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III. Guidelines The following guidelines apply to all project proposals. A. No matching funds are required for grant proposals up to $50,000. Matching funds of 25% of the total grant amount are required for grant requests over $50,000; in -kind staff and other expenses are eligible for use as matching funds. B. Grant funds are a reimbursement grant, however grant funds will be provided upon receipt of a purchase order or an invoice to the municipality for eligible project expenses. C. Drop -off center guidelines are as follows: • Municipality must promote the drop -off recycling center quarterly (at a minimum) in newsletters, cable TV, local newspapers, and mailings. • Recycling drop -off center must be open to all Anoka County residents. (Tonnage credit does not have to be provided to other municipalities and the host municipality is not required to subsidize the cost for recycling materials dropped off by out -of- municipality residents.) • Recycling drop -off center must be enhanced by: o providing additional hours or days per week/month, o increasing the efficiency of an existing operation; or o accepting additional materials or substantially increasing the quantity of materials accepted. • The program must accept and promote the recycling drop -off center for small business recyclables in reasonable quantities. For example, the recycling drop -off center should be able to receive a pick -up load of material from a small business. Note that the municipality may require special arrangements be made by appointment to receive the material. D. Recycling Day Event guidelines are as follows: • Recycling day events must be enhanced by: o providing additional days per year, o increasing the efficiency of an existing operation; or o accepting additional materials or substantially increasing the quantity of materials accepted. • Recycling day events must be open to all Anoka County residents. (Tonnage credit does not have to be provided to other municipalities and the host municipality is not required to subsidize the cost for recycling materials dropped off by out -of- municipality residents.) • E. Municipal event enhancement guidelines are as follows: • Funding for recycling containers, a consistent recycling program is the primary goal of the county so that residents may freely go from one municipal event to another and recognize recycling containers. A joint purchase of recycling containers or signage may be offered by the county to assist this effort. • Planning, implementation and promotion of municipal event recycling opportunities. F. Recycling Enhancement Grant Funds may not fund existing activities or operations. Funding is intended for new and innovative projects or to expand the scope of existing recycling efforts. Funding is intended to initiate and defray initial capital, start up, and educational /promotional costs for implementation of enhanced recycling activities. 2