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Memorandum To: County Commissioners Jolm Litilc, County Manager Ft•om: Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Director Subject: Reduction, Reuse & Recycling Fee -April 1.3, 2004 Follow-up Date: Apri126, 2004 This memorandum responds to questions asked and issues raised at the April 1.3 Board of Commissioners meeting related to the proposed Waste Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling Fee. Staff will restate each question/issue, as we understood it, and respond accordingly.. It is important that BOCC questions and concerns be adequately addressed so that the WRRR Fee can be revised as necessary and adopted at the earliest opportunity so that final preparations for billing can be completed. If the WR12R.F were not included on the tax bill, a separate billing would be needed in FY 2004/05 that would be costly and likely have a far lower collection rate. While it is possible to conduct a separate billing if there are delays in adoption, substantial negative consequences can be anticipated. I. How will small studio/efficiency apartments and other similar special residential situations be assessed, including Carol Woods? Basic Services Fee (B) Sororities Fraternities, and Elderly Assisted Living (EAL) are proposed to be assessed one (1) Basic Fee for each 4 persons (assuming an occupancy of one per room). Fraternity and sorority houses would be charged seven (7) basic fees. For Elderly Assisted Living facilities the fee will be determined based on the number of EAL units dedicated to EAL care, For example, we would include 114 ofthe total 402 housing units of Carol Woods as qualifying as EAL. These type units have no kitchen facilities and are typically,just sleeping units, thus for the 114 units, 29 Basic fees will be charged. EALs and fraternity and sorority fee schedule has been refined from that included in the April 13 report, Our view regarding efficiency/studio apartments is that the owner would be assessed a Basic Fee for each unit as with other multi-family facilities• Furthermore, there appears to be no existing list indicating how many of the estimated 14,000 apartments in the County would be considered studio/efficiency type apartments, though our records indicate that at least .3,500 of those units are one- bedroom units, In order to meet the tax billing deadlines it would be unlikely that such inforn~ation could be obtained in the necessary timeframe should the BOCC wish to provide some preferential fee consideration. However, such information could be more realistically developed and adjustments made for the second year of the fee if necessary/desired. Granville Towers is proposed to be assessed one (1) Basic Fee for each 13 students. Tax Exempt/public housing/land trusts are proposed to be assessed one (1) Basic Fee for each housing trait.