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STAFF REPORT The California Integrated Waste Mans►lement Act of 1989 (AB 939), as amendW, nquires all Cities and Counties to prepare and implement Source Reduction and Recycling Elements (ERRE) and Household Hazardous Waste dements HWE) of an Integrated Waste Managetment Pian rrhe ne sswry studies and analysis required to prepare the individual local agency plans for compliance with Assembly Bill 939 are best performed on a regional basis. In August of 1990, the Cines of COLTON, FONTANA, GRAND TERRACE, HIGHLAND, LOMA LINDA, REDLANDS, RIALTOO SAN BERNARDINO, YUCAIPA, and the CIJNTY CE SAN BERNARDINO enured into a Memorandum of Understanding OU) as "The East Valley Cotton" for a period of two years to fund and obtain consulting services to study waste composition and :management practices within the Past Valley and develop SRRE and RIFE for each jurisdiction pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 40000 et. seq. ne 1l OU further autho*ized the County of San Bernardino Department of Solid Waste Managerne;lt tO include a landfill. tee surchuge of $1.00 por ton to accomplish these mandates of AE 939, On June S, 1992, the Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County, California reserved the balance of the East Walley Coalition AB 939 Waste Characterization 'crust, Fund and designated it fbr future AB 939 related studies and/or programs. on January 11, 1993, rougMy 15 months ago, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors mithorized it ,Material Recovery Facility/Transfer Station/Composting Pa ity study by SCS Enginews for $85,968 to detemine solid waste processing facility needs and report on siting Possibilities for necessaxy projects, The City of San Bernardino has performed site feasibility comparisons and site assessments in conjuncOon with this study to prepare for a regional facility. The current unabligated balance for the East Valley Cogition AB 939 Waste, 0aracrerization Trust Fuad is approximately $8940032. EVC memo= anticipated using the surplus for mnsultant studies to draft Non Disposal Facility Elements (NDFEs) and to revise the SRRE per new legislation. However, NDPEs were completed in-house by all EVC staff and the State has indicated a simple letter of addendum wil I suffice for SRRB mesion. ` hiis leaves no fortis able joint use of the surplus Mending. The original intent of the AB 939 landfill surcharge was to fund SRREs and HHWEs and related project$, Casts were not knorm at the time die $1,00 ger ton surcharge was established. The intended projects have been done using competitive ,pricing in consultant selection, no result is a sizable balance, which should be redistributed to the agenci