REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Approve Budget Modification No. 11 to Appropriate $32,250 for the Schools Goin' Green Project which is receiving Santa Clara Valley Water District 2014 Safe, Clean Water Priority B Grant Funds.
Report
GRANT SUMMARY
On November 19, 2013, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 618-13 authorizing submission of an application for funding from the Santa Clara Valley Water District's (Water District) Priority B Grant Program under the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program of 2012 and acceptance of grant funds upon approval of the grant funding for the project by the Water District's Board of Directors.
On February 25, 2014, the Water District's Board of Directors authorized grant awards to 11 organizations and municipalities to implement projects that help prevent and remove pollution, educate and increase awareness of pollution, and restore wildlife habitat. The City's application for the Schools Goin' Green project was included among the grant awards, and the City will be awarded $32,250 to implement the two-year grant project.
On July 16, 2014, the City Manager accepted grant funds in the amount of $32,250 to the Environmental Services Department for the Schools Goin' Green Project. The grant funds would allow ESD to work with two high schools and two to three middle schools to engage their service or environmental clubs to establish school-wide "GreenTeams" that would conduct regular litter cleanups on and around their campus, characterize the type and sources of litter collected, and develop and implement a recycling program and an anti-littering campaign on campus including a video documentary about their efforts. The project will also be implemented in partnership with the City of Cupertino. The total project cost is estimated at $44,750 with local match for the project of $12,500, which is met by program administration by current staff.
The Regulatory Programs Division in the Environmental...
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