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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: March 3, 2010 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Barbara Powell DIRECTOR:
Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Approval of Agency Agreement for the Countywide Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Program
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept report, and authorize the City Manager to approve the Agency Agreement with the
County of Santa Clara for the Countywide Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection
Program.
BACKGROUND:
This evening on your agenda, you are considering an Agreement with Santa Clara County for a
Countywide AB 939 Implementation Fee. A portion of the proceeds from the AB 939 Fee,
assessed at landfills, non-disposal facilities and transfer stations, pays for a baseline Countywide
HHW Collection Program.
However, as you may be aware, the HHW portion of the AB 939 fee does not fully cover the
costs of providing Countywide HHW management services. Saratoga residents are very
conscientious in properly managing their HHW and, therefore, have a higher service requirement
than the baseline program provides. The City of Saratoga (and a number of other jurisdictions
that are party to the HHW Agreement) has chosen in the past to augment the Countywide HHW
Program, in order to fully cover the HHW services the City’s residents desire. In FY 2009-10,
the Council approved an augmentation for the program in the amount of $35,000. However, for
2009-10, the actual augmentation amount charged to the City of Saratoga $37,000.
HHW volumes managed by the County have continued to increase, particularly as awareness has
grown about the environmental consequences of improper HHW management (i.e.
pharmaceuticals in our water supply) and as additional items, such as fluorescent lamps and
batteries, have been banned from disposal at landfills. Anticipating that the need for a higher
HHW management service level will continue for Saratoga, the County is recommending a
$40,000 augmentation for FY 2010-11. In order to continue its participation in the Countywide
HHW Collection Program, and to elect to receive this higher level of HHW services, it is
necessary for the City to approve the attached Agency Agreement with Santa Clara County.
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FISCAL IMPACTS:
If the City Council approves the recommended augmentation, staff will include an appropriation
of $40,000 in the proposed FY 2010-11 budget.
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
The Agency Agreement for the Countywide Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program
would not be approved. The County would not have sufficient funds to cover a higher level of
HHW Collection services for Saratoga residents.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
N/A
FOLLOW UP ACTION(S):
Implement Council direction.
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Nothing additional.
ATTACHMENTS:
Agreement