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� E 0 �T. ► Reducing the Waste Stream for Alameda County October 6, 2011 To: Member Agency Staff From: Tom Padia, Recycling Director Subj ect: Import Mitigation Funding to Member Agencies for FY 1 1/12 — Last and Final Year Background The Authority has received Waste Import Mitigation Fee payments from the City and County of San Francisco since the mid- 1980's. Beginning in the mid- 1990's the Authority has allocated $1,000,000 of these revenues annually to the member agencies (increased to $1,100,000 in FY 07/08) with the requirement that the funds be used for specified waste reduction purposes. As part of the FY 07/08 budget process, the WMA Board adopted a set of eligibility criteria that would need to be adopted by each member agency in order to receive IM funds in FY 08/09 and 09/10: • Residential food scraps co- collected curbside with plant debris for composting • Formal adoption of a 75% diversion goal • C &D Debris Diversion Ordinance applicable to private projects as well as to civic projects • Civic Green Building Ordinance • Civic Bay - Friendly Landscaping Ordinance All member agencies met the eligibility criteria for FY 08/09 and 09/10. Our "Strategic Workplan 2020" included a recommendation to extend import mitigation payments (grants) historically offered to our member agencies for another two fiscal years, at the level of $1.1 million, under the following conditions and procedures: First Year (FY 10/11) Funding Conditions: • Continued compliance with previous mitigation funding conditions. • Implement and report compliance with the C &D, Civic Bay Friendly, and Civic Green Building policies or ordinances. • Participate in The Contest, our new regional media campaign. The recommended first year (FY10 /11) funding and conditions were adopted in the FY10 /11 budget, and these funds were disbursed to all 17 member agencies. Funding Conditions for FY 11/12 For the second and final year (FY 11/12), after many months of discussions with the member agency Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and advisory discussions with both the Recycling Board and the Waste Management Authority Board, at the January 26, 2011 WMA Board meeting staff was directed to include the following funding and conditions in the FY 11/12 budget for the final year of pass through