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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - June 1, 1992 Page - 13 - 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Matter of Adoption of a Negative Declaration and Adoption of the Final Draft of the City of San Leandro Source Reduction & Recycling Element and Household Hazardous Waste Element. Continued from the May 18, 1992, City Council Meeting. This being the time and place for the Public Hearing on the above matter, Bob Taylor, Public Works Services Director, said the Final Draft is the culmination of 2-1/2 years of work to develop the San Leandro Source Reduction & Recycling Element and Household Hazardous Waste Element (SRRE and HHWE) . He said the Integrated Waste Management Act became effective in January 1990, and prior to that time the City Council had appointed a Citizens' Advisory Committee which has been meeting on this matter. He said this is a very complicated process, and the Citizens' Advisory Committee had looked at it very carefully. He said the SRRE was developed after two Town Hall Meetings, numerous reviews by the citizens' advisory committee, and review by the Integrated Waste Management Board and the Alameda County Local Task Force. He said the SRRE accomplishes the 25% and 50% reductions required by AB 929. Council Member Corbett expressed concern about the MRF since the final status is unknown. Mr. Taylor explained the alternatives to the MRF. He said word was received that the in-vessel MRF would be counted. He said, if the MRF is not approved, there is a study being completed by Alameda County Waste Management, trying to find other jurisdictions that might have MRF's or composting in Alameda County. He said San Leandro is participating in the study and will continue to do so until there is an answer on the City's MRF. He said there are still about five years before the final decision must be made. He said a secondary fallback position is for the City to go into a yard waste collection program. He said the City already has an industrial/commercial program that is going very well , and he said the City is already at 22% reduction and will easily meet the 50% goal . Council Member Corbett noted the report says an additional 2.6% reduction is needed but indicates that only 1 .3% will be achieved through the industrial/commercial program and asked where the other 1 .3% would be achieved. Mr. Taylor said the figure in the report was provided by a consultant hired by Alameda County Waste Management. He said a small percentage was parceled out to each of the categories that