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• Overall project timeline; Timeline would start immediately pending Environmental Board and Council approvals except for the monthly event. Monthly recycling would start in September. • Why project is compelling and worthy of funding. This project will incorporate the ideas of recycling at work and anywhere as well as home. The City Environmental Board hopes to reach out particularly to the business community to increase recycling. This would be a new approach to increasing volume of materials entering the recycle stream. The City will also be making contact with our listed businesses to attempt to enlist business recycling "champions ". The work plan for this grant request was submitted as follows: • Design, print, publish and mail a tri -fold brochure on "We Recycle at Home, at Work, and on the Go." Mailing would go out to 6174 households as soon as design, print and publish is done. This would be contract work. Start as soon as approvals are obtained • Set example for business, and residents to recycle anywhere by purchasing indoor recycling containers for public facilities. Start as soon as approvals are obtained. • Fabricate 2 can cages to be used to involve residents, businesses and people on the go to recycle and contribute to Lino Lakes Parks. Start as soon as approvals are obtained • Switch to a monthly turn-key approach to recycle day. September or October • Publish and mail three bimonthly postcards to residents and business informing them of new recycling opportunities. Start as soon as approvals are obtained • Hire a graphics artist to design brochures and post cards. Start as soon as approvals are obtained. • Pay for a city employee extra hours, or an intern to help plan and organize the monthly recycle day. • Pay for two additional vendors to cover new items such as carpet, mattresses, and household. The budget for the proposed program was submitted as the following: Tasks /Items Costs Design, Print and Publish, mail trifold "We Recycle at home, at Work and on the Go" $6174 Households at $2.00 each or $12, 348 Contract to build 2 roll -off can cages $2800 each or $5600 Signs for recycle day and can cages $35 each x 10 and tax = $326 Interior work station recycling baskets 67 at $5.50 each or $368 Interior Slim Jims recycling containers 19 at $65 each or $1235 Interior atrium recycling station with "we recycle" signage 1 at $1150 Monthly recycle event planning Monthly recycle day event coordination assistance 20 hours at $22 per hour or $440 10 hours /month x $22/hr x 5 months or $1100 •