To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: ADOPT Resolution authorizing the creation of the Marathon Community Benefits Agreement Review Panel.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Resolution authorizing the creation of the Marathon Community Benefits Agreement Review Panel.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with appointing and annually convening the Review Panel will be covered with funds from the Community Benefits Agreement.
BACKGROUND:
On December 17, 2024, the Board of Supervisors ("Board") adopted Improving Our Communities: Vision and Guidance for Distributing Community Benefit Funds from Two Renewable Fuels Projects. This report summarizes community priorities and ideas for how to distribute funds from the Community Benefits Agreements ("Agreements") for the Marathon and Phillips 66 renewable fuels projects. The report includes recommendations on the process for soliciting applications for projects that would be funded by the Agreements, including the creation of community review panels to evaluate applications for each Agreement.
The report outlines the composition of the review panels. The review panel for the Marathon Agreement will be comprised of seven voting members representing at-large community seats. These individuals will have knowledge of the unincorporated community most proximate to the Marathon project area, either through living in or doing work that serves in the community.
The Marathon Project review panel will be made up of individuals who live or work in the unincorporated communities most proximate to the Marathon Project area, with two individuals who live or work in Clyde, two individuals who live or work in Pacheco, two individuals who live or work in Vine Hill, and one individual who is knowledgeable of the needs of the entire area surrounding the Marathon Project.
The review panel members will have...
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