Law and Legislation Committee Special Meeting Summary – April 28, 2020
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Law and Legislation Committee Special Meeting Summary – April 28, 2020
The Sacramento Law and Legislation Committee held a special teleconference meeting on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at 3:01 p.m., chaired by Jay Schenirer. Members present: Eric Guerra, Steve Hansen (arrived at 3:02 p.m.), Jeff Harris, and Jay Schenirer (all via teleconference). The meeting addressed one consent item and one discussion item.
Consent Calendar
- Item 1 – Law and Legislation Log (File ID: 2019-00802): The committee passed a motion approving the Law and Legislation Log as presented.
Discussion Items
- Item 2 – Ad Hoc Ordinance Streamlining the Planning Entitlement Process (File ID: 2020-00489) – as discussed, per the minutes: The committee reviewed and discussed the impending dissolution of the Sacramento Regional Solid Waste Authority (SWA) and the establishment of the City of Sacramento Office of Commercial Waste Compliance. They also discussed adopting a City ordinance to regulate commercial waste services and collections within the City. Following deliberation, the committee provided policy direction to the City Manager.
Key Outcomes
- Approved the Law and Legislation Log on consent.
- Completed review and discussion of the SWA dissolution and commercial waste compliance proposal.
- Provided policy direction to the City Manager regarding the proposed commercial waste ordinance and related implementation steps.
Note: The agenda for Item 2 described an ordinance streamlining planning entitlements, but the minutes recorded the actual discussion as focusing on solid waste and commercial waste compliance. This summary reflects the action taken as documented in the minutes.
Meeting Transcript
How's your daughter doing? This is hard. All right. So we're just waiting on Steve. We're at three and o'clock. Why don't we go ahead and get started? Mindy, is there any reason not to start? Okay, let's go ahead and call this meeting of the law and legislation committee to order. So, Miss Cuppy, do you want to call the roles so we can establish a quorum? And I'm assuming Steve will be here relatively soon. Councilmember Harris? Present. Um, Vice Chair, Councilmember Garra. Chair. Councilmember Shane. Here. And I do expect Councilmember Hansen momentarily. Okay. Great. Um, do you need to read anything about what we're doing here, Mindy? Yes, please. Let me share my screen. Just wanted to remind members of the public are encouraged to view um the meeting and make electronic comments on our website. Um, you'll see the website address here. E comments and correspondence that have been received since the posting of this agenda have been delivered to our city council this afternoon to the law and legislation committee. Uh, they've been also uploaded to the agenda on our website. The comments are still active, and any received after the distribution and posting of the correspondence this afternoon will be displayed during that agenda item, and I'll make those known to these members. Okay, great. Thank you very much. Appreciate that. Um let's go ahead and get started with our consent calendar. We have the log. Any questions? Yeah, uh sure, if I may. Yes, of course. I'd like to ask Consuelo to make one change on the item about leaf blowers. Uh huh. It's it's a partial ban of leaf blowers when AQI exceeds one hundred. Okay, got it. I'll make that change. And with that said, I'll move consent. Okay, and just note for the record, Mr. Hansen is with us. I second that motion. I have a motion and a second. All the well, call the roll, please. Thank you, Councilmember Harris. I Councilmember Hansen. Council Magda. Hi.
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