PresentationsCC 2/4/20
Item #6 Vallco SB
35 plan review and
inspection
Presentations
Vallco SB35
PLAN REVIEW AND
INSPECTION OVERVIEW
Compliance with California
Code of Regulations
Duties and Responsibilities
of the Department
Permit Application Process
About our Consultants
●4LEAF, Inc.
●CSG Consultants, Inc.
●Independent Code Consultants, Inc.
Question & Answers
Action on Application
Recommended Action
●Authorize the City Manager to award a 3-year contract to
4LEAF, Inc. to provide Construction Inspection Services and
Public Works Inspection Services for a not to exceed
contract price of $7,407,710 for the Vallco SB35 project.
●Authorize the City Manager to award a 3-year contract to
CSG Consultants, Inc., for a not to exceed contract price of
$1,150,000 for the Vallco SB35 project.
●Authorize the City Manager to award a 3-year contract to
Independent Code Consulting, Inc. for a not to exceed
contract price of $4,500,000 for the Vallco SB35 project.
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Item #10 Recology
Household Waste
(HHW) and Rate
Adjustment Request
Presentations
Termination of the Curbside
Collection of Household
Hazardous Waste & Proposed
Increase of Rates
First Item:
Changes to the
Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Program
Door-to-Door HHW pickup
Franchise Agreement
has provision to
provide door-to-door
pickup of Household
Hazardous Waste
(HHW)
County HHW Program
also available for:
●Items not accepted by door-to-door
program
●Drop-off opportunity when door-to-
door appointments not available
At-Your-Door Service ended
Dec 2018
●The third-party provider was no longer
able to provide service and no
replacement service was available
●HHW Fee still billed pending formal
amendment to Franchise Agreement
Changes to Agreement
●Remove provision of door-to-door HHW
collection service
●Stop billing HHW Fee and provide credit
back to all customers
●Invoice Recology for cost of using County
HHW Program plus former refund amount
with a not to exceed of $93,535 per year
County HHW Program –How?
●HHW.org –schedule a
drop-off that works for
you
●Or call 408-299-7300
and staff will help you.
Second Item:
Recology’s request for a
Special Maximum Rate
Adjustment based on changes
in the recycling market
Recology Requested a Special
Maximum Rate Adjustment
●Franchise Agreement allows for rate
adjustment requests relating to
unexpected increased costs.
●Issue: Disrupted recycling markets
due to China National Sword Policies
Checking the numbers
●Staff and consultant reviewed
methodology and audited for
accuracy
●Adjustments made
●Agreement reached
Rate increase through end of
current Agreement (1/31/2021)
●$2.24/month per single-family customer
●3.93% rate increase -other categories
●Alternatively, the City could pay
Recology a one-time lump sum amount
of $527,440
Adjusted Rates –Compared
(32 gal)
Adjusted Rates –Compared
3 CY
5x/week
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Item #11 Ordinance
regulating sale of
tobacco products
Presentations
Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco
February 4, 2020
Background
●Nov 2019
●Council adopted an ordinance to
regulate the sale of tobacco
products
●Council directed staff to return with
amendments to prohibit the sale of
vaping products and other
conforming amendments to mirror
the County
Background
●Tobacco remains the #1
preventable cause of death &
disease
●SCC Healthy Cities recommends
evidence-based tobacco control
policies
●City received grant and technical
assistance from County
Tobacco Use
●1 in 8 deaths in SCC due to smoking
●1 in 10 SCC youth use tobacco, including
e-cigarettes
●High teen susceptibility:
●2 in 5 students (40.1%) who never used a
tobacco product said they would use one if
offered by a friend
●1 in 4 students (28%) reported they were
offered a tobacco product in the last month
E-Cigarette Products
●Any devices, accessories, or liquids that can
be used to deliver nicotine in an aerosolized
or vaporized form
●Includes vaping products
Prohibiting the Sale of E-Cigarette
Products
●CA Dept of Public Health issued a health advisory
urging everyone to refrain from vaping any product
because of the health risks
●Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine, which is harmful to
the developing brain, and other harmful chemicals
●Epidemic of e-cigarette use:
●78% increase in high school use
●1 in 3 SCC teens report trying e-cigarettes
●1 in 7 high school students currently using e-
cigarettes
Prohibiting the Sale of E-Cigarette
Products
●Proposed ordinance prohibits the sale
of e-cigarette products
●9 local laws, those in SCC listed earlier
as well as San Francisco, Livermore,
Richmond, San Luis Obispo, San
Mateo County, and Contra Costa
County
Additional Conforming Amendments
●Updated definitions of key terms
●Requirement that store clerks selling tobacco
must be 21 (the minimum age to purchase tobacco)
●Clarification that the ordinance applies to both
the sale and distribution of tobacco products
●Clarification that flavored tobacco includes
mint and menthol products
●Clarification of the enforcement and appeals
process to be consistent with County practice,
including increasing the “look-back” period for
permit suspension from 24 months to 60 months
Implementation & Enforcement
●If the proposed ordinance is
adopted, the County will:
●Administer permits
●Conduct compliance checks
and decoy operations
Timing
●If ordinance adopted:
●City manager will negotiate
MOU with County
●Ordinance requirements to
become operative July 1, 2020
●Gives retailers time to sell down
inventory, apply for permit
Outreach
●Online survey: 11/25/19 –1/6/20
●246 responses, including 197 identifying as
residents
Additional Outreach
●December community meeting
●Letters to tobacco retailers
●Personal visits to tobacco retailers
●Presentation to Chamber of
Commerce LAC
Recommended Action
●Conduct first reading of ordinance
●Find that the proposed ordinance is
exempt from CEQA
Questions?