUMBER, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH. >> I COULD SEND YOU THE ITEM.

>> OKAY. AND SO, HOW DOES THE ORDINANCE RELATE TO THIS PROGRAM? DOES THE ORDINANCE HAVE WITHIN IT THE OPTION -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMPLIANCE MECHANISM IS IN THE ORDINANCE. WHETHER IT WOULD ALLOW APARTMENT COMPLEX OR WHATEVER TO GO WITH THIS ZERO WASTE CERTIFICATION? OR DO THEY HAVE TO DO A REPORT TO CALRECYCLE?

>> RIGHT.

THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS -- OR THE ORDINANCE BASICALLY ROLLS OUT THE SERVICE TO BUSINESSES.

THEREFORE, ALL BUSINESSES WILL MEET A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, WHICH IS A VERY LOW THRESHOLD. SO IT'S HARD TO MEET THAT THRESHOLD.

WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE SERVICES.

THEY'LL PAY FOR BASIC SERVICES FOR ORGANICS, RECYCLING AND WASTE.

THE ZERO WASTE IS COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS 1383 IS.

IT'S A WAY THAT COULD HELP REDUCE THE COST OF THESE NEW SERVICES.

BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE LESS, THEN IF THE TRUCK DOESN'T HAVE TO COME BY SO MANY TIMES, THEN YOU MAY BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE COST OF BASICALLY YOUR WASTE SERVICES OVERALL. IT'S A BIG STEP FOR THE CITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY TOWARD ZERO WASTE.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S -- 1383 NECESSARILY HAS TO BE THE CATALYST FOR THAT? BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, I THINK, BECAUSE THE BASELINE WOULD BE TO HELP THE BUSINESSES COMPLY WITH THESE NEW REGULATIONS FINANCIALLY.

THAT'S THE UNDERLYING GOAL OF DOING

THIS. >> YEAH.

I HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO HELPING ON IT.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS RELATED TO -- YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY SIT DOWN AND READ THE ORDINANCE TO SEE HOW THEY FOLD IN, AND WHETHER IT WOULD BE PRACTICAL FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT TO -- YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD -- MAYBE IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD DEAL! I'M NOT SURE! YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ALL WANT TO GET TO THE SAME ENDPOINT.

AND THERE ARE MANY ROADS.

THERE IS THE REGULATORY ROAD, THEN THERE IS VOLUNTARY -- YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TARGETS.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW IT ALL PULLS TOGETHER, BUT IT CERTAINLY SEEMS LIKE A GOOD TOOL, AS COMMISSIONER TACK WAS SAYING. BUT IF IT CAN RELIEVE -- IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD TOOL, IF IT CAN RELIEVE THE REGULATORY -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY BURDEN, BUT THE REGULATORY DUTY.

THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER WORD.

SO IF IT CAN RELIEVE -- THERE HAS TO BE SOME INCENTIVE FOR DOING THIS.

BECAUSE AS YOU PRESENTED, IT SOUNDED LIKE A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, CORRECT,

SARA? >> YES.

IT WOULD BE A PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD OFFER AND HELP WITH THE COST TO DO.

AND HOPEFULLY, TO REDUCE THE COST OF WASTE SERVICE OVERALL FOR WHAT THEY WILL HAVE TO DO FOR SB1383.

BUT I AGREE WITH YOU.

ON THE SURFACE, IT LOOKS, I THINK, VERY PROMISING. BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WOULD LIKE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER INTO.

TO SEE IF THIS IS REALLY A GOOD FIT FOR SUPPORTING THE ROLLOUT -- WELL, OF 1383.

WE HAVE TO ROLL IT OUT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF -- IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

IF IT IS,, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S WHAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE DETERMINES AND BRINGS BACK, THEN WE WILL REALLY LOOK MORE TOWARD MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.

>> OKAY. I PUT MYSELF AS THIRD STRING.

IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO BE NUMBER TWO, I'M FINE. IF COMMISSIONER ROMERO WANTS TO BE NUMBER TWO, I'M FINE.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL PUT MYSELF AS THIRD STRING. THANK YOU, SARA.

WELL RESEARCHED AS USUAL!

THANK YOU. >> I THINK IT'S A VERY INTERESTING PROPOSAL, IN TERMS OF WHAT IT OFFERS

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ESPECIALLY IF THE CITY CAN STEP IN OR ANOTHER AGENCY STEPS IN TO HELP SUPPORT THE COST? I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

I LOVE TO BE A PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND HELP OUT THE EFFORTS THERE. I HAVE TO CHECK MY SCHEDULING.

SO I SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER BETTER THE NEXT MONTH. BUT IF VICE-CHAIR LUE AND COMMISSIONER CHRIS -- SORRY, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME

PRONOUNCING THAT! >> IT'S LIKE THE FIRST NAME!

>> CHRIS? OKAY.

SO VICE-CHAIR LUE AND COMMISSIONER CHRYSS WANTS TO START IN ON THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO JOIN IN IF I'M AVAILABLE STOP AND AS FAR AS SOME OF THE TALKS ABOUT SB 1383, SARA, IS THERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CITY POINTING TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS I MAY BE DOING SOME OF THE OUTREACH TO THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION? I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THE KIDS ARE THE ONES WHO SOMETIMES BRING THESE IDEAS HOME AND HELP THE PARENTS TRY TO NAVIGATE SOME OF THESE CHANGES.

I THINK S ESPECIALLY WHEN SCHOOLS ARE GETTING BACK TO SESSION, A BENEFICIAL THING WE COULD LOOK INTO IS DOING SOME OUTREACH. WHAT'S THE BLUE AND WHAT'S THE GREEN? WHY DO YOU HAVE THIS NEW (INDISCERNIBLE) CONTAINER?

>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

WHEN WE WROTE THE NEW FRANCHISE AGREEMENT, WE WROTE SOME PRE-PRESCRIPTIVE OUTREACH AVENUES INTO THAT. BUT WE DID NOT WRITE THE SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY. IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE NOT, BUT I WILL TALK TO THEM. YOU KNOW, THERE'S STEPHANIE ROOM AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THIS?

(INDISCERNIBLE)? >> YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT --

>> IT'S AN ACTION ITEM, RIGHT?

>> I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? >> IT'S AN ACTION ITEM?

>> EXACTLY. SO WE WILL HAVE TO PUT FORWARD THE FIRST TWO COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THEN VOTE ON IT.

>> I MAKE A MOTION WE ACCEPT THE FIRST TWO COMMISSIONERS ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND MOVE FORWARD AS

DISCUSSED. >> SECOND.

>> OKAY.

I'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

>> YOU ARE MUTED!

>> I'M SORRY, I'M A LITTLE BIT LOST ON THAT. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION?

>> YES, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD TO THE MOTION. THE MOTION IS TO MOVE FORWARD.

>> YES, THE MOTION IS TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THE MOTION ITSELF WAS THE FIRST AND THE SECOND PERSON FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? AND WHO DID WE HAVE THERE FOR THE FIRST

AND THE SECOND? >> A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE

TWO MEMBERS. >> SO IT WOULD BE, I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONER CHRYSS AND VICE-CHAIR LUE

FOR NOW. >> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

BECAUSE COMMISSIONER ROMERO WAS GOING TO HAVE MENTIONED CHECKING HIS

SCHEDULE. >> YEAH, WE JUST NEED TO VOTE ON THIS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER.

SO -- SO YOU CAN VOTE.

>> TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTING

--. >> WE NEED A YES FROM YOU THAT YOU

AGREE. >> YES, I GUESS SOMEONE SECONDED THE MOTION? SO COMMISSIONER TACK PROPOSED IT, SOMEONE SECONDED IT.

I WILL SECOND THE VOTE AND I'M ASSUMING WE CAN CHANGE IT LATER IF NEED BE.

I SECOND THE VOTE AND SECOND THE MOTION -- SORRY. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

>> WE HAVE VOTED.

WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO SAY YES!

>> YES, OKAY, YES! I'M COMPLETELY LOST HERE -- JUST SAY YES AND WILL MOVE FORWARD!

[LAUGHTER] >> YES, LET'S MOVE FORWARD!

>> YOU.

>> THE MOTION PASSED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

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>> YES, AND ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS UNDER NUMBER EIGHT TONIGHT.

>> OKAY.

THAT'S GOOD! SO THAT MOVES US TO OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH IS THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING. AND SO, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURNED THE MEETING. DOES ANYONE SECOND BACK?

>> I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

>> ALRIGHTY! SO WITH THAT, WE ADJOURNED THE MEETING OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION FOR TODAY, JULY --

>> ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING IN AUGUST? SARA?

>> YES.

>> DO YOU HAVE A DATE YET?

>> IT IS AUGUST -- 22ND.

>> THANK YOU, SARA.

>> THE 29TH? >> 22ND.

>> OKAY.

ALRIGHTY. WITH THAT, AUGUST 22 IS THE NEXT DATE.

SO I WILL LOOK FOR A MEETING INVITATION FROM SARA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.

AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE FOR TONIGHT. THANKS, SARA, FOR A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION! FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING.

THANK YOU. >> AND IF I MAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR

BEING SO WELCOMING! >> THANKS, PETE! THINGS ARE JUMPING IN THERE!

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