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City Council Staff Report
Report Type: Consent Calendar Meeting Date: 4/11/2011
April 11, 2011 Page 1 of 2
(ID # 1580)
Council Priority: {ResProject:ClearLine}
Summary Title: HHW Grant Application Resolution
Title: Approval of a Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Submit
Application(s) and Sign Related Agreement(s) for the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) Household Hazardous Waste Grant Program
for Fiscal Year 2010/11 (Cycle 19)
From:City Manager
Lead Department: Public Works
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approve a resolution (Attachment A) to authorize the City Manager
or his designee to submit a grant application to CalRecycle and to sign related grant program
agreements and amendments.
BACKGROUND
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) offers
discretionary grant and funding opportunities authorized by legislation to assist local
governments to establish or expand Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facilities or innovative
HHW material collection facilities. In conjunction and coordination with the relocation of the
City’s Recycling Center to the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (RWQCP) property,
the City anticipates upgrading its HHW collection facility already located at the RWQCP in order
to provide more convenient HHW drop-off for Palo Alto residents in the future.
DISCUSSION
Staff proposes submitting a HHW grant application to acquire additional funds needed to
upgrade and implement improvements at the facility. The upgrades and improvements will
include the addition of one HHW storage locker/shed, one additional storage container for
supplies and equipment, two household product reuse cabinets, additional pavement for the
staging of two paint collection bins and a canopy structure to cover the HHW collection
unloading and sorting area. These improvements are estimated at $200,000.
CalRecycle offers a grant of up to a maximum $150,000 that if awarded to the City could cover a
large portion of these HHW facility improvements. These improvements may also be eligible for
additional funds with the next cycle (FY2011/12, 20th cycle) of the HHW Grant Program
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depending on the project’s permitting and construction schedule. The grant application for this
year must be submitted by April 15, 2011. The attached resolution is necessary component of
the application.
RESOURCE IMPACT
The budget for these HHW facility improvements have been approved as part of the Capital
Improvement Program Project (CIP) RF-07001. CIP RF-07001 also includes the relocation of the
existing Recycling Center. This project is scheduled to be constructed in FY 2012. If the grant is
secured, grant monies will reimburse CIP funding used in the HHW facility expansion part of this
project and reduce Refuse Fund expenses. Any funds required in excess of the HHW Grant are
expected to be within the approved budget amount.
Staff will submit the application, administer agreements and amendments, and submit for
reimbursements periodically during the project as required by the grant conditions.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
This grant program is consistent with two of the City Council’s 2011 top 5 priorities,
environmental sustainability through the removal and proper management of hazardous
wastes from the waste stream, sanitary sewer and storm drains and City finances by seeking
outside funding sources for City infrastructure projects.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Approval of the Administering Agency-State Master Agreements does not constitute a project
for purposes of the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) or the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); therefore, no environmental analysis is required to apply for
this grant. Environmental review is currently underway as part of the CEQA process for the
permitting and construction phase of this project.
ATTACHMENTS:
·Attachment A Household Hazardous Waste Facility Expansion Grant Resolution (DOC)
Prepared By:Ron Arp, Manager, Environmental Control Programs
Department Head:J. Michael Sartor, Interim Director
City Manager Approval: James Keene, City Manager
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Resolution No. ______
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Authorizing the City Manager to Submit Application(s) and
Sign Related Agreement(s) for the California Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) Household
Hazardous Waste Facility Expansion Grant Resolution
WHEREAS, Public Resources Code sections 40000 et seq. authorize the
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to administer various
Grant Programs in furtherance of the State of California’s (State) efforts to reduce,
recycle and reuse solid waste generated in the State thereby preserving landfill
capacity and protecting public health and safety and the environment; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of this authority CalRecycle is required to establish
procedures governing the application, awarding, and management of the grants; and
WHEREAS, Grant Application procedures require an Applicant’s governing
body to authorize by resolution its approval for submittal of the Grant Application(s)
identified below, and the designation by job title of the individual authorized to
execute all Grant documents on behalf of the City of Palo Alto; and
WHEREAS, if awarded, the City of Palo Alto will enter into a Grant
Agreement with CalRecycle for implementation of said Grant(s).
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVES
as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council authorizes the submittal of application(s) to
CalRecycle for Targeted Household Hazardous Waste Incentive which the City of
Palo Alto is eligible.
SECTION 2. The City Manager, or his/her designee is hereby authorized and
empowered to execute in the name of the City of Palo Alto all grant documents,
including but not limited to, applications, agreements, amendments and requests for
payment, necessary to secure grant funds and implement the approved grant project;
and
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SECTION 3. These authorizations are effective for five (5) years from date of
adoption of this resolution.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:APPROVED:
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City Clerk Mayor
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:City Manager
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Sr. Assistant City Attorney Director of Public Works