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Reporting On an annual basis, CalRecycle requires the submittal of an Annual Report (EAR) and also arranges jurisdiction site visits for verification and inspection purposes. The tasks below describe the services that EcoNomics will provide to assist staff in meeting its mandated reporting duties. In addition, if CalRecycle highlights any issues or concerns, EcoNomics will work with the agency to remedy any perceived or actual deficiencies. EcoNomics has directly assisted the City of Santa Ana with its electronic annual report submittal since 2018. As a result of having assisted with the City's annual reporting processes, EcoNomics, will be able to complete reports efficiently and precisely. EcoNomics currently assists the following eight cities with gathering data for and/or drafting the Electronic Annual Report (EAR) to CalRecycle: Anaheim, Laguna Niguel, Lake Forest, Laguna Hills, Mission Viejo, Rancho Mirage, Tustin, and Stanton. The annual reporting process is an important opportunity for the City to showcase its diversion programs and to demonstrate its compliance with state diversion mandates. As part of its preparation of the annual report, EcoNomics takes the following actions and gathers the following data points to provide CalRecycle a holistic picture of the City's diversion programs. As with previous years, EcoNomics' will focus its efforts on AB 341, AB 1826, and SB 1383 compliance reporting assistance vis-a-vis the annual report. • Analysis of AB 341 compliance rate • Analysis of AB 1826 compliance rate • Narrative summary of all outreach efforts conducted to increase AB 341 and AB 1826 participation rates • Contact hauler and review City records to obtain information on outreach used to inform residents and businesses of recycling programs • Coordination with local food banks to determine the weight of edible materials donated Over the last decade, EcoNomics has established a database and a preparation schedule for assembling the necessary information for submittal of CalRecycle's required Electronic Annual Report (EAR). This refined data collection process and the incorporated efficiencies will be applied to the City of Santa Ana's 2020 annual report. As part of the procedure, a diverse set of tonnage data is collected and verified. This comprehensive database leads to a thorough annual report that provides CalRecycle with a clear narrative that strongly demonstrates the City's compliance with diversion mandates. Due to COVID-19-related MRF closures, Waste Management sent hundreds of tons of recyclables to the landfill in 2020. CalRecycle will allow jurisdictions to 'deduct' COVD-19 'disaster' waste from its 2020 disposal tonnages using a disposal modification request process in 2021. EcoNomics will assist the City in filing this request in 2021. Conference Call and CalRecycle Annual Visit EcoNomics is familiar with the Orange County CalRecycle Local Assistance and Market Development (LAMD) representatives and how data gathered during the site visits and conference calls is used to assess a jurisdiction's compliance. In our experience, providing accurate data that documents AB 341, AB 1826 (and upcoming SIB 1383) implementation efforts, verifiable diversion tonnage reporting, and concurrent outreach activities are all critical to demonstrating compliance. EcoNomics will prepare and facilitate the CalRecycle Annual Visit agenda and MCR/MORe Planned Activities documents, update informal plans and, when applicable, facilitate tours of properties that showcase innovative and cost -saving diversion programs for CalRecycle's annual site visit. 7