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CITY CLERK
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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: June 2, 2009
SUBJECT: Appointment to Altamont Landfill & Resource Recovery Facility
Open Space Advisory Committee
Report by Diane Lowart, Parks & Community Services Director
ATTACHMENTS:
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RECOMMENDATION: Confirm appointment of Mayor Sbranti as Dublin's representative to
.the Altamont Landfill & Resource Recovery Facility Open Space
/- Advisory Committee
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: As part of the settlement of litigation over the expansion of the
Altamont Landfill, the parties to the litigation {Alameda County, Waste Management of Alameda County,
the Cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, and various environmental groups) agreed that the County would
charge Waste Management of Alameda County, Inc. (WMAC) two fees totaling $1.25 per ton of waste
disposed at the Landfill. Of the two fees, $0.75 per ton must be spent on acquisition of open space, either
by purchasing the land or obtaining a permanent easement. Twenty percent of the total amount of money
acquired through the fee must be spent in the Dublin-Pleasanton area and the other eighty percent must be
used to acquire property in eastern Alameda County, around Livermore.
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the County must convene an Advisory Committee to make
decisions about the expenditure of the funds in the account. The County, Livermore, Pleasanton, and the
Sierra Club may appoint voting members to the Advisory Committee. Dublin has anon-voting
representative. Former Mayor Lockhart was the City's representative since the Committee was formed in
2002.
Mayor Sbranti recommends his appointment as the Dublin representative to the Altamont Landfill &
Resource Recovery Facility Open Space Advisory Committee. This is in keeping with the cities of
Livermore and Pleasanton that also have its Mayor serving as the representative to the Committee.
Staff recommends that the City Council confirm the appointment of Mayor Sbranti as Dublin's
representative to the Altamont Landfill & Resource Recovery Facility Open Space Advisory Committee.
COPY TO: Maria Palmeri, Alameda County Planning Department
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