8.20.090 Procurement requirements for city departments, authorized contractors, and vendors.
(A) Direct service providers of landscaping maintenance, renovation, and construction shall:
(1) Use compost and SB 1383 Eligible Mulch, as practicable, produced from recovered compost material, for all landscaping renovations, construction, or maintenance performed for the city, whenever available, and capable of meeting quality standards and criteria specified. SB 1383 Eligible Mulch used for land application shall comply with 14 CCR, Division 7, Chapter 12, Chapter 12 and must meet or exceed the physical contamination, maximum metal concentration and pathogen density standards specified in 14 CCR Sections 17852(a)(24.5) (A)(1) through (3).
(2) Keep and provide records of procurement of recovered compost material products (either through purchase or acquisition) to the city, upon completion of projects. Information to be provided shall include:
(a) General description of how and where the product was used and if applicable, applied;
(b) Source of product, including name, physical location, and contact information for each entity, operation, or facility from whom the recovered compost material products were procured;
(c) Type of product;
(d) Quantity of each product; and
(e) Invoice or other record demonstrating purchase or procurement.
(B) All vendors providing paper products and printing, and writing paper shall:
(1) If fitness and quality are equal, provide recycled-content paper products and recycled-content printing and writing paper that consists of at least thirty percent, by fiber weight, postconsumer fiber instead of non-recycled products whenever recycled paper products and printing and writing paper are available at the same or lesser total cost than non-recycled items or at a total cost of no more than ten percent of the total cost for non-recycled items.
(2) Provide paper products and printing and writing paper that meet federal trade commission recyclability standard as defined in 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 260.12.
(3) Certify in writing, under penalty of perjury, the minimum percentage of postconsumer material in the paper products and printing and writing paper offered or sold to the city. This certification requirement may be waived if the percentage of postconsumer material in the paper products, printing and writing paper, or both can be verified by a product label, catalog, invoice, or a manufacturer or vendor internet website.
(4) Certify in writing, on invoices or receipts provided, that the paper products and printing and writing paper offered or sold to the city is eligible to be labeled with an unqualified recyclable label as defined in 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 260.12 (2013).
(5) Provide records to the city's recovered compost material product procurement recordkeeping staff, in accordance with the city's recycled-content paper procurement policy(ies) of all paper products and printing and writing paper purchases within thirty days of the purchase (both recycled-content and non-recycled content, if any is purchased) made by any division or department or employee of the city. Records shall include a copy (electronic or paper) of the invoice or other documentation of purchase, written certifications as required in Sections 7(b)(3) and 7(b)(4) of this chapter for recycled-content purchases, purchaser name, quantity purchased, date purchased, and recycled content (including products that contain none), and if nonrecycled content paper products or printing and writing papers are provided, include a description of why recycled-content paper products or printing and writing papers were not provided.