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File ID: 2025-01791 10/21/2025
Application for the CalRecycle Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program File ID: 2025-01791
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or designee to: 1) submit an application for the CalRecycle Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program in an amount not to exceed $200,000; 2) execute all documents necessary to implement and secure the payment, if awarded; and 3) establish the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26 City/County Payment Grant Project (G15302600) and related revenue and expenditure budgets in an amount up to $200,000 (Solid Waste Grant Fund, Fund 6207), if awarded, to implement beverage container recycling and litter abatement projects.
Contact: Yougnal Achari, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-7645, [email protected]; Jesa David, Media and Communications Specialist, (916) 808-4935, [email protected]; John Febbo, Integrated Waste General Manager, (916) 808-4949, [email protected]; Department of Public Works
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRecycle”) has established the Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program to make payments to qualifying jurisdictions for the implementation of beverage container recycling and litter abatement projects. To receive these funds annually, CalRecycle requires the governing body of the applicant to provide a signed resolution authorizing the local jurisdiction to apply for the payment program and identify the job title of the designee authorized as the signature authority to execute all documents necessary to implement and secure payment.
Policy Considerations: The recommendations in this report are consistent with the City’s General Plan waste diversion goal to encourage recycling, composting, and waste separation to reduce the
File ID: 2025-01791 10/21/2025
volume and toxicity of solid wastes sent to landfill facilities.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: California Environmental Quality Act: This report concerns administrative activities and government fiscal activities that do not constitute a project as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2) and 15378(b)(4) and are not subject to the provisions of CEQA (CEQA Guideline Section 15060(c)(3)).
Sustainability: The proper recycling of beverage containers and litter abatement projects will contribute to a safer and cleaner environment.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: CalRecycle requires the governing body of the applicant to provide a signed resolution authorizing the application. If awarded, the Department of Public Works, Recycling and Solid Waste Division will use these funds to implement new and existing beverage container recycling and litter abatement projects (e.g., truck signs, outdoor advertising, City utility bill inserts).
Financial Considerations: Staff recommends applying for funding from the CalRecycle Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program in an amount not to exceed $200,000. No matching funds are required.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
2026 APPLICATION FOR THE CALRECYCLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING
CITY/ COUNTY PAYMENT PROGRAM
A. Pursuant to California Public Resources Code sections 14581, 42023.1(g), and 48000 et seq., the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRecycle”) established the Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program (the “Payment Program”) to provide opportunities for beverage container recycling to qualifying jurisdictions.
B. CalRecycle is currently accepting applications for the Payment Program. The Department of Public Works, Recycling and Solid Waste Division is seeking this payment to fund new and existing beverage container recycling and litter abatement projects.
C. CalRecycle’s Payment Program requires, among other things, an applicant’s governing body to declare by resolution the following authorizations related to the administration of the Payment Program.
BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee is authorized to submit an application for the CalRecycle Beverage Recycling Container City/County Payment Program in the amount not to exceed $200,000.
Section 2. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee is authorized to execute all related documents necessary to implement and secure the payment, if awarded.
Section 3. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee is authorized to establish the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26 City/County Payment Grant Project (G15302600), and related revenue and expenditure budgets in the amount up to $200,000 (Solid Waste Grant Fund, Fund 6207), if awarded, to implement projects relating to beverage container recycling and litter abatement projects.