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CityCouncil | 2009-06-02 | 17 | agenda at the beginning of the year. Councilmember Gilmore stated that Councilmember Tam expects the matter to be community driven because the process is to help serve the community; Council will not know the best way to serve the community unless the community is asked. Vice Mayor deHaan stated the wheel does not need to be reinvented many other cities have gone through the process and should be used as a benchmark; staff could pull procedures. Mayor Johnson stated Councilmember Tam is suggesting that the Committee could do a lot of the work. Councilmember Tam stated that she does not want to presuppose or directly dictate the confines of what the Committee can review. Councilmember Tam moved looking at assembling the committee toward the fall, but the committee would not actually start work until January 2010. Councilmember Matarrese seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote - 5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (09-228 - ) Stephanie Zhoo, Calvin Fong, Romit Humuyai and Afsareh Mortazavi, discussed banning or taxing plastic bags. Mayor Johnson stated the City would love to ban and tax plastic bags; Oakland banned and taxed plastic bags and lost a lawsuit. now, Oakland has to perform an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the impacts of banning plastic bags; the State does not allow cities to tax plastic bags suggested that the speakers write to the State Legislature: EIR'S are very costly; other organizations are looking into doing a model EIR for plastic bagsi the City is waiting for the proper time to move forward on the matter. Councilmember Tam stated the League of California Cities Environmental Quality Committee heard a presentation from various advocacy groups that sponsored legislation; currently, legislation is going through Sacramento to have a Statewide ban. Mayor Johnson stated Styrofoam containers would still be used if the City waited for the State; lobbyists from the Styrofoam industry came to Alameda and testified on how the City should not ban Styrofoam; the State is more susceptible to influences of large lobbyists; the grassroots approach is the most effective wayi the Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 17 June 2, 2009 | CityCouncil/2009-06-02.pdf |