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• Basic Services Fee (B) -services provided to or on behalf of everyone. Examples are HHW, electronics, drop-off site services, food waste and other recycling administration/education. • Rural Curbside Services (Rl -Those who receive or have available biweekly curbside recycling collection in the unincorporated areas. • Urban Curbside Services (Ul -Those who receive or have available weekly curbside recycling collection in the incorporated areas, • Multi-Family Services (Ml -Those who receive or have available apartment/condominium type recycling services. • All improved properties would receive the B fee. Those properties that also fall into one of the other tluee categories would also receive that fee. Some properties would only receive the B fee. • The University is excluded from fees due to their having their own comprehensive recycling program and their paying a disposal tipping fee of which a significant portion is used to fund local recycling services/programs that they receive no benefits from • In FY 2004/05 the non-residential sector would only pay the B fee.. Due to the significant variety of conunercial establishments staff proposes to conduct further analysis and offer a refinement of fees for FY 2005/06 or later.. • Upon the BOCC final decision regarding the fee staff will initiate abroad-based public education and outreach program to explain the need for supplemental financing and the new fee system. The outreach efforts would begin inunediately upon the BOCC reaching a decision on the fee, It would include at least the following: • Local media editorial briefing, • Articles in local news media, • Availability of staff to conduct radio interviews or presentations, • Providing information to Orange County employees, • Press releases to local media, • Paid advertising, • Meeting with Town Managers to explain fee structure/policies, • Coordination with Revenue Collection Department regarding all information released • Additional staff person in Revenue Collection Department specifically assigned to WRRR Fee issue, and • Insert in tax bills to explain fee Note: According to Revemre Collection/Ta.z Assessor staff a,fincd, fee decision in April (consistent with the BOCC's November 70 agreement in principal) would allow the billing to proceed with a higher degree of accur°acy and without unrrecessaril7~ delaying tax billing. IfYlre BOCC's final supplemental, financing decistwr feaha°es another