REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution in Support of the City's Application for Household Hazardous Waste Grant Funds and Act as Lead Agency for a Regional Program
Report
BACKGROUND
Recycling Program staff submitted an application requesting $87,846 in grant funding to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) on behalf of the SMaRT Station(r) partner cities, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Sunnyvale. CalRecycle authorizes up to $1,500,000 annually statewide in the form of grants for household hazardous waste programs.
The grant funding would be used to provide outreach and education to residents who use one pound propane gas cylinders for camping, tailgating and other recreational activities, to promote the environmental benefits, availability, and use of reusable cylinders, and to provide locations of various retailers who sell or refill them. Success would mean reduced City costs for disposing illegally dumped cylinders and reduced hazards to SMaRT Station employees and equipment.
The funding will help support implementation of the Zero Waste Strategic Plan adopted by Council on April 23, 2013 (RTC 13-085) and help offset City costs of disposing of the cylinders in favor of a higher and better use of the containers by refilling and reusing them.
The application form for the grant requires, by May 29, a Council resolution that:
* Authorizes Sunnyvale to act as a lead for the three cities to submit a regional application;
* Identifies the time period for which the authorizations are valid; and
* Identifies the individual authorized to execute the agreement.
The proposed resolution is presented as Attachment 1.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 3.2.4 - Zero Waste
a. Reduce the amount of Sunnyvale waste being disposed
b. Encourage residents, businesses and agencies to reuse, reduce, and recycle materials judiciously
c. Empower consumers to use their buying power to demand non-toxic, easi...
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