To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: 2024/2025 North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE the 2024/2025 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, 2024, through June 30, 2025, 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 (City). Each annual Expenditure Plan includes a Contingency line item in the budget to serve as a cushion for potential revenue shortfalls, and staff anticipates that there will be sufficient funding in the Contingency fund for this purpose.
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’s 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 Recommended 2024/2025 Expenditure Plan
At the NRMFC meeting on May 17, 2024, the Committee voted to recommend that the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council approve a 2024/2025 Expenditure Plan that allocates funding from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
The recommended 2024/2025 Expenditure Plan attached (Exhibit A) incorporated the following changes:
• Increase funding for Strategy 1 - Bulky Item Pick-ups & Disposal Vouchers
• Decrease funding for Strategy 4.B - City/County Right-of-Way Pick-ups
• Decrease funding for Strategy 8 - Code Enforcement Staff - City
• Increase contingency funding
All other strategies remained unchanged. Most nonprofits were allocated funding under Strategies 10 and 13 based on a Request for Funding Proposal released by Committee staff on February 9, 2018. One nonprofit within strategy 10 was added per Committee direction at the October 16, 2020, meeting. The nonprofits selected for funding are shown in Attachments 2 and 4 of the Expenditure Plan.
The next NRMFC meeting is planned to be scheduled for October 18, 2024.
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 2024/2025 Expenditure Plan is not approved by the Board prior to July 1, 2024, the previously approved strategies (activities) could not be funded by NRMF in which case, most if not all, would not continue being implemented without interruption.