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CouncIl Meeting November 10, 1998 Santa Momca, CalifornIa
TO Mayor and City Council
FROM City Staff
SUBJECT Recommendation for City Council to Authorize the City Manager to
Accept Grant Funds from the California Department of ConservatIon
and Establish ExpendIture Authority for Beverage ContaIner Recycling
Services
Introduction
ThIs report recommends that City CouncIl authonze the CIty Manager to accept grant
funds from the CalIfornia Department of Conservation and establish expenditure
authOrity In the amount of $23,906 from the CalifornIa Department of Conservation for
beverage container recycling services at restaurant faCIlities located on the Third Street
Promenade
Backaround
In June 1998, the City Manager authonzed the Solid Waste Management DIVISIon to
submit and execute a grant application to the California Department of Conservation to
promote beverage container recycling services at restaurants located on the Third
Street Promenade The Department of Conservation, Recycling DIVISion, has awarded
the grant request to the City for thiS program
DiSCUSSIon
The Third Street Promenade IS a venue for tOUrists, residents and business personnel
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who frequent the restaurants at this location Currently, there are forty (40) restaurants
located on the Third Street Promenade which serve beverages to their customers that
are packaged In recyclable glass, plastic, or metal containers
Due to the dally volume of customers at these facIlities, staff from Solid Waste
Management applied to the Department of Conservation for a grant to Implement a
new recyclIng program whIch would proVide beverage container recycling servIces to
these restaurants The City currently proVides a waste paper and cardboard recycling
program In this area
Solid Waste Management staff Will meet wIth restaurant managers to promote the
recycling program Once a restaurant agrees to recycle Its beverage containers, solid
waste staff Will conduct a waste audit to determine the amount of these materials
currently eXisting In the trash The waste audit Will be used to establish a base from
whIch the effectiveness of the program can be evaluated
Staff assigned to thiS program Will dlstrrbute recycling containers to these restaurants
for the beverage containers and collect the containers dally for transport to the Santa
MOnica Recycling Center All materials collected Will be weighed In order to measure
the effectiveness of the program
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BudaeUFlnanclallmoact
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City Council approval of the staff recommendation will result In the following budget
changes $23,906 to revenue account 20-50Q-"!"!3-00000-0623-1 0000 (California
Recychng Grant), $8,940 to expenditure account 27-500-443-61007-1150-00000
(Temporary Personnel), $14,966 to expenditure account 27-500-443-61008-4425-
00000 (Containers and Supplies), and two technical budget changes to track the funds
between the Miscellaneous Grants Fund $23,906 In account 20-700-695-00000-7857-
00000 and ($23,906) In account 27-700-695-00000-7857-00000
Recommendation
It IS recommended that the City Council authOrize the City Manager to accept grant
funds from the Department of Conservation In the amount of $23,906 and approve the
budget appropnatlon descrrbed In the BudgeUFlnanclallmpact Section of thiS report
Prepared by Craig PerkinS, Director, EnVironmental & Public Works Mgt
Joseph Delaney, Solid Waste Operations Manager
Kim A Braun, Materrals Recovery Superintendent
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