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HEARING - Community Development Agency, Environmental Management Division, recommending the Board:
1) Conduct a Hearing to receive public comment on the annual written report of delinquent mandatory refuse collection fees for the South Tahoe Refuse Company, Inc.; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 113-2016 confirming the annual report and establishing the delinquent amounts as special assessments for Fiscal Year 2016/17, and providing for the collection thereof in the same manner as the County's ad valorem property taxes. (Est. Time: 15 Min.)
FUNDING: Solid Waste Collection Fees.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Agency, Environmental Management Division, recommending the Board:
1) Conduct a Hearing to receive public comment on the annual written report of delinquent mandatory refuse collection fees for the South Tahoe Refuse Company, Inc. (STR); and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign a Resolution confirming the annual report and establishing the delinquent amounts as special assessments for Fiscal Year 2016/2017, and providing for the collection thereof in the same manner as the County's ad valorem property taxes.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Solid waste refuse and garbage collection has been mandatory in the Lake Tahoe Basin (Tahoe Basin) since December 31, 1970, when the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency approved an ordinance prohibiting issuance of a building permit for any Lake Tahoe occupancy unless solid waste collection and disposal was provided by a licensed or franchised solid waste hauler, or by a public agency.
In October 1972, El Dorado County voters passed a mandatory collection ordinance for all residential units in the unincorporated area of the Tahoe Basin. The goals of mandatory refuse collection are to: 1) reduce illegal disposal; 2) provide for expanded disposal, recycling and yard waste programs which support the County’s compliance with AB 939 that mandated 50% diversion by the year 200...
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