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Waste Import Mitigation funding. The following was included in the FY 11/12 StopWaste.Org budget <br />adopted by the WMA on May 25, 2011: <br />Second and Final Year (FY 11/12) Funding Conditions (all of the below): <br />• Continued compliance with previous mitigation funding conditions. <br />• Implement and report compliance with the C &D, Civic Bay Friendly, and Civic Green <br />Building policies or ordinances. <br />• Participate in The Contest, our new regional media campaign. <br />• Implement at least two measures from the menu of options below (the two sanitary <br />districts, who do not have land use powers and who will be unable to adopt the "Bay <br />Friendly Basics" landscaping ordinance referenced in the next bullet, will need to <br />implement three of the measures from the menu below) <br />• All Cities and the County (not including the two sanitary districts, who do not have land <br />use powers) will require that all new construction and rehabilitation of public and private <br />landscapes of 2,500 square feet of irrigated area or greater that require a permit, plan <br />check or design review (this is the threshold contained in the California Model Water <br />Efficiency Landscape Ordinance, which became effective 1/1/10 in every jurisdiction <br />unless superseded by a stricter local ordinance) shall adhere to the modified "Bay <br />Friendly Basics" (see attachment B). A Bay - Friendly -Rated Landscape must meet the <br />required "Basic" practices as well as score a specified number of points from a more <br />extensive scorecard. The new mitigation condition would extend only the Bay Friendly <br />Basic practices to all projects over the threshold. Consistent adherence to these <br />measures for major landscape projects will help to develop local markets for mulch and <br />compost and will also serve to strengthen partnerships with local water and stormwater <br />agencies for the mutual goal of resource conservation. <br />The above ordinance, and any ordinance selected from the list below, would need to be adopted by the end of <br />June, 2012, at the latest, and become effective by July 31, 2012, at the latest. Timing of disbursement of <br />Import Mitigation allocations in FY 11/12 will depend upon when requirements are met and application is <br />submitted. Applications demonstrating compliance must be submitted by June 30, 2012. Allocations from <br />any agencies not meeting the eligibility requirements will be retained in the fund balance at StopWaste.Org. <br />Allocations to eligible agencies will not be affected by the ineligibility of anyone else. <br />Menu of Options <br />Require the 14 cities and the County to select and implement two additional measures from the following menu of <br />options (sanitary districts, exempt from the "Bay Friendly Basics" requirement, will need to pick three measures). <br />Selections may include options already implemented in the jurisdiction: <br />• Implement an effective commercial food scraps collection program (minimum requirements are to collect <br />from 20% or more of food - generating businesses, per SIC/NAICS code lists, or from 5% or more of all <br />businesses in the jurisdiction) <br />• Implement an acceptable special events diversion program (all events required to obtain a permit from the <br />City that are expected to draw 1,000 attendees or more, must submit a waste management plan prior to the <br />event and a post -event report listing, at a minimum, quantities diverted and disposed). <br />• Promote food scraps diversion within jurisdiction as regional campaign winds down (provide residential <br />bill inserts at least two times per year promoting food scraps recycling, and ensure residential organics <br />carts are labeled for plant debris, food scraps and compostable paper, and do not read "Yard Waste Only ") <br />