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Staff Report for Reassessment of Household Hazardous Waste Fee Proposal
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA) is considering a measure to restructure services and fees for the Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program. 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. A protest vote mailing to property owners was mailed out in January, and a public hearing was scheduled on March 26, 2014. At the public hearing the Rental Housing Association requested that the ACWMA consider reducing the fee from $9.55 per multifamily residential unit to $5.00 per multifamily residential unit. The Association contends that a typical multifamily residential unit would not produce the same amount of household hazardous waste as a single-family property.
The measure will be considered at the April 23, 2014 meeting. The Executive Director of the ACWMA, Gary Wolff, has indicated that staff will pursue the original recommendation to the board of a fee of $9.55 per single-family residential and multifamily residential unit unless additional information is provided to the ACWMA to substantiate the Rental Housing Association's request. This item is being brought before the Council for additional consideration at the request of Councilmember Pauline Cutter. The City Council should reassess the proposed measure and provide direction to Councilmember Cutter, who represents the City on the ACWMA board, on voting for or against the proposed measure in light of the request.
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 m...
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