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ATTACHMENT 2 wDUCATIOcAD1ISORT BOARD Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement ib 2012 Annual Report Background In 1999,the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton,the Sierra Club and the Northern California Recycling NCB Association(NCRA)entered into a settlement agreement with Alameda County and Altamont Landfill.The Chair Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement created the Altamont Education Acvisory 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$0.34 per ton surcharge amount to approximately$425,000 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 Vacant 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 Tom Had 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,08-13 and out years,City of Donna Cabanne Livermore)for disbursal to grant recipients. 2012 Activities Alameda County The 2012 Expenditure Plan was approved by each of the parties in the summer of 2012. The Expenditure Plan Recycling Board proposed the following allocations: Nate Ivy Board Communications,website $5,000 Mini-Grants $150,000 Staff Liaison Project Grants $270,000 Sharon Arnerich Board Initiated Project Grants $0 Multi-Year Grants $0 ALARM mitigation projects $10,000 Fund administration $15,000 TOTAL $450,000 Based on the allocation established by the Expenditure Plan,the Education Advisory Board released a Request for Grant Applications for mini-grants,project grants,board initiated project grants and multi-year grants pursuant to the guidelines established in the settlement agreement. Mini-grants The Education Advisory Board awarded 110 Mini-Grants for projects meeting the grant criteria,as follows: Mini-Grant#: 12-01 Oakland International High School(OIHS),OIHS Community Garden,Oakland, West County,$364.88—Funds from this grant will be used to purchase different types of compost bins for students to use and see how they function. Mini-Grant#: 12-02 Oakland School for the Arts Visual Art Department,Fostering 3R Artists, Oakland,West County,$1,500.00-Funds from this project will be used to promote waste prevention and landfill diversion. Funds will be used to integrate the 3R's theme of"Recycle Reduce and Reuse"into the Oakland School for the Art(OSA)Visual Art Department middle school classes for grades 6-8 by establishing specific lessons with 3R's learning objectives and outcomes. All students will be oriented to the theme "Where does my garbage go?"and will do a mini-audit of waste produced in visual art classrooms to generate ideas for preventing that waste from going to the landfill.