Agmt25 San Mateo Resource Conservation District - Amendment No. 1

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REV: 05-23-25 LF Exhibit “A” SCOPE OF SERVICES AND FEE In consideration of the payments set forth in this Agreement, Consultant shall provide the following services: Consultant shall develop and coordinate a compost procurement and application program that will assist the City meet its recovered organic waste product procurement requirements under CA Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383). The program will consist of the following aspects: 1. Outreach & Technical Assistance: Consultant shall conduct outreach to agricultural producers or other organizations such as but not limited to farmers, ranchers, landowners, open space districts, nonprofits, and universities about the compost procurement and application program established under this Agreement, benefits of compost use, and carbon farming. Consultant shall translate any material created to conduct outreach to Spanish, and Simplified Chinese as needed. Consultant shall provide agricultural producers and other organizations with technical assistance to incorporate compost into their operations, such as soil sampling, identifying compost application rates, etc. Consultant shall provide agricultural producers with information for funding opportunities for compost application, such as CDFA’s Healthy Soils Program and NRCS’s farm bill programs. 2. Compost Procurement Consultant shall identify and recruit compost procurement and application projects for the compost procurement and application program established under this Agreement that will help the City meet its SB 1383 recovered organic waste procurement requirements. Consultant shall cover up to 75% of compost/hauling/spreading costs or provide funding as cost-share for other funding sources (whichever is less). If the program is oversubscribed, Consultant shall develop a system for equitable distribution of compost or ranking system to identify projects. Consultant shall track procurement credits attributed to the City, and where necessary, shall ensure that a signed agreement between the City and project owner/compost recipient is in place prior to the purchase of compost. This shall be done in order for the City to claim SB 1383 procurement credit for procured ATTY/AGR.2025/Amend. No.1/Resource Conservation District (Compost Broker Program) (Page 4 of 7)