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Extracted from Consolidated Report

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San Bernardino County Grand Jury • 2006-2007

Solid Waste Management

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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F4

Findings 5 findings

F1 Page 21

Distribution of money from the Environmental Mitigation Fund.

F2 Page 21

Eligibility for funding.

F3 Page 21

Criteria for funding.

Payment method. 2006-2007 San Bernardino County Grand Jury Final Report 21

F6 Page 22

The Nexus Test (A project satisfies the “Nexus Test” if the project’s primary purpose and effect is to alleviate or to reduce the magnitude or the significance of an adverse condition affecting the city. This adverse condition must result from the presence of the current and/or expanded landfill). All monies from the EMF paid to a city must be used by that city relative to the criteria established under the “Nexus Test”. All cities warrant that they will use fees only on projects that meet the “Nexus Test”. The cities of Rialto and Fontana are presently each paid approximately $2 million per year. Rialto was prepaid $14 million in 1998 in order to build a new police station. That police station has never been built. Rialto has been prepaid for tonnage until approximately 2012. The MOU’s with all cities except Fontana and Rialto require that:

Recommendations 4

R07-24
Page 22

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SET UP A PROCEDURE TO AUDIT THE USE OF EMF FUNDS.
R07-25
Page 22

IF CITIES ARE NOT USING EMF FUNDS PURSUANT TO THE MOU, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT REQUEST THAT THOSE FUNDS BE RETURNED TO THE COUNTY PURSUANT TO THE MOU.
R07-26
Page 23

IF FONTANA AND RIALTO CANNOT MEET THE “NEXUS TEST”, THEN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RENEGOTIATE THE TONNAGE RATES PAID TO FONTANA AND RIALTO IN LIEU OF REQUIRING THOSE CITIES TO MEET THE “NEXUS TEST”.
R07-27
Page 23

THE COUNTY COUNSEL’S OFFICE INCLUDE IN ALL ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION FUNDS MOU’S THE REQUIREMENT THAT EACH CITY KEEP RECORDS FOR FIVE YEARS AND THAT THE COUNTY CAN AUDIT THE EMF MONIES AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY.