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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4F - City Clean-Up Day Grant ", CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: AGENDA NUMBER: PREP ARED BY: AGENDA ITEM: APRIL 17, 2000 4F CHRIS ESSER, RECREATION SUPERVISOR CONSIDER APPROV AL OF RECYCLING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH SCOTT COUNTY FOR 2000 SPRING CLEAN-UP DAY DISCUSSION: Historv For the past 11 years, the City of Prior Lake has organized and sponsored a clean-up/recycling day. This program has allowed residents of Prior Lake to recycle or dispose of many items, such as: old batteries, appliances, tires, scrap metal, brush, and yard waste. Current Circumstances The program is self-supporting, as it is funded through user fees and a grant from Scott County. This year the county has set aside a grant of up to $5,525.00 for the City of Prior Lake for a recycling/clean-up day. If Credit River Township requests to be part of our clean-up day, as they did for the first time last year, we will receive an extra $1,500 from Scott County to offset the cost of adding their residents. With Credit River Township's contribution, our total grant funding will be $7,025.00. The Issues In order to secure these funds, the City must enter into an agreement with Scott County expressing an interest in the funding. On April 4, a grant application was submitted to the Scott County Environmental Health Department requesting grant funding assistance for this year's recycling/clean-up day. This grant was pursued for the purpose of having a mechanism for funding in the event that the City Council 16iffi:H"~~M~9~k Ave. S.E., Prior Lake. Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER . T AL TERNA TIVES: approves a recycling/clean-up day for 2000 as it has done for the past 10 years. The revenues from the program offset the expenses so there is no budgetary impact. Conclusion This is a very popular program that residents look forward to each year. This year's recycling/clean-up day will be held on Saturday, April 29 from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The event will once again take place in the parking lot of the Prior Lake Senior High School. This year the recycling/clean-up day has been moved to the spring to coincide with the Adopt-A- Park, Adopt-A-Highway, and Earth Day events. This year's recycling/clean-up day will also include the "Bridging" program jointly sponsored by the Prior Lake Lions and Rotary. The Bridging program is designed to provide needy families with furniture and various other household goods. 1. Authorize Mayor and City Manager to execute grant agreement with Scott County. 2. Schedule Fall Clean-up Day for Saturday, April 29, 2000 3. Approve 1 and 2 above as part of the consent agenda. 4. Table action on one or both items for a specific reason. Staff recommends Alternative #3. We are advised by the County that they will not have the grant agreement available to us until May. Because of this delay they have virtually guaranteed the funding amounts set fOTtn ~~ 7 ~/~~ Frank Boyles City Manager RECOMMENDED MOTION: REVIEWED BY: CLEANAGD.DOC Paul Hokeness Director of Parks and Recreation ~/NNESO~~ RESOLUTION APPROVING SCOTT COUNTY RECYCLING GRANT FUNDING FOR THE 2000 SPRING CLEAN-UP DAY .2 RESOLUTION OO-~ MOTION BY: SECOND BY: WHEREAS, the City has sponsored a clean-up/recycling day for the past eleven years, and, WHEREAS, Scott County has provided a grant funding to assist with City- sponsored recycling events, and, WHEREAS, Scott County has set aside a grant of up to $5,525.00 for the City of Prior Lake to operate a recycling day for 2000, and, WHEREAS, if Credit River Township requests to be a part of our recycling day the City will receive an extra $1,500 to offset the cost of adding township residents, making the total grant funding $7,025.00, and, WHEREAS, the 2000 City Clean-up Day will be held April 29, 2000, and, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE, that the Mayor and City Manger execute the recycling program grant agreement with Scott County. Passed and adopted this 17th day of April, 2000. YES NO Mader Mader Ericson Ericson Gundlach Gundlach Petersen Petersen Schenck Schenck {Seal} City Manager City of Prior Lake 16200 ~~~6~Jk~~p., Prior Lake. Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY E",lPlOYER . -.......----r-......-.-.--..----.-.--.....