REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Budget Modification No. 3 to Appropriate $217,816 of CalRecycle SB1383 Local Assistance Grant Program Funds to Project 830910 - Zero Waste Strategic Plan
Report
BACKGROUND
On April 27, 2022, the City was awarded grant funds in the amount of $217,816 to implement SB1383. SB 1383 set methane emission reduction targets for California (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) in a statewide effort to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP). Local jurisdictions must reduce organic waste disposal by 50% by 2020 and 75% by 2025; and recover currently disposed surplus food by at least 20% by 2025.
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) administered a one-time grant program meant to provide aid in the implementation of regulations adopted by CalRecycle pursuant SB 1383 and SB170 Budget Act of 2021. This non-competitive grant program provided $57 million of funding to local jurisdictions to assist with the implementation of regulation requirements associated with SB 1383.
The City was awarded $217,816 in CalRecycle SB1383 Local Assistance Grant Program for a grant term of April 27, 2022, to May 2, 2024 (Attachment 1). Funds were received in FY 2021/22, but due to staff turnover, the report to Council to appropriate the grant funds was delayed.
$178,498 of the grant funds will offset the cost of a term-limited Environmental Programs Specialist I position that focuses on education, monitoring, compliance, and procurement as required by SB1383.
Sunnyvale is a member of Santa Clara County regional edible food recovery program. The remaining $39,368 of the Grant will fund the City’s portion of the edible food recovery program to ensure that the City is meeting its SB1383 food recovery requirements. This funding is strategically supporting infrastructure improvements in the nonprofit community, as well as a one-year infusion of support for recurring programmatic tasks: inspections, education, outreach, document creation, food recovery organization/service and generator reporting, as well as general administration of the program.
The Solid Waste Division in the Environmental Services Department is responsible for the management of the grant.
Granting Agency
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.1.5 Donations, Contributions and Sponsorships:
The City Manager may apply for grants of any dollar amount, but shall notify the Council when grants are being pursued pursuant to Council Policy 7.1.1 (Fiscal -Long Range Goals and Financial Policies), B.4. (Grants and Intergovernmental Assistance). Any grants of $100,000 or more, or that require a local match or obligate the City to ongoing expenses, shall require Council approval of a budget modification before funds can be expended by staff. The budget modification shall include the use to which the grant will be placed; the objectives or goals of the City that will be achieved through use of the grant; the local match required, if any, plus the source of the local match; any increased cost to be locally funded upon termination of the grant; and the ability of the City to administer the grant.
Pursuant to Sunnyvale Charter Section 1305, at any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget by motion adopted by affirmative votes of at least four members to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another, or to appropriate available revenue not included in the budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The budget modification does not constitute a “project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) in that it is a fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potential significant impact on the environment. The activities that will be funded by the grant are administrative and educational in nature and are exempt from environmental review under CEQA Guidelines sections 15378(b)(5) and 15061(b)(3).
FISCAL IMPACT
Required Local Match
None
Funding Source
CalRecycle SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program
Increased Cost to City Upon Grant Termination
None
Budget Modification No. 3 has been prepared to appropriate $217,816 in FY 2021/22 CalRecycle SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program funds in the amount of $217,816 to Project 830910 - Zero Waste Strategic Plan. Funds were received in FY 2021/22 and are included in fund balance; therefore, the appropriation is proposed from Fund 6101- Solid Waste Fund Rate Stabilization Reserve.
Budget Modification No. 3
FY 2023/24
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Current |
Increase/(Decrease) |
Revised |
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Solid Waste Fund |
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Reserve |
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Rate Stabilization Reserve |
$6,619,682 |
($217,816) |
$6,401,866 |
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Expenditures |
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830910 - Zero Waste Strategic Plan |
$507,766 |
$217,816 |
$725,582 |
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council meeting agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board at City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Public Library and in the Department of Public Safety Lobby. In addition, the agenda and this report are available at the NOVA Workforce Services reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive Avenue (during normal business hours), and on the City's website.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve Budget Modification No. 3 to Appropriate $217,816 of CalRecycle SB1383 Local Assistance Grant Program Funds to Project 830910 - Zero Waste Strategic Plan.
Staff
Prepared by: Shikha Gupta, Solid Waste Programs Division Manager
Reviewed by: Ramana Chinnakotla, Director, Environmental Services Department
Reviewed by: Tim Kirby, Director of Finance
Reviewed by: Jaqui Guzmán, Deputy City Manager
Approved by: Kent Steffens, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
1. Grant Award