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CityCouncil | 2009-04-07 | 10 | (09-142) Councilmember Tam stated that she attended the League of California Cities (LCC) Meeting on April 3; most of the focus was on three bills surrounding the use of plastic bags and proposed $0.25 per bag charge; revenues from the fee would be used to promote recycling and pay for litter clean upi San Francisco and Oakland representatives were the most vocal about the initiative Councilmember Jean Quan stated San Francisco banned Styrofoam and plastic bags, imposed a fee, and were not sued; Oakland banned both and were sued; manufacturers launched the lawsuit stating that a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is needed to impose the fee and ban plastic bags ; Oakland was advised an EIR would cost approximately $500,000 discussions involved looking for a way to adjust CEQA to exempt the ban; a city cannot exempt itself from State law; the League of California Cities received a letter from the Governor asking for support on six May 19 ballot measures; the Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee recommended supporting Proposition 1A. The Deputy City Manager stated the LCC Board recommends supporting Propositions 1A through 1F, which includes the pay raise issue. Mayor Johnson stated that Oakland is thinking about doing a model EIR that other cities could use. (09-143) Vice Mayor deHaan stated initiative circulators are over- exaggerating the reason for signing the SunCal petition; that he interviewed six circulators; all had a common thread of stating that people need to sign because the Base needs to be cleaned up and the Navy would not clean up; circulators are stating that they want to take the process away from the City Council and that the proposed plan is the only plan that would provide the required 15% set aside; the City's name is being used as a supporter and partner the issue should stand by itself [without using the City's name]. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Mayor Johnson adjourned the Regular Meeting at 11:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lara Weisiger City Clerk The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown Act. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 10 April 7, 2009 | CityCouncil/2009-04-07.pdf |