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Key components of Bay-Friendly landscaping include reducing waste and using recycled content materials; nurturing healthy soils while reducing fertilizer use; conserving water, energy and topsoil; using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to minimize chemical use; reducing stormwater runoff; and creating wildlife habitat. (f) The City finds that Bay-Friendly landscape design and construction decisions made by the City in the construction and maintenance of landscapes can result in significant cost savings to the City over the life of the projects. (g) The City finds that it is critical to both the economic and environmental health of the City that the City provides leadership to both the private and public sectors in the area of Bay- Friendly landscaping. (h) The most immediate and meaningful way to do so is to include Bay-Friendly landscaping elements in City landscape projects and in landscape projects built as public-private partnerships, and to encourage private landscape projects to include Bay-Friendly landscaping elements. (i) Bay-Friendly landscaping design, construction, operations and maintenance techniques have been increasingly utilized in residential and commercial landscape construction. (j) In Alameda County, StopWaste.Org has taken the lead in defining and promoting environmentally friendly landscaping for the commercial, institutional and residential sectors by developing the Bay-Friendly Landscape Guidelines for professional landscapers and the Bay- Friendly Gardening Guide for residents. (k) Requiring City Projects and public-private partnership projects to incorporate Bay- FriendlyLandscape Guidelines is necessary and appropriate to achieving the benefits of sustainable landscaping in the City. 3-22-110 DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Bay-Friendly Landscape Guidelines" means the most recent version of guidelines developed by StopWaste.Org for use in the professional design, construction and maintenance of Landscapes. City staff shall maintain the most recent version of the Bay-Friendly Guidelines at all times. (b) "Bay-Friendly Landscaping Scorecard" means the most recent version of the Bay- FriendlyLandscaping points system developed by StopWaste.Org. City staff shall maintain the most recent version of the Bay-Friendly Landscaping Scorecard at all times. The applicable version of the Bay Friendly Guidelines scorecard will be that in effect at the time of design documentation for any covered project. (c) "City Landscape Project" means any new construction or renovation of a Landscape owned or maintained by a City Department or Agency and excludes Traditional Public Works Projects. (d) "Covered Project" means all new Landscaping projects or Renovations of Landscapes, including landscaped street medians and planting strips, that equal or exceed $100,000 in construction costs of the landscaped area and constitute a minimum of 2,500 square feet of softscape and are either owned or maintained by a City Department or Agency or developed as a Public-Private Partnership. (e) "Bay-Friendly Landscaping Compliance Official" means the designated staff person(s) authorized and responsible for implementing this Chapter. 2