Title
Staff Report for Resolution Approving Designation of the Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board as the Local Task Force under State Law for the Purpose of Reviewing and Commenting on County Integrated Waste Management Plan Amendments
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the resolution designating the Recycling Board as the Local Task Force.
BACKGROUND
The Strategic Workplan adopted by the Alameda County Waste Management Authority and Recycling Board ("the Boards") directed agency staff to perform a governance review over a two year time period. As a result of the review, the Boards adopted a more efficient committee structure in 2011, and included a designation of the Recycling Board by the Waste Management Authority as the Local Task Force (LTF).
Under State Law, all proposed County Integrated Waste Management Plan (CoIWMP) amendments must be reviewed by the LTF, although the LTF is purely an advisory body. The County Charter Amendment that created the Recycling Board ("Measure D") encouraged the Waste Management Authority to designate the Recycling Board as the LTF. The Joint Power Authority for Waste Management specifies that the Waste Management Authority has the authority to make appointments to the LTF subject to confirmation by the County and a majority of cities in the County (by number and by population). On October 9, 2012, the Executive Director, Gary Wolff, of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority and Recycling Board sent a letter to the City of San Leandro requesting that the City confirm such appointment.
Analysis
The designation of the Recycling Board as the Local Task Force will streamline the review process for any and all future amendments to the CoIWMP.
ATTACHMENTS
ยท Attachment 2 - Letter from Gary Wolff, Executive Director dated October 9, 2012
PREPARED BY: Jennifer Auletta, Administrative Analyst, Public Works Department