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Agenda Questions for Council Meeting of 2/1/10
Memorandum
To: Mr. Roger Fraser, Administrator
Date: January 29, 2010
Mr. Fraser,
I have the following questions pertaining to items posted on the Agenda for the Council meeting of 2/1/10.
Agenda Item - DS-4: Resolution to Approve FY 2011 -2016 Capital Improvements Plan
Question: The project identified as “Compost Operations Expansion” details proposed expenditures of over $0.5 million between FY 2012 and FY2014. Staff estimates that resident yard waste deliveries to the Compost Operations Facility to remain constant at 9000 tons per year for the next 5 years. In 2007, yard waste deliveries to the facility totaled approximately 22,000 tons of which over half was delivered by contractors serving non-residents. Therefore,
1. Is the project “Compost Facility Expansion” proposed to serve an expected increase in yard waste deliveries to the facility by non-residents? Please explain the need for the project.
2. Is the project proposed to be funded in part or in whole by the City Solid Waste Levy (i.e. solid waste fund)? Please explain the proposed funding sources with emphasis on identifying any General fund and Solid Waste fund contributions.
3. What is the expected annual Ann Arbor public tax subsidy per ton to process yard waste delivered by non-residents? What year is the public tax subsidy expected to be retired from revenues generated by non-resident yard waste deliveries if this project is appropriated in FY 2011 as proposed? Is there a present public tax subsidy for the processing of non-resident yard waste deliveries? Please explain how a City operated “merchant” compost processing facility operation does not require a public tax subsidy from residents to process non-resident yard waste (include land, capital and the tax exempt status of the City).
4. Does the proposed facility expansion account for possible changes to the State landfill yard waste ban (i.e. Senate Bill 725) that would allo...
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