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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - May 18, 1992 Page - 14 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) regional facilities and San Leandro could join in with that program if the Scott Newest MRF is not approved. Mr. Taylor said the State issued several grants with no notice. He said several hundred thousand dollars are being spent on composting solid waste and funds are being searched for for innovative technology. Council Member Corbett asked what the status was of the MRF. Mr. Taylor said Scott Newest does not want to proceed any further or put additional funds into the work until the State makes its determination but staff is still working with Scott . Newest and they are still interested in the project. Mr. Taylor also said other approvals would be required on the program from Regional Water Quality Control , Air Resources Control Board, etc. Council Member Perry asked questions regarding the idea of a regional facility. Mr. Taylor said contract work on this matter was held up last month because of lack of a quorum. He said it will come back to the Authority next month and the process will begin. Council Member Perry said she was concerned that alternatives would be expressed in the report and should be outlined for the City Council . She said she was concerned regarding the definitions of where source material comes from, if the City must be involved in a regional MRF. Mr. Taylor said if there is a regional MRF San Leandro's waste credits would be the same as it would for a local MRF. Council Member Kerr said he is still Chairman of the Planning Committee of the Waste Management Authority and said San Leandro has the most complete plan of any agency in the Authority. He said there is another firm that is looking into the matter of the regional plan, also. He said he hopes San Leandro's plan will work out but it is important to have a fallback plan. Council Member Faria said some members of the Authority are concerned about the total amount of money being expended on recycling of green waste and not on other issues. He said he thinks our plan is the right plan and we need to make sure the people in Sacramento understand this. He said re-use of glass in asphalt should be counted toward reduction of waste, and these types of issues need to be addressed and changed because the goal of the law was to divert waste from the landfill and re-uses such as re-use of glass do so. He pointed out that San Leandro is unique because it has three City Council members actively involved in this matter -- himself and Council Members Corbett and Kerr. Mayor Karp said the City has been working on a piece of equipment that reduces our garbage by 80%. He said the reduction goal is only 25% currently, then up to 50%. He said the equipment separates ferrous and non-ferrous metals, glass, plastic, paper, etc. , and results in material that can be used in compost.