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services to be provided, The report responded to feedback received from the Board of <br />Commissioners at a work session on November 20, 2003 that addressed the topic of solid <br />waste alternative financing. The report outlined a proposed tier of fees that if implemented, <br />would generate adequate revenue to continue current services even though projected future <br />annual tipping fee revenue and reserves alone would be insufficient to do so. The <br />recommended fee structure includes: <br />Basic Services Fee (B) - $36 per year -services provided to or on behalf of everyone, <br />Examples are HHW, electronics, drop-off site services, food waste and other recycling <br />administration/education, This fee would apply to all improved properties in Orange County, <br />including residential, non-residential, tax-exempt, and governmental (with the exception of <br />University property, which is served by University-funded and provided recycling services), <br />Rural Curbside Services (R) - $52 per year (including the Bfee) -Those who receive or <br />have available biweekly curbside recycling collection in the unincorporated areas, <br />Urban Curbside Services (U) - $75 per year (including the Bfee) -Those who receive or <br />have available weekly curbside recycling collection in the incorporated areas, <br />• Multi-Family Services (M) - $50 per year (including the Bfee) -Those who receive ar have <br />available apartment/condominium type recycling services, <br />The Solid Waste Management Director made a presentation at the April 13, 2004 meeting <br />explaining the need for the fee system, the long-term financial plan far the solid waste <br />enterprise fund, key assumptions underlying the recommended fee levels, and a recap of the <br />recommended tiers and the services associated with each. There was insufficient time at that <br />meeting for the Board to discuss this tapir fully, but Commissioners did pose a number of <br />questions requiring additional research or mare detailed comment, Responses to those <br />questions are included in the accompanying staff memo, <br />Staff also made a presentation on this subject at the April 29, 2004 Assembly of Governments <br />meeting, <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Implementation of the recommended fee schedule for FY 2004-05 would <br />help stabilize the County's solid waste enterprise fund by generating approximately $3 million to <br />fund reduction, reuse, recycling programs and services and the County's educational outreach <br />efforts related to these, Current plans are far the fees to be billed with the County's annual real <br />property tax bills that are typically mailed in late .)uly to early August. One new position, funded <br />through fee proceeds, will be needed immediately in the Revenue Department to assist in <br />implementation and maintenance of the billing and collection of the recommended fees, <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: 1) continue discussions <br />about the fee recommendations; 2) provide substantive feedback to staff regarding various <br />policy and financial management asstmptions contained in the long-term financial plan; and 3) <br />approve the proposed set of fees or a modified version thereof either at this meeting or a <br />subsequent meeting in the near future, <br />