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BACKGROUND The Alameda County Waste Management Authority Board and the Source Reduction and Recycling Board are (known collectively as Stopwaste.org) function as one agency to provide waste management and program planning and regulatory services in Alameda County. The ACWMA Board consists of elected officials from each of the seventeen member agencies. Recently, as part of implementing its strategic Plan, and assisting in reaching its 90% waste diversion goal, Stopwaste adopted a mandatory commercial recycling ordinance for implementation in Alameda County. While Stopwaste.org continues to provide oversight of Measure D recycling fund allocations, over the past few years, the agency has increased its regulatory role and scope and now oversees county wide regulations/laws concerning such subjects as mandatory commercial recycling, plastic bag ban, green building and Bay Friendly Landscaping. In addition, in July of this year, customers of refuse collection services in Alameda County, including Pleasanton Garbage Service rate payers, will be assessed the Stopwaste.org Benchmark Information Service Fee ranging from $1.81 to $21.72 per year. Recently Stopwaste.org has been coordinating study into the formation of a joint powers authority for the purpose of coordinating energy related matters. This effort, which has involved cities, has led to the drafting of a joint powers agreement (Attachment 2) which outlines the anticipated role of the agency. As indicated, the powers of the agency are broad yet typical of what would be anticipated from this type or organization including such powers as entering into contracts, filing and coordinating grant applications, hiring staffing and funding professional services, conducting studies, assuming implementation of programs, and engaging in legal actions. The document also stipulate that each participating agency would be represented on a Board with the caveat that the each board member would have one vote except that the city of Oakland would have three votes and the members for Alameda County, and the cities of Hayward and Fremont would each have two votes. Board representatives would be the same individuals that are serving on the Waste Management Authority Board and as such, our City representative, currently Jerry Pentin, would act as a the City's JPA board member. It is anticipated that the agency would contract with Stopwaste.org for overall JPA administration, but that the agency is not bound to this arrangement. As envisioned by Stopwaste.org, the primary purpose of JPA Energy Council would be to create a clearer governance structure for county wide energy activities that would increase the potential for grant approvals and establish technical expertise in a wide range of energy areas. It would also provide an avenue for the cities to converge on matters related to energy conservation. Because the agency would conduct some of the responsibilities currently being carried out by Stopwaste.org, the agency could be seen as addressing the concern that cities have concerning Stopwaste.org's "mission creep." Page 2 of 3