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CONSIDERATION OF A POTENTIAL SOLID
WASTE S.H.A.R.E. PROGRAM
Inclusiveness, Community Engagement, and
Governmental Processes Committee
November 1, 2023
Public Works Department
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2 BACKGROUND
1. June 27, 2023: City Council
requested staff investigate a
financial assistance program for
solid waste customers
2. September 6, 2023: ICGC
Committee considered a
preliminary program
3. September 19, 2023: City Council
approved new five-year rate plan
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3 SOLID WASTE SERVICES: ADDED VALUE
Special Services and Initiatives:
1. Disabled resident pickup assistance
2. Free “Bulky Item” pickup services
3. Clean Up Riverside
4. Support Beautify Riverside, Festival of Lights,
and Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful
5. Local career days & job fairs
6. Participate in City-hosted events:
Truckapalooza & Insect Fair
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4 DISCUSSION
1. Proposed SHARE credit for solid
waste was developed in
proportion to existing credits
offered for the RPU Water
SHARE program.
2. Proposed program would start
with a monthly credit of $1.94
and increase to $7.12 by the
close of the proposed five-year
rate plan.
Proposed
Monthly
SHARE Credit
Date
$1.94Nov. 2023
$3.24July 2024
$4.46July 2025
$5.75July 2026
$7.12July 2027
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5 DISCUSSION
Total Cost of Solid
Waste SHARE Program
Net Monthly
Cost for SHARE
Customers
Proposed
Monthly SHARE
Credit
Total
Monthly Bill
Proposed
Rate
Increase
Date
---$33.78-Current
$83,100 FY 23/24$32.78$1.94$34.72$0.94
November
2023
$170,011 FY 24/25$34.08$3.24$37.32$2.60July 2024
$224,588 FY 25/26$35.29$4.46$39.75$2.43July 2025
$282,509 FY 26/27$36.58$5.75$42.33$2.58July 2026
$344,217 FY 27/28$37.96$7.12$45.08$2.75July 2027
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6 DISCUSSION
1. A Solid Waste SHARE program could
not be funded through rates.
1. Refuse Fund Non-Rate Revenue –
Recycling Fees, Curbside Material & Street
Sweeping Fines
2. General Fund
3. American Rescue Plan Act
2. The program is anticipated to serve
3,679 residential customers and would
be available Citywide
3. The total cost of the five-year program
would be $1,104,425
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7 DISCUSSION
1. Cost to operate the program
through FY 23/24 is estimated at
$83,100.
2. Because of current impacts to the
Refuse Fund, staff suggests
programming the first year as a
General Fund subsidy or using
available ARPA funds
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8 Strategic Priority 3 – Economic Opportunity
Cross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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9 That the Inclusiveness, Community Engagement, and Governmental Processes Committee recommend that the City Council approve the establishment of a SHARE program to assist qualifying City of Riverside Solid Waste customers.
RECOMMENDATION
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