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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	November 17, 2020

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Subject:

North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plans - Second Amended 2019-2020 and Amended 2020-2021

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/17/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Justin Sullivan, (925) 674-7812

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: November 17, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE the Second Amended 2019/2020 North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan (Exhibit A), with updated funding allocations applicable to previously approved activities for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, as recommended by the North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Joint Expenditure Planning Committee (NRMFC).

APPROVE the Amended 2020/2021 North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan (Exhibit B), identifying the activities authorized to be funded with Mitigation Fee revenue and respective funding allocations for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, as recommended by the North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Joint Expenditure Planning Committee.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The proposed action will not have an impact on the County’s General Fund. Mitigation Fee revenue is used to cover the costs incurred by the County and City for any activities (Strategies) authorized to be funded under the applicable North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan approved by the County and City of Richmond. Each annual Expenditure Plan includes a Contingency line item in the budget to serve as a cushion for potential revenue shortfalls, and staff anticipates that there will be sufficient funding in the Contingency fund for this purpose.

BACKGROUND:

New Expenditure Plans and/or modifications to existing Expenditure Plans (Amended Expenditure Plan) must be approved by both the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council to officially authorize use of North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee funding. The purpose of this North Richmond Mitigation Fee (NRMF) is to mitigate designated impacts resulting from the County and City approved land use permits for the expanded Bulk Material Processing Center (BMPC) located in North Richmond.

Summary of Changes to the Second Amended 2019/2020 Expenditure Plan
The NRMFC recommended 2019/2020 NRMF Expenditure Plan was approved by the County Board of Supervisors in June 2019 and Richmond City Council in July 2019. On October 30, 2019, the NRMFC voted to recommend that the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council approve an Amended 2019/2020 NRMF Expenditure Plan.

On October 16, 2020, the NRMFC voted to recommend that the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council approve a Second Amended 2019/2020 NRMF Expenditure Plan (Exhibit A) that incorporates the following changes:
- move $5,201.37 from the Contingency line item to increase the funding for Strategy 4 and reduce the Contingency line item accordingly,
- modified wording in the Administering Agencies sections of Strategies 9 and 12.

Summary of Changes to the Amended 2020/2021 Expenditure Plan

The NRMFC recommended 2020/2021 NRMF Expenditure Plan was approved by the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council in in June 2019. On October 16, 2020, the NRMFC voted to recommend that the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council approve an Amended 2020/2021 NRMF Expenditure Plan that incorporates the following changes:
- Shifting funding from Strategy 14 to Strategy 15

The proposed changes are shown in the Expenditure Plan Budget Table (page 3) of Exhibit B.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the Second Amended 2019/2020 Expenditure Plan is not approved by the County Board of Supervisors and the Richmond City Council, the City would not be eligible to receive reimbursement for the excess costs incurred for the annual period that ended on June 30, 2020. Furthermore, if the Amended 2020/2021 Expenditure Plan is not approved by the Board, the City would not be able to operate the Mobile Tool Lending Library (Strategy 15) as frequently nor make it as accessible to the North Richmond community.