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<br /> <br /> Managing Tomorrow’s Resources Today <br /> <br /> <br />201 N. Civic Drive, Suite 230 Robert D. Hilton, CMC <br />Walnut Creek, California 94596 John W. Farnkopf, PE <br />Telephone: 925/977‐6950 Laith B. Ezzet, CMC <br />Fax: 925/977‐6955 Richard J. Simonson, CMC <br />www.hfh‐consultants.com Marva M. Sheehan, CPA <br /> <br /> <br />October 4, 2013 <br />Mr. Gary Wolff <br />Executive Director <br />Alameda County Waste Management Authority <br />1537 Webster Street <br />Oakland, CA 94612 <br />Subject: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Program Design and Funding <br />Evaluation of Future Program Options <br />Dear Mr. Wolff, <br />This report provides an independent review and analysis of future options for the design and funding of <br />the Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program. <br />Overview and Summary of Results <br />Since its inception in 1992, the Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program (Program) has <br />been funded primarily through a fee on solid waste disposal at landfills located in Alameda County. The <br />fee has been set at $2.15 per ton since 2000. The Program supports four drop‐off collection facilities <br />located in Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, and Oakland, and related activities such as satellite collection <br />of some materials from hardware stores and public locations (e.g., batteries and fluorescent lamps). The <br />Fremont facility is operated by a contractor; the other three are operated by County staff. Oversight and <br />funding responsibility for the program reside with the Alameda County Waste Management Authority <br />(also known as "StopWaste"), a joint powers authority created in 1976 by the 14 Cities in Alameda <br />County, the County, and the Castro Valley and Oro Loma Sanitary Districts. <br />As is the case statewide for programs with disposal‐based funding, revenues have decreased steadily as <br />landfill diversion efforts have succeeded in reducing the amount of solid waste disposed in landfills and <br />due to the lower level of economic activity in past years. The Program will need a new source of funding <br />to continue for the longer‐term. In the absence of new revenue, services and expenditures will need to <br />decrease to an 'austerity level' in mid‐2014, and end completely in about 2020. <br />The Waste Management Authority (WMA) Board and its committees discussed options for the future of <br />the Program between April and July 2013, selected the “Proposed System Expansion Option” as the <br />preferred option, and directed StopWaste staff to hold community meetings in October to get input on <br />the option, and a proposed new annual fee to be placed on residential property tax bills to fund the <br />option. The Proposed System Expansion Option1 provides a combination of features that address varied <br />issues and concerns raised at the earlier meetings, and was designed to satisfy all of the following <br />criteria: <br /> <br />1 Gary Wolff, Executive Director, StopWaste.Org, “Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Services and Funding”, Staff <br />Report to the Authority Board, July 18, 2013.
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