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FROM: VAL ALEXEEFF, DIRECTOR-GMEDA _ Costa
County
DATE: MARCH 15, 1994
SUBJECT: CONTRACT FOR HOME COMPOSTING PROGRAM
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve and Authorize the Director of GMEDA, or his designee, to
join with a consortium of cities comprised of Antioch, Concord and
Pittsburg to contract with EBC & Associates for Home Composting
Workshops; and
Authorize the Director of GMEDA or his designee to pay the City of
Concord $600. 00 for the purpose of funding the County's share of
the Home Composting Program; and
Authorize the Director of GMEDA or his designee to expend up to
$9, 500. 00 for advertising and the purchase of composting bins and
books, for the Home Composting Workshops. Cost of the bins will
be reimbursed to the County through sale of bins to workshop
participants.
FISCAL IMPACT
None to the County General Fund. Funding will be provided from the
County's share of the AB 939 Tipping Fee and/or the Resource
Recovery Fees.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
On September 27, 1993 the Board of Supervisors authorized
participation in an East Contra Costa Regional Composting Program
with the cities of Antioch, Brentwood, and Pittsburg. Since that
time the City of Brentwood has withdrawn from the program.
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Contact: Belinda Smith (510/646-1238) ATTESTED 9
cc: Community Development Department (CDD) PHItIBATCHELORI, CLERK OF
Val Alexeeff, GMEDA THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
City of Antioch (via CDD) AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
City of Concord (via CDD)
City of Pittsburg (via CDD) '
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The program has been reformed into a consortium comprised of
Antioch, Concord, Pittsburg and the County. The program consists
of several components such as workshops' targeting households,
landscapers, and community groups as well as other outreach
programs.
The first component of the program is the Home Composting
Workshops. The program includes 16 workshops to be provided by EBC
& Associates; each jurisdiction will have four workshops. The
County's four workshops are scheduled to take place in Bay Point,
Oakley, and Discovery Bay; the County's share of the Program is
$600. The City of Concord, for convenience, will administer the
contract with EBC & Associates.
In addition to the workshops, one brochure has been developed for
use by all four jurisdictions. Each jurisdiction will
independently pay for the printing of the brochure, distribution
and other community outreach efforts related to the workshops given
within the respective jurisdiction.
Composting bins will be made available at cost to workshop
participants. All workshop participants will receive the booklet
"Backyard Composting. " Cost of the booklet to the County is $2 . 00
per book. This price is $4 . 95 below retail cost.
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