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Attachment 2 New Address: 1537 Webster Street Oakland, CA 94612 Ph: 510- 891 -6500 Reducing the Waste Stream for Alameda County 510 893 -2308 October 10, 2007 StopWaste.Org is the Alameda County Mr. Nelson Fialho, City Manager Waste Management City of Pleasanton Authonly Me y Alameda County P. O. Box 520 Source Reduction Pleasanton, CA 94566 and Recycling Board operating as one public agency Subject: Conformance with Waste Import Mitigation Funding Guidelines Dear Mr. Fialho: Member Agencies Alameda County As part of the FY 2007/2008 budget the Waste Management Authority adopted Alameda guidelines for the Waste Import Mitigation funding that each year is passed through e e a to the member agencies to augment waste reduction efforts and to help Alameda Berkeley Dublin County meet the "75% and beyond" diversion goals in our County Charter and Emeryville Integrated Waste Management Plan. The adopted guidelines are as follows: Fremont Hayward Commit to $1,100,000 of annual pass through funding for the next three years, Livermore through FY 09/10 (a 10% increase over past annual disbursements a chart of Newark past allocations is attached). Oakland R^amont Leave unchanged the current policies regarding the allocation formula, the nton expenditure and the accumulation of the funds. So, Leandro Adopt the following eligibility criteria: Union C ty Castro Valley In FY 07/08, no change to eligibility criteria from current policies (i.e. all Sanitary DlsMct jurisdictions eligible). Oro Loma Sanitary Dlstrid In FY 08/09, as of 7/1/2008 a jurisdiction would need to have 4 of the following 5 measures in place: Agency Programs Residential food scraps co- collected curbside with plant debris Bay-Fnendty Gardening for composting 8 Landscaping Green Building Formal adoption of a 75% diversion goal, per a model in Alameda County resolution to be developed by StopWaste.Org (attached) StopWaste Buseess Partnership C &D Debris Diversion Ordinance applicable to private irecycle@school projects as well as to civic projects (model attached) Environmentally Civic Green Building Ordinance (combined model attached) Purchasing g Food Scrap Recycling Civic Bay Friendly Landscaping Ordinance (model ordinance Grants to Non.Prmds combined with Civic Green Building) Household Han:nous Waste Recycling To be eligible for funding in FY 09/10, ajurisdiction would need to have all Muttrlamiry Recycling of the above in lace as of 7 /1/09. Funds withheld from any ineligible Recycling Information p y g Hotline jurisdiction would be allocated to the remaining eligible ones Top performing jurisdictions may appeal to the Authority Board for an exemption from the eligibility criteria. 0 Recycled Paper