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• RESOLUTION NO. 2015-105
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BALDWIN PARK, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN
ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PROCUREMENT POLICY
WHEREAS, The City of Baldwin Park desires to use products and services that have
reduced impacts on human health and the environment; and,
WHEREAS, the Environmentally Preferable Procurement Program will have a beneficial
effect on the residents of the City; and,
WHEREAS, the spending on goods and services by the combined governments of the
United States exceeds more than a trillion dollars each year; and,
WHEREAS, the City's leadership role in helping to protect the environment with an
Environmentally Preferable Procurement Program will serve as a model for local businesses
and private industry; and,
WHEREAS, the Environmentally Preferable Procurement Program will augment and
enhance previous conservation and pollution reduction programs
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Baldwin Park hereby adopts the following
policy:
ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PROCUREMENT POLICY
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, CA
BACKGROUND
This policy is intended to direct the City's effort in procuring environmentally preferable products
and services, and reflects a strategic commitment to a sustainable future, and green leadership
through environmentally preferred purchasing practices. Incorporating environmental
considerations in public purchasing decisions will help the City of Baldwin Park meet this
commitment by reducing its burden on the local and global environment, and potentially
improving local environmental quality.
PURPOSE
This policy shall be known as the "City of Baldwin Park Environmentally Preferable Procurement
Policy." The primary purpose of this policy is to minimize negative environmental impacts of the
City's operations by ensuring the procurement of products and services that, to the extent
practicable:
• Conserve natural resources, materials, and energy;
• Reduce toxicity;
• Reduce the amount of material sent to landfills;
• Maximize recyclability and recycled content;
• Increase the use and knowledge of environmentally preferable products that protect the
• environment.
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• I. POLICY ELEMENTS
1. It is the policy of the City of Baldwin Park to procure recycled and environmentally
preferable products that meet or exceed environmental standards established by
governmental or other widely recognized authorities whenever practicable. Examples
include Green Seal standards for janitorial products, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Guidelines for minimum product recycled content
standards, and Energy Star certification for energy efficient equipment.
2. Whenever practicable, recycled materials shall be procured and used in City
operations (e.g., recycled paper shall be used in copy machines, and for printing
purposes by departments).
3. Departments shall examine their purchasing specifications and shall, where
practicable, include the use of products which contain post-consumer recycled
content, are reusable, are designed to be easily recyclable, or are environmentally
preferable, and shall encourage vendors to implement their own environmentally
preferable purchasing practices. Contractors that are bidding to provide products
and/or services to the City of Baldwin Park, including printing services, shall be
encouraged to use products with recycled content whenever practicable.
4. The City of Baldwin Park will favorably consider the selection of recycled and
environmentally preferable materials, products and supplies over their non-recycled
or non-environmentally preferable alternatives when the availability, fitness,
operational efficiency, quality, safety, and price of the recycled or environmentally
preferable product is equal to, or better than the non-recycled or non-environmentally
preferable alternative. The list of materials, products, and supplies shall include, but
not be limited to business office products, alternative fuels, rubberized asphalt, and
other items.
5. Departments are encouraged to consider less toxic alternatives when purchasing
products or services such as pesticides or pest control services, and to purchase
energy and water conserving products whenever possible.
6. The City of Baldwin Park shall comply with all environmental, legislative, and
regulatory requirements in the procurement of products and services. Nothing
contained in this policy shall be construed as requiring the City, departments or
contractors to procure products that do not perform adequately for their intended
use, exclude adequate competition, risk the health or safety of workers and
residents, or are not available at a reasonable and competitive price in a reasonable
period of time.
II. RESPONSIBILITIES
Department Responsibilities
1. Ensure that contracts include recycled and/or environmentally preferable products
whenever practicable. Departments are to address all environmentally preferable
and recycled content purchasing requirements in the development of their bid
• specifications.
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• 2. Ensure that contractors provide recycled content or environmentally preferable
products as required by the contract, and that contractors provide certification of
recycled content and report amounts used.
III. DEFINITIONS
The following terms shall have the assigned definitions for all purposes under this policy:
A. "Energy Star" means the U.S. EPA's energy efficiency product labeling program.
B. "Environmentally Preferable Products and Services" means products and
services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment
when compared with competing products that serve the same purpose.
C. "Green Seal" is an independent, non-profit environmental labeling organization.
Green Seal standards for products and services meet the U.S. EPA's criteria for
third-party certifiers. The Green Seal is a registered certification mark that may only
appear on certified products.
D. "Less Toxic Alternatives" means products and services that minimize risks to
human health, animals, and the environment when compared with similar products
used for the same purpose.
• E. "Practicable" means whenever possible and compatible with local, state, and
federal law, without reducing safety, quality, or performance and where the product
or service is available at a reasonable cost in a reasonable period of time.
F. "Recyclable Product" means a product, which, after its intended end use, can
demonstrably be diverted from the City of Baldwin Park's solid waste stream for
use as a raw material in the manufacture of another product.
G. "Recycled Material" means material and byproducts that have been recovered or
diverted from solid waste, and have been used in place of raw or virgin material in
manufacturing a product. It is derived from post-consumer recycled material,
manufacturing waste, industrial scrap, agricultural waste, and other waste material,
but does not include material or byproducts generated from, and commonly reused
within an original manufacturing process.
H. "Recycled Product" means a product containing recycled material.
I. "U.S. EPA Guidelines" means the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Federal Agency
purchases as of May 2002 and any subsequent versions adopted.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 16th day of December 2015.
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MANUEL LOZANO
MAYOR
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS:
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I, ALEJANDRA AVILA, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2015-102 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park at a
regular meeting thereof held on December 16, 2015 and that the same was adopted by the
following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Baca, Garcia, Lozano, Pacheco, Rubio
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None.
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None.
ABSTAIN: CCIL MEMBE' None.
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ALEJAND VILA
CITY CLERK
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