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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 01142003 - C45 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS " OtItC`a FROM DENNIS M. BARRY, AICP Costa COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR County DATE: January 14, 2003 SUBJECT; AUTHORIZE APPLICATION TO RENEW DESIGNATION OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMEMT ZONE SPECIFIC REQUEST (S) OR RECOMMENDATION (S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS APROVE Resolution 2003/ which authorizes submittal of a Recycling Market Development Zone renewal application and agrees to administer Recycling Market Development Zone program in a manner that seeks to ensure the fair treatment of all people. FISCAL IMPACT No impact to the General Fund. BACKGROUNDIREASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS California's Integrated Waste Management Act (IWMA), which originally passed in 1989 and has since been amended, requires each jurisdiction within the State to reduce the amount of waste disposed in landfills by 50% by the year 2000 and every year thereafter. To assist California cines and counties in reaching this goal, the Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program was created by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB). Contra Costa County, in partnership with several cities in the County, applied for and was designated as an RMDZ in March of 1993. There are presently 40 RMDZ's in the State. Zones trust be redesignated after ten years by the CIWMB if they wish to continue their status as an RMDZ. The RMDZ program is a business assistance program, and qualifying manufacturers in an RMDZ are eligible to receive very low interest loans from the state. Other benefits, such as 'help with locating recycled materials for processing, and help with identifying new customers may be offered to companies located in RMDZs as well. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: x YES SIGNATURE�� t RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD OMMITTEE APPROVE —OTHER SIGNATURES ACTION OF BOARD ONJANUAR.Y 14, 2003 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X_ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT NONE } AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Contact: Lorna Thomson (925/335-1231) cc. Community Development Department {CDD} ATTESTED iAN11ARY 14. 200 JOHN SWEETEN, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY ; = F DEPUTY GAConservation\Loma\RMDZ Renewai\BO-RMDZ Renwal.doc Recyc�ng Market Development Zone Renewal January 14, 2003 Page 2 BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS continued The Centra Costa County Recycling Market Development Zone includes the Cities of El Cerrito, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, Hercules, Martinez, Concord, Pittsburg, Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood, and the unincorporated County areas between and surrounding these cities (see attached map). The RMDZ program was designed to create and increase market demand for local recycled materials. The program also helps create jobs,can increase the tax base,reduce transportation costs of local recycled materials and reduce energy demands as many recycled content products use significantly less energy to manufacture than non-recycled content products. Several companies in the Contra Costa County RMDZ have received assistance and/or low interest loans through the program over the past ten years. Redesignation of the Contra Costa County RMDZ would enable these benefits to continue for another ten years. GA onservation\Lorna1RM0Z Renewal\BO-RMDZ Renwal.doc THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on JANUARY 14.200-3 1 , 2003 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors GIOIA, UILKEMA, GERBER, GLOVER AND D SAULNIER NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE RESOLUTION No. 2003/3Q__ . SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA ) SUPPORTING RENEWAL OF THE CONTRA COSTA ) RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT ZONE } The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County RESOLVES that: WHEREAS, the California Public Resources Code Section 42010 provides for the establishment of the Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program throughout the State to provide incentives to stimulate development of post-consumer and secondary materials markets for recyclables; and WHEREAS, the Contra Costa RMDZ includes the cities of Antioch, Brentwood, Concord, El Cerrito, Oakley, Martinez, Hercules, Pinole, Pittsburg, Richmond, San Pablo and the unincorporated areas of Contra Costa County surrounding these cities. WHEREAS, cities and counties must meet and maintain a 50 percent reduction in landfill waste disposal as mandated in the California Integrated Waste Management Act; and WHEREAS, the Contra Costa RMDZ is dedicated to establishing, sustaining and expanding recycling-based manufacturing businesses, which is essential for market development and to assist local jurisdictions to meeting the established landfill reduction goals; and WHEREAS, the Contra Costa RMDZ designation will expire on March 31st, 2003, unless re-designated by the California Integrated Waste Management Board; and WHEREAS, the County of Contra Costa still desires existing and new recycling-based manufacturing businesses locating within the region to be eligible for the technical and financial incentives associated with the RMDZ program; and WHEREAS, the renewal of the Contra Costa RMDZ will facilitate on-going local and regional planning, coordination, support of existing recycling-based manufacturing businesses, as well as attract private sector recycling business investments to the region; and 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:JANUARY 14,2003 JOHN SWEETEN,Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By ✓i. C2 � Deputy RESOLUTION NO. 2003/ 30 WHEREAS, the current and proposed waste management practices and conditions are favorable to the development of post-consumer and secondary waste materials markets; and WHEREAS, the California Legislature has defined environmental justice as "the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies" [Government Code section 65040,1 2(e)], and has directed the California Environmental Protection Agency to conduct its programs, policies, and activities that substantially affect human health or the environment in a manner that ensures the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and income levels, including minority populations and low-income populations of the state [Public Resources Code section 71110(a)); and WHEREAS, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, in its Strategic Plan, has adopted a goal to continuously integrate environmental justice concerns into all of the Board's programs and activities. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors: 1. Approves the submittal of a Recycling Market Development Zone renewal application to include Antioch, Brentwood, Concord, EI Cerrito, 'Oakley, Martinez, Hercules, Pinole, Pittsburg, Richmond, San Pablo and the unincorporated areas of Contra Costa County in-between and surrounding these cities; and 2. Agrees to administer the RMDZ program in a manner that seeks to ensure the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures and incomes, including but not limited to soliciting public participation related to projects where the County has discretionary authority within the RMDZ. cc: Orig: Lorna Thomson (925) 335-1231 Community Development C:/Conservation/LornaiRMDZ Renewal/130-RESOLUTION for RMDZ Renewal.doc RESOLUTION NO. 2003/ 30 _. t : P' X . E t � F J Is Y 1 i X € X Y{ tt S d Z ' � t 4 � S �,/ ri t t r y 3` f 3 X 4 rrr �a� X D .�" 'lJ:�a✓� r rrrr EL. *+ # a t LU W r El