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From: Mejia, Anthony
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 12:11 PM
To: Kremke, Kate
Subject: FW: Special Session Correspondence
Agenda Correspondence for SS1 09/02/14
Anthony J. Mejia, MMC I City Clerk
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From: Victoria Carranza [mailto:vrcarranza @gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 11:08 AM
To: Mejia, Anthony
Subject: Special Session Correspondence
Mr. Mejia,
SI_P 0 2 2014
AGENDA
CORRESPONDENCE
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I would like to submit a public comment this morning as I can not be in attendance this evening to the special
session for the Foam Ban to SLO City Council.
Please let me know you have received and have forwarded accordingly. Thank you.
My name is Victoria Carranza. I live at 1703 Santa Barbara St., San Luis Obispo, CA. I am
an educator and environmental planning consultant; I am a native to the Central Coast. Also, I am an
alumni of Cal Poly Natural Resources Dept. and an active member of the California Student
Sustainability Coalition, a coalition of students at over 15 higher education schools, including Cal Poly,
Cuesta, UCSB, UCLA, Butte Community College, Sacramento State, and more- up and down the
state.
I was one of the main community supporters of the county wide plastic bag ban. We saw that the
county took one of the first steps in CA toward a now statewide ban as of this weekend. I want to
see our city continue to take a leading role to decrease our disposable and one - time -use society -
business owners shouldn't have to subsidize this wasteful habit either. The costs are low
and styrofoam is a cheap insulator, yes, but it's life cyle is very cheap as well. Expansive landfills are
in our future if we continue this disposable habit- which is not cheap.
It's time to empower our food and beverage providers and buyers again and say no to the foam. The
alternatives may be a higher unit price- a cost that the food and beverages providers must take into
account when pricing their product and checking out a customer. It's marvelous to see the city
setting new standards to hold us all accountable to preserving our natural resources. Reduction and
reuse are the practical and honorable steps to take for our future dependence and love for this
community.
I hope the research provided in the special study report and the community's contributions will urge
you to draft an ordinance to ban styrofoam.
Thank you for your dedication and service,
Victoria Carranza
Victoria Rose Carranza
Educator & Community Planning Consultant
805) 459 -6752