To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: ADOPT Resolution authorizing the creation of the Phillips 66 Community Benefits Agreement Review Panel.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Resolution authorizing the creation of the Phillips 66 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 Phillips 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 Phillips 66 project areas, either through living in or doing work that serves one or more of the community.
The Phillips 66 Project review panel will be made up of three individuals who live or work in Crockett, three individuals who live or work in Rodeo, and one individual who is knowledgeable of the needs of the entire area surrounding the Phillips 66 Project.
The review panel members will have staggered appointments of four-year terms, with a two-term limit. The initial review panel members will have two- or four-yea...
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