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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 16-91RESOLUTION NO. 16-91 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD ENDORSING APPLICATION FOR A DIVISION OF RECYCLING GRANT FOR THE SANITATION DIVISION TO INITIATE A DROPOFF RECYCLING PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield desires to undertake a dropoff recycling program funded in part from the 1991 Recycling Public Education and Litter Reduction Grant Program administered by the Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling; and WHEREAS, this program would place five dropoff recycling locations throughout the City of Bakersfield where residents, institutions and private businesses could dropoff six different recyclable materials. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield that the Water and Sanitation Manager, Paul Dow, is authorized, on its behalf, to submit the application to the Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling, and is authorized to execute on behalf of City of Bakersfield the attached Grant Award, including any extensions or amendments thereof. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by this body. ........... o0o .......... I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on JAN ~ 0 1991 -- , by the following vote: AYES; COUNCILMEMBERS: EDWARDS, De.I~ON.O. SMITH, BRUNNt PETERSON, McDERMOTt', SALVAGBIO NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ARSENT COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS' CITY CL~R~a~d Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED CLARENCE E. MEbDERS MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED as to form: LAWRENCE M. LUNARDINI CITY ATTORNEY of the City of Bakersfield LCM/meg R RES 5 GRANT.1 - 2 - INSTITUTIONAL, RESORT AND COMMUNITY RECYCLING PROJECTS PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, DIVISION OF RECYCLING BY DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION CITY OF BANERSFIELD DEvlslon of Recycling 1990 GRANT APPLICATION This form must be fully completed and be received, sling with 9 copies, by the Division of Recycling no later than 11:00 a.m. on January 31, 1991 in order to be eligible for consideration. Attachments (answers to questions 1-5) should not exceed 10 pages. Organization City of Bakersfield Name Greg Sanders, Recycling Coordinator/Supervisor Address 4101 Truxtun Avenue City State Zip Bakersfield, CA 93309 Telephone (805) 326-~114' Type of Organization (check one) [~ City Government [~ County Government [~ Local Nonprofit Organization* 'Attach proof of [~ Statewide Nonprofit Organization* nonprofit status ~ Chapter or subsidiary of a National/International Organization* Federal Employer ID number (FEIN) I California Contractor ID Number Is your organization incorporated in California? [~ Yes [~ No If yes, who are the Corporate Officers? President Vice President Treasurer BUDGET BREAKDOWN BY PROJECT: Please complete the following for each proposed project: Project Name: Institutional, Resort and Community Rec¥clin~ Pro~ects DOR Additional Funding Source Pereonnel Services: Salaries and Wages (Attach a detailed explanation of class, salary rate and hours) Benefits (% not to exceed 32%) Total Operating Expenses: (Itemize) Equipment $47,825 · Travel Other (Printing, tools, clothing, elc.) Servic ±ng Containers Total $47,825 $79,200 $79,200 Construction Items (Itemize) Total Miscellaneous Items (Itemize) Locks, SiRns, Tamper-proofin~ Total 5,500 5,5OO Project Grand Total $47,825 $84,700 PROJECT INFORMATION: Project Director Michael Sides, Sanitation Superintendent Project Manager Gre~ Sanders, Rec¥clin~ Coordinator/Supervisor Number of Proposed Projecta 1 Amount Requested by Project Project Name Institutional, Resort and Community I Rec¥clin~ Proiects 2 3 Phone # 326-3109 Phone # 326-3109 Amount Requeated $47,825 Name of State Legislative Representatives Clearly and briefly answer the following questions. Your answers should be attached to your completed application and must not exceed a total of ten pages. What is the proposed project(s) and how will it be accomplished? Clearly and briefly explain what product(s) will be proc[ucecl or service(s) will be rentiered. Explain how the project will result in the increase of beverage container recycling and what methods will be used to perform the work. 2 What is the need for the proposed project(s)? Discuss why the proposed project(s) is needed and on what research or data you are relying. 3 What is your organization's and/or project team's qualifications to effectively execute the proposed project(s)? Explain how your organization or project team is able to deliver the products or services of the project(s). Previously successful proiects may be discussed, or corporate/individual resumes may be included. How will the project continue after the grant money is spent? Explain what provisions have been made to ensure that the project will continue without further funding from the State. 5 What is the implementation schedule of the proposed project(s)? DRAFT SUMMARY This program is designed to meet the recycling needs of local institutions of higher learning, resorts, and the general public by providing recycling containers and associated collection services in convenient, easily recognizable locations. JUSTIFICATION Informal community surveys conducted at events that promote recycling, indicate that the public would actively participate in dropoff recycling programs providing the containers are located in convenient locations. Universities, colleges, resorts, and malls are locations that are well recognized within the community, have a large volume of people that visit the facilities on a daily basis, and have a large volume of solid waste. Dropoff locations at these facilities would enable the institutions, businesses and the general public the opportunity to conveniently recycle significant portions of their waste stream. INTRODUCTION Recent legislation and increased public awareness concerning recycling and solid waste management issues are demanding that cities become more innovative in dealing with solid waste generated in their municipality. Universities, colleges and resorts have extensive and varied waste streams that would greatly benefit from recycling efforts and positive waste management programs. These facilities are also well recognized and utilized within the community and should make excellent community dropoff locations for recyclable materials. SCOPE OF WORK The City of Bakersfield is proposing to set up a series of five dropoff recycling locations throughout our municipality. These sites will be distributed throughout Bakersfield and will be set at the local university, college, shopping mall, a local public resort, and in a small section of the community that does not have a private sector recycler in the immediate area. This will be done in an attempt to make recycling financially feasible and convenient to the institutions, to private businesses, and to the public at large. Beverage containers make up a large portion of the residential waste stream and a large portion of the waste stream generated by certain institutions and private sector businesses such as bars, restaurants, cafeterias, resorts, etc.. This program will enhance the recycling of beverage containers in our municipality. The five sites willy be located at California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield Community College, the Rio Bravo Resort Community, the Valley Plaza Mall and the Westchester community. The two sites located at institutions of higher education will make recycling opportunities available not only to the public that attend or live around these institutions, but also to the institutions themselves so they can recycle products from their extensive waste stream. The Rio Bravo Resort Community is located in the farthest northeast portion of Bakersfield and has no convenient recycler in the immediate area. This community has an extensive population, a large number of people who use the area for recreational purposes (there are two golf courses, a lake, two county parks and the Kern River in this area), and an extensive resort area all without convenient recycling services. The Valley Plaza Mall is located in the center of Bakersfield and will be a convenient location for a large segment of the city to dropoff recyclable materials as more than 100,000 individuals visit this mall every week for shopping, dining and various forms of entertainment. The Westchester community is a progressive community within Bakersfield that has an active improvement association. This site will not only service local residents and businesses within the community, but funds generated from this site will go to community improvement projects that will renovate an older area of Bakersfield. All five dropoff recycling sites will have three 25 cubic yard roll-off containers for collection of recyclable materials. These three containers will have eight separate compartments that will house the materials collected. The materials collected will be California redemption glass, plastic, and aluminum, with newspaper, cardboard, and computer paper also being accepted. The containers will be clearly marked as to materials collected in each designated area of the container, and the containers will be serviced and materials delivered to local recyclers by the Sanitation Division, City of Bakersfield.~ Records relating to the quantity of materials collected and the value of those materials will be kept by the Sanitation Division, City of Bakersfield.. Monies collected from these projects will go either into the Sanitation Fund to further local recycling efforts, to the participating institutions to offset cost associated with collecting these materials at their sites or into community improvement projects. The City of Bakersfield is requesting funds from the Division of Recycling to cover the cost of rolloff containers at four of the five proposed dropoff recycling locations. We will cover the cost of putting containers at the Westchester location, all servicing and maintenance of the five sites, and all required signs. The budget breakdown for this project covers a 24 month period of time, from November 1, 1991 to October 31, 1993, yet this project will continue as an ongoing recycling project that will be budgeted and supported by the Sanitation Division, City of Bakersfield. The Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling will be covering 36% of the project cost and the City of Bakersfield will be covering 64% of the project cost for duration (24 month period) of this program. Please see budget breakdown sheet for exact dollar figures. DRAFT The City of Bakersfield has been focusing recycling efforts in the areas of public education, promotional events, and promotion of existing private sector recyclers. In December 1990, we hired a Recycling Coordinator/Supervisor to formulate a series of recycling programs that will enable Bakersfield to meet recycling mandates required under Assembly Bill 939. The City of Bakersfield has had extensive experience in coordination of recycling programs. Programs include recycling of polystyrene trays (five million trays are projected to be recycled in 1990-1991) in the Bakersfield City School District, a commercial cardboard recycling program, Christmas tree recycling in 1990 and 1991 (23,000 and 45,000 recycled in 1990 and 1991 respectively), and telephone book recycling in 1990 (45 tons). Mike Sides is the Superintendent of the Sanitation Division for the City of Bakersfield. He is a Registered Sanitarian that has been working with solid waste and environmental health issues for 15 years. Mike coordinated a wide range of recycling programs for the City that include but are not limited to office paper recycling, telephone book recycling. Christmas tree recycling, commercial cardboard recycling at a local mall and litter clean up days. Greg Sanders is the Recycling Coordinator/Supervisor hired by the City of Bakersfield in December 1990. Greg was previously with the County of Kern and coordinated recycling projects involving telephone books, Cihristmas trees, household hazardous wastes, agricultural pesticides, development of a solid waste management curriculum for sixth grade students throughout the Kern County schools, coordinating a promotional event "Recycling Day" in 1989, and office paper recycling in Kern County office buildings. The City of BakersfJ. eld has an extensive Sanitation Division that will carry on this program following the 24 month project period. This division has a staff of 59 that manages the solid waste requirements of 45,000 residences and 3,500 commercial accounts. We have three rolloff trucks that will service the recycling locations on a bi-weekly basis. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 1. Order containers 2. Tamper-proof containers 3. Educate staff at the institutions 4. Place signs, place containers, initiate public awareness campaign and start the program. Total 10 weeks 2 weeks 2 weeks 2 weeks 16 weeks This program will be initiated 16 weeks after we have been awarded the grant. We will generate a final report within four weeks of the final month of the program.