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CALRECYCLE ORGANICS GRANT PROGRAM
7TH CYCLE GRANT APPLICATION
City Council
April 4, 2023
Public Works Department
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2 Treatment Plant
Collections System
BACKGROUND
WQCP services 93,000 customers
within the City of Riverside
27 Million gallons
per day average
16,000 sewer manholes
800 miles of gravity sewers
20 wastewater lift stations
BACKGROUND
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3 1. September 2016 – SB 1383
– 20% edible food recovery by 2025
– 75% reduction in organic waste disposal by 2025 (vs. 2014)
2. August 2020 – City Council
– Public Works Renewable Resources Management Plan
– Regulatory needs, efficiencies, climate, sustainability
3. January 2023 – RFP 2222
– Public-private partnership (P3) digestate and biogas
project
BACKGROUND
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4 1. Anaerobic digestion is
decomposition of biodegradable
materials under low oxygen
conditions
2. Common treatment practice for
solid wastes including food waste
3. Produces two main products:
digestate and biogas
BACKGROUND
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5 1. RWQCP infrastructure and biogas currently
underutilized
2. Optimize infrastructure, generate revenue from
biogas & digestate, support SB 1383 compliance via
waste recycling
3. P3 entity provides financing, infrastructure, and
operations, which reduces project risk to City
DISCUSSION
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6 DISCUSSION
City Landfill-
Diverted Organics
RWQCP Biosolids
P3 Project
Upgraded RWQCP
Infrastructure
Pipeline Renewable
Natural Gas
Soil Amendment
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• Lease Payments
• Sales Agreement Revenue
• Capital Improvements
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7 1. CalRecycle Organics Grant Program
2. $155 million available for eligible projects
3. P3 project elements likely eligible for up to
$13 million in grant funding
4. P3 negotiations authorized on February 24, 2023
5. Application deadline April 20, 2023
DISCUSSION
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8 Strategic Priority 4 – Environmental Stewardship
Goal 4.6 – Implement requisite measures to achieve citywide carbon neutrality no later than 2040.
Strategic Priority 5 – High Performing Government
Goal 5.2 – Utilize technology, data, and process improvement strategies to increase efficiencies, guide decisions and ensure services are accessible and distributed equitably citywide.
Strategic Priority 6 – Infrastructure, Mobility, and Connectivity Goal 6.3 – Identify and pursue funding opportunities to develop, operate, maintain, and renew infrastructure and programs that meet the community’s needs.
Cross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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9 That the City Council:
1.Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to submit a grant application to CalRecycle for the 7 th Cycle (ORG7) Fiscal Years 2021/22 & 2022/23 Organics Grant Program; and
2.Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute necessary documents in furtherance of the grant application to
CalRecycle for the 7
th Cycle (ORG7) Fiscal Years 2021/22 &
2022/23 Organics Grant Program.
RECOMMENDATIONS
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