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ILLEGAL DUMPING AD HOC COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	02/18/2021
Subject: Recommend funding allocation for FY 21/22
Submitted For:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:	5
Referral Name:	Recommended funding allocation for FY 21/22
Presenter:	John Kopchik	Contact:	Jo-Anmarie Ricasata

Information

Referral History:

On June 11, 2019, the Board approved recommended funding allocation in the amount of $378,000 for the six illegal dumping strategies which could not be implemented with existing budgets. The remaining 50 illegal dumping strategies were either proposed to be implemented within existing budgets (including the $150,000 separately approved by the Board for abatement of derelict recreational vehicles (Strategy #40) in the initial phase or as part of a future phase.

Approved funding allocations in FY 19/20 and 20/21
AB 1216 was a County-sponsored bill that would have authorized the counties of Alameda and Contra Costa to establish a pilot program to employ 2 law enforcement officers, one from each county, solely for the purpose of enforcing dumping laws in those counties. Although AB 1216 failed to move forward, the California Budget Act of 2019 (AB 74) approved by the Governor included the following funding allocation provision: $375,000 shall be provided to each of the following counties: Alameda and Contra Costa for an Illegal Dumping Pilot Project to enforce dumping laws.

The $375,000 allocated by the State would be used to fund all the strategies the Board approved for funding. As a result of the reallocation of the funding approved in the State Budget for illegal dumping enforcement, the amount of funding the County had to dedicate towards illegal dumping strategies for the first two years decreased from $228,000 to $3,000.

Funds allocated for FY19/20 supported work in that year and the subsequent year (FY20/21), as COVID-19 led to a pause in most tasks.

Referral Update:

This report and the attached Table 1 (attached to report for Item 4) provide clarification regarding how implementation of the Illegal Dumping Initiative in FY 21/22 (Year 3) is proposed to be funded. With the exception of the two strategies detailed below and the long-term strategies identified as a future phase, implementation of all strategies can continue in FY21/22 using either funds carried over from FY20/21 or ongoing departmental budgets.

Recommended funding allocations in FY 21/2022 (Year 3)
To ensure County departments can continue implementing Strategies # 27 & # 40 without interruption once funding allocated for Year 2 has been expended, the Illegal Dumping Think Tank team recommends that the Committee make the following recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors:

Approve funding in the amount of $350,000 in FY 21/22 to help continue combating illegal dumping and allocate said funding as follows to allow continued implementation of these two approved strategies:

Strategy # 27 – Capital Improvements – Lighting and Signage: $200,000
Strategy # 40 – Derelict Boat/RV Abatement: $150,000

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

APPROVE recommendation to the full Board to allocate funding in the amount of $350,000 to allow uninterrupted implementation of the two illegal dumping strategies that could not be implemented with existing budgets in FY 21/22 (Year 3).

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