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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: November 18, 2013 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:13-568 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.A. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Debbie Pollart <br />Public Works Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Household Hazardous Waste Services and Funding <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA) is in the process of considering <br />a measure to restructure services and fees for the Alameda County Household Hazardous <br />Waste Program. Agency staff has proposed introducing a first reading of the measure at the <br />November or December ACWMA board meeting . The measure would add a fee to the <br />property tax rolls of all Alameda County residential property owners for the purpose of <br />enhancing services at existing Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste facility sites . <br />The first reading would be followed by a protest vote mailing to property owners, and a public <br />hearing and second reading 45 days after the mailing. <br />The City Council should discuss and provide direction to Councilmember Cutter, who <br />represents the City on the ACWMA board , on voting for or against the proposed measure. The <br />measure would provide weekly services at four existing drop-off facilities, twelve annual <br />special events, acceptance of electronic waste, and enhanced outreach at a cost of $9.55 per <br />single-family residential and multifamily residential unit. In consideration of this matter and in <br />providing direction to Councilmember Cutter, staff encourages Council to weigh the benefits of <br />the proposed enhancements with the increase in cost to property owners. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The ACWMA and the Source Reduction and Recycling Board are known collectively as <br />StopWaste and function as one agency to provide waste management and program planning <br />services in Alameda County . The ACWMA board consists of elected officials from each of the <br />seventeen member agencies, which include the County, fourteen cities, and two sanitary <br />districts that provide refuse and recycling collection services. The current voting structure is <br />weighted; whereby the city of Oakland has three votes, the County has two votes, and all <br />other members have one vote. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/12/2013