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ATTACHMENT 2 BDZICA2IOJADWISORT BOARD Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement 2009 Annual Report Background In 1999, the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, the Sierra Club and the Northern California Recycling NCRA Association (NCRA) entered into a settlement agreement with Alameda County and Altamont Landfill. The Chair Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement created the Altamont Education Advisory Board to propose Ruth Abbe allocation of funds in the Education Account for recycling education programs, job training in the field of waste prevention and recycling and mitigating the impacts of the landfill operations in the affected community. Funds generated from the $0.32 per ton surcharge amount to approximately $450,000 annually. City of Livermore There are five voting members on the Education Advisory Board: one appointed by the Livermore City Vice chair Council; one appointed by the Pleasanton City Council; two appointed by NCRA; and the Alameda County Stephen Bailey Recycling Board's Environmental Educator. The role of the Education Advisory Board is to annually propose the allocation of funds from the Education City of Pleasanton Account by submitting an Expenditure Plan by April 1 of each year. Concurrence of Alameda County, the Marsha Janes cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, and NCRA on the Expenditure Plan is necessary before funds are allocated. NCRA Funds are collected from the Altamont Landfill by the Alameda County Treasurer. The County then remits the annual allocation to the agency administering the funds (07 -08 City of Pleasanton, 08 -10 and out years, City of Donna Catanne Livermore) for disbursal to grant recipients. 2009 Activities Alameda County The 2009 Expenditure Plan was approved by each of the parties in the summer of 2009. The Expenditure Plan Recycling Board proposed the following allocations: 7 'Late Ivy Mini grants $100,000 Project grants $230,000 Staff Liaison Board initiated projects $85,000 Sharon Arnerich Multi Year Grants $60,000 ALARM mitigation projects $10,000 Fund administration $15,000 TOTAL $500,000 Based on the allocation established by the Expenditure Plan, the Education Advisory Board released a Request for Grant Applications for mini grants, project grants, and multi -year grants pursuant to the guidelines established in the settlement agreement. Mini grants The Education Advisory Board awarded 49 mini grants for projects meeting the grant criteria, as follows: Grant 09 -01, Oakland Fine Arts Summer School, Greening the Arts Integration, Oakland, West County, $3,000.00 Funds were used to integrate the theme of "recycle, reduce and reuse" into Oakland's (four week) Fine Arts Summer School this summer. Included in the integration were "green" concepts, a composting program for lunch, recycled and reusable administrative supplies, and an orientation for all students to the theme "Where does my garbage go." Grant 09 -02, Albany High School, The Connect Garden and Compost Project, Albany, West County, $3,000.00 The Connect Garden and Compost Project has been designed as a teaching space to educate Albany High School students and the wider community about the cycle of seed to feed, to compost, and back to food again. The project will enhance the current functionality of green space on and near campus. It will equip the school for composting and move them toward a greener school community. The garden will serve as a model of ways food and garden "waste" can be converted to rich soil.