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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 (R) -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 apartmenUcondominium type recycling services. • All improved properties would receive the B fee. Those properties that also fall into one of the other tlu~ee 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 commercial 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 immediately 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 infornration 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 infornzation released • Additional staff person in Revenue Collection Deparhnent specifically assigned to WRRR Fee issue, and • Insert in tax bills to explain fee Note: According to Revenue Collection/Tax Assessor staff a ft'na1 fee decision in Apr°il (consistent with the BOCC's November 10 agreement in principal) would allow the billing to proceed with a higher degree of accaa°acy and wiEhout nrmecessm~ily delaying tax billing. If the BOCC's, final snpplemental~nmrcing decision, features another