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<br /> EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD <br /> Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement <br /> 2024 Annual Report <br />NCRA <br />Chair <br />Ruth Abbe <br />City of Livermore <br />Vice-chair <br />Fenna Gatty <br />City of Pleasanton <br />Vacant <br />NCRA <br />Devin Jackson <br />Alameda County <br />Recycling Board <br />Eric Havel <br />Board Assistant <br />Lauren Jenkins <br />Background <br />In 1999, the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, the Sierra Club and the Northern California Recycling <br />Association (NCRA) entered into a settlement agreement with Alameda County and Altamont Landfill. The <br />Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement created the Altamont Education Advisory Board to propose <br />allocation of funds in the Education Account for recycling education programs, job training in the field of <br />waste prevention and recycling and mitigating the impacts of the landfill operations in the affected <br />community. Funds generated from the $0.47 and $0.46 per ton surcharge amount to approximately $600,000 <br />annually. <br />There are five voting members on the Education Advisory Board: one appointed by the Livermore City <br />Council; one appointed by the Pleasanton City Council; two appointed by NCRA; and the Alameda County <br />Recycling Board’s Environmental Educator. <br />The role of the Education Advisory Board is to annually propose the allocation of funds from the Education <br />Account by submitting an Expenditure Plan by April 1 of each year. Concurrence of Alameda County, the <br />cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, and NCRA on the Expenditure Plan is necessary before funds are <br />allocated. <br />Funds are collected from the Altamont Landfill by the Alameda County Treasurer. The County then remits the <br />annual allocation to the agency administering the funds (07-08 City of Pleasanton, 08-13 and out years, City of <br />Livermore) for disbursal to grant recipients. <br />2024 Activities <br />The 2024 Expenditure Plan was approved by each of the parties in the spring of 2024. The Expenditure Plan <br />proposed the following allocations: <br />Board Communications, website $5,000 <br />Mini-Grants $135,000 <br />Project Grants $286,000 <br />Board Initiated Project Grants $50,000 <br />Multi-Year Grants $114,000 <br />ALARM mitigation projects $0 <br />Staff Support $30,000 <br />Fund management & support $11,220 <br />TOTAL $631,220 <br />Based on the allocation established by the Expenditure Plan, the Education Advisory Board released a Request <br />for Grant Applications for mini-grants, project grants, board initiated project grants and multi-year grants <br />pursuant to the guidelines established in the settlement agreement. <br />Mini-grants <br />The Education Advisory Board awarded 28 Mini-Grants for projects meeting the grant criteria, as follows: <br />Mini-Grant #: 24-01 BUSD Farm and Garden Program at Sylvia Mendez, Composting and Climate <br />Change, Berkeley, West County, $2,444.46 - Funds will be used to help students understand why it is <br />beneficial to compost food waste and divert it from the traditional waste stream by creating a pilot project, <br />developed in conjunction with the elementary science teachers throughout Berkeley Unified’s farm and <br />gardening program. <br />Mini-Grant #: 24-02 Castro Valley Sanitary District, Zero Waste Book & Movie Donation to Castro <br />Valley Library-Part Two, Castro Valley, West County, $2,418.00 - Funds will be used to purchase and <br />donate zero waste and waste reduction-related books for the Castro Valley Library, thus providing a learning <br />opportunity for the students and changing the culture and behavior of waste prevention and recycling in the <br />community. <br /> ATTACHMENT 2 <br /> <br />Page 22 of 223