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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: April 21, 2014 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:14-153 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.B. <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 Reassessment of Household Hazardous Waste Fee Proposal <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA) is considering a measure to <br />restructure services and fees for the Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program . <br />The measure would add a fee to the property tax rolls of all Alameda County residential <br />property owners for the purpose of enhancing services at existing Alameda County Household <br />Hazardous Waste facility sites . A protest vote mailing to property owners was mailed out in <br />January, and a public hearing was scheduled on March 26, 2014. At the public hearing the <br />Rental Housing Association requested that the ACWMA consider reducing the fee from $9.55 <br />per multifamily residential unit to $5.00 per multifamily residential unit. The Association <br />contends that a typical multifamily residential unit would not produce the same amount of <br />household hazardous waste as a single-family property. <br />The measure will be considered at the April 23, 2014 meeting. The Executive Director of the <br />ACWMA, Gary Wolff, has indicated that staff will pursue the original recommendation to the <br />board of a fee of $9.55 per single-family residential and multifamily residential unit unless <br />additional information is provided to the ACWMA to substantiate the Rental Housing <br />Association’s request. This item is being brought before the Council for additional <br />consideration at the request of Councilmember Pauline Cutter. The City Council should <br />reassess the proposed measure and provide direction to Councilmember Cutter, who <br />represents the City on the ACWMA board , on voting for or against the proposed measure in <br />light of the request. <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 />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 4/16/2014