San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Governing

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Governing Board Meeting Incentive Program Resources December 20, 2007 1

Potential Benefit of Incentives 2015 2020 % of Valley residents living in attainment without incentives 35% 65% % of Valley residents living in attainment with incentives 50% 90% 600, 000 1. 1 million # of beneficially impacted Valley residents 2

District Work on Incentive Measures • Supplements strong regulatory program • Strong legislative advocacy for additional funds • Local measures to generate funding – DMV, ISR, Developer Mitigation Agreements • Doubled funds awarded each of last 2 years • $180 million awarded reducing 85, 000 tons • Customer service and streamlining a priority 3

Statewide Recognition of District • Complimentary audits from 3 State agencies • District program serves as model (best practices) • Other agencies outsourcing grant funds to District • Efficient and cost-effective • High degree of public accountability (reporting, enforceability, etc. ) 4

Application Processing • Effective program implementation is labor intensive • Outreach to recruit cost-effective projects • Application evaluation (eligibility, reductions) • Pre- and post project inspections (on-going) • Contract development and execution • Evaluation and processing payment claims • Public accountability reports 5

Current Staffing Needs • District has doubled grant awards each of last 2 years • Temporary staffing utilized until funding levels certain • Present workload expected to continue 6

Current Staffing Needs (cont. ) • Today’s Recommendation – – – Convert existing temporary positions to regular Add supervisory and lead support staff Add expertise to safeguard confidential information Add field staff position to verify reductions Adding net 5 additional positions • Efficient and streamlined District program will be able to operate within available administrative fees • No stationary source fees needed 7

Funding Prospects 8

Getting the Most from Prop 1 B • Today’s recommendations will optimally position District to receive more funding • $1 billion for air quality mitigation projects • $250 million allocated for 2008 • Must have detailed implementation plan • Must demonstrate adequate resources (including staffing) • Ability to achieve maximum, early reductions will give competitive advantage 9

Future Staffing Needs • Conditional upon receipt of new funding • Program designed to be scalable (temporary staffing) • Staffing needs minimized with additional streamlining 10

Future Staffing Needs (cont. ) • Today’s Recommendation – Regular staffing only for core programs – Temporary staffing deployed based on workload – Add necessary management support for enhanced program – Adding 6 regular and 8 temporary positions • Efficient and streamlined District program will be able to operate within available administrative fees • No stationary source fees needed 11

Staff Recommendations • Amend the District’s Classification and Compensation Plan for Additional Resources Effective 12/22/07 and 4/1/08, on an as-needed basis, as determined by Executive Director/APCO • Adopt Budget Resolution increasing 200708 District Budget to include staffing and facility resources necessary for incentive programs 12