Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors, Acting as the Governing Board of County Service Area No. 8
From: Carolyn Bloede, Director, Sustainability Department
Subject: Setting a Public Hearing for 2025 Garbage and Recyclables Collection Proposed Rates in County Service Area No. 8 (North Fair Oaks Area)
RECOMMENDATION:
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Acting as the Governing Board of County Service Area No. 8, adopt a resolution:
A) Setting Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. at the regularly scheduled Board meeting as the time and place for a public hearing on the garbage and recyclables collection proposed rates for County Service Area No. 8 (North Fair Oaks) for calendar year 2025; and
B) Direct the necessary notices for said hearing.
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BACKGROUND:
The South Bay Waste Management Authority (SBWMA) is a joint powers authority formed by eleven local government jurisdictions. This authority owns and manages the Shoreway Environmental Center and provides oversight of the contractors that collect, process, and dispose of garbage and recyclables. Recology San Mateo County (Recology) is the franchise operator that provides solid waste collection services to County Service Area No. 8 (CSA-8) and the Unincorporated Franchised Area (CFA) within the SBWMA service area (Burlingame to Menlo Park).
On October 20, 2009, the Board adopted Resolution No. 070423 which approved a franchise agreement with Recology to provide services for the collection of recyclables, organics, and garbage from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2020. On June 4, 2019, the Board adopted Resolution No. 076641 approving the amended and restated Recology Franchise Agreement for an additional 15-year term expiring on December 31, 2035.
On November 14, 2023, the Board adopted Resolution No. 080029, which exercised the Recology Carry Forward contract provision and applied the estimated $126,087 of the 2021 surplus from the SBWMA 2024 Ra...
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