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Staff Report for Household Hazardous Waste Services and Funding
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA) is in the process of considering a measure to restructure services and fees for the Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program. Agency staff has proposed introducing a first reading of the measure at the November or December ACWMA board meeting. The measure would add a fee to the property tax rolls of all Alameda County residential property owners for the purpose of enhancing services at existing Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste facility sites. The first reading would be followed by a protest vote mailing to property owners, and a public hearing and second reading 45 days after the mailing.
The City Council should discuss and provide direction to Councilmember Cutter, who represents the City on the ACWMA board, on voting for or against the proposed measure. The measure would provide weekly services at four existing drop-off facilities, twelve annual special events, acceptance of electronic waste, and enhanced outreach at a cost of $9.55 per single-family residential and multifamily residential unit. In consideration of this matter and in providing direction to Councilmember Cutter, staff encourages Council to weigh the benefits of the proposed enhancements with the increase in cost to property owners.
BACKGROUND
The ACWMA and the Source Reduction and Recycling Board are known collectively as StopWaste and function as one agency to provide waste management and program planning services in Alameda County. The ACWMA board consists of elected officials from each of the seventeen member agencies, which include the County, fourteen cities, and two sanitary districts that provide refuse and recycling collection services. The current voting structure is weighted; whereby the city of Oakland has three votes, the County has two votes, and all other members have one vote.
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