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On behalf of the Council, Mayor Pico expressed his appreciation to the SLums for withdrawing their application. Itern 6b ADDroval of Measure D funds to support the Pla~nton (7,0 Green Tnltioelve o, various local school sites, (SR 03:252) Mr. Fialho, presented the staffreport. For clarification, Ms. Ayala inquired where the $1.9 million in Measure D money originated. Mr. Fialho informed her that the 1.9 million came from a surcharge that is imposed on every ton of refuse that is deposited in the County landfill by commercial haulers. For every ton that is delivered to the landfill, a surcharge is imposed. This is collected by the County and then dispersed to the cities based on population. Mr. Brozosky was aware of the surcharge on commercial haulers and wondered if it also applied to residential properties. Mr. Fialho pointed out that the surcharge is imposed on commercial haulers with most haulers passing the surcharge on to the consumers, residential and business owners. Ms. Ayala was pleased about the program, as it will provide education to the young children in the community. Jill Buck, Program Coordinator, mentioned the Go Green Initiative Program would not only benefit the students but the community at large. One of the key factors that make this program desirable for Measure D funds is that it has documented waste diversion data to support its success. It is not jnst an education program, rather it is a program that has numbers behind it. Alameda County has an additional goal as well, which is not a State mandate, to reduce all conffibufions to the landfill to 75 percent. Although we are not at the 50 percent mark, school waste and recycling will help the community at large reach that goal and will help in avoiding the requisite fines that might come our way if we cannot reach the 50 percent mark. The PTA Go Green Program is not just about recycling. She outlined the five elements of the program: (1) G - Generate compost, natures way of recycling; (2) R- Recycling of paper, plastics and aluminum while encouraging the schools to purchase recycled materials and provide them the information to do so; (3) E - Education, educating students and teachers and those in decision making roles in the school district as to how they can become more environmentally responsible; (4) E - Evaluate anviroumental impact of all activities, evaluating everything bom what type of pesticides are used on the playgrounds to energy consumption; and (5) N - Nationalize principles of paper consumption, looking to increase online communication, using double sided paper whenever possible and recycling paper. She pointed out that the National Recycling Coalition and several of its Pleasanton City Council 12 09/16/03 Minutes