To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Amended 2023/2024 North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE the Amended 2023/2024 North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan (Exhibit A), identifying the activities authorized to be funded with Mitigation Fee revenue and respective funding allocations for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, as recommended by the North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Joint Expenditure Planning Committee (NRMFC).
FISCAL IMPACT:
The proposed action will not have an impact on the County’s General Fund. Mitigation Fee revenue is used to cover the costs incurred by the County and City for any activities (Strategies) authorized to be funded under the applicable North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan approved by the County and City of Richmond.
BACKGROUND:
New Expenditure Plans and/or modifications to existing Expenditure Plans (Amended Expenditure Plan) must be approved by both the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council to officially authorize use of North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee funding. The purpose of this North Richmond Mitigation Fee (NRMF) is to mitigate designated impacts resulting from the County and City approved land use permits for the expanded Bulk Material Processing Center (BMPC) located in North Richmond.
Summary of Changes to the 2023/2024 Expenditure Plan
At the NRMFC meeting on May 26, 2023, the Committee voted to recommend that the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council approve a 2023/2024 Expenditure Plan that allocates funding from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
On June 20, 2025, the NRMFC voted to recommend an Amended 2023/2024 NRMF Expenditure Plan be brought before the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council for approval.
The Amended 2023/2024 Expenditure Plan incorporated the following modification:
• Increasing Strategy 2 budget from $30,000 to $35,000
• Increasing Strategy 4.A budget from $40,000 to $60,000
All other strategies remained unchanged. The recommended amendment to the 2023/2024 Expenditure Plan would allow the County to reimburse the City for actual costs incurred in excess of the amount originally budgeted. Additional funding will be covered by available roll-over funding from prior Expenditure Plan cycles. The proposed changes are shown in Exhibit A. The next NRMFC meeting is planned to be scheduled for May 2026, where they will discuss the projected revenue and planned use of funds for the 2026/2027 fiscal year.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Each new Expenditure Plan must receive final approval from the County Board of Supervisors and the Richmond City Council. Expenditure Plans and any associated amendments recommended or approved by the NRMFC only take effect if/when approved by the Board of Supervisors and the Richmond City Council. Therefore, if the Amended 2023/2024 Expenditure Plan is not approved by the Board, the City of Richmond would not be able to receive reimbursement for additional costs incurred for the annual period that ended on June 30, 2024.