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Home My WebLink AboutPlastic Bag Ordinance - Request to develop an ordinance that COUNCILMEMBER ITEMS C25i Submitted by Councilmembers Boardman, Dwyer and Shaw - Request to develop an ordinance that requires stores located in the City of Huntington Beach to replace single-use plastic shopping bags with reusable bags Recommended Action: Utilizing the Long Beach ordinance as a model, request that City staff develop an ordinance to require stores located in the City of Huntington Beach replace single use plastic shopping bags with reusable bags. "Reusable bag" means a bag that can be used 125 times or more. Alternate motion made to table until the advocates return with an educational plan and funding streams. Motion Failed 3-4 (Shaw, Bohr, Dwyer, Boardman no) Ce pproved as amended to (1) utilize the Long Beach ordinance as a model, ) staff to work with Rainbow Disposal's Educational Committee and the untington Beach Environmental Board and others to design a plan for an ducation component and outreach, and(3) design a timeframe that allows e grocery stores to utilize their current stock of bags. Approved 4-3 (Harper, Hansen, Carchio no) COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS (Not Agendized) Shaw, Harper, Carchio, Bohr, Dwyer, Boardman reported. ADJOURNMENT— 10:58 PM Adjournment to a Special Meeting on Monday, August 22, 2011, at 4:00 PM in the 4th Floor Administration Conference Room #2, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, California. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 4:00 PM in Room B-8, Civic Center, 2000 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA. INTERNET ACCESS TO CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITYAGENDA AND STAFF REPORT MATERIAL IS LOCATED UNDER THE "GOVERNMENT" TAB AT http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov -10- a CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH City Council Interoffice Communication To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members From: Connie Boardman, City Council Me b r�° Devin Dwyer, City Council Member Joe Shaw, City Council Member Date: July 22, 2011 Subject: CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ITEM FOR AUGUST 15, 2011, CITY COUNCIL MEETING— PLASTIC BAG ORDINANCE STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Ocean pollution is a major concern for many who live in a beach community such as ours. Throughout oceans of the world, plastic bags are the primary source of plastic pollution according to a 2009 publication by the United Nations Environmental Program. Plastic bags not only have a negative aesthetic impact in our ocean and on our beaches, these bags kill wildlife. As plastic bags degrade and break into smaller and smaller pieces, animals such as sea turtles and sea birds mistakenly consume them. Consumption of plastic can block the digestive system and cause animals to starve. Other local governments such as the County of Los Angeles, the City of Long Beach, (a copy of the ordinance from the City of Long Beach is provided as an example), the City of Calabasas, and the City of Manhattan Beach have enacted ordinances to reduce the use of single use plastic bags. On July 14 of this year, the California Supreme Court upheld the right of cities to pass ordinances to restrict the use of these bags. We realize for some in our community the purchase of reusable bags to replace the plastic bags might be a hardship. The Surfrider Foundation has committed to hosting monthly reusable bag give-a-ways. Rainbow Disposal has agreed to donate reusable bags for distribution from the Rogers Senior Center, Oakview Community Center, and other locations in the city. Our recommend action would not ban the use of plastic bags used for the collection of dog waste such as those distributed at dog beach. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Request that city staff develop an ordinance to require stores located in the City of Huntington Beach replace single use plastic shopping bags with reusable bags. "Reusable bag" means a bag that can be used 125 times or more. Attachment xc: Fred Wilson, City Manager Bob Hall, Deputy City Manager Paul Emery, Deputy City Manager Jennifer McGrath, City Attorney Joan Flynn, City Clerk 1 ORDINANCE NO. ORD-11-0009 2 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 4 CITY OF LONG BEACH AMENDING THE LONG BEACH 5 MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 8.62 RELATING 6 TO REGULATING THE USE OF PLASTIC CARRYOUT 7 BAGS AND RECYCLABLE PAPER CARRYOUT BAGS 8 AND PROMOTING THE USE OF REUSABLE BAGS 9 10 The City Council of the City of Long Beach ordains as follows: 11 iOE o 12 Section 1, Chapter 8.62 is added to the Long Beach Municipal Code to O Q T� E 13 read as follows: o o Q 14 Chapter 8.62 WZCc � 15 PLASTIC CARRYOUT BAGS owom UJ 16 u—. co W � _j o M 17 8.62.010 Definitions. 18 A. "Customer" means any person or persons, purchasing goods 19 from a store. 20 B. "Farmer's Market" has the meaning provided in Subsection 21 3.80.180.G of the Long Beach Municipal Code, 22 C. "Operator" means the person in control of, or having the 23 responsibility for, the operation of a store, which may include, but is not 24 limited to, the owner of the store. 25 D. "Person" means any natural person, firm, corporation, 26 partnership, or other organization or group however organized. 27 E. "Plastic carryout bag" means any bag made predominantly of 28 plastic derived from either petroleum or a biologically-based source, such 1 ARB:bg A1G•02640(3/3/11) L:\Apps\Cty Law32\W P Docs\D oo9\P o 13\00231307.DOC 1 as corn or other plant sources, which is provided to a customer at the point 2 of sale. Plastic carryout bag includes compostable and biodegradable bags 3 but does not include reusable bags, produce bags or product bags. 4 F. "Postconsumer recycled material" means a material that 5 would otherwise be destined for solid waste disposal, having completed its 6 intended end use and product life cycle. Postconsumer recycled material 7 does not include materials and by-products generated from, and commonly 8 reused within, an original manufacturing and fabrication process. 9 G. "Produce bag" or "product bag" means any bag without 10 handles used exclusively to carry produce, meats, or other food items to the �o 11 point of sale inside a store or to prevent such food items from coming into Z o C 12 direct contact with other purchased items. W : �� r� 0 13 H. "Recyclable" means material that can be sorted, cleansed, a coCO oo Q 14 and reconstituted using available recycling collection programs for the j WZmv _ M 0 15 purpose of using the altered form in the manufacture of a new product. LLU) 8 (z 0Li0am, wL -t� m 16 Recycling does not include burning, incinerating, converting, or otherwise LLw � _j o M 17 thermally destroying solid waste. M 18 I. "Recyclable paper carryout bag" means a paper bag that 19 meets all of the following requirements: (1) contains no old growth fiber; (2) 20 is one hundred percent (100%) recyclable overall and contains a minimum 21 of forty percent (40%) postconsumer recycled material; (3) is capable of 22 composting, consistent with the timeline and specifications of the American 23 society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard D6400; (4) is accepted 24 for recycling in curbside programs in the City; (5) has printed on the bag the 25 name of the manufacturer, the location where the bag was manufactured, 26 and the percentage of postconsumer recycled material used; and (6) 27 displays the word "Recyclable" in a highly visible manner on the outside of 28 the bag, 2 ARB:bg A10-02640(3/3/11) L:\Ap ps\CtyLaw32\W PDocs\D009\P 013\00231307.DOC I J. "Reusable bag" means a bag with handles that is specifically 2 designed and manufactured for multiple reuse and meets all of the following 3 requirements: (1) has a minimum lifetime of one hundred twenty-five (125) 4 uses, which for purposes of this Section, means the capability of carrying a 5 minimum of twenty-two (22) pounds one hundred twenty-five (125) times 6 over a distance of at least one hundred seventy-five (175) feet; (2) has a i 7 minimum volume of fifteen (15) liters; (3) is machine washable or is made 8 from a material that can be cleaned or disinfected; (4) does not contain 9 lead, cadmium, or any other heavy metal in toxic amounts, as defined by 10 applicable state and federal standards and regulations for packaging or 11 reusable bags; (5) has printed on the bag, or on a tag that is permanently T p w U 12 affixed to the bag, the name of the manufacturer, the location where the o ¢ �`° do 13 bag was manufactured, a statement that the bag does not contain lead, �o oo Q 14 cadmium, or any other heavy metal in toxic amounts, and the percentage of WZM z 15 postconsumer recycled material used, if any; and (6) if made of plastic, is a owoo W L I : 16 minimum of at least 2.25 mils thick, it m 9J o°M 17 K. "Store" means any of the following retail establishments 18 located within the City of Long Beach: 19 1. A full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual 20 sales of two million dollars ($2,000,000), or more, that sells a line of dry 21 grocery, canned goods, or nonfood items and some perishable items; 22 2. A store of at least ten thousand (10,000) square feet of 23 retail space that generates sales or use tax pursuant to the Bradley-Burns 24 Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 25 7200) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code) and that has a 26 pharmacy licensed pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 4000) 27 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code; or 28 3. A drug store, pharmacy, supermarket, grocery store, 3 ARB:bg Al0.02640(313/11) L:\Apps\ClyLaw32\W PDocs\D009\P013\00231307.DOC I convenience food store, food mart, or other entity engaged in the retail sale 2 of a limited line of goods that includes milk, bread, soda, and snack foods, i 3 including those stores with a Type 20 or 21 license issued by the i 4 Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. i 5 i .. 6 8.62.020 Plastic carryout bags prohibited. 7 A. No store shall provide to any customer a plastic carryout bag. 8 B. This prohibition applies to bags provided for the purpose of 9 carrying away goods from the point of sale and does not apply to produce 10 bags or product bags. 11 C. No person shall distribute a plastic carryout bag or any paper E u- tT 12 bag at the Long Beach Farmers' Markets, except produce bags or product 0Q �q Q -0-2 g 13 bags. � Z 2M 14 U CD zZ o U UJZM cc U 15 8,62,030 Permitted bags. LL owom C a 16 All stores shall provide or make available to a customer only U- CO o 0 M 17 recyclable paper carryout bags or reusable bags for the purpose of carrying i 18 away goods or other materials from the point of sale, subject to the terms of 19 this Chapter. Nothing in this Chapter prohibits customers from using bags 20 of any type that they bring to the store themselves or from carrying away 21 goods that are not place in a bag, in lieu of using bags provided by the 22 store. 23 24 8,62.040 Regulation of recyclable paper carryout bags. 25 A. Any store that provides a recyclable paper carryout bag to a 26 customer must charge the customer ten cents ($0.10) for each bag 27 provided, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter. 28 B. No store shall rebate or otherwise reimburse a customer any 4 ARB:bg A10-02640(3/3/11) 0Apps\CtyLaw32\W PDocs\D009\P013\00231307.DOC 1 portion of the ten cent ($0.10) charge required in Subsection A, except as 2 otherwise provided in this Chapter. 3 C. All stores must indicate on the customer receipt the number of 4 recyclable paper carryout bags provided and the total amount charged for i i 5 the bags. 6 D. All monies collected by a store under this Chapter will be 7 retained by the store and may be used only for the following purposes: 8 1. Costs associated with complying with the requirements 9 of this Chapter; 10 2. Actual costs of providing recyclable paper carryout 11 bags; or T� Z 0 12 3. Costs associated with a store's educational materials � Qw� Q � 0 13 or education campaign encouraging the use of reusable bags, if any. > 0 Uo o Q 14 E. All stores shall keep complete and accurate records or WQmU 1, r 5 15 documents, for a minimum period of three years from the date of sale, of OWOm W a Z 16 the total number of recyclable paper carryout bags provided, the total U_ J o M 17 amount of monies collected for providing recyclable paper carryout bags, 18 which record shall be available for inspection at no cost to the City during 19 regular business hours by any City employee authorized to enforce this 20 Section, Unless an alternative location or method of review is mutually 21 agreed upon, the records or documents shall be available at the store's 22 address. A responsible agent or officer of the store shall confirm that the 23 information provided is accurate and complete. 24 F. The provision of false information, including incomplete 25 records or documents, to the City shall be a violation of this Section, and 26 such store shall be subject to the fines set forth in Section 8,62.080. 27 28 8.62,050 Use of reusable bags. 5 ARB:bg Al0.02640(3/3111) L:\Apps\CtyLaw32\W P Docs\D 0og\P 013\00231307.D OC 1 A. All stores must provide reusable bags to customers, either for 2 sale or at no charge. 3 B. Each store is strongly encouraged to educate its staff to 4 promote reusable bags and to post signs encouraging customers to use 5 reusable bags. 6 C. Each store is strongly encouraged to provide to the City and to the 7 public a summary of any efforts a store has undertaken to promote the use of 8 reusable bags by customers. 9 10 8.62,060 Exempt customers. ao 11 All stores must provide at the point of sale, free of charge, either a) o w E - 12 reusable bags or recyclable paper carryout bags or both, at the store's oQ � `° 0 13 option, to any customer participating either in the California Special a ,U oUJZm< 14 Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children pursuant to U 15. Article 2 (commencing with Section 123275) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of LL owom W V m 16 Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code or in the Supplemental Food w J LL CO o ° CO 17 Program pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 15500) of Part 3 18 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. 19 20 8.62.070 Operative date. 21 This Chapter shall become operative on August 1, 2011, for stores 22 defined in Subsections K.1. and K.2. of Section 8.62.010. For stores 23 defined in Subsection K.3. of Section 8.62.010, this Chapter shall become 24 operative on January 1, 2012. For Farmers' Markets as defined in 25 Subsection B of Section 8.62.010, this Chapter shall become operative on 26 January 1, 2012. 27 28 6 ARB:bg A10-02540(5/4/11) L:W pps\Cty LaW 32\W P Docs\D009\P013\002313 07.DOC 1 8,62.080 Enforcement and violation — penalty. 2 A. The City Manager has primary responsibility for enforcement 3 of this Chapter. The City Manager or designee is authorized to promulgate 4 regulations and to take any and all other actions reasonable and necessary 5 to enforce this Chapter, including, but not limited to, investigating violations, 6 issuing fines and entering the premises of any store during business hours. 7 If the City Manager or designee determines that a violation of this Chapter 8 has occurred, he/she will issue a written warning notice to the operator of a 9 store that a violation has occurred and the potential penalties that will apply 10 for future violations. 11 B. Any store that violates or fails to comply with any of the T" z o 12 requirements of this Chapter after a written warning notice has been issued 0 c `0 13 for that violation shall be guilty of an infraction. o°CD Q 14 C. If a store has subsequent violations of this Chapter that are = Q : 0 0 15 similar in kind to the violation addressed in a written warning notice, the 0Wom uJ � v m 16 following penalties will be imposed and shall be payable by the operator of UJ U- CO ? -- o 17 the store: M 18 1. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for the 19 first violation after the written warning notice is given; 20 2. A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for the 21 second violation after the written warning notice is given; or 22 3. A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for the 23 third and any subsequent violations after the written warning notice is given. 24 D. A fine shall be imposed for each day a violation occurs or is 25 allowed to continue. 26 E. All fines collected pursuant to this Chapter shall be used to 27 assist with the implementation and enforcement of the requirements of this 28 Chapter. 7 ARB:bg A10-02640(514/11) L:\Apps\Cty Law32\W P Docs\D009\P013\00231307.DOG I i 1 F. Any store operator who receives a written warning notice or 2 fine may request an administrative review of the accuracy of the 3 determination or the propriety of any fine issued, by filing a written notice of 4 appeal with the City Manager no later than thirty (30) days after receipt of a 5 written warning notice or fine, as applicable. The notice of appeal must.. 6 include all facts supporting the appeal and any statements and evidence, 7 including copies of all written documentation and a list of any witnesses that 8 the appellant wishes to be considered in connection with the appeal. The 9 appeal will be heard by a hearing officer designated by the City Manager. i 10 The hearing officer will conduct a hearing concerning the appeal within 11 forty-five (45) days from the date that the notice of appeal is filed, or on a w 12 later date if agreed upon by the appellant and the City, and will give the oo ZB :F�'0 0QZ a g3 a o 13 appellant ten (10) days prior written notice of the date of the hearing. The _ �CD co o2 Q 14 hearing officer may sustain, rescind, or modify the written warning notice or W Z m U f_� M v 15 fine, as applicable, by written decision. The hearing officer will have the owom W -V; m 16 power to waive any portion of the fine in a manner consistent with the U CO W � ° o M 17 decision. The decision of the hearing officer is final and effective on the 18 date of service of the written decision, is not subject to further administrative 19 review, and constitutes the final administrative decision. 20 21 8.62.090 Severability. 22 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this 23 ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid by a decision of any court of 24 competent jurisdiction, that decision will not affect the validity of the 25 remaining portions of the ordinance. 26 27 8,62.100 No conflict with federal or state law. 28 Nothing in this ordinance is intended to create any requirement, 8 ARB:bg A10-02640(514/11) L:\Apps\C tyLaw32\W P Oocs\D009\P013\00231307.DOC 1 power or duty that is in conflict with any federal or state law. 2 3 Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance by 4 the City Council and cause it to be posted in three (3) conspicuous places in the City of 5 Long Beach, and it shall take effect on the thirty-first (31 st) day after it is approved by the 6 Mayor. 7 1 hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the City 8 Council of the City of Long Beach at its meeting of May 24 20 il, by 9 the following vote: i 10 11 Ayes: Councilmembers: Garcia, Lowenthal, DeLong, Johnson, I w E «° 12 Neal. W Y� O Q co K � N 13 QV 0m � Z > o� o � Q 14 o U =m 5 15 Noes: Councilmembers: O'Donnell, Schipske, Gabelich. 0 Ui 0 M W 16 vW 0 0 LL o ° cm, 17 Absent: Councilmembers: Andrews. M 18 19 20 21 City Clerk 22 23 / 24 Approved: ` C� (Date) Mayor 25 26 27 28 9 ARB:bg A10-02640(5/4/11) L:\Apps\CtyLaw32\WPDocs\0009\PO13\00231307.DOC Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 7:30 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9011 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Victoria Bloom Description: Several years ago I went on a field trip with my children to our local landfill. Plastic bags were floating everywhere. Not only does it take 500 years for them to biodegrade, they fly away and land in various ecosystems where they do great damage, At the landfill we were encouraged to stop using plastic bags. I urge the city council to lead the way and ban plastic bags. Expected Close Date: 08/15/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SOPPLEME NfTAL COMMUNICATION Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 9:31 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Feel Good Law- Does NOT Feel So Good From: www.lohnBriscoe.com [mailto:john@crestwave.org] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 8:50 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Cc: gbruno@socal.rr.com Subject: Feel Good Law N Does NOT Feel So Good Dear City Council: The attempt to ban plastic bags in the City of Huntington Beach is "FEEL GOOD" legislation at its worst. The facts surrounding plastic versus paper or recycle bags in terms of the amorphous "carbon footprint" is clear. Plastic bags are far less damaging across their entire lifetime compared to the other two options. This is much like the silly debate of years gone by where electricity guzzling hot air hand dryers were required to replace paper towels when the full energy use across the life of the drying event demonstrated lower power consumption for paper towels. Please do not pass this FEEL GOOD ordinance, it is "feel good law..........that does not feel so good." Honorable John Briscoe, Elected Public School Trustee THX www.JohnBriscoe.com Post Office Box 581 Sunset Beach, CA 90742 714.903.8774 Fax 714.901.8422 JohnACrestwave.org This communication, including any attachments, is intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information which is privileged, confidential, exempt from disclosure under applicable law or subject to copyright. If you are not an intended recipient, any use, disclosure, distribution, reproduction, review or copying is unauthorized and may be unlawful. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately. Thank you. Cette communication,y compris les pieces jointes, est reservee a 1'usage exclusif du destinataire et peut contenir des informations privilegiees, confidentielles, exemptees de divulgation selon la loi ou protegees par les droits de publication. Si vous n'etes pas un destinataire,toute utilisation, divulgation, distribution, reproduction, examen ou copie est non-autorisee et peut etre illegale. Si vous avez recu cette communication par erreur, veuillez aviser 1'expediteur immediatement. Merci. a iPPLEM NTAL. COMMUNICATION 1 _� Date: f/j/a�� Esparza, Patty From: Flynn, Joan Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:36 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: Fw: Agenda Item#25 -Outlawing plastic shopping bags SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Joan L. Flynn, CIVIC MI- NO: 0 /� Huntington Beach City Clerk ^ From: Gino J. Bruno [mailto:gbruno@socal.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 09:26 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Cc: Wilson, Fred; McGrath, Jennifer; Flynn, Joan Subject: Agenda Item #25 - Outlawing plastic shopping bags Regarding Item #25 on the Agenda (August 15, 2011) — banning plastic shopping bags: Please do not.ban plastic shopping bags in Huntington Beach. This is not the time for more government mandates, more government intervention in.our lives, more government regulations inhibiting responsible personal choice, more government telling everyone what they must do or must not do, more government turning something voluntary into something mandatory. And all without a vote of the people. This proposal will,hurt jobs, not help jobs; will hurt our economy, not help our economy. Our national unemployment rate is at 9.1%, and our credit rating has been reduced to AA+ from Triple A, for the first time in history. Alternatives to plastic grocery bags.require more energy to manufacture, produce more greenhouse gas emissions, and create more waste than plastic bags. And there is the legal issue of whether the City can effectively mandate that people buy "reusable bags" (defined in the proposal as those that can be used 125 times or more). Can the City Council impose these individual mandates on its citizens and on its visitors, often foreseeably from other states —which invites an examination of the "commerce clause" of the United States Constitution? Council members Boardman, Dwyer and Shaw make the bold assertion, "Plastic bags not only have a negative aesthetic impact in our ocean and on our beaches, these bags kill wildlife. As plastic bags degrade and break into smaller and smaller pieces, animals such as sea turtles and sea birds mistakenly consume them. Consumption of plastic can block the digestive system and cause animals to starve." However, they cite no scientific study to support those assertions. They cite no scientific study that indicates how many sea turtles and sea birds, if any, who ingest plastic bags suffer from a 1 blocked digestive system or starve . . . only the bold, unsubstantiated assertion do they offer. Where is the evidence that plastic bags "degrade and break into smaller and smaller pieces"? How many sea turtles and sea birds have, in fact, starved from consuming small pieces of plastic bags in Huntington Beach (or in Orange County) each year? Where is the backup? Where is the proof? Where is the evidence? These Council members-,also cit&,,as.``Iocal" governments that have enacted similar plastic-grocery- bag bans, the County of Los �neles,,,Calabasas and Manhattan Beach. None are "local," and none are here in Orange County.` Interestingly, these Council members,aiso apparently feel that plastic bags distributed at "doggy beach" would not "degrade and break into smaller and smaller pieces" and thus could not cause "animals to starve," since those plastic-.bags would be exempt from the operation of the otherwise universally applied ordinance. The clear effect of the proposal is to "mandate" that all residents and visitors to Huntington Beach (who I believed we court to visit our city and spend money) be required to buy a "reusable bag" (much like "ObamaCare" where citizens are required to buy health insurance). Would a bag that can only be reused 120 times violate the ordinance? Ninety times? Sixty times? Twenty times? A brown paper bag? Who certifies the re-usability index level of such bags? Who decides on who is authorized to certify the re-usability index level of such bags? How often should these "125-reuses" certifications be required? Who should review such periodic re-certifications of the re-usability index level? When word gets out of this new Huntington Beach regulation, will the number of shoppers here decline? Taxes and bans simply don't work. Banning recyclable plastic bags will not solve the litter problem or reduce the amount of waste in our ocean, sewers, landfills or on our beaches. Litter must be addressed directly by targeting behavior and increasing access to recycling bins and waste receptacles. Make more recycling bins available throughout the community, and I posit that far fewer plastic bags will find their way into our Pacific Ocean. According to the American Chemistry Council, the few communities that have chosen to tax or ban the use of plastic grocery bags found that their efforts to help the environment actually had the opposite effect. ® After a 2002 tax on grocery bags in Ireland, consumers actually use 10 percent more plastic bags than they did in Ireland's pre-tax days. ® San Francisco's ban on plastic grocery bags caused shoppers to switch to paper bags, which require 70 percent more energy to manufacture, produce 50 percent more greenhouse gas emissions and create five times more waste than plastic bags. ® Before-and-after litter audits in the City of San Francisco found that litter had not.decreased, which was one of the stated purposes of the city's ban. ® A Qualitative Study of Grocery Bags in San Francisco was conducted by the editor of the Use Less Stuff Report following the city's bag ban and found that the replacement of plastic with paper bags and the return of double-bagging may actually increase the environmental impact. 2 Promoting the recycling of plastic baps, rather than taxes or bans, is the best way to decrease litter and conserve valuable resources and energy. Fortunately, the vast majority of communities that have considered measures to address bag waste have opted for programs to increase recycling of this valuable material. Our three Council members fail to mention this fact. Banning recyclable plastic bags will not reduce society's dependence on oil, either. In the United States, plastic bags are made primarily (80%) from domestic natural gas, and when recycled, that material is made available for new products. Banning recyclable plastic bags or mandating their replacement with compostable bags will diminish efforts to recycle these products. Banning plastic bags, and mandating that our citizens purchase "reusable bags," is a lose-lose situation. In logic, I urge you not to go forward with the proposal. Gino J. Bruno Huntington Beach 3 Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 2:45 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9009 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Charles Burns Description: I firmly oppose the planned ordinance to ban plastic bags in our city. What's next?Plastic bottles,plastic bowls,plates etc etc etc.?l think there are far more important issues to address such as all the streets that are falling apart,the city trees that are uprooting sidewalks all through the city,improper drainage when it rains so many streets become flooded. Spend your time and our tax dollars in a more appropriate manner for gosh sake. Thank you for your time. Charles Burns Expected Close Date: 08/15/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email: Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. COMMUNICATION tkveng Date: Y ZIL L/ Jk9an4a Item No. v�J i Esparza, Patty From: Joanell [Joanell@joanell.com] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:14 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic bags Please consider banning plastic bags from all stores in Huntington Beach. Other cities have succeeded and have survived. Save our oceans and landscape. Joanell Connolly: Sent from my Ipad Joanellconnolly.blogs,pot.com SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION RAC. ' Date:,- .� b / Agenda I*n No. 45�1-� 1 Esparza, Patty From: John Grace [hbgraceman@grnail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 11:28 AM. To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic Bag Ban city.cou nci l C)su rfcity-h b.org Dear Council Members: I am writing to support a ban on plastic bags in Huntington Beach.The evidence of massive plastic pollution in our ocean is an alert to all coastal communities that we are last defense against plastic.pollution. More and more communities like our neighbor Long Beach are finding that a ban on plastic bags is a workable solution that pays big dividends in reducing this kind of pollution. For me this change occurred years ago thanks to progressive local retailer Trader Joes,who began marketing reusable bags years ago. Their repetitive urgings to take this logical step to reduce pollution eventually paid off and I now carry several bags, including specialty ones for frozen food,every time I shop. If I can make that change then everyone can. I am proud to be part of our responsible community and proud to support this ban on plastic bags. I urge you to do the same and pass a ban on plastic bags. John Grace 6232 Larchwood Dr Huntington Beach 92647-2306. 714-903-9282 UPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION MeMft.Date: '4 aM ftm No. o�S 1 Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 8:35 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9027 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Daralie Hamilton Description: I love our City and choose to be a responsible citizen on my own by keeping plastic trash out of,the public areas. Don't vote to limit our personal purchases at the grocery store by limiting the paper or plastic option when checking out. As a shopper you are forcing me to either purchase recycled paper bags or bring my own reusable bags. That is just move Government control at the local level. STOP!!! Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will,be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION MeetlNi Date: /S d)7/ Agenda tlem No.� a� 1 Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:31 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9025 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Amanda Horack Description: Dear Honorable Members of Huntington Beach City Council: I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of the city. I have lived in Huntington Beach for the last 33 years. I am writing to ask you to support the measure to be voted upon - Agenda 25 - on the docket for the meeting tonight - August 15, 2011. Please vote to ban the use of single- use plastic bags in grocery stores and other establishments throughout the city. In our beautiful coastal city - which I know each of you want to stay nice for the tourists who come in year-round - we have a problem with plastic items ending up on our beaches, as trash on the street, in our parks, wetlands, and sadly in our ocean. Please vote to improve the beauty of Huntington Beach. By taking plastic out of grocery stores and other establishments, it will make customers use re-usable bags and other materials to carry their purchases. In the long run, all will benefit. Businesses will look great for doing their part to help the environment and for also setting a positive example for other cities throughout California and in the United States. We are Surf City USA and should do our part to help keep our ocean and natural areas as clean as we can for all the enjoy. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Amanda Horack Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. sPP►LEMENTA►L COMMUNICATION Mb Dater 1 Aj-,arda item No. aZ� Esparza, Patty From: Marinka Horack [horackm@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 2:07 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Marinka Horack Subject: Help Make HB Beautiful: Ban the Bag TO: Huntington Beach City Council Mayor Joe Carchio, Connie Boardman, Keith Bohr, Devin Dwyer, Don Hansen, Matthew Harper, Joe Shaw August 14, 2011 Dear Mayor and City Councilmembers; I strongly urge you to support Agenda item #25 on the City Council's agenda for Monday,August 15. This would lead the city to develop an ordinance to ban single use plastic bags in HB stores. Plastic bags have become an ubiquitous blight on our community, especially at our ocean, beaches, parks and wetlands, where they endanger the health of wildlife and trash our open spaces. If Huntington Beach is,to become a truly beautiful, green and sustainable city, this ordinance will go a long way toward achieving that. (Signed) Marinka Horack 21742 Fairlane Circle Huntington Beach, CA 92646 SiAPL "MENTAL COMMUNICATION 1 Esparza, Patty From: phoenixash17@gmail.com on behalf of ladyjamiy@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 11:29 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Agenda Item 25 Dear Mayor and City Councilmembers: I strongly urge you to deny Agenda item#25 on the City Council's agenda for Monday, August 15, banning plastic bags in stores. I see the community making a switch on its own to using reusable bags at farmers' markets, shopping and the grocery store without a need for the City Council to further legislate residents' lives. When I do ask for plastic bags, it is for a reason. Those plastic bags get a second life by lining trash cans and carrying animal waste to trash bins. A reusable bag cannot be substituted for these uses. Paper bags break under the strain, leading to some very dirty and avoidable situations. If the bags are banned in Huntington Beach, I will take my business elsewhere. Again, I ask that you do not ban plastic bags in Huntington Beach. Sincerely, Elysse James SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION a4f-1v*V Date:__.. S aL�S orda item i Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 3:08 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Carryout Bag Regulation - Item 25, August 15, 2011 Agenda From: Tim James [ma i Ito:tjames@CAGrocers.com] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 3:01 PM To: Carchio, Joe; Hansen, Don; Boardman, Connie; Bohr, Keith; Dwyer, Devin; Harper, Matthew; Shaw, Joe Cc: Wilson, Fred; Stephenson, Johanna Subject: Carryout Bag Regulation - Item 25, August 15, 2011 Agenda Dear Councilmembers, The California Grocers Association believes a properly drafted carryout bag ordinance can achieve its environmental goals without burdening consumers or retailers. The goal of carryout bag regulation is to encourage reusable bag use while providing consumers with a wide choice of no-cost or pay options to transport their goods. Ordinances passed in Los Angeles County and the Cities of Long Beach and San Jose are examples which strike this balance. CGA is a non-profit, statewide trade association representing the food industry since 1898. CGA represents approximately 500 retail member companies operating over 6,000 food stores in California and Nevada, and approximately 300 grocery supplier companies. Retail membership includes chain and independent supermarkets, convenience stores and mass merchandisers. CGA members operate a significant number of grocery stores located in Huntington Beach. Please consider CGA a partner as you consider carryout bag regulations. Feel free to contact me for additional information or with any questions. Thank you for your consideration. Tim Timothy James Manager, Local Government Relations :JPPLEMENTAL California Grocers Association 1215 K Street, #700 COMMUNICATION Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916-448-3545 Cell: 916-832-6149 9. Date: !!,U 5,7,0YA E.R I Agar ds ttemm No. Join the Re:Evolution! CGA's annual Strategic Conference-September 25-27,2011 PRIVILEGED& CONFIDENTIAL:This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential and/or.privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient notify the sender immediately by return e- mail, delete this communication.and destroy all copies. 1 Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 8:22 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Ban the Bag -----Original Message----- From: Dan Kalmick [mailto:dkalmick@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 4:55 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the Bag Esteemed City Council, I am writing to support Councilmembers Boardman, Shaw and Dwyer's plan to ban the bag. Plastic bags are a scourge of-our ocean and setting a public policy stance to ban them will be a big step in curbing waste. Dan Kalmick dkalmickCaD-gmail:com ----------------------------------------- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -Arthur C. Clarke SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION a � ting Dater ` panda Item No. '� 1 Esparza, Patty From: Kimmie Kolpin [kkolpin@socal.rr.com] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 4:32 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the Bag -Council meeting Aug 15 Dear Mayor and City Councilmembers: I strongly urge you (beg you)to support Agenda item #25 on the City Council's agenda for Monday, August 15. .This would lead the city to develop an ordinance to ban single use plastic bags in HB stores. Plastic bags have become an ubiquitous blight on our community, especially at our ocean, beaches, parks and wetlands, where they endanger the health of wildlife and trash our open spaces. If Huntington Beach is to become a truly beautiful, green and sustainable city, this ordinance will go a long way toward achieving that. As shown in cities across America and countries around the world, banning plastic one time use bags does not have a negative impact on the sales of goods. My family and I use reusable bags all the time, and it was an easy transition. If we want a beautiful, and sustainable, community than we all must do our part. Getting rid of plastic one use bags is a fantastic place to start. Kim &Thierry Kolpin Huntington Beach, California SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION M WQ Date: 8 v Agenda Item No. �S 4 1 Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 8:22 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Ban on Plastic and Paper Bags From: airmant@verizon.net [mailto:airmant@verizon.net] Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 8:55 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban on,Plastic and Paper Bags Dear Council, I want to go on record as a concerned citizen of Huntington Beach and urge you not to put in to effect a ban on plastic and paper bags at the grocery store. It appears that the council has become a merchandising entity for the local stores, mandating that permanent, reusable bags be used only, which they will gladly sell you. I already have those bags from various stores and find them convenient, but I strongly protest your attempt at intruding on my personal choice whether or not I should use plastic or paper bags as the occasion arises. There is no need to mandate anything of the sort and further government intrusion into my freedom choice is not welcome! The intent of the law in other cities was to reduce the usage of plastic bags which inevitably find their way into our landfills or worse, the ocean. I agree with that, however, the proposed ban in Huntington Beach is overkill by also banning paper bags which are, by nature, recyclable and bio-degradable. As usual, Huntington Beach is being over-reactive and over-reaching,far exceeding the intent of banning plastic bags. I feel that this is a knee jerk reaction to what neighboring cities are doing and feel that my individual freedoms are being abrogated. I again urge the council to not place a ban on grocery bags. Thank You, Theo Mirani ( airmant@verizon.net ) SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION t N",sling Date: Y1/-T-IAO Agenda lWm No. i Esparza, Patty From: Marcia Morrell [marciamorrell@verizon.net] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 5:25 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Banning of Plastic bags Please do not tell me this is another Government intrusion on citizens. This is really the right time isn't it to put more restrictions, regulations and such on the American people. Have you seen the reports on these reusable bags and the ecoli they contain? Don't you have far more important things to consider for HB like cutting spending, pension reform, etc. This is just ludicrous. We are drowning in DEBT NOT plastic bags. SJPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Date: S �L/—d-0 A.-Vts hem No. i Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 8:18 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: PLEASE let's ban disposable bags in our fair town... From: ChezVern@aol.com [mailto:ChezVern@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 2:33 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: PLEASE let's ban disposable bags in our fair town... Vern P Nelson, 92647 SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Mle Dade: iQem No. 4--3j� i Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:57 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Plastic Bag Ban -----Original Message----- From: Pearson, William R [mailto:william.r.pearson3@boeing.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 6:47 AM To: Shaw, Joe Cc: Stephenson, Johanna Subject: Plastic Bag Ban Dear Sir, Please do not be so foolish as to ban plastic grocery bags, of all the things they are, what they are NOT is single use! At the very least my family uses them as trash bags, lunch bags, and pet litter bags, among there other useful purposes. Should my beloved Huntington Beach be so foolish as to follow Long Beach whose city I grew up in and gladly moved FROM I would be forced to do ALL of my shopping in neighboring Fountain Valley, which as you know would give them my sales tax revenue, and in turn I would still have my plastic bags. Sincerely, Bill Pearson 92646 SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION ;�rr"ift Date: �')/'S--/J-0 l/ Xpr da item No. c � i Esparza, Patty From: Margaret Sloan [peggysloan@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 9:38 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Please Ban Plastic Bags! Just a drive along our beautiful PCH and the sight of all the plastic bags clinging to the cyclone fence on the inland side should be enough to make us,realize it's time to evolve beyond this petroleum- based eyesore. Thank you for your consideration! Peggy Sloan Peggy Sloan Sent from my iPhone SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATI6 PIM Date: Item No. As- 1 Esparza, Patty . From: Melissa Stern [melissadstern@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 &51 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban Plastic Bags Please ban plastic bags in Huntington Beach. We have a precious ecosystem that we need to protect. A polluted ocean will not attract the tourists we rely on for our economy. Keep our city clean. Thank you, Melissa Stern 59 UPP .EMENTAL COMMUNICATION rt f. Date• ,r g""Item NO. oZ� 1 Esparza, Patty. From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 8:59 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: bag ban From: Jennifer Thomas [mailto:Jennifer@JenniferThomas.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 8:58 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: bag ban Great idea.This is the only way to get people to comply. One city at a time! Jennifer A. Thomas REALTOR, BROKER, Notary Green - NAR's Green Certification ECOBroker - Helping Buyers &Sellers Save Energy SRES - Seniors Real Estate Specialist Certification SFR - Short Sale&Foreclosure Resource Certification Star Real Estate/Crossroads Property Management Inc. Jennifer@TheJenniferThomasTeam.com Office: 714.840.0400 Mobile: 714.415.5052 Fax: 714.377.7862 DRE Lic#00931959 SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION M:Ong Date: SAJ-"��O Ag"a Item No, caL 1 Esparza, Patty From: Richard Valdes [rnevaldeshb@msn.com] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 5:48 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic bags Dear Mayor and City Counsel Members Please support agenda no.25 in tomorrow's meeting (Aug 25) to develop a ban on single use plastic bags in HB. I often spend time cleaning up trash on the beach in HB and in the Bolsa Chica Wetland. I see what damage the plastic bags can do. Please help to make Huntington Beach a more beautiful and green city. Thank, Richard Valdes 17171 Greenleaf In Huntington Bch CA 92649 SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Mt-,waft D*e: J! Lbzz- lWm No. 1 Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 2:07 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: plastic bags From: vanhoorebe@aol.com [mailto:vanhoorebe@aol.com] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 2:04 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: plastic bags Please do not ban plastic bags. Government restrictions are not necessary in this case. PPLE MENTAL COMMUNICATION ,Nk,�WV Dater hem NO. Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 10:08 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9033 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Anthony Bouse Description: My biggest fear for this legislation is that the retailers would price gouge their reusable bags. What are your plans to avoid price gouging by the retailers? Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. -JPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION -iaft Date:_ r�/J Anus 1Wn No. i Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:23 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Plastic Bags From: tgreg8790@aol.com [mailto:tgreg8790@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:23 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic Bags Dear Council Members strongly urge you to support item#25 on your agenda tonight. It is imperative that we act to clean up our environment and rid the city of flying plastic. This is a very simple and effective way to show that you value the condition of our world. Toni Gregory COMMUNICATION Date: q4w da Item No. c)J' Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 10:02 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request#9032 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Complaint Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Concetta Randall Description: I absolutely, vehemently oppose the banning of single use plastic bags in the City of Huntington Beach!!!!! This is beyond ridiculous. Furthermore, this is an issue that should have been decided by the citizens of our fair city, not without our prior knowledge. The first time I have heard of this is in today's newspaper--the day of the council meeting. This better not be a done deal!!! We are disgusted by the special interest aspect of this issue to the detrement of our civil liberties. Too much over-arching government. This doesn't even begin to address the bacterial contamination problems inherent in reuseable bags, which the CDC has addressed as a considerable health issue. Stay out of our personal business. Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. S-JPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION I}:leg Date: ff�//J d-6/ A-*Wa Item No. i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:51 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request#9031 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to .Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Complaint Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Susan Torrence Description: I absolutely, vehemently oppose the elimination/banning of single use plastic bags in the City of Huntington Beach!!!!! This is beyond ridiculous. Furthermore, this is an issue that should have been decided by the citizens of our fair city, not surreptitiously. Susan Torrence Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. Se LiPPLEMENTAL MMMUNICATI®N tie Date: Apnft I18m NO.T Esparza, Pau From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:51 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9030 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item citizen name: Y-ko/0t/A1ou-d Description: Please do not enact the ban on plastic bags...I find many second and third uses for my plastic bags. This ban will send me from shopping at my favorite Ralph's in Huntington Beach to one a few miles down the street in Fountain Valley in lieu of purchasing Glad or Hefty products for the same purposes. Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. t _OPLEMEN°TAL ""'OMMUNICATTI®N item No. i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 10:45 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9034 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Chris Ann Lunghino Description: Please vote to ban the single use plastic bag in Huntington Beach. Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. 'S^,III PLE MENTAL COMMUNICATION �?=—.:eting We: Agenda It m No.� S i "ECE EID AUG 15 2011 Huntington Beach CITY COUNCIL OFFICE 1511� � -� -771� / r Q id Wdt7t7:ET TTOE ST -6nd fO�L�-z?'b'f i-14 � 'ON EINOHcd WMIA Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:25 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request#9037 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: M Jack Brooks Description: 8-15-11 Re: Plastic bag ban Dear Mayor and Council Members: It has been shown that reusing shopping bags many times increases bacteria in the bags. This will hurt the young and elderly unfairly because they have weaker immune systems. It will increase Doctor visits, hospital visits and possibly cause deaths. Preventing the use of plastic bags will cost jobs putting people out of work and into poverty in this no jobs economic era. It will force the poorest among us to spend more when shopping to buy bags and may force them to have less to eat. It will not reduce plastic usage as the reusable bags will be composed of vinyl. The reusable bags when thrown away will take much longer to deteriorate because to be reused it must last longer so it will be a heavier gauge vinyl. It will cost markets money to retrain their own employees who will then spend time working with the public forcing a rise in prices to cover the costs. I grew up with paper bags and they are weaken, tear and items fall out especially when cold items release moisture and items are heavy requiring double bagging so doubling the cost. Forcing a fee for paper bags will hurt the poor and elderly most even having them run out of money for food to pay for bags over time. It may also have unintended consequence. People instead of driving to the Wal-Mart in Huntington Beach which will not have plastic bags will drive to Beach&the 22 Freeway Wal-Mart where plastic bags are available. They will go to the Home Depot in Costa Mesa or Santa Ana instead of Huntington Beach for the same reason. The same goes for super markets. These actions will reduce sales and taxes in Huntington Beach. I would suggest you not put this into effect or spend money to research further. Sincerely, M Jack Brooks 34 Year Resident Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. = PPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION IMtif-eft Date: / 1 !•c&W&Item No. Lugar, Robin From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:05 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request#9039 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Lynda Hernandez Description: Dear City Council Members: As a resident of Huntington Beach, I would be proud to be the first city in Orange County to ban all plastic bags. Surf City is a primary tourist destination and plastic bags sully our cities image when it clutters our beach and ocean. In addition, our landfills continue to fill and are becoming more expensive. Eliminating plastic bags from the landfill would save the city money. Many residents are already using green bags and it seems like businesses could save money as well. Surf City would receive such good publicity if it was a proven green, clean destination. Thank you for voting to ban plastic bags in our beautiful city. Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. AUPPL INENTAL COMMUNICATION mt Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:46 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Proposed new city ordinance, re: plastic shopping bags From: Steven Andy [mailto:bullet5@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:41 AM To: Boardman, Connie; Bohr, Keith; Dwyer, Devin; Harper, Matthew; Shaw, Joe Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: Proposed new city ordinance, re: plastic shopping bags Dear City Council: just read an online news article, saying the HB council is considering joining the PC bandwagon, and passing a law banning plastic shopping bags at grocery stores. I believe this is a really bad idea! We need less government intrusion into city business. Personally, I re-use all these plastic bags as waste-basket liners and as small garbage bags, and I'm sure many others do as well. Re-usable bags are proven to be unsanitary. Residents will be forced to purchase plastic Hefty garbage bags, which means the law will be ineffective. Residents living close to neighboring cities like CM or FV, may move their grocery shopping (and resulting city tax dollar revenues) elsewhere. What's next, Santa Monica-like ordinances such as rent control, and virtual welcome signs, encouraging the homeless to take-up residence in our city? Please, do the right thing and drop this idea. Sincerely, Steve Andy Retired Huntington Beach resident SSUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION NAI'mf9 Date: l/ Agorida Item No.^ 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:44 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Plastic bag ban From: Mary Baley [mailto:jbaley779@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 10:16 AM To: Harper, Matthew Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: Plastic bag ban Dear Councilman Harper: I urge you to support the plastic bag ban up for a vote tonight. I feel that, as a responsible person who cares for the environment,that I am being forced to subsidize the cost of plastic bags for others who don't bother. Let them pay for their own bags. I do not believe that most plastic bags are recycled. It is not that hard to change this habit of not carrying bags. I carry 3 nylon bags,foldable to 3 inches, in my purse. They carry twice the weight of a plastic bag, are washable, and I have been using the same bags for seven years. Yet, even though I tell cashiers I have my own bag or that I don't need a bag to carry an item such as milk,they frequently ask, "Are you sure you don't want a bag?". Perhaps more merchants could have these foldable bags as well as the larger bags for sale at the checkout counter. The City could also promote their use by giving them away, as it does with bottled Huntington Beach tap water. We are so lucky to have Rainbow Disposal, a premier recycler in the country, serving our city. Jeff Snow of Rainbow Disposal is a member of our Rotary Club, and we have learned much about recycling by Rainbow. I'm sure you will receive a lot of support from Rainbow on any recycling project the city decides to undertake. Thank you, Mary Baley Community Services Chair Rotary Club of Huntington Beach AXPLEMENTAL "MMMUNICATI®N . � Date: Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:10 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Please vote NO on the anti-tourist, anti-business bag bill! From: The Burgards [mailto:theburgards@gmail.com] Sent:: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:26 PM To: Fikes, Cathy; Carchio, Joe; Hansen, Don; Boardman, Connie; Bohr, Keith; Dwyer, Devin; Harper, Matthew; Shaw, Joe; Stephenson, Johanna Subject: Please vote NO on the anti-tourist, anti-business bag bill! Hi, I saw this posting in the Orange County Register and strongly agree with its sentiments. I've added some comments to clarify. The plastic bag ban proposed for Huntington Beach may have the best intentions but it's incredibly short-sighted. First, it's very anti-tourist. Since the city spends so much on drawing tourists to the area, why would it make it more difficult to carry your purchases? If I'm on vacation, I can't also fit reusable bags in my suitcase. I would just stop in Costa Mesa or Fountain Valley to make my purchases easier. Thinking Huntington Beach is so special that tourists would tolerate the extra inconvenience is naive. Perhaps if the law was adopted county-wide, that might make a difference. Second, this law does nothing to stop tourists from bringing plastic bags into the area. If tourists create much of the trash on the beaches, this law does little to resolve it. Third, it appears this law is very pro-Costco, but anti-mom and pop stores. With the new Costco opening up near Bella Terra and their use of boxes instead of plastic bags, they would be one of the very few businesses not to be affected by the law. Most other businesses do not have the economies-of-scale to offer boxes instead. In a slow economy, this additional law (with very little benefit) would be the death knell for mom and pop businesses. Finally, it will kill Surf City Nights along Main Street. My family likes to go out on Tuesday nights to one of the restaurants along Main Street. Afterwards we visit the Farmer's Market and usually buy 10 bags of fruit and vegetables. I'll be darned if I'm hauling 10 recyclable bags into a restaurant. One of the two would have to go. Please stop this law before it starts. I urge you to vote "NO" on this anti-tourist, anti-business law. Thank you, SUPPLEMENTAL The Burgard's COMMUNICATION Mae*V Date: S� !twn No.^ oC i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:42 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9038 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Thomas Burke Description: Let your constituents make the right decisions for themselves. NOT GOVERNMENT! Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION M ft*V Date: l AgWda Item No. Esearza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:16 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Ban Nonbiodegradable Plastic Bags From: Pat Goodman [mailto:patgoodman@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:15 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban Nonbiodegradable Plastic Bags Dear Mayor Carchio and City Council Members, I urge you to support a ban of single-use plastic shopping bags in Huntington Beach. I am very concerned with the continuing harm nobiodegradable plastic bags do to our precious environment such as polluting all waterways, clogging storm drains and most importantly washing up on our beautiful beaches and killing marine life. The people of Huntington Beach are looking for the Huntington Beach City Council to take a leadership role and send a message about their commitment to the environment and clean beaches. Let's Huntington Beach be one of the top ten cities in California and the first in Orange County to ban plastic bags. Thank you for your commitment to the environment. Sincerely, Patricia M. Goodman 18531 Bentley Ln. Huntington Beach, CA 92648 SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Moe*V Date: Apn&1Wn No..� 1 Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:56 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Please support the ban on single use plastic shopping bags. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Gregory [mailto:bgreg8790@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:56 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Please support the ban on single use plastic shopping bags. Thank you. Bill Gregory 4961 Los Patos Ave HB 714-595-1513 Sent from my iPhone SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION �etit�Date: g S ftorrda Item No.__ i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:52 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Plastic Bags From: tgreg8790@aol.com [mailto:tgreg8790@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:23 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic Bags Dear Council Members I strongly urge you to support item #25 on your agenda tonight. It is imperative that we act to clean up our environment and rid the city of flying plastic. This is a very simple and effective way to show that you value the condition of our world. Toni Gregory :SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Mmft Date: ACOWS Item No.- 1 Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:13 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Surf City could be first in O.C. to ban plastic bags From: Laura Hennes [ma i Ito:la u ra @theje n n iferthomastea m.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:08 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Surf City could be first in O.C. to ban plastic bags Please make this happen! Laura Hennes REALTOR The3enniferThomasTeam.com STAR Real Estate / Crossroads Property Management, Inc. 714.840.0400 -office 714.377.7862 -fax 714.342.9636 -mobile DRE Lic. #01728613 SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Date: / Item No. i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:05 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9039 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Lynda Hernandez Description: Dear City Council Members: As a resident of Huntington Beach, I would be proud to be the first city in Orange County to ban all plastic bags. Surf City is a primary tourist destination and plastic bags sully our cities image when it clutters our beach and ocean. In addition, our landfills continue to fill and are becoming more expensive. Eliminating plastic bags from the landfill would save the city money. Many residents are already using green bags and it seems like businesses could save money as well. Surf City would receive such good publicity if it was a proven green, clean destination. Thank you for voting to ban plastic bags in our beautiful city. Expected Close Date: 08/16/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Mftft Date; Agenda Item No,-- 1 Esparza, Paa From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:01 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Agenda Item No. 25: Carryout Bags Attachments: ACC Letter to Huntington Beach.pdf From: Kenny, Ryan [mailto:Ryan_Kenny@americanchemistry.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:35 PM To: Carchio, Joe; Hansen, Don; Boardman, Connie; Bohr, Keith; Dwyer, Devin; Harper, Matthew; Shaw, Joe Cc: Fikes, Cathy; Flynn, Joan; Stephenson, Johanna Subject: Agenda Item No. 25: Carryout Bags Dear Honorable Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Please find attached a letter from the American Chemistry Council concerning this evening's agenda item on carryout bags. We would appreciate your consideration of our views. Thank you, Ryan Kenny Manager, State Affairs American Chemistry Council Ryan Kenny Manager, State Affairs American Chemistry Council 1121 L Street, Suite 609 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone (916)448-2581 Fax (916)442-2449 Cell (916)606-5772 www.americanchemistry.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This message may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee do not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of email transmission. American Chemistry Council, 700—2nd Street NE, Washington, DC 20002, www.americanchemista.com SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Mtv*V Dater finds IMM W Qo merican' Chemistry uncil August 15, 2011 The Honorable Joe Carchio Mayor, City of Huntington Beach 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Re: Agenda No. 25—City Council Discussion Concerning Carryout Bags Dear Mayor Carchio: It is our understanding that the City of Huntington Beach City Council is considering whether to direct city staff to pursue development of an ordinance to ban plastic retail bags. By way of background, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) is a national trade association of manufacturing companies, including those domestic producers of fully recyclable retail plastic bags. ACC members support efforts to reduce bag litter and disposal and it is for that reason we have been working to promote and enhance the recycling of not only plastic bags but other plastic packaging as well. ACC is in full agreement with the intent of this discussion but feel an outright prohibition on these recyclable products is unnecessary. In many cases, suggestions to ban recyclable plastic bags often overlook important, yet unintended environmental impacts. Furthermore, these ordinances have the potential to impact consumers economically, especially for those employees who work at bag manufacturing facilities in California. As you and your colleagues discuss this issue, ACC respectfully requests that you consider several policy issues and potential alternative approaches. A common misconception is that plastic bags are not recyclable. California law requires all large grocery stores and pharmacies to provide a recycling bin for plastic bags. These bins provide a local consumer infrastructure that can capture not only recyclable plastic grocery bags but newspaper, dry cleaning, toiletry, and other bags and film as well (e.g., product wraps for cases of soda, paper towels, etc.). Nationally, plastic bag and film recovery has increased by 31 percent since 2005. This recovery growth is more than nine times greater than the 3.4 percent increase in recovery of all municipal solid waste from 2005 to 2009 according to EPA data. Recovery of postconsumer film (which includes plastic bags and product wraps)grew to an estimated 854,377,000 pounds in 2009. In many communities around the country, ACC has worked in partnership with retailers, public agencies and other stakeholders to promote the recycling of plastic bags and wraps. In addition to the recycling opportunities, we believe that other policy and legal issues should also be explored, including: a If a fee is proposed on alternative products such as paper bags (in an effort to reduce the environmental impacts of those products), would such a fee be subject to the provisions of Proposition 26? ® If a fee on paper bags is adopted to help offset operating costs for providing these bags, how would the city reconcile the fact large stores can use their buying power to negotiate a lower price, disproportionally favoring large stores ovdr.small "mom-and-pop" operations. ® Whether an analysis has been conducted as to the potential consumer cost impact for residents that may now be forced to pay for paper bags;especially those that may be struggling to make ends meet? americanchemi5try.com© 1121 L Street,Suite 609 1 Sacramento,CA 1 (916)448-2581 ` ® Whether such an ordinance would require city expenditures to implement, monitor and audit the program, especially as it relates to a city mandated per bag charge? In our view, bag litter and disposal can be reduced by encouraging consumers to use reusable bags and to recycle their plastic bags. These activities can be undertaken through partnerships between industry, retailers, local governments, recyclers and environmental organizations all without the burden of additional regulation, unintended environmental impacts, or negative economic impacts on consumers. Thank you in advance for the opportunity to provide these comments and we would welcome the opportunity to discuss potential recycling opportunities in the city of Huntington Beach. If you or your colleagues have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me at 916-448-2581 or via email at ryas kennyC�americanchemistry.com Sincerely, Ryan Kenny Manager, State Affairs American Chemistry Council cc: Members, Huntington Beach City Council; City Clerk americanchemistry.como 1121 L Street,Suite 609 1 Sacramento,CA 1 (916)448-2581 �`� Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:14 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: HB bag law under consideration -----Original Message----- From: Eric Maddy [mailto:emaddy@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:01 PM To: Shaw, Joe Cc: Stephenson, Johanna Subject: HB bag law under consideration I understand that the City Council is in the process of considering a ban on plastic grocery bags, similar to one that has recently gone into effect in Long Beach. The reasons for such a ban are legitimate, and by and large I support a plastic bag ban. However, I wish to express to you my strenuous objection to surcharging consumers for the use of biodegradable paper bags. These do not create a pollution problem or a wildlife problem as the plastic bags do, and to mandate the idea of effectively taxing the consumer for the use of these bags is horribly offensive, and to disguise such a charge as a necessary part of a plastic bag ban is misleading and inappropriate. I strongly encourage you to REFUSE to mandate charging the consumers of Huntington Beach for paper bags. Any such charge should be made on a market basis by the grocers; to pretend that this is a necessary part of an anti-pollution law is offensive and opportunistic. Thanks for your consideration, Eric Maddy Huntington Beach, CA SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Me**g Date: .1 �.._. Agads ftrn No.� oZ�� i Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:17 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Plastic Bag Ban From: Terry G McClary [mailto:TGmcClary@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:08 PM To: Shaw, Joe Cc: Stephenson, Johanna Subject: Plastic Bag Ban This is another'do gooder' law that is silly. I like many of my friends reuse plastic bags to pick up dog and cat waste. If you vote for this ban I will actively campaign to have you defeated in the next election. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION M, g Date: AgWds Item No.� 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:47 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: plastic bags -----Original Message----- From: Denise Menichiello [mailto:hbmom@mac.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:36 AM To: Bohr, Keith Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: plastic bags Please, please, use this opportunity to keep our city government in their place and that certainly isn't choosing which bag we receive at the market. Free enterprise will figure out what the ego-friendly citizen want.and they will adjust if that's what they decided. But please, don't let HB city council govern this tiny aspect of my choices. This is a perfect example of government over governing. Denise Menichiello SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION MAWv Date: 0 / A;eAda Mom No.� Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:53 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: Fw: your buddies Marty and Denise -----Original Message----- From: Denise Menichiello [mailto:hbmom@mac.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:22 AM To: Carchio, Joe Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: your buddies Marty and Denise Joe, PLEASE........remember the cries of the conservatives that stand behind you, "Keep government out of my business". Ban plastic bags, really? Don't let them get away with this. If Ralph's decides to discontinue to provide us bags, so be it, I can got to Albertson's. Let business decide, let us the people decide, not government. Please encourage City Council to stay on task with important issues. See you soon! Denise Menichiello P.S.- I will send a note to the other 3 that are not listed as participating in this ridiculous ban. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION Mm ttg Date: J // Agenda Item No.�_ 2J� Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:25 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Banning plastic grocery bags From: shirthings@aol.com [mailto:shirthings@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:22 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Banning plastic grocery bags Dear City Council of Huntington Beach, I wish I could attend tonight's meeting. A previous engagement prevents my doing so, but I would like to make my wishes known which I believe would better serve our citizens. Please vote no on banning plastic trash bags. This is not Berkeley, or even San Francisco for that matter. Because one city decides to "jump off the pier", must we follow the silliness? Placing a ban on products is not only arbitrary, and un-Constitutional, but a proven job killer. Huntington Beach may even have to defend lawsuits stemming from this inappropriate legislation. In taking logic to it's natural end, there is no end to this Pandora's box! The City of Huntington Beach is under no imminent or future threat of citizen safety and health from the use of plastic bags. You are opening the City up to un-necessary lawsuits, and this City is already reeling from the effects of the Public employee giveaways to which the City Council has succumbed. If you truly believe that plastic bags are a danger to Americans, animals and the environment, then why be hypocritical? You will eventually have to ban the following; Pens, which you throw away when used. Trash bags, and plastic food containers Storage boxes, and containers Plastic plates, and eating utensils SUPPLEMENTAL Sunglasses COMMUNICATION Eyeglasses and their frames Picture album sleeves Mfmft p*e: it�/J /// CD boxes the computer you use AqWds Ibm No. the Blackberry you use the Ipad you use, i and a MILLION OTHER THINGS! If you are going to ban everything that may now, or in the future be bad for us or the environment will you plan to; Dictate to restaurants what they will serve for meals? Tell Huntington Beach stores what they may sell? Regulate all beach, park, public space, and city services to fit the narrow vision of a handful of people on the City Council? Please reject these socialistic trends in our society. Your proposed ban on plastic bags is unreasonable. The closed stores and businesses, the financial strain with which you have burdened the citizens, and the crumbling infrastructure should be of paramount concern and not all this enviro-hysteria. That the City Council should even consider such a power grab is saddening. Thank you for your consideration. Shirley W. Orlando 53 year Huntington Beach resident. 2 Esparza, Pa2y From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:45 AM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Plastic bag ban From: tjkpek@verizon.net [mailto:tjkpek@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 10:06 AM To: Bohr, Keith Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: Plastic bag ban Mr. Bohr, I am writing you to voice my opposition to the proposed ban on"plastic bags".Why would the council pass more revenue and job killing legislation in these hard economic times. If this ban is passed I, along with many others I'm sure,will spend my money in the more free parts of this county. Isn't littering already a law? How about enforcing the laws that are already on the books? Thank you for your time, Tone Pekich HB resident since 1970 -UPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION I,Akl Date: g8 Item No. Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:37 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: plastic bag ordinance From: D Piscopo [mailto:dpiscopo@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:36 PM To: Shaw, Joe Cc: Stephenson, Johanna Subject: plastic bag ordinance I read in the Orange County Register that the City Council is considering banning plastic bags at grocery stores. As a Huntington Beach resident I would like to voice my opposition to such an ordinance. I grocery shop often and do not always have reusable bags in my car. There have been several studies that show that after a few usages reusable bags become full of dangerous bacteria from uncooked meets etc. This bacteria can then go onto other foods that are placed in those bags. Also, most people reuse plastic bags. We use ours to pick up after our dog. Those of us who chose not to use reusable bags will be punished by being charged for plastic bags. Why don't we allow people to have a choice in such a simple issue? Honestly, do you lay awake at night thinking of ways to make life more difficult for your constituents? We are told what cars to drive, types of light bulbs to use, how often to water our lawns and now how to get our grocery's home. Please vote no on this ridiculous intrusion into people's lives. Thank you, Donna Piscopo 20242 Newby Lane Huntington Beach, CA 92646 DPiscopo@socal.rr.com SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION M Date:_ A4W ds them No. 1 AUG-15-2011 12:25 FRON:DUCATO GARDENS TO:17143741557 P. 1/1 Aug.15, 2:011 Clerk, City of Huntington Beach 2000 Main St. Huntington Beach,CA FAX# 714 374-1S57 bear Clerk.; Please let the Mayor, City Council & members know: (the Council Meeting of Aug. 15, 2011)•that I object to a ban on plastic bags used for groceries.. Respectively; . Duane i 6452 Santa Y'nez Dr. Huntington Beach, CA. �2647 i �PPLIEMENTAL %MMMUNICATION r,,-, 4a Item No. Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:52 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban the Plastic Bag in HB Importance: High From: Kathy Burney [mailto:kmhigh@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:37 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the Plastic Bag in HB Importance: High Greetings,City Council— As a fairly long-time (going on 15 years) resident of Surf City, I wish to express my support for the proposed ban on single-use plastic bags in our city. Please take a stand for this great idea. We need to break our habit of using these wasteful and environmentally- damaging bags;there are better options in this day and age! Thank you very much for your time and attention to this matter. Regards, Kathleen M. Burney Huntington Beach, CA 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:31 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban the Bag! -----Original Message----- From: ERIC DAVIS [mailto:gworks99@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:20 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the Bag! Please vote to Ban the Plastic Bags. Eric Davis 1115 Huntington Street HB CA 92648 i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:31 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: From: James Moore [mailto:jmoore1953@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:21 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Please don't ban the plastic bags. Most bags are not single use. Surfing in HB for 41 years, I have not seen one bag in the water. The ones on the beach are either from the wind or birds removing from trash. i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:31 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Opposition to plastic bag ban ordinance From: PI Garcia [mailto:PJ @ESCROW.NET] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:23 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Opposition to plastic bag ban ordinance To my elected City Council representatives: I can't be there tonight, but I want to voice my opposition to the plastic bag ban. It is high time for our governments at all levels to stop mucking around in market decisions. Personally, I hate the things, but some folks love them and re-use them the same way I do the paper. It's ridiculous to expect us all to figure out how many reusable bags we will need each time we go shopping and carry them around. If it's a green agenda, remember, they will have to be produced and laundered. You can't legislate people into behaving the way you want, it won't work in the long run. If it's another TAX hidden as a FEE (more likely) because you KNOW most of us will just pay for the bags, KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY! I hope you consider my opinion in your vote. Pj Garcia Dedicated to making every escrow as comfortable as your favorite PJ's President, Beach Pacific Escrow Past President, Escrow Institute of California Member California Escrow Association Member American Escrow Association Beach Pacific Escrow, Inc. 7372 Prince Drive, Suite 101 Huntington Beach, CA 92647-4573 714-842-4594 ext. 1# 714-842-9934 (fax) pj(a,escrow.net WEAfOVEE: Ulease note our newaaldress. THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED,AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED AND/OR CONFIDENTIAL. 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Unsubscribe 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:29 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: support for plastic bag ban From: Lisa Foster [mailto:LisaFoster@lbagatatime.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:29 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: support for plastic bag ban Dear City Council Member: I am writing in support of a plastic bag ban in Huntington Beach, CA. Plastic pollution poses a persistent threat to marine life. Over 267 species worldwide have been impacted by plastic litter. Plastic litter devalues our coastlines, costs taxpayers millions in clean up, and threatens jobs related to tourism and visitors. It's time to stop the waste. Please support the ban on plastic carryout bags in Huntington Beach. Signed Lisa Foster Lisa Foster 1 Bag at a Time, Inc. 8915 S. La Cienega, Unit F Inglewood, CA 90301 Phone: 310-649-3888 Toll free! 888-478-3886 Fax: 310-649-3889 www.lbagatatime.com "The Earth is what we all have in common." Wendell Berry i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:29 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban Plastic Bags. -----Original Message----- From: John Killian [mailto:jskillian@road runner.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:44 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban Plastic Bags. Please ban or reduce the use of plastic shopping bags within Huntington Beach. they are a terrific nuisance in the Ocean. Long Beach does it nicely now. If you shop for items, especially groceries, the grocery store must charge a nickel to obtain a plastic bag, which is reuseable. The shops also give a 5 cent discount if you bring a shopping bag.. i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:29 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: PLEASE BAN PLASTIC BAGS FROM OUR BEACHES!!! -----Original Message----- From: Dave Perry [mailto:daveperry@vzw.blackberry.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:46 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: PLEASE BAN PLASTIC BAGS FROM OUR BEACHES!!! Dave Perry 20652 Goshawk Lane Huntington Beach, CA 92646 Regards, Dave Perry (714) 465-6548 Direct (714) 464-2976 Fax Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry 1 Esparza, Pa$ty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:29 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Plastic Bag Ban From: hbsheila@aol.com [mailto:hbsheila@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:52 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic Bag Ban Dear City Council, I support this fully. Just hope you "Bag" Posieden! Sheila Garland Resident since 1971 1 Esparza, PaLbL From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:29 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: ban the plastic bags -----Original Message----- From: Justine Makoff [mailto:puravida5@mac.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:53 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: ban the plastic bags I urge you to support this ban and get rid of plastic bags. thank you for your consideration, The Makoff family i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:28 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Get rid of the plastic bags already. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Burson [mailto:scottb@xcelmech.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 6:43 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Get rid of the plastic bags already. What is the hold up. Stop politicizing and make a decision. -------------------------- Sent using BlackBerry i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:28 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: ban the bag From: Fonda Jennings [mailto:fondajennings@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:03 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: ban the bag I've been using my own cloth bags for years. Albertson's, Walmart, Trader Joe's, CVS, Fresh n Easy, etc. A lot of people use plastic. Please stop the plastic use. thank you Fonda Jennings i Esparza, Pa!ty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:24 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban the Plastic Bag Huntington Beach From: liz [mailto:liz2004hb@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:58 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the Plastic Bag Huntington Beach Dear City Council Members for Huntington Beach, I am writing this email to let you know that my family and I are all in support of banning single use plastic bags in Huntington Beach. We have lived in this community for over 40 years and have seen our beaches becoming more and more polluted with trash - mainly plastic. We do our part to keep our beaches clean and always leave the beach cleaner than we found it,but we feel that it is not enough! We feel that it's time to say good bye to single use plastic bags for good. Our greatest hope is to have nice and clean beaches for future generations to enjoy and we know in our hearts that eliminating single use plastic bags will help make it possible. Thank you for listening. Kind regards, Liz, Ken and Ethan Shelton i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:24 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: From: willbesurfing@yahoo.com [mailto:willbesurfing@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:58 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Please get rid of the bags....totally unnecessary and a big pollution problem. Never mind the chemicals and oil used to make them. Thank you for your help. Will Clark i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:24 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: ban the bag From: Ron Broberg [mailto:rbroberg827@gmaii.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:58 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: ban the bag Dear H.B. City Council, I want to give my support to the Surfrider Foundation led "ban the bag" initiative that will be presented to the council tonight.No one really knew way back when the negative impact that single use plastic bags would have on the H.B. environment. It is too bad that this council has to legislate a ban on the use of something that lasts forever. The single use plastic bag is something whose time has really come & gone. I hope that this council will vote to "ban the single use bag" in Huntington Beach. Thank you, Ron Broberg 1 ESparza, Pam From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:24 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FK Plastic bag ban -----Original Message----- From: Chris Mehess [mailto:cmehess@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:59 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic bag ban I'm 35 year resident of Huntington Beach.We don't need the plastic bag,half of them just end up in the Ocean!I support the ban against the plastic bag. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:24 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Please ban plastc bags! -----Original Message----- From: DeBeer, Shane [mai Ito:shane.debeer@dechert.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:59 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Please ban plastc bags! 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A list of names of the members of Dechert LLP (who are solicitors or registered foreign lawyers) is available for inspection at its registered office, 160 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4QQ. i Esearza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:24 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Please Support Ban the Bag From: Amberleigh Dancy [mailto:amberleigh_d@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:01 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Please Support Ban the Bag Please support ban the bag in the city of Huntington Beach. Amberleigh Duesterhaus amberleigh d(o)-yahoo.com 714-422-6825 1 Esgarza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:24 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban the bag!!! -----Original Message----- From: Lauren Thomas [mailto:laurenhhthomas@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:02 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the bag!!! Please please Ban the bag! As a member of Surfrider foundation and a nature lover I spend countless hour picking plastic bags up off the beaches, gutters, and all over our city. Let's help clean up Huntington Beach and make some news! We CAN become a greener, prettier city but we need you guys to make the right decision an BAN THE BAG!!!! Lauren Thomas (805) 252-3534 Masters Clinical Psychology Sent from my iPhone i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:23 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Save Our Beach supports Ban The Bag! Importance: High From: Kim Masoner [ma i Ito:kimmasoner@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:03 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Save Our Beach supports Ban The Bag! Importance: High I conduct beach cleanups from San Diego to Santa Monica (including both Huntington Beach and Bolsa Chica State Beaches) and have now for over 12 years and Save Our Beach supports Ban The Bag! I'm crocheting the single use throw away trash bags (vons/albertsons/ralphs,etc) into bedrolls for the homeless and I still highly support this! If we run out I will find something else that I can repurpose, don't worry! Here's a recent article with photos and video that made front page of the Orange County Register http://www.ocregister.com/articles/-283195--.htmi and here's an article on Patch.com with photos and a tutorial video http://Iosaiamitos.patch.com/articles/helping-the-environment-one-stitch-at-a-time?ncid=M255#c Thanks for your time Kim Masoner, Founder Save Our Beach Quietly Changing Our World www.saveourbeach.org cell (562) 884-6764 Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world...... it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:23 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban Plastic Bags! -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Christopher [mai Ito:anthony@anthonychristopherp rod uctions.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:03 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban Plastic Bags! Please do the right thing. It's a simple step in a long journey to clean up the local and regional environment. Thank you, Anthony Christopher "Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self bestowed." Walter Russell i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:23 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban plastic bags From: aribov@hotmail.com [mailto:aribov@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:02 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban plastic bags Good afternoon, I am writting to you to let you know that as a Huntington Beach resident and Surfrider Foundation Member I support the plastic bag ban. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Ariana Bovolini Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:23 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Support Banning Single use bags. -----Original Message----- From: Garcia, Shane [MNTUS] [mailto:SGarcia0@ITS.JNJ.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:04 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Support Banning Single use bags. Hi City Council Members of Huntington Beach, I want to write a small note in support of banning single use plastic bags. Please be the FIRST Orange County City to support a great environmental and cost-saving initiative. I have met most of via The Surfrider Foundation and I still desire to find a new home in beautiful Huntington Beach. The community is ready for a change! Respectfully, Shane Garcia Orange County Territory Manager Mentor Worldwide LLC Direct/Cell 888 453 9799 i Esparza, Pa!!X From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:23 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: support the plastic bag ban From: MONTJOYJM@aol.com [mailto:MONTJOYJM@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:05 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: support the plastic bag ban Please support the plastic bag ban when you vote today. Julio R. Montjoy IEsgarza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:23 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban Plastic Bags -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Christopher [mailto:anthony@anthonychristopherproductions.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:06 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban Plastic Bags Please do the right thing. Lets get it right. Thanks, Anthony Christopher "Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self bestowed." Walter Russell i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:23 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Regarding: Plastic Bags From: AOSACS2@aol.com [mailto:AOSACS2@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:08 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Regarding: Plastic Bags Clear City Council Member: I am writing in support of a plastic bag ban in Huntington Beach. We have to think of the future for our children and for life itself. Plastic pollution poses a persistent threat to marine life_ Plastic litter has impacted over 267 species worldwide. Plastic litter devalues our coastlines-: casts taxpayers millions in clean up, and threaten jobs related to tourism and visitors. It's time to stop the waste. Please support the ban on plastic carryout bags in Huntington Beach Tany Soriano a'l' Huntington Beach Resident i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:22 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban Plastic Bags -----Original Message----- From: Michael Youngsma [mailto:youngsma@mac.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:08 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban Plastic Bags 80% of life on earth is found in our oceans. The ocean is the driving force which maintains life on our planet. Without the global oceans there would be no life on earth. Dead Oceans = Dead Planet. Banning plastic bags is a small part of the overall picture, but it's a start and a very small sacrifice for all of us to make. Do the right thing and ban plastic bags in Huntington Beach. 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:22 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban the Bag legislation From, Christina Chang [mailto:cchang0331@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:08 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the Bag legislation Dear Representative: I am writing as your constituent to express support for legislation banning single-use plastic bags. However, as a compromise, perhaps you would consider having grocery stores and other retailers charge 5 cents per plastic bag and also give consumers a 5 cents credit if they bring in their own bag. Respectfully, Christina Chang www.eastmeetswestastrology.com www.chinoisyo a com i Esparza, Pa!ty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:22 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Rise Above Plastics From: Lysa Kelley [mailto:lysakelley@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:13 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Rise Above Plastics Ban the Plastic Bag in Huntington Beach! Deep our Ocean's clean and protect the environment for our children and grandchildren. Lysa Kelley Surfrider Foundation HB/SB i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:22 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Please Vote to Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags From: Dave Hulting [mailto:dhulting@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:13 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject; Please Vote to Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags About every 6 seconds Californians use a plastic shopping bag. Recycling efforts reclaim less than 10% of these single-use plastic bags. Un-reclaimed single-use plastic bags pollute a wide spectrum of ecosystems, clog storm drain systems, end up in landfills and contribute to ocean pollution. Half of my time on or in the water, I personally see a single-use plastic shopping bag. This"convenience" is destructive to our environment. Bring a durable, multiple-use bag instead. It's not difficult at all. We need to stop the single-use plastic bag habit, once and for all, by passing legislation to protect our environment....Today is the day! Thank you, Dave Hulting 1 EsEarza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:22 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: -----Original Message----- From: jbic@socal.rr.com [mailto:jbic@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:15 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: BAN THE BAGS IV BEEN SURFING FOR 32 YEARS AND ITS GETTING BAD OUT THERE JUST YESTERDAY SUNDAY 8-14-2011 1 WAS PICKING OILY PLASTIC BAGS OUT OF THE WATER !!!!! THAT WHERE FLOTTING IN THE LINE UP . THAN LIKE ALLWAYS WALKING TO THE LOT ACROSS THE SAND I PICKED UP ANOTHER 5 BAGS OFF THE SAND FROM THE DAY/NIGHT BEACH USERS STOP THE BAG i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:21 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Beautify HB- Ban the Bag From: Marinka Horack [mailto:horackm@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:16 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; Marinka Horack Subject: Beautify HB - Ban the Bag To: Huntington Beach City Council August 15, 2011 Dear Mayor Carchio and Councilmembers Boardman, Bohr, Dwyer, Hansen, Harper and Shaw: I strongly urge you to su2port a city ordinance to ban plastic bans for use as carry-outs in Huntington Beach stores. Eliminating plastic bags for use as grocery carry outs is an elegantly simple and easy way to reduce trash and pollution in our streets, parks, waterways and beaches. It is just one of the necessary steps that we, if we are to be a civilized society, must take to clean up our environment and live in a green and sustainable manner. A few of the reasons why plastic bags must be banned: * Plastic bags are an ugly blight on our beaches, parks, wetlands and roads; * Plastic bags clog up our waterways and drainage pipes; * They are a danger to the health and lives of aquatic & land wildlife; * They are so light-weight that the wind carries them everywhere; * Plastic is produced from hydrocarbons, a resource we can't afford to waste; * Plastic is not easily biodegradable; plastic bags can take 20 years to decompose; * The cost of processing plastic bag trash can be eliminated; * There is a simple solution: reusable bags. Marinka Horack 21742 Fairlane Cr Huntington Beach, CA Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:21 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: My Support for Ban the Plastic Bag City Ordinance -----Original Message----- From: spoto@sprint.blackberry.net [mailto:spoto@sprint.blackberry.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:20 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: My Support for Ban the Plastic Bag City Ordinance Dear Surf City / Huntington Beach City Council Members: As an avid supporter and regular participant in past Surf City/ City of Huntington Beach volunteer beach cleanups, I wish to lend my wholehearted support for the proposed city ordinance banning the distribution and use of the traditional plastic shopping bag within the city proper. During my shifts on various beach and storm runoff cleanups, one of the most troubling developments I have witnessed is the proliferation of plastic bags on the beaches, in storm drains, wildlife estuaries, in harbors, jetties & in breakwaters. Please seize the higher ground and set the bar higher for other cities and municipalities to follow by passing this ordinance. Huntington Beach has always been an examplary coastal city. Don't disappoint those who love this beach as if it was their own back yard! Peter W. Spoto spoto usc.edu PWSpoto D_gmail.com Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerryO 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:21 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Supporting the Plastic Bag Ban From: PAMELA ANDRIESE [mailto:adconcrete@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:24 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Supporting the Plastic Bag Ban Would you please support the plastic bag ban. It would help the ocean and evnvironment more than anyone can imagine. Whether surfing or boating, these bags appear everywhere. I have had them brush my legs, arms and feet while surfing any beaches along this coast.While boating we have had them get caught on our propellers. Please help ban these plastic bags, that pollute our ocean and cause havic to both animals and humans. Sincerely, Pamela J Andriese. 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:21 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: plastic bag ban From: Michael J. Dorff [mailto:mdorff@twfhomeloans.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:27 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: plastic bag ban I support the plastic bag ban......I hope everyone else does as well.. Michael J. Dorff Trans World Financial 19691 Phoenix Lane Huntington Beach, Ca. 92646 714-222-9600 ph. 714-846-3599 fx. DRE#01062974 NMLS#234374 i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:21 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Huntington Beach Plastic Bag Bag From: Steven Batzofin [ma ilto:Steven B@earthwisebags.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:28 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Cc: Stan Joffe Subject: Huntington Beach Plastic Bag Bag To the Huntington Beach City Council, On behalf of Earthwise Bag Company, our management and employees,we would like to voice our support for a plastic bag ban in the City of Huntington Beach. As a local reusable bag supplier,we have been very mindful of the plastic bag ban legislation since 2007,when San Francisco became this state and nation's first city to enact such a ban. We have seen the positive effects of a ban which are irrefutable; including reducing the amount of waste entering our landfills, limiting the pollution that enters our water ways, lowering municipal costs for collection, disposal and recycling of single use plastic bags and finally,fostering a behavior of conservation and re-use. There may be claims that such a ban would unintentionally harm our city's poorest and marginal citizens by forcing them to pay for a paper bag or purchase a reusable bag. However,this argument fails to acknowledge that many of our local supermarket retailers such as Albertsons and Ralphs have made a point of giving away free reusable bags in the areas where a ban is in place. For example,Albertsons gave away tens of thousands of reusable bags to shoppers in the days before and after the Calabasas ban went into effect. In addition,these same retailers have made the pro-active decision to offer a variety of reusable bags for as low as$0.33 each. We urge you to pass this ban and ensure the City of Huntington Beach is an environmental leader in the state and is serious about protecting its greatest natural resources for generations to come. Respectfully, Steven Batzof i n Earthwise 2819 Burton Avenue Burbank, CA 91504 P: 818.847.2174 x 304 F: 818.847.9681 stevenb(aearthwisebags.com www.earthwisebags.com Nm earbhwise 1 Esgarza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:20 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Plastic Bag Ban -YES From: dAbryan [mailto:spyslydrs@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:28 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic Bag Ban - YES HB City Council, Please support the Plastic Bag Ban for the City of Huntington Beach. In a community with such a close (and profitable) relationship with the ocean, it is important we get on board in decreasing the amount of plastic, primarily plastic bags, that end up in the ocean and in landfills. Thanks for supporting the Plastic Bag Ban, David Bryan Huntington Beach Resident Voter without Fail i Esgarza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:20 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Huntington beach plastic bag ban From:jennyitaly2003@yahoo.com [mailto:jennyitaly2003@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:29 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Huntington beach plastic bag ban It's time to stop the waste. Please support the ban on plastic carryout bags in huntington beach. Kindly, Jenny i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:20 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban the bag -----Original Message----- From: Jamie Royer [mailto:royersp3@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:32 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the bag Please support the ban the bag campain. They pollute the environment behond belief Jamie royer Surfer sailor and citizen Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:20 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban plastic bags From: Bob Barnett [mailto:thebobbarnett@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:28 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban plastic bags What's to think about? Just do it http://www.bobbarnett.com Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:20 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Keep the plastic bag ban From: i razi [mailto:irazi@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:32 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Keep the plastic bag ban Dear City Council, I use the beaches a lot. Please keep the plastic bag ban. - Imran Razi i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:20 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban plastic bags!!! From: Vivienne Herold;Cl u bGlove [mailto:vherold@clubglove.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:33 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban plastic bagsM We dont need them. Vivienne Herold, CFO West Coast Trends, Inc. The Makers of the Club Glove & Scheyden Eyewear vhero1dkc1ubg1ove.com 714-500-3504 k,A Please think before you print 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:20 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Please ban plastic shopping bags!! From: winningday@aol.com [mailto:winningday@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:34 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Please ban plastic shopping bags!! Plastic shopping bags pose an enormous impact on the environment and its inhabitants, when not recycled. Of all the polluters our planet crosses daily, plastic bags should be considered lethal and banned. The issue with plastic bags is the fact when they are not recycled they end up in the throats &stomach of wildlife, clogging gutters and sewers, and floating in waterways. Plastic bags are dangerous to all types of sea life because they are flexible, and shaped just right to trap an animal or get wrapped around an animal's neck or fin. If the bag gets stuck over a creature's head, it can suffocate or starve. They can float around for hundreds of years. Plastic bags are not biodegradable, they actually photodegrade. Meaning plastic bags break down into small toxic bits contaminating soil and waterways. Countries that have banned or taken action to discourage the use of plastic bags include Australia, Bangladesh, Ireland, Italy, South Africa,Taiwan, Mumbai and India. China recently a ban on the thinnest bags and a tax on others. Similar measures exist in Eritrea, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. 1. At least 1,000,000,000 plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. There are estimates that Americans use 84 billion plastic bags annually. 2. Less than 1% of these bags are recycled 3. It costs more to recycle a bag that to produce a new one. Let us get ahead of the curve. Please, please ban these toxic bags! Monique Brown 1 Esparza, Pant From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:19 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: ban the bag From: Denise D. Marble [mailto:whoszoo@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:31 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: ban the bag If you ever go,to our local beaches you would know this makes sense. Ban the Bag! Denise Marble 8422 Doncaster Dr. HB, CA 92646 i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:19 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Please Ban the Plastic Bag -----Original Message----- From: Lorena Marquez [mai Ito:Lmar6soccer@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:41 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Please Ban the Plastic Bag would greatly appreciate your support in banning the plastic bag. Thank you, Lorena Lorena Marquez, M. Ed. Coordinator, Cesar E. Chavez Center for Higher Education Office of Student Life & Cultural Centers California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Office: (909) 869-5039 Fax: (909) 869-2105 Marquez csupomona.edu http://dsa.csupomona.edu/cesarchavez GO GREEN! GO GOLD! GO BRONCOS! Sent from my iPhone i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:17 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Bsn the Bag -----Original Message----- From: Sue Gmail [mailto:susan.orfila@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:41 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Bsn the Bag Please vote to "ban the bag" tonight. Susan Orfila 6222 gumm dr HB. 92647 Sent from my iPhone i Esparza, Paq From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:17 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Bag Ban From: Andrea Grier [mailto:andrea62g@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:44 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Bag Ban Lear City Council Member: I am writing in support of a plastic bag ban in Huntington Beach, CA. Plastic pollution poses a persistent threat to marine life. Over 267 species worldwide have been impacted by plastic litter. Plastic litter devalues our coastlines, costs taxpayers millions in clean up, and threatens jobs related to tourism and visitors. It's time to stop the waste. Please support the ban on plastic carryout bags in Huntington Beach. Sincerely, Andrea Grier 1 Esgarza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:16 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban the plastic bag -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca and Nicholas Walke [mailto:hbwalke@live.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:46 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the plastic bag Dear council members, I would like to take a minute of your time to voice my support of the Ban on Plastic bags in Huntington Beach. As a city that survives on its history of surf, and whose beaches beckon to tourists and locals alike, it would be foolish not to take steps to protect our most valueable asset. Thank you for your consideration. Rebecca Walke Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:16 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Bag ban -----Original Message----- From: Michelle L Seipel [mailto:aj126@roadrunner.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:51 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Bag ban I support the bag ban. There is too much waste in this world! There would be way less garbage if everyone used recycled bags!!! Sent from my Phone i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:16 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Plastic no more -----Original Message----- From: John Mollica [mailto:jdmollica@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:51 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic no more Members, Please help surf city by banning plastic bags. They are terrible for the environment especially our beaches and oceans. Thanks, John Sent from my iPhone i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:16 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Please ban the bag Importance: High From: Ingersoll, Lauren [mailto:lingersoll@hudco.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:51 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Please ban the bag Importance: High I live in HB and walk on Huntington Beach every morning. I am often horrified by the garbage—please do this little bit and ban the plastic bags that blow around so easily and get into the water. It would make everyone's life just a little better. Thanks!! Lauren Lauren E. Ingersoll Hudson Cook, LLP 6 Hutton Centre Drive,Suite 840 Santa Ana, California 92707 ingersoll@hudco.com Tel. 714-263-0426 Fax. 714-263-0428 (Admitted in California only) Rudson # . CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this transmission is intended solely for the individual(s) identified above. The information may be privileged and it may constitute attorney work product. 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Unless otherwise expressly stated herein, the appearance of a typed name or initials herein does not(1) evidence an intent to sign this email or(2) constitute either(a) a signature, or(b) any consent to use electronic records or signatures in place of a traditional writing or handwritten signature. 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:16 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: BAN THE BAG From: Brian Gottejman [mailto:blgottejman@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:52 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: BAN THE BAG PLEASE VOTE TO BAN THE BAG...........THANK YOU 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:16 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Please support"Ban the Bag" From: Josh Goldfarb [mailto:josh@atomicdaydreams.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:52 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Please support 'Ban the Bag" Dear City Council Members, am a local Huntington Beach resident and I urge you to support the "Ban the Bag" initiative. I love our city and the unique natural resources we are blessed with. Plastic bags is not and should not be so readily available to spoil this wonderful city of ours. Especially when there are saver environment options. Thank you, Josh Goldfarb Surfrider Member Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:15 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Plastic bags -----Original Message----- From: Chris [mailto:chriswilson@post.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 4:55 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic bags Hi all, Lets get rid of the plastic bags and keep our beaches cleaner. Thanks!! Chris ChrisWilson(a-)-post.com i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:15 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: your consideration to ban plastic From: Gael O'Brien [mailto:strategy@fgi.net] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:01 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: your consideration to ban plastic Dear Council Members, As a resident of Huntington Beach for 11 years, I walked regularly along Dog Beach down to the Pier picking up pieces of plastic bags and other debris that washes up on the sand. I have also constantly declined plastic bag options at Ralph's and Albertson's over the last few years. It is an unnecessary option. The reality is that plastic bags find their way into the environment and do harm. It is such a small step to ban the use of plastic bags in food stores and it has such a huge impact. Long Beach has just prohibited the use of plastic bags in food stores and I hope that you will vote likewise. In every manner we can, there needs to be a deliberate effort to reduce harm to our environment and the coastal area. I hope your vote will be one of many you take to protect Huntington Beach now and in the future. Thank you. Gael O'Brien 714-655-4684 I 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:15 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Ban the Bag! From: Sean Hersey [mailto:seaherse@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:02 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the Bag! I am an H.B. resident and I support banning plastic bags in H.B.! thank you-Bradford S. Hersey i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:15 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Banning of plastic Bags From: alexis wurzell [mailto:alexiswurzell@gmail.comj Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 5:05 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Banning of plastic Bags Dear City Council, Hello there! I'm a student at Huntington Beach High School. This year at school i learned about the awful side effects of the use of plastic bags. First off it takes non renewable fossil fuels, petroleum and natural gas, to create plastic. It is harmful to ecosystems in obtaining these two non-renewable energy sources and in manufacturing plastic because it puts toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. Next, it takes 1,000 years for plastic to break down. Therefore it puts toxic chemicals into our water sources which later on leads to contamination. Meantime, more than 100,000 marine animals die each year from chocking on plastic. We are Huntington Beach. The only city I know that holds annual Duckathons, gives Kelly Slater a key to our city, holds the U.S. Open of Surfing every year that draws crowds in the tens of thousands. We are Surf City. Since our city revolves around the health of our beaches, it is our duty as citizens to keep our ecosystems clean and uncontaminated. Banning plastic bags is vital to preserving our city and the health of the many people that come to visit us each year. As a citizen of Huntington Beach, I really feel it is our responsibility to ban plastic bags to protect the welfare of our ecosystem. Thanks for your time. -Alexis Wurzell i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 9:35 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request#9048 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Joanna Gibson Description: Ms. Gibson called on the phone and asked that Kay pass onto the Council Members her opinion that the City should NOT do away with plastic bags simply because some people are negligent in not disposing of them properly. She is of the opinion there will always be "something" that will end up in the ocean due to people who just don't care. She feels diligent citizens would be punished by doing away with the plastic bags. Expected Close Date: 08/17/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:02 AM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Bag Ban From: Kayla Foster [mailto:fosterk@kenyon.edu] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:58 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Bag Ban Dear City Council Member: I am writing in support of a plastic bag ban in Huntington Beach, CA. Plastic pollution poses a persistent threat to marine life. Over 267 species worldwide have been impacted by plastic litter. Plastic litter devalues our coastlines, costs taxpayers millions in clean up, and threatens jobs related to tourism and visitors. It's time to stop the waste. Please support the ban on plastic carryout bags in Huntington Beach. Signed, Kayla Foster i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:03 AM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: The plastic bag MYTH From: Thomas Polkow [mailto:tpolkow@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:13 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: The plastic bag MYTH What a nonsensical waste of time, banning plastic grocery bags. Let's spend the city's time and resources on real issues, not myths and diversions trumped up by liberal activists. Sincerely, Tom Polkow http://www.savetheplasticbag.com/P,eadContent609.aspx#BIog611 By Alexi Mostrous Scientists and environmentalists have attacked a global campaign to ban plastic bags which they say is based on flawed science and exaggerated claims. The widely stated accusation that the bags kill 100,000 animals and a million seabirds every year are false, experts have told The Times. They pose only a minimal threat to most marine species, including seals, whales, dolphins and seabirds. Gordon Brown announced last month that he would force supermarkets to charge for the bags, saying that they were "one of the most visible symbols of environmental waste". Retailers and some pressure groups, including the Campaign to Protect Rural England, threw their support behind him. But scientists, politicians and marine experts attacked the Government for joining a "bandwagon" based on poor science. Lord Taverne, the chairman of Sense about Science, said: "The Government is irresponsible to jump on a bandwagon that has no base in scientific evidence. This is one of many examples where you get bad science leading to bad decisions which are counter-productive. Attacking plastic bags makes people feel good but it doesn't achieve anything." Campaigners say that plastic bags pollute coastlines and waterways, killing or injuring birds and livestock on land and, in the oceans, destroying vast numbers of seabirds, seals, turtles and whales. However, The Times has established that there is no scientific evidence to show that the bags pose any direct threat to marine mammals. They "don't figure" in the majority of cases where animals die from marine debris, said David Laist, the author of a seminal 1997 study on the subject. Most deaths were caused when creatures became i caught up in waste produce. "Plastic bags don't figure in entanglement," he said. "The main culprits are fishing gear, ropes, lines and strapping bands. Most mammals are too big to get caught up in a plastic bag." He added: "The impact of bags on whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals ranges from nil for most species to very minor for perhaps a few species. For birds, plastic bags are not a problem either." The central claim of campaigners is that the bags kill more than 100,000 marine mammals and one million seabirds every year. However, this figure is based on a misinterpretation of a 1987 Canadian study in Newfoundland, which found that, between 1981 and 1984, more than 100,000 marine mammals, including birds, were killed by discarded nets. The Canadian study did not mention plastic bags. Fifteen years later in 2002, when the Australian Government commissioned a report into the effects of plastic bags, its authors misquoted the Newfoundland study, mistakenly attributing the deaths to "plastic bags". The figure was latched on to by conservationists as proof that the bags were killers. For four years the "typo" remained uncorrected. It was only in 2006 that the authors altered the report, replacing "plastic bags" with "plastic debris". But they admitted: "The actual numbers of animals killed annually by plastic bag litter is nearly impossible to determine." In a postscript to the correction they admitted that the original Canadian study had referred to fishing tackle, not plastic debris, as the threat to the marine environment. Regardless, the erroneous claim has become the keystone of a widening campaign to demonise plastic bags. David Santillo, a marine biologist at Greenpeace, told The Times that bad science was undermining the Government's case for banning the bags. "It's very unlikely that many animals are killed by plastic bags," he said. "The evidence shows just the opposite. We are not going to solve the problem of waste by focusing on plastic bags. "It doesn't do the Government's case any favours if you've got statements being made that aren't supported by the scientific literature that's out there. With larger mammals it's fishing gear that's the big problem. On a global basis plastic bags aren't an issue. It would be great if statements like these weren't made." Geoffrey Cox, a Tory member of the Commons Environment Select Committee, said: "I don't like plastic bags and I certainly support restricting their use, but plainly it's extremely important that before we take any steps we should rely on accurate information. It is bizarre that any campaign should be endorsed on the basis of a mistranslation. Gordon Brown should get his facts right." A 1968 study of albatross carcasses found that 90 per cent contained some form of plastic but only two birds had ingested part of a plastic bag. Professor Geoff Boxshall, a marine biologist at the Natural History Museum, said: "I've never seen a bird killed by a plastic bag. Other forms of plastic in the ocean are much more damaging. Only a very small proportion is caused by bags." 2 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:03 AM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: The plastic bag MYTH From: Thomas Polkow [mailto:tpolkow@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 9:13 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: The plastic bag MYTH What a nonsensical waste of time, banning plastic grocery bags. Let's spend the city's time and resources on real issues, not myths and diversions trumped up by liberal activists. Sincerely, Tom Polkow http://www.savetheplasticbag.com/ReadContent609.aspx#BIog611 By Alexi Mostrous Scientists and environmentalists have attacked a global campaign to ban plastic bags which they say is based on flawed science and exaggerated claims. The widely stated accusation that the bags kill 100,000 animals and a million seabirds every year are false, experts have told The Times. They pose only a minimal threat to most marine species, including seals, whales, dolphins and seabirds. Gordon Brown announced last month that he would force supermarkets to charge for the bags, saying that they were "one of the most visible symbols of environmental waste". Retailers and some pressure groups, including the Campaign to Protect Rural England, threw their support behind him. But scientists, politicians and marine experts attacked the Government for joining a "bandwagon" based on poor science. Lord Taverne, the chairman of Sense about Science, said: "The Government is irresponsible to jump on a bandwagon that has no base in scientific evidence. This is one of many examples where you get bad science leading to bad decisions which are counter-productive. Attacking plastic bags makes people feel good but it doesn't achieve anything." Campaigners say that plastic bags pollute coastlines and waterways, killing or injuring birds and livestock on land and, in the oceans, destroying vast numbers of seabirds, seals, turtles and whales. However, The Times has established that there is no scientific evidence to show that the bags pose any direct threat to marine mammals. They "don't figure" in the majority of cases where animals die from marine debris, said David Laist, the author of a seminal 1997 study on the subject. Most deaths were caused when creatures became i Plastic particles known as nurdles, dumped in the sea by industrial companies, form a much greater threat as they can be easily consumed by birds and animals. Many British groups are now questioning whether a ban on bags would cost consumers more than the environmental benefits. Charlie Mayfield, chairman of retailer John Lewis, said that tackling packaging waste and reducing carbon emissions were far more important goals. "We don't see reducing the use of plastic bags as our biggest priority," he said. "Of all the waste that goes to landfill, 20 per cent is household waste and 0.3 per cent is plastic bags." John Lewis added that a scheme in Ireland had reduced plastic bag usage, but sales of bin liners had increased 400 per cent. 3 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:16 AM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Surfrider foundation - Ban the bag From: Joe R [mailto:silveradojoe@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 7:46 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Surfrider foundation - Ban the bag My name is Joseph Regius and I support the surfrider foundation. I am writing this email in support of the efforts that the surfrider foundation does in helping keep our beaches clean. Please honor their requests in cleaning up this planet. Thank You and God Bless. -Joseph 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:52 AM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: plastic bags From: Hallman, Donn [mailto:donn_hallman@wycliffeassociates.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:35 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: plastic bags As a resident of Huntington Beach I believe this effort to ban plastic bags is wrong. This places too much responsibility on the city to enforce a policy that is best left to the consumer and the businesses who decide the most efficient way to serve the consumer. Donn Hallman 5652 Harold Place Huntington Beach, CA 92647 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:43 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: BAN THE BAG! From: Nikki Heimer [mailto:nikkisl@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:27 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: BAN THE BAG! HB "Surf City" City Council, If we call our illustrious city "Surf City" then I think it is very apt that we become the first city in Orange County to initiate a "Ban the Bag" ordinance. As a surfer for the last 17 years, who proudly calls this city home, I can't possibly quantify the number of times I've seen plastic bags floating in the surf or discarded in the sand on our gorgeous beaches. Plastic certainly has its uses and there is a lengthy list of vital things we couldn't possibly do without it. However, grocery shopping and carrying leftovers home from restaurants are not on that list of things! Convenience certainly has its price and I for one, would much rather sacrifice convenience and get creative about my shopping than to see bags floating in the surf or to hear studies of how much plastic is consumed by our sea life each year. The statistics are there and they are staggering! Our wildlife consumes way more plastic than we I'm sure anybody ever though possible when we starting using plastic to make everything from water bottles to car parts. It really is a no-brainer for a city like "Surf City". Our ocean defines us here in HB and it certainly is represented by our name. Let's be pioneers in Orange County and do what it takes to protect not only our "surf' but the animals that dwell beneath it! Let's BAN the single-use bag! Sincerely, Nikki Atkinson HB Resident i , ~ Es From: Fihea, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15. 2O113:42PPVI To: Eaparza. Potty Subject FVV Ban the Bag From: Karen Broberg [ma i Ito:kkbnob5@ao|.conn] Sent: Monday August1S, 2011 3:3SPM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the Bag | support banning single-use plastic bags in Huntington Beach. Disposable plastics are the greatest source Ofplastic pollution. Plastic bags, strGvve, bottles, utensils, |ida. cups and so many others offer arnoU convenience but remain forever. Thank you, Karen Broberg 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:43 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: No Bags -----Original Message----- From: Shelly C [mailto:hbshelly@me.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:31 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: No Bags We support the NO Plastic Bag Ban on our beaches... please pass this tonight! i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:42 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: BAN THE BAG Importance: High From: Nita Charlton [mailto:nitac@hollencrest.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:33 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: BAN THE BAG Importance: High I don't think there are words for the TONS of plastic bags in our Oceans! Stop the use of single use plastic bags NOW, and give our future generations and our Oceans a fighting chance! This is merely one small step to help clean our Oceans and the streets of HB...WITHOUT SPENDING anything!!! Obviously the ONLY choice for the Council to make! 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Let me see, paper bags will help cut down those awful trees that fill up our forest , when they tear open in the parking lot people are more likely to leave the broken eggs and glass there , and lastly we won't have to worry about being responsible citizens while walking our dogs, sorry no plastic bags. In any event I have no problem doing my shopping out side of H.B John Drake resident since 1965 H.B. business owner since 1981 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:41 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Ban the Bag! From: Blair Farley [mailto:blair@surfcitylocals.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:06 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the Bag! Everyone who runs for City Council says they believe in clean water, clean beaches and a high quality of life for the residents of HB. Cutting the wasteful plastic bags will bring us closer to each of those goals. Paper bags can be a viable alternative to plastic and do not create near the harm of the plastic in the ocean. I was discussing this issue with a friend the other day and reminded her that it has been less in my lifetime that stores transitioned from paper to plastic. In the days of paper bags, the clerks would take an extra moment or two to carefully pack the bags and make sure that I walked out with as few bags as possible. Today at many stores I get plastic bags packed with only a few items and end up with lots of extra bags. In 2008 Whole Foods ditched plastic bags. They seem to be doing just fine business without them. In 2009 they updated their paper bags to the highest level of environmental sensitivity (http://wholefoodsmarket.com/pressroom/blog/2009/04/20/whole-foods-market@-paper-baps-at-checkouts-receive- forest-stewardship-council-fsc-certifications. All this to say... it can be done. It just takes a forward looking group of people to recognize that this is about right and wrong and not about politics or ideology. Plastic bags may seem harmless in everyday life, but they truly bring about a disastrous unintended consequence when they end up in our ocean. We should lead our county as the most distinguished portion of the Orange coastline. blair farley blair surfcitylocals.com 714-612-2243 Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:11 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Plastic Ban Bag From: Fogel, Corey (NEWPORT BEACH, CA) [mailto:corey.fogel@ml.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:05 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic Ban Bag Hi, Just wanted to write a quick email and I say I think it's great Huntington Beach is going to be the first city in Orange Country to impose a bag ban. Forward thinking and another step towards a sustainable city! 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If you have received this communication in error, please promptly notify the sender by reply email and destroy the original message. i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:33 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: HB bag law under consideration -----Original Message----- From: Eric Maddy [mailto:emaddy@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:01 PM To: Harper, Matthew Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: HB bag law under consideration I understand that the City Council is in the process of considering a ban on plastic grocery bags, similar to one that has recently gone into effect in Long Beach. The reasons for such a ban are legitimate, and by and large I support a plastic bag ban. However, I wish to express to you my strenuous objection to surcharging consumers for the use of biodegradable paper bags. These do not create a pollution problem or a wildlife problem as the plastic bags do, and to mandate the idea of effectively taxing the consumer for the use of these bags is horribly offensive, and to disguise such a charge as a necessary part of a plastic bag ban is misleading and inappropriate. I strongly encourage you to REFUSE to mandate charging the consumers of Huntington Beach for paper bags. Any such charge should be made on a market basis by the grocers; to pretend that this is a necessary part of an anti-pollution law is offensive and opportunistic. Thanks for your consideration, Eric Maddy Huntington Beach, CA i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:43 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: I support the Ban Bag From: "sethm • 714.596.5019" [mailto:seth@matsongraphics.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:33 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: YES: I support the Ban Bag Dear City Council, I support the Ban Bag and hope you will to. I have lived in Huntington Beach for over 28 years and our beaches are suffering from all the trash (Plastic Bags included). I hope that you can see it in your hearts to help our ecosystem rather than listen to big corporations needs. If you have a chance please watch this 4min. video: http://vimeo.com/14221747 YES: I support the Ban Bag Thank you for your time, Seth Matson Matson Graphics 1 18920 Breezy Lane I Huntington Beach I CA 1 92648 714 596 5019 (office) 1 714 475 1556(fax) sethgmatsongraphics.com I www.matsongraphics.com I www.huntingtonbeachhosting.com 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:33 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Ban on plastic bags From: Terry G McClary [mailto:TGmcClary@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:57 PM To: Boardman, Connie Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: Ban on plastic bags This is another'do gooder' law that is silly. I like many of my friends reuse plastic bags to pick up dog and cat waste. If you vote for this ban I will actively campaign to have you defeated in the next election. Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:42 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Plastic bags -----Original Message----- From: Rich Paul [mailto:richpaul@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:38 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic bags support the ban. You should too. Rich Paul (714) 376-3860 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:31 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: plastic bag ordinance From: D Piscopo [mailto:dpiscopo@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 2:32 PM To: Carchio, Joe Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: plastic bag ordinance I read in the Orange County Register that the City Council is considering banning plastic bags at grocery stores. As a Huntington Beach resident I would like to voice my opposition to such an ordinance. I grocery shop often and do not always have reusable bags in my car. There have been several studies that show that after a few usages reusable bags become full of dangerous bacteria from uncooked meets etc. This bacteria can then go onto other foods that are placed in those bags. Also, most people reuse plastic bags. We use ours to pick up after our dog. Those of us who chose not to use reusable bags will be punished by being charged for plastic bags. Why don't we allow people to have a choice in such a simple issue? Honestly, do you lay awake at night thinking of ways to make life more difficult for your constituents? We are told what cars to drive, types of light bulbs to use, how often to water our lawns and now how to get our grocery's home. Please vote no on this ridiculous intrusion into people's lives. Thank you, Donna Piscopo 20242 Newby Lane Huntington Beach,CA 92646 DPiscopo@socal.rr.com 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:43 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Support Ban on Bags From: Jaime Sullivan [mailto:jamersonmarie@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:24 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Support Ban on Bags I've been an HB resident my whole life and would love to see our beach and city enviornment a lot cleaner in the means of banning these plastic bags. Thank you for your time, Jaime i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 3:34 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: Ban the Plastic Bag meeting tonight! From: HB/SB Surfrider Foundation [ma i Ito:hsb@hsbsurfrider.org] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:51 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Ban the Plastic Bag meeting tonight! Having trouble viewing this email? Click here ^a yg 1 l iSby ® t# 'b'.J a .e Quick Volunteer Today We need your help today at 5:45piln!41 Beach Cleanups Rise Above Plastics Ban the Plastic Bag in Huntington Beach! Ocean Friendly Gardens Surfrider's Rise Above Plastics (Huntington Beach/ Cool Videos Seal Beach Chapter) Donate/Become a Public Comments at HB City Council Meeting THE Member Contact: Tiffany Dekle Events Calendar HB/ SB Surfrider Rise Above Plastics Coordinator TDekle@gmail.com www.surfrider.or4 714-351-3709 What: Public comments at Huntington Beach city council meeting When: Monday, August 15th, 2011 at 5:45 pm Where: 2000 Main St. Huntington Beach Press Release: City of Huntington Beach Set to Vote on Ban of Plastic Bags The HB/SB Surfrider Chapter needs your support as the Huntington Raarh City ("nnnril is ¢IatPri fin rlicriicc Anri vnta 9-n han cinnlp imp 1 plastic bags in Surf City. The cities elected officials are set to determine the fate of plastic bags in the City of Huntington Beach on Monday, August 15, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. when council members are expected to throw their support behind banning the single use plastic carry-alls. We need your help! First 100 volunteers to show up will get a free Ban the Bag tshirt! o x. FOR FULL PRESS RELEASE (.PDF) Click Here RAN . �THEG� . Open Chapter Surfrider "Pow Wow" - Q&A (this Wed.) What: Joint General Chapter Meeting - Come join Huntington Beach/Seal Beach and Newport Beach Chapters for a Surfrider "Pow Wow" - Q&A. Great ideas come from concerned individuals. We'd love to hear what's on your mind concerning the environment. The floor will be open for anyone who would like to share their thoughts or feelings about our local beaches and environmental programs. This is a great chance to be heard by the Executive Committee Members from both the Huntington Beach/Seal Beach and Newport Beach chapters. Surfrider Foundation's local chapters are run by volunteers, just like you, and we welcome with open arms all who would like to share their knowledge or just come to sit and listen. Be a voice for your community... your ideas, thoughts and 2 concerns are important! As the meeting is only an hour long, if you wish to speak, please limit yourself to a few minutes. Thanks in advance! When:.Wed. August 17th, 6:30-7:30pm Where: ®on the BeachCombers 16278 Pacific Coast Hwy. Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Please R.S.V.P by Tuesday, August 16th as light refreshments/appetizers will be served. hsb(D-hsbsurfrider.org From all of the Chapter Volunteers, Thank you for your ongoing support & dedication! Mahalo, Huntington Beach/Seal Beach Surfrider http://www.hsbsurfrider.orci/ Visit us on Facebook U R OF R I D Em"R FOUNDATION FiUNTINGTON BEACKI SEAL BEACH CHAPTER BecomeAnyone can sign up to become a Surfrider Foundation Member. Join the Surfrider Foundation (or renew your n'iembership) using Surfrider our easy, secure link. Foundation Click Here to Become a Member 3 Member Forward to a friend. --eSafeUnsubscribe ,P3'it f' EE toda This email was sent to city.counciI@surfcity-hb.org by hsb@hsbsurfrider.ora Update Profile/Email Address 1 Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribeTM � Privacy Policy. Huntington/Seal Beach Surfrider P.O. Box 4216 Seal Beach CA 90740 4 ESparza, patty/ From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 2:55 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Thanks for your support on the bag issue From: Ray [mailto:ray@coastkeeper.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 2:44 PM To: Bohr, Keith Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: Thanks for your support on the bag issue Dear Councilman Bohr, I just wanted to thank you for your thoughtful consideration and support for developing a city ordnance to ban the use of single use plastic bags in Huntington Beach. They are a major source of litter in the city and a serious threat to our marine resources. As a Huntington Beach resident and a former chair of the Environmental Board I am proud to see the city continue to demonstrate its leadership on environmental issues. Thanks again, Ray Hiemstra Associate Director Orange County Coastkeeper 714-850-1965 x 304 www.coastkeeper.org Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6383 (20110816) The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 2:27 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Bag ban. Do it From: Cindy bongiovanni [mailto:cindy@essentuale.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 2:19 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Bag ban. Do it Please ban the bag. Esparza, Pay From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 1:02 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9111 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Description: The ordinance as proposed would have large unintended consequences that would have several negative impacts. 1. The use by purchasers of produce and food products would not have a ready resource to dispose of food waste in a sealed fashion and proliferate insect, bird and rodent growth. 2. The disabled would be unable to carry purchases of fluids, cans or other heavy items without risk of breakage. 3. Purchases of food, beverages and other items by tourists would be impacted and cause loss of tourist$. If a ban for purposes of protecting wildlife is necessary then limit the ban geographically to an area near the beach not in the supermarkets and shopping areas of the city. If you make shopping difficult the customers will go elsewhere every time. Expected Close Date: 08/22/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 12:11 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request#9116 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: anonymous Description: If you ban plastic bags I will be forced to do my shopping somewhere else. The surfing event results in profit for all your friends who own businesses in the downtown area, but results in nothing but smog and congesting for everyone else. Don't talk to me about revenue, no one has ever sent me a check. No, all that has happen is you force street sweeping on us even though we let you know we did not want it. Expected Close Date: 08/22/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:12 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: From: Karen Pearson [ma ilto:kpearson@brighton.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 6:59 AM To: Boardman, Connie; Bohr, Keith; Dwyer, Devin; Harper, Matthew; Shaw, Joe Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: Dear City Council Members; Please do not be so foolish as to ban plastic grocery bags, of all the things they are, what they are NOT is single use! At the very least my family uses them as trash bags, lunch bags, and pet litter bags, among there other useful purposes. Should my beloved Huntington Beach be so foolish as to follow Long Beach whose city I grew up in and gladly moved FROM I would be forced to do ALL of my shopping in neighboring Fountain Valley, which as you know would give them my sales tax revenue, and in turn I would still have my plastic bags. Sincerely, Karen Pearson 92646 1 Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:12 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Plastic Bag ban -----Original Message----- From: Pearson, William R [mailto:william.r.pearson3@boeing.com] Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 6:45 AM To: Carchio, Joe Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: Plastic Bag ban Dear Sir, Please do not be so foolish as to ban plastic grocery bags, of all the things they are, what they are NOT is single use! At the very least my family uses them as trash bags, lunch bags, and pet litter bags, among there other useful purposes. Should my beloved Huntington Beach be so foolish as to follow Long Beach whose city I grew up in and gladly moved FROM I would be forced to do ALL of my shopping in neighboring Fountain Valley, which as you know would give them my sales tax revenue, and in turn I would still have my plastic bags. Sincerely, Bill Pearson 92646 i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:11 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Plastic Bag Ban From: John Grace [mailto:hbgraceman@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 11:28 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic Bag Ban city.council @surfcity-h b.org Dear Council Members: I am writing to support a ban on plastic bags in Huntington Beach.The evidence of massive plastic pollution in our ocean is an alert to all coastal communities that we are last defense against plastic pollution. More and more communities like our neighbor Long Beach are finding that a ban on plastic bags is a workable solution that pays big dividends in reducing this kind of pollution. For me this change occurred years ago thanks to progressive local retailer Trader Joes,who began marketing reusable bags years ago. Their repetitive urgings to take this logical step to reduce pollution eventually paid off and I now carry several bags, including specialty ones for frozen food, every time I shop. If I can make that change then everyone can. I am proud to be part of our responsible community and proud to support this ban on plastic bags. I urge you to do the same and pass a ban on plastic bags. John Grace 6232 Larchwood Dr Huntington Beach 92647-2306 714-903-9282 1 Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 8:21 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 9197 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Problem Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Thomas S Description: Please forgive my ignorance before the great and powerful city council. Explain to me what is a"Single-Use-Bag". Do you mean those small plastic bags we get at Albertson's, Home Depot, and other big employers? I use those bags over and over to carry my lunch, line garbage cans, and store all those small items that clutter up the house. I have no problem with ticketing litterbugs. Don't force me to waste my hard-earned money to buy plastic bags just because a few bags from Anaheim and Santa Ana end up in the ocean. Expected Close Date: 08/29/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Esparta, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 3:38 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: A Ban on Plastic Bags? From: Colleen Campbell [mailto:cece37campbell@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 11:36 AM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: A Ban on Plastic Bags? 8/22/11. Dear Council Members— City of Huntington Beach(in particular: Connie Boardman, Keith Bohr, Devin Dwyer, and Joe Shaw): Your vote of August 15 to proceed with the ban on plastic grocery bags is yet another attempt to micro-manage our personal lives and our freedom to choose. This ban will further increase the escalating prices of all grocery items that we've seen in the past year, with no end in sight. As a resident of your neighbor, Westminster, I and many of us in my neighborhood shop in H.B. However, should you decide to vote this ridiculous idea into law, it will be just as easy for us to drive north into Garden Grove, Seal Beach, or Westminster...they have the same stores as H.B. has. According to The O.0 Register's 8/21/11 editorial, Councilman Dwyer said: "It is cheaper to nip it at the grocery store than have government-paid professionals picking up the bags on the beach." Mr. Dwyer overlooks the facts that people from many other cities use your beaches and bring their non-banned plastic bags with them; also, we are given residential trash bins for recycling, and we use them! Please put this ban of yours in the garbage can where it belongs. Sincerely, Mrs. Colleen Campbell, Westminster, CA cc: My neighbors and friends in Westminster Friends and families in Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, Seal Beach, and Fountain Valley i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 3:37 PM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Plastic Bags From: JoPaWa02@aol.com [ma i Ito:JoPaWa02@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 3:28 PM To: CITY COUNCIL Subject: Plastic Bags Do not get involved with the plastic bags issue or face losing my VOTEH 1 Esparza, Patsy From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:12 AM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request#9234 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Item Citizen name: Helena& Robert H. Jr. Foutz Description: Letter sent to Council regarding plastic bags - in favor of keeping them. Expected Close Date: 09/01/2011 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. i Esparza, Patty From: Fikes, Cathy Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 10:57 AM To: City Clerk Agenda Subject: FW: Help with the grocery bag ban From: Helena Foutz [ma i Ito:rhfoutz@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 12:33 PM To: Carchio, Joe Cc: Fikes, Cathy Subject: Help with the grocery bag ban Dear Mayor Carchio, I understand the City Council is considering imposing either a 10-cent/bag tax or outright ban on plastic grocery bags in Huntington Beach. I appreciate that you are opposed to this bag bag/tax. Everyone I have spoken to about this is against this idea; it is a draconian imposition on those of us who live and shop in HB. We reuse these bags; go to any supermarket and you see people already voluntarily bringing bags. Besides, pollution resulting on our beaches is not only from HB; some of it is effluent from cities far north to us. Could you tell me the proper method of opposing this and encouraging others to do so, beyond writing letters and e- mails? Most people in HB are unaware of this potential bag tax/ban; at the very least it would be more fair to vote on it at a later date and let the public choose, rather than certain other council members making a decision affecting nearly 200,00 people when more likely it's the 16,000,000 beach visitors who are vastly contributing to this pollution. Please let me know how we can support you in this effort. Regards, Helena Foutz 1 Esparza, Patty From: Stephenson, Johanna Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:33 PM To: Esparza, Patty Subject: FW: PLASTIC BAG ORDINANCE From: J D Miles [mailto:jdmiles@socal.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 4:17 PM To: Shaw, Joe Cc: Stephenson, Johanna Subject: PLASTIC BAG ORDINANCE PLASTIC BAG ORDINANCE The purpose of the plastic bag ordinance should be to eliminate the use of plastic bags in Huntington Beach and not restrict shoppers to only reusable bags which can carry bacteria. The ordinance should not be mandating the use of reusable bags without a no cost alternative. Reusable bags are not always available so paper bags should be available without cost to the shopper. Please include the use of paper bags, without cost, in the City ordinance. John Miles 19316 Wingedfoot Cr. Huntington Beach 1 Proposed Plastic Bag ordinance Would greatly reduce use of plastic shopping bags, and encourage the use of reusable bags i n w Why is this needed? { �t 1 • Plastic bags are a big source of litter in our city, and in our ocean • International Coastal Cleanup reports that plastic bags are the second most common item found during the coastal clean up day ® Plastic pollution harms the marine environment and marine wildlife 5 }}t 3 q r� Plastic bags found in the stomach of a juvenile green sea turtle-2010 2 We are suggesting an ordinance that prohibits use of plastic carry out bags at — Grocery stores, supermarkets including stores such as Target and Wal-Mart — Drug stores, pharmacies — Convenience stores, food marts — Liquor stores — Farmers markets Does not ban AA ii Bags on newspapers or paper bags 3 Does not ban Produce bags Does not ban k Broccoli (even though Joe would like to) 4 Does not ban }} Y, Bags for dog waste Other local governments have adopted similar ordinances • City of Manhattan Beach • City of Long Beach • City of San Jose • City of Santa Monica • City of San Francisco • City of Palo Alto • Los Angeles County • Santa Clara County 5 • Allows stores to charge 10 cents for each paper bag used and requires these funds to be used for — Costs to store for compliance — Cost of paper bags — Costs associated with educational materials or campaign to encourage use of reusable bags • Ordinance would not prevent residents from bringing any kind of bag to the store • Would not apply to those receiving WIC or those in the Cal-Fresh program 6 ® Sufi-rider Foundation and Rainbow Disposal have pledged to distribute free reusable bags atcommunity Centel around town 1 S 6 \ / «w�\� 7