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Solid Waste Advisory Board - - Regular Meeting <br /> December 12 , 2002 <br /> Goveriu-nent Services , Hillsborough <br /> Approved January 9 , 2003 <br /> The document outlined several different alternative - funding scenarios for the Orange County <br /> Solid Waste Department for the fiscal years 2003 - 04 to 2010 - 11 <br /> Scenarios Presented : <br /> 1 . No new sources of revenue (move to deficit or very high (theoretical ) tipping fee . <br /> 2 . Fees or taxes change each year to balance the budget in that year . <br /> 3 . Property taxes increase in 03 - 04 , but no fees . <br /> 4 . Availability fees are implemented in 03 - 04 , but no property taxes . <br /> 5 . Property taxes increase in 03 - 04 to cover general services , but availability fees are <br /> implemented cover all other specific service areas e . g . curbside recycling , multifamily , <br /> rural curb , commercial . . <br /> 6 . Availability fees are implemented in 03 - 04 , but no property taxes . Fees are raised in 09 - <br /> 10 to balance the budget [because landfill closure costs combined with loss of landfill <br /> revenues drives ' deficit ' higher at that point . ] <br /> Assumptions : <br /> 1 . Service Level "A " — expansion of rural curbside service , MRF , commercial recycling <br /> expansion, etc . that is the implementation of the plan to meet/approach the goal <br /> 2 . Landfill Closure Fund — begin separate sinking fund contributions start in 02 - 03 to cover <br /> projected closure costs in 09 - 10 ($ 2 . 513 million) <br /> 3 . Greene Tract — OCSW receives reimbursement for southern Greene Tract in 3 equal <br /> installments ( $ 272 , 253 ) in 04 - 05 , 05 - 06 and 06 - 07 . Revenue from the Greene Tract <br /> reimbursement is contributed to the Landfill Closure Fund, lowering the contribution needed <br /> and thereby lowering the proposed general service fee . <br /> 4 . The total assessed value of taxable properties increases 2 % per year . <br /> 5 . The number of all customers is assumed to grow at 2 % per year . Though the total number of <br /> rural households is assumed to grow at 2 % per year, the percentage of these households that <br /> receive curbside service jumps dramatically 2006 - 07 as a result of aggressive expansion of <br /> recycling services from the 40 - 50 % that now receive service to as physically close to 100 % <br /> as achievable , some units will remain unserved due to inaccessibility . <br /> 6 . According to the OC Tax Assessor ' s office , there are 121 mobile home parks in the county <br /> with approximately 2 , 510 spaces . Assuming a 7 % vacancy rate , we assume that there are <br /> 2 , 334 mobile home customers in the county . For now, they are all assumed to be in the <br /> unincorporated area, and since they will likely receive service as a multifamily customer, <br /> they are included in the count of unincorporated multifamily customers . NOTE : This has <br /> been amended to include these customers as rural single family curbside customers . <br /> 7 . Although projections are based on 2002 - 03 data, any new sources of revenue would begin in <br /> 2003 - 04 . <br /> 8 . An important change from previous projects is the estimated fund balances . Previous models <br /> showed a beginning fund balance in 2002 - 03 of $ 3 . 14 million . The most recent county <br /> budget shows that approximately $ 3 million will be appropriated from the SW fund balance , <br /> 7 <br />