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will educate their peers about [he urgent need to recycle, and the connection between recycling and global warming, impact 6,000 students on school campuses, and measurably increase recycling activity among Alameda County teens. Alameda County Fairgrounds, OS-20, Recycling and Diversion, Pleasanton, Fast County - $20,000 to improve the amount of trash and debris [hat is recycled and diverted at our annual county fair by moving the recycling and diversion process closer to the source. Fair will encourage the 400,000 patrons to assist in the recycling efforts, butjust as important instill a desire to do more in their individual homes to recycle and divert. Livermore High School, OS-34, Livermore High Recycling, Livermore, East County - $17,500 to purchase and provide (10) additional recycling collection systems to be used throughout the new campus building A total of $162,335.00 was awarded from the project grant total funding allocation of $23Q,000. Multi-Year Grants The Education Advisory Board awarded I multi-year grant to the following projects: Chabot Space and Science Center, 07-13 (2"~ of 3 years), Zero Waste College Intern Training Program, Oakland, West County - $50,000 "the intern program will build experiences with teen and college student internship programs and provide interns with valuable career awareness in waste management as well as giving them training and real world experience in informal environmental education for youth K-12. A total of $50,000.00 was awarded from the multi-year grant total funding allocation of $50,000.00. Board Initiated Yrolects There were no Board Initiated Projects dw~ing the 2008 grant cycle. ALARM Mitigation Projects Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement, the 2008 Expenditure Plan allocated $10,000 for mitigation projects for landowners in the vicinity of the landfill. The Education Advisory t3oard corresponded with ALARM (Altarnont Landowners Against Rural Mismanagement) to notify them of the available funding. No applications were submitted for consideration during the 2008 funding cycle. The Board will continue to communicate with ALARM regarding appropriate projects for funding. 2008 Funding Allocations "total Allocations for 2008 were as follows: M i n i-grants $95,360.00 Project grants $162,335.00 Multi-Year Grants $50.000.00 Board initiated projects $0 ALARM mitigation projects $0 Fund administration _ $IS 000.00 Ibta12008 Allocations $332,695.00 "total 2008 F,xpenditures $332,695.00