City Council Agenda Report
TO: Mayor McCord and Members of the City Council
FROM: Ken Irwin, City Manager
BY: Mike Willett, Public Works Director
MEETING DATE: January 18, 2022
ITEM NO: 5.7
SUBJECT: Approve Resolution No. 2022-03, Authorizing the Submittal of Application(s) for all CalRecycle Grants for which the City of Patterson is Eligible.
RECOMMENDATION
Motion to Approve Resolution No. 2022-03, Authorizing the Submittal of Application(s) for all CalRecycle Grants for which the City of Patterson is Eligible.
BACKGROUND
Public Resources Code, Division 12.1, Chapter 7, Section 14581(a)(4) authorizes the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to issue up to $10,500,000 in FY 2021/22 in the form of grants for beverage container recycling programs. The availability of grant funding for communities will provide opportunities for CalRecycle to address recycling challenges, aid in increasing beverage container collection, and reduce beverage container litter in the waste stream. Eligible applicants for this grant program include California cities, counties, other local government entities, joint powers authorities, special districts, public colleges and universities, public K-12 school districts, nonprofit organizations and qualifying Indian tribes. CalRecycle is seeking projects that implement new or enhance existing programs to provide convenient beverage container recycling opportunities in various locations statewide.
ANALYSIS
With the availability of this funding opportunity from the State’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), staff continues to utilize these grants to help in its recycling efforts. The recycling program specifically targeted at the collection and recycling of beverage containers throughout the city.
Through this grant opportunity, staff will focus on the collection of all types of recyclable beverage containers through the use of specified bins marked clearly for that purpose. The partnership and outreach work with the school district is one that staff hopes will help perpetuate and increase knowledge and understanding of the need to recycle beverage containers. Young scholars of the Patterson Unified School District have demonstrated over the past partnerships, public celebration and presentations that they too have vested interest in managing the quality of the environment they live in. Partnerships will local businesses, multi-family residential housing and the growing commercial and industrial business park will be fostered to assure that this program accomplishes the State’s goal of minimizing greenhouse gas emission (GHG) and the diversion of recyclable waste from the landfill.
Staff will utilize the grant funds received to help manage and operate the program as well as continue educating the community on the purpose of recycling beverage containers.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no direct fiscal impact to the city and this grant has no match requirements. All grant funds received are revenues that are utilized for eligible costs incurred for the City’s recycling program.