HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05152012 - SD.3RECOMMENDATION(S):
CONSIDER whether to APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Department of Conservation and Development Director,
or her designee, to execute an Amendment to the existing Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco,
the Alameda County Waste Management Authority, the County of Contra Costa, the City of San Jose, and the City of
Palo Alto to amend the scope of work, with no change in Contra Costa County's existing share of costs of $25,000
and no change to the existing expiration date of December 31, 2017, for the development of a Regional Recycling
Database tool to provide the public and agencies with easy to find detailed, up-to-date reuse, recycling and disposal
information.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No impact to the General Fund. The $25,000 to be paid to the City and County of San Francisco (SF) for the
County’s share of this regional effort is being paid with (Integrated Waste Management) Countywide AB939 Fees.
BACKGROUND:
This Agreement specifies contribution amounts for each of the five participating
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/15/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Contact: Deidra Dingman,
925-674-7825
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors
on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 15, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
SD. 3
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Catherine Kutsuris, Conservation and Development Director
Date:May 15, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Regional Recycling Database Agreement
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
agencies which together cover the cost for programming to create this online tool. Each participating agency then
can use this tool to manage data about their own local reuse and recycling services/facilities. By centralizing the
management of our recycling data, each participating agency will no longer have to maintain data for recyclers
outside their jurisdiction while still ensuring local residents/businesses have easy access to more up-to-date
information about options that may be nearest them.
The Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development (DCD) currently provides a Recycling
Hotline that people can call for recycling information, a County recycling website and a Reuse & Recycling
Guide (last produced in 2005). The Recycling Hotline, website and Guide are County-run programs specified in
the County’s Source Reduction & Recycling Element approved by the State in 1993. However, our database is
outdated and does not get updated often. Updating our website is a time consuming, multi-step process. With the
new “Recycle Where” tool, the public and vendors can easily provide feedback when vendor information changes
and this can immediately be updated in the online database. This will allow us to be more cost effective to provide
current recycling information live and to produce our Reuse & Recycling Guide more frequently.
The “Recycle Where” tool will be placed on each agency’s website as a widget. This will include a search box
where you can type in what you would like to recycle. This will take you to a page of options of related materials,
which will then show you a list of vendors in your area. Each agency has administrative access to the database.
With our five County/City data we have Bay Area wide data coverage. In the future this may expand statewide so
that “Recycle Where” will become known as a dependable recycling source wherever you are searching from.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The County would not fund its share of the cost to develop this valuable online tool and therefore those living and
working in Contra Costa County would not have the benefits of this helpful and convenient resource.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
Recommendation is CORRECTED to READ: CONSIDER whether to APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the
Department of Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to execute an Amendment to the existing
Agreement between the City and County of San Francisco, the Alameda County Waste Management Authority,
the County of Contra Costa, the City of San Jose, and the City of Palo Alto to amend the scope of work, with
no change in Contra Costa County's existing share of costs of $25,000 and no change to the existing expiration
date of December 31, 2017, for the development of a Regional Recycling Database tool to provide the public
and agencies with easy to find detailed, up-to-date reuse, recycling and disposal information.
ATTACHMENTS
RRD_Agreegment
RRD_Common_Knowledge_Agreement
RRD_Scope_Cost