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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />May 19, 2020 <br />Page 7 of 14 <br />Option <br />Benefits <br />Costs <br />Policy <br />Considerations <br />1) Ban on plastic <br />Total reduction in <br />Marketing/training, <br />Preemption — local <br />and paper single- <br />waste — 4.7 million <br />education/outreach, <br />governments are <br />use bags <br />bags <br />reusable bag <br />currently prohibited <br />program - $90,000 <br />from requiring or <br />prohibiting use or <br />Potential legal costs <br />sale of types of <br />— unknown <br />plastic materials or <br />restricting or <br />mandating <br />containers, <br />packaging or labeling <br />for any consumer <br />products. <br />Plastic bag <br />manufacturers — <br />large interest in <br />protecting <br />unregulated <br />marketplace <br />Impact on low- <br />income populations <br />Impact on <br />businesses — costs <br />for updating bag <br />infrastructure and <br />training staff <br />2) Fee on plastic <br />Reduction in waste <br />Marketing/training, <br />Revenue generated <br />and paper single- <br />varies according to <br />education/outreach, <br />must be used for <br />use bags <br />rate of behavior <br />reusable bag <br />costs related to <br />change — 3-3.5 <br />program - $95,000 <br />ordinance <br />million bags <br />Program generates <br />Plastic bag <br />Revenue generated <br />most revenue and is <br />manufacturers <br />varies according to <br />least restrictive <br />rate of behavior <br />Impact on <br />change - $170,000- <br />businesses <br />$118,000 for $0.10 <br />fee on both <br />3)Ban on plastic <br />Reduction in waste <br />Marketing/training, <br />Revenue generated <br />single -use bags and <br />varies according to <br />education/outreach, <br />must be used for <br />fee on paper single- <br />rate of behavior <br />reusable bag <br />costs related to <br />use bags <br />change — 4 million <br />program - $95,000 <br />ordinance <br />bags <br />