Recommended FY 2022-2024 Operating Budget and CIP

Environmental Services Division Environmental Services

010.5800

Division Description The Environmental Services Division is responsible for oversight of the City’s franchise agreement for solid waste management services and waste reduction programs needed to meet the legal requirements of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) and the California Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Law of 2016 (SB 1383). These programs include source reduction, recycling, composting, public education, and household hazardous waste management. Ensuring that solid wastes including organics and household hazardous wastes are properly collected, recycled, and managed is a core service protecting public health. Nearly every household participates in the recycling program and over 10% of all households now participate annually in the household hazardous waste management program. Staff supports the City of Gilroy as well as the City of Morgan Hill in this area. The other major activity of the Division is to support climate action, energy efficiency, renewable energy generation, and the City’s participation in Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) and regional sustainability efforts. In December 2021, the City approved a Climate Action Plan (CAP) with the main goal to reduce Morgan Hill’s net CO 2 emissions in the building and transportation sectors 35% below the 2020 baseline level by 2030 and 100% below the 2020 baseline level by 2045. Environmental Services Division is in the process of determining a strategy to best meet the goals of the CAP. FY 2020-21 and 2021-22 Accomplishments • Continued the process of establishing new franchise for solid waste management services • Adopted “Electrification Ordinance” requiring nearly all new development to be all -electric and, therefore, carbon free • Developed a Climate Action Plan that focuses on the adoption of electric vehicles in the community and the process of decarbonizing our existing buildings by reducing the use of fossil fuels • Supported SVCE programs reducing greenhouse gas emissions through participation in advisory committees • Passed an ordinance for compliance with SB 1383 - Mandatory Recycling and Edible Food Recovery • Began strategic planning for SB 1383 compliance

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