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Jurisdiction Specific trrcer-tive:~PrQ~ecf``DesG~w~~t%a~- ~ ~E; If you want to propose a Jurisdiction Specific Incentive project, please answer the following questions. Additional pages/attachments may be used if additional space is needed. Project Name: Compost for Food Amount Requested: 91 852.00 Total Project Budget: $ 97,692.00 Project Duration: Three events over the next two fiscal years. Event duration is approximately six weeks. Project Service Area/Target Audience: ACI served San Leandro single-family residents. Other Participating Agencies/Organizations: Alameda County Industries, Tandem Staffing. 1. Statement of Need: Identify the issue or need your project seeks to address. Based on the 2000 Alameda County Waste Manaaement Authority Waste Characterization Study, approximately 35.5% of San Leandro's waste stream consists of residential food scrap material. In December 2002, San Leandro began encouraaing single-family residents to place their food scrap in their yard waste container instead of their garbage container. This program is intended to increase participation and awareness about food waste recvclinq. 2. Program Description: Describe the incentive project that you want to offer to your residents, businesses, government agencies, multi-family buildings or schools. Include program design and organization, specific tasks and activities, and essential equipment involved in implementation. Indicate program goals and outcome objectives (objectives should relate to anticipated impacts of the project.) The portion of the City of San Leandro serviced by Alameda County Industries (ACI) will be divided into sections based on yard waste collection routes. Yard waste is collected weekly in San Leandro and there are three yard waste routes per day. Each route will be divided in half, and approximately 450 households will be audited per day. All single-family residences that place a yard waste cart at their curb will be surveyed over a period of six weeks. Those carts containing any amount of detectable food scrap or food soiled paper (as determined by sight or smell) will be given a coupon for a free bag of compost. Participation rates will be monitored based on the number of coupons distributed. The resident will then be able to pick up their bag of compost at a local nursery All residents who redeem their coupon will be entered into a contest to receive cash and prizes from various San Leandro businesses. Three winners will be selected at a drawing to be held shortly after the conclusion of each event. 3. Behavior Change: Describe the targeted agent and/or behavior you seek to change with the incentive, the type of reward, and targeted materials. The City of San Leandro plans to host three events in the next two fiscal years. We anticipate extensive media coverage and as a result, increased publicity about food scrap recvclinq. In Page 5