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C.110

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	June 18, 2019

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Subject:

2019/2020 North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/18/2019

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: June 18, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE the 2019/2020 North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan (Exhibit A), identifying the activities authorized to be funded with Mitigation Fee revenue and respective funding allocations for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, 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 eligible activities 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 that should be sufficient to account for any potential revenue shortfall.

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 Recommended 2019/2020 Expenditure Plan

At the NRMFC meeting on May 31, 2019, the Committee voted to recommend that the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council approve a 2019/2020 Expenditure Plan that allocates funding from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.

The recommended 2019/2020 Expenditure Plan attached (Exhibit A) increases the amount funded for surveillance cameras (Strategy 7), decreases the dollar amount for Community-Based Projects (Strategy 9), increases the amount allocated for committee administration/staffing (for City and County staff costs associated with the Committee as well as oversight of Expenditure Plan implementation/reporting) and decreases the contingency proportionally (10% of the amount of projected revenue). All other strategy-specific funding allocations remain unchanged.

Specific non-profit organizations and public agencies were selected for funding under Strategies 9 and 12 based on a Request for Funding Proposal process conducted in early 2018. The non-profits and agencies selected as a result of the process used for the 2018-19 Expenditure Plan are also recommended for funding in 2019-2020 as shown in Attachments 2 and 3 of the Expenditure Plan attached as Exhibit A. The one exception being there is one less project recommended for funding because a non-profit organization withdrew their project, which accounts for the reduced funding amount recommended to be allocated to Community-Based Projects (Strategy 9).

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the recommended 2019/2020 Expenditure Plan is not approved by the Board of Supervisors and the Richmond City Council prior to July 1, 2019, the previously approved strategies (activities) could not be funded with NRMF revenue in which case, most if not all, may cease being implemented.