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FROM: Environmental Affairs Committee ;,,,-"�` Co
(Supervisors Torlakson and Fanden) °s>ae" "7
DATE: July 9, 1990
SUBJECT: Authorization To Use Resource Recovery Fee Monies
Received from the Marsh Canyon Sanitary Landfill
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Authorize the Community Development Director to use up to $100, 000
of the $200, 000 to be received annually from the Marsh Canyon
Sanitary Landfill for full implementation of the County's Resource
Recovery Action Plan, including follow up on the Recycling Corps;,
coordination with cities and community groups; review of the full
Recycling Action Plan with the Solid Waste Commission and
completion of resulting revisions to the Action Plan; and, a
contract for the County Building Multi-material Recyclables
Collection Program.
FISCAL IMPACT
None to the County General Fund. Authorization to use up to
$100, 000 of the Resource Recovery Fee monies received. from the
Marsh Canyon Sanitary Landfill covers planning and implementation
of Resource Recovery Action Plan for 2/3 of the year. Were the
pending initiative to pass and overturn the Board's approval of the
Marsh Canyon Landfill site, only those moneys required by the
original condition of approval will have been spent; assessment of
the remaining funds originally required by the Conditions of .
Approval can be made following the November election.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMIIdDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) :
ACTION OF BOARD ON July- 179 1_990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X
DEFERRED decision to. July 31 , 1990 .
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I , IV ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: Community Development . ATTESTED
County Administrator CHELOR, CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
lal/envcom.bos BY ,E�ccu .Lcr� , DEPUTY
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
On June 5, 1990, the Board of Supervisors adopted a report from the Finance
Committee regarding use of the Resource Recovery Fee monies for the County's
Resource Recovery Action Plan. That Finance Committee report combined the
recommendation to use the Resource Recovery Fee monies received from both the
Acme Transfer Station and the Marsh Canyon Sanitary Landfill. The Finance
Committee's report reflected a split vote on the use of the Resource Recovery
Fee monies received from the Marsh Canyon Sanitary Landfill.
The Board recommended, on a 3 to 2 vote, use of the Resource Recovery Fee
monies from both the Acme Transfer Station and the Marsh Canyon Sanitary
Landfill. On June 11, 1990, the Environmental Affairs Committee split over use
of the Resource Recovery monies received from the Marsh Canyon Sanitary
Landfill.
In assessing the costs to implement the County's Resource Recovery Action
Plan and the Recycling Action Plan, it is clear that authorization to use
the Resource Recovery Fee monies from both the Acme Transfer Station
and the Marsh Canyon Landfill is required. Authorization to use only the
Resource Recovery Fee monies from the Acme Transfer Station limits the
components of the Resource Recovery Action Plan that can be funded and carried
out.
Concerns have been raised regarding the legal implications of using the
Resource Recovery Fee monies received from the Marsh Canyon Sanitary Landfill.
The Board, in approving the Marsh Canyon Landfill site, levied this fee
specifically for the recycling program. Until any initiative overturns the
Board's approval, the project and fees remain binding. From the time of
approval in March until the November election represents 2/3 of the total year;
2/3 of the Resource Recovery Fee monies received from Marsh Canyon would be
$134, 000 versus the $100, 000 authorized by this Board Order. Were an
initiative to succeed, a reassessment can be made of expenditures for the
period prior to the election and of the impact on the remaining funds.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Use of the Resource Recovery Fee monies from the Marsh Canyon Sanitary
Landfill will allow full staff support for and implementation of the County's
Recycling Program. Without such funding, only limited components
of the Recycling Plan can be implemented.