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LM IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2011- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, AMENDING CHAPTER 3 -8 OF THE SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF POLYSTYRENE FOAM FOOD SERVICE WARE BY ALL F OD VENDORS, CITY aK DEPARTMENTS, CITY CONTRACTORS, AND CITY - ORED EVENTS WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro desires to 1 economy, and the health of its residents and visitors; and WHEREAS, CalRecycle estimates that Cali ` ' ,165 foam each year for packaging and food service p es al n6, and economically feasible means of recycling this t locally; and WHEREAS, disposable food service ware co ' _ tes a environment, its of polystyrene here is no of the litter ii ce costs; and Leandro's streets, parks and public places that increasest w "? WHEREAS, polystyrene foam i _ on pollutant it biodegradable pieces that are ingested by other them; and _ materials can also the economy "; of nents into smaller, non- thus harming or killing rtes "that such environment and the go ° ,to replace poly gene foam food service ware with T comp ' es; and I ; the .. WHEREAS, t en �� es the us �.eached, non - coated, recycled- content paper ware and other h basec�ad ware as t e most environmentally preferable alternati en the use of ble foor ire ks not feasible; and WHERIthis ro os rdin e will preserve and enhance the environment within p p the City of San Lp and is ex - t from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CE Q amend pursuant to Guideline 15061(b)(3) and Guideline 15308, of the CEQA Guidelines; WHEREAS, the Ciupports pending legislation to ban expanded polystyrene food packaging as well as statewide efforts to reduce the prevalence of expanded polystyrene and other plastic litter; and WHEREAS, to date at least 45 cities and counties in California that share this goal have passed ordinances or enacted resolutions banning polystyrene foam food service ware.