REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Approving City Applications for CalRecycle Funding and Related Authorizations
Report
BACKGROUND
The City is eligible for City/County Payment Program funding administered by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). CalRecycle distributes funds through this program to eligible curbside operators based on the volume of beverage containers collected curbside and through drop-off programs and reported to CalRecycle per calendar year. The rate of disbursement is derived by dividing the total volume of beverage containers collected by all eligible curbside and neighborhood drop-off programs into the total funds available for the given year ($15 million total in 2014). For calendar year 2014, Sunnyvale received $98,243.92 from the program.
Funds received from the CalRecycle program are applied to beverage container recycling by offsetting a portion of the expense of operating Sunnyvale's curbside recycling service.
The application form for these funds requires a Council resolution that authorizes the submittal of the application for such grants/payments, identifies the time period for which the authorizations are valid, and identifies the individual authorized to execute such agreements.
EXISTING POLICY
General Plan, Chapter 7, Environmental Management, Policy EM-14.2 Maximize diversion of solid waste from disposal by use of demand management techniques, providing and promoting recycling programs and encouraging private sector recycling.
Council Policy, 3.2.1, Solid Waste Management Goals and Policies, 3.2F.3 Identify additional revenue sources and, where possible, increase revenues from solid waste programs, services, and facilities without jeopardizing program goals and customer service quality.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Application for these CalRecycle funds is exempt from the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that it is not ...
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