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the California Model Water Efficiency Landscape Ordinance, which became effective 1/1/10 in every jurisdiction unless superseded by a stricter local ordinance) shall adhere to the modified "Bay Friendly Basics" (see attachment B).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