HomeMy WebLinkAbout328-A - Ordinances AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAN(~O
~, CALIFORNIA, AM~qDING ~ 3.08 OF THE
RANC~O ~ ~ OOOE BY ADD//qG S~CTIC~ 3.08.240
P~AT//qGTOP~0Ct~TOFR~CY~~
WHEREAS, the volume of material disposed of at the oounty landfill
ba~ been increasing annually; and
WHEREAS, sanitary landfill space is at a uremium and it is bec~
increasingly difficult to site new landfills; and
~, much of the material that enters the waste stream can be
recycled, reused or incorporated in the manufacture of new products; and
WHEREAS, city participation in and ~ion of recycling programs
can significantly reduce the volume of material entering the waste stream
thereby extending county landfill life e~ and reducing expenses; and
WHerEAS, for recycling programs to be effective, markets must be
developed for products that incorporate postconsumer materials in their
manufacture, are reusable, or are designed to be recycled; and
WHEREAS, California State Law requires that local agencies buy
recycled products if fitness, quality and price are equal to nonrecycled
products and allows local agencies to adopt purchasing preferences for
recycled products.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does
hereby ordain as follows:
That Ordinance No. 328 is hereby amended by adding Section 3.08.240
Recycled Product Procurement Policy to read as foll~s:
S~CTION 1: Within twelve months ~sequent to th~ effective date of
this section, all city de~axtments, offices, and commissions must conduct a
review of existing product and service specifications to determine wb~ther
existing specifications either require the use of products manufactured frc~
virgin materials or exclude the use of recycled products, reusable products,
or products designed to be recycled.
S~ATION 2: In the event that such specifications do exclude the use
of recycled products or rec~re the use of virgin mterials, then such
exclusions or r~quirements ~ be eliminated unless the pertinent department
or entity can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the city manager that these
recycled products would not achieve a necessary performance standard.
SECTION 3: Within the same 12 month period, all city departments and
agencies ~ reccm~_nd changes to the city manager to ensure that performanoe
standards for particular products can be met and that specifications are not
overly stringent, and to rec~L..end changes to ensure that specifications will
incorporate a requirement for the use of recycled mterials, reusable
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products, and products designed to be recycled to the maximum extent practic-
able, subject to an alternative showing that either the performance of the
product will be jeopardized or that the product will negatively impact health,
safety or operational efficiency.
S~'~ION 4: Outside contractors bidding to provide products or
services to the city including printing services, ~ust demonstrate that they
will comply with the specifications described in paragraph 3 to the greatest
extent feasible.
S~CITON 5: City staff will work to enocurage the copier industry to
develop high-speed copiers that will accept recycled paper. In addition,
recycled paper shall be purdmased and used in all copy machines that will
accept it.
S~CTION 6: When recycled p~ducts are used, reasonable efforts shall
be undertaken to label the products to indicate that they contain recycled
materials. City de~ and agencies shall use for their mast-head
stationery and envelopes recycled paper that includes postconsumer recycled
material. Other recycled products used by the City shall also indicate that
they contain recycled material to the extent practicable.
S~TON 7: A five percent (5%) price preference may be given to
recycled products, reusable products offered as alternatives to disposable
products, and products designed to be recycled where they are offered as
alternatives to non-recyclable products.
S~E/ON 8: The city will cooperate to the greatest extent feasible
with neighboring city and county gove~a~ents in an effort to develop a c~,~re-
hensive, consistent and effective procurement effort intended to stimulate the
market for recycled products, reusable products, and products designed to be
recycled.
S~iTION 9: All related city de~L~uments and agencies shall work
cooperatively to further the purposes of the ordinance. ~ne city economic
development process shall incorporate the goal of stimulatin~ the market for
recycled material.
S~CITC~ 10: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
SECIT~ 11: The Mayor shall sign this ~ and the City Clerk
shall cause the same to be published within fifteen (15) days after its
passage at least c~oe in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, a newspaper of
general circulation published in the City of Ontario, California, and
circulated in the City of Rancho cucamonga, California.
PASS~D, APPROVED, and ADOPI~D this 21st day of Au~, 1991.
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AYES: Alexander, Buquet, Stout, Williams, Wright
Dennis L. Stout, Mayor
D~ra J. Ad'ms, ~ity'Cle~k
I, DFRRA J. ADAMS, CITY cL~RK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a
regular meeting of the Council of the City of Rancho ~ held on the 7th
day of August, 1991, and was finally passed at a regular me~.ing of the City
ODuncil of the City of Rancho Cucamo~Fa held on the 21st day of August, 1991.
Executed this 22nd day of August, 1991 at Rancho Cucamonga,
California.
D~xa J. Ad~ms, 'City'Cle~k