To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: 2025/2026 North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE the 2025/2026 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, 2025 through June 30, 2026, as recommended by the North Richmond Waste and Recovery Mitigation Fee Joint Expenditure Planning Committee.
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. 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 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 2025/2026 Expenditure Plan
At the NRMFC meeting on June 20, 2025, the Committee voted to recommend that the County Board of Supervisors and Richmond City Council approve a 2025/2026 Expenditure Plan that al...
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