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City Council Report
City Council Meeting: November 28,2006
Agenda Item: -.1.E
To:
Mayor and City Council
From:
Craig Perkins, Director - Environmental and Public Works Management
Subject:
Recommendation to Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to
Submit and Execute Used Oil Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste
Grant Applications to the California Integrated Waste Management Board
Recommended Action
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached three year resolution
authorizing the City Manager to submit and execute Used Oil Recycling and Household
Hazardous Waste Grant applications to the California Integrated Waste Management
Board (CIWMB).
Executive Summary
The CIWMB makes grants available on a yearly basis to local governments to enhance
existing programs that address the proper management of used motor oil, oil filters, and
other household hazardous waste. Over the past fifteen years, the City has applied for
and received seventeen such grants totaling $883,955.73. Each grant application must
include an approved resolution from the City Council authorizing submittal of the grant
application and identifying the individual authorized to execute all necessary
applications, contracts, agreements and amendments to carry out the objectives
specified in the application. In lieu of submitting a grant-specific resolution with each
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grant application, the CIWMB is now requesting that grant applicants submit a single
resolution which authorizes all Oil and Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) grant
applications. This resolution would be valid for three years and resubmitted to City
Council for renewal after that period. Adoption of the attached resolution will satisfy this
requirement.
Discussion
Currently, the City operates a permanent Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Center available to residents free of charge. Small businesses located in Santa Monica
may also use the facility on a fee for service basis. Used motor oil and filters are one of
the many products brought to the HHW collection center for disposal. These collection
programs help to ensure that HHW (including oil) is not improperly disposed of in the
solid waste stream or dumped in a sewer or storm drain.
The funds awarded by the CIWMB over the years have been used by the City to
conduct comprehensive informational campaigns, to purchase oil collection containers
for distribution free of charge to Santa Monica residents, to purchase and install new
billboard-type signs for City solid waste vehicles, to host a Southern California regional
Forum on Used Oil Recycling, to host Community Based Social Marketing training
workshops for other Used Oil grantees, to develop outreach materials for HHW
management, to support the operation of the HHW collection center, to provide public
access to peer reviewed scientific research about alternatives to household products,
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for used motor oil recycling public outreach to under served communities and schools,
and to establish permanent oil and filter recycling sites for Santa Monica airport tenants.
Previous Council Actions
On July 22,2003, Council adopted Resolution Number 9874 (CCS), authorizing the City
Manager to submit and execute Used Oil Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste
Grant applications to the California Integrated Waste Management Board. The current
staff report recommends adopting a similar resolution through July 1, 2009.
BudQetlFinanciallmpact
Future budget impact will occur at the time grant funds are awarded because some of
the grants require a local funding match that will be identified on a case by case basis
as the grants are approved. Staff are unable to estimate future budget impact due to
the varying amounts of the awards but as grants are approved, appropriate budget
changes will be presented to the City Council as part of the City's annual financial cycle.
Prepared by:
James Conway, Senior Environmental Analyst
Forwarded to Council:
Craig Perkins
Director - E ironmental and Public
Works Management Department
P. amont Ewell
C ty Manager
Attachment: Resolution
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