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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO.2009- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 3-22 RELATING TO BAY FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING FOR CITY PROJECTS The City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Title 3 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby amended to add a new Chapter 3-22 to read as follows: "CHAPTER 3-22 BAY FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY PROJECTS ARTICLE 1. GENERAL 3-22-100 PURPOSE AND INTENT. The City Council declares the purpose and intent of this Chapter as follows: To promote economic and environmental health in the City, it is essential that the City itself, through the design, construction, and maintenance of its own landscapes and landscapes it funds, provide leadership to both the private and public sectors by incoiporatingBay-Friendly landscaping practices. The most immediate and meaningful way to do this is to require the integration ofBay- Friendly landscaping strategies in City landscapes and landscapes that are part of public-private partnership projects. 3-22-105 FINDINGS. The City makes the following findings: (a) The City finds that the design, construction, and maintenance of landscapes within the City can have a significant impact on the City's environmental sustainability, resource usage and efficiency, waste management, and the health of the watershed and as well as the health of residents, workers, and visitors to the City. (b) The City finds, based on studies by StopWaste.Org, that plant debris from landscape construction, renovation and maintenance comprises 7% of the materials disposed in Alameda County landfills. (c) The City finds that Bay-Friendly landscape design, construction, operation and maintenance can have a significant positive effect on energy, water and resource efficiency, waste and pollution generation, wildlife habitat, and health of workers and users of the landscape. (d) The City finds that Bay-Friendly landscape design, construction, operation and maintenance contributes to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, improves air quality and enhances urban sustainability. (e) The City finds that Bay-Friendly landscaping benefits are spread throughout the systems and features of the landscape, the larger San Francisco Bay Area ecosystem and the community. Bay-Friendly landscaping is a whole systems approach to the design, construction and maintenance of the landscape in order to support the integrity of the San Francisco Bay watershed.