In 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 9320-15 designating the City of Garden Grove’s participation in the RMDZ program.  California Public Resources Code section 42010 established the statewide RMDZ program, which is administered by CalRecycle, a division of the California Environmental Protection Agency.  This economic development program provides incentives to stimulate the development of post-consumer and secondary materials markets for recyclables.  Businesses and manufacturers that use recycled or recyclable materials partner with one another to create new products out of materials that would have ordinarily been discarded.

The City of Huntington Beach, as lead agency, reached out to the participating cities to submit resolutions adding the cities of Fullerton and Lake Forest as OC RMDZ partners.  If approved the proposed OC RMDZ will include the cities of Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Lake Forest, Orange, Santa Ana, and Stanton. The zone designation can be expanded to include additional Orange County cities.

As a participant in the program, there is no negative financial impact to the City.  Information about the program will be made available via the City's website and businesses will be referred to the program.  All incentives are provided by the State.

It is recommended that the City Council:

• Adopt the attached Resolution supporting the expansion of the Recycling Market Development Zone pursuant to California Public Resources Code section 42010, and including the cities of Fullerton and Lake Forest; and

• Authorize the City Manager or his designee to forward the Resolution to the City of Huntington Beach.