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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/25/2012 Env Bd PacketCity of Lino Lakes Environmental Board Meeting July 25, 2012 6:30 p.m. AGENDA 1. CaII to Order 2. Approval of Minutes June 25, 2012 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Open Mike 5. Action Items 6. Discussion Items A. Anoka County Recycling Enhancement Grant Program B. Commercial /Industrial / Business Recycling Discussion /Update with Amy Ulbricht Anoka County Integrated Solid Waste C. Spring Recycle Day Summary. D. Curb -side "Trash to Treasure" findings 8. Adjourn • • ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING June 20, 2012 APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT STAFF PRESENT 1. 2. : June 20, 2012 . 6:35 P.M. : 8:05 P.M. : Mary Jo O'Dea, Barbara Bor, Martha DeHaven and Theresa Klaman : Steve Heiskary, Paula Andrzejewski and Nancie Klebba : Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson CALL TO ORDER Ms. O'Dea called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES April 25, 2012. Ms. DeHaven made a motion to approve the April 25, 2012 minutes with a few small changes. Ms. Klaman seconded the motion to approve the minutes. Motion carried unanimously. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Ms. Klaman made a motion to approve the agenda. Ms. Bor seconded the motion to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously 4. OPEN MIKE Open mike closed at 6:37 p.m. 5. ACTION ITEMS A. Anoka County Recycling Enhancement Grant Program Mr. Asleson presented his staff report. He stated the grant could be used for programs such as "Trash to Treasure," aluminum can cages and perhaps commercial, industrial and business recycling expansion. He stated city staff recommends that the Anoka County Recycling Enhancement Grant be applied for and forward on to the City Council ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING June 20, 2012 Ms. O'Dea stated this sounds great opportunity. Ms. Bor questioned if the grant requires a cost match. Mr. Asleson stated it does not require a cost match from the City. He stated we could use up to $50,000 of the grant at no cost share. Ms. Bor questioned if the priority is to invest on how to engage commercial business to recycle. Amy Ulbrecht, Anoka County, stated the County will be hiring an intern to work with the City on making contact with Lino lakes Businesses. She stated the intern cost does not come out of the recycling grant. Ms. Ulbrecht stated the County is working with schools to create better recycling. She stated the City should focus more on internal recycling and businesses. She stated the City should think about holding more recycle events in the community or maybe even building a recycling center. She stated to think really big in terms of recycling. Mr. Dave Roeser, City Council member, stated in every business you have a building full of people trained to recycle. We need to lead the way and have a champion in every business. What we have to do is make goals for employees and have recognition such as t- shirts, etc. He stated getting behind employees to makes a difference and is a great motivator. He stated trying to get a tax increase to get park land developed is not going to happen. Recycling is one of the ways to raise money and then take the funds raised and plow them into the park systems. He stated we need to have a reward and recognition system. If we had a big container say next to the Centennial Fire Station, we could find a champion to take every beer can and throw it in the recycling bin. We need to help businesses do the right thing. Ms. Bor stated Mr. Roser is a creative visionary. Applying for a grant is a component of that. Ms. Ulbrecht stated contacting businesses one on one regarding recycling is important. Ms. Ulbrecht stated we want to describe the goals and actualize some part of this. Mr. Roeser stated a good start would be to work together and make a to -do list for the intern and go from there. Mr. Asleson stated the County may have ideas on how to proceed. Ms. Bor stated it would be nice to set aside say $200 towards the set up to reward businesses. Mr. Roeser stated we have to have a goal and have some prizes. He stated we need to illustrate what a park can be for the City. He stated there are so many pieces of rewards. DRAFT MINUTES 2 • • • • ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING June 20, 2012 Ms. Ulbricht stated she envisioned an intern helping making calls with a list of businesses from the City. The intern would then make contacts and find out who is recycling, who isn't recycling and why not, and leave them with the carrots as to why they should be recycling and offer site visits. She is not sure if the recycle grant would cover prizes, t- shirts, etc. Ms. Ulbrecht stated a part of what we can do with current recycling is to get basic data and work forward with the goals. Ms. O'dea stated we need a motion to recommend that Mr. Asleson apply for the grant and forward it onto the City Council. Ms. DeHaven made a motion to apply for the grant and forward on to the City Council. Ms. Bor seconded the Motion. Motion carried unanimously. 6. DISCUSSION ITEM A. Commercial/Industrial/Business Recycling Discussion. Special Guest Jim Kordiak, Anoka County Commissioner and Amy Ulbricht, Anoka County Integrated Waste Management. Mr. Asleson presented his staff report. He stated the Lino Lakes Environmental Board is responsible for overseeing the Residential Solid Waste and Recycling Program. The board established a new recycling goal for 2012. The goal is to investigate the expansion of recycling efforts with particular attention to commercial, industrial and small business. The board would like to address means to communicate with Lino Lakes businesses on recycling. Staff is looking for direction on the next step to increase business recycling goals. Mr. Jim Kordiak, Anoka County Commissioner, stated he meets with Anoka County Solid Waste Advisory Committee once monthly to talk about what the County can do to meet recycle goals and objectives. He stated every goal needs a champion. As a commissioner, an area he has spent a good deal of time on is garbage and recycling. He appreciates what the City is trying to do in expanding recycling. He stated two areas that fall short are businesses and apartment buildings. There are endless ways to go about this such as recycling, aluminum cans, glass bottles, batteries, ink cartridges, etc. He stated we could make a list of all the things that could be done. He thinks that a key component is to find out what businesses want to do and what they do now and to talk to individual businesses. He stated Wastewise is a non - profit company who would work with the City. We could possibly be able to use a grant to do this. Wastewise will step into a company and let them know what they are doing and where they should be. Mr. Kordiak stated the reason he is present today is to learn what the Board's DRAFT MINUTES 3 ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING June 20, 2012 desires are. He stated his role in leading the solid waste cause is to make sure resources are available. We are helping him meet his objectives by focusing on businesses. It was stated a survey of 10 businesses should be done to see what businesses want. He stated when the City is applying for a recycling grant from the County. The City will need to outline what we would like to do in the grant. The application then goes through the County Board for grant and approval. Ms. Bor stated we have not been able to articulate where to start. She stated when she looked at the Anoka County questionnaire it was very long. People do not have time today or are unable to articulate. We really need to understanding what commercial business want to do and are willing to do. We need to start with generic little things and go from there. She stated our commitment has been here but we are not sure how to move forward. Ms. O'Dea stated the first thing the County could do for us is to provide an intern to help us determine what we can do. Without the data from businesses, we cannot put together a plan at this time. Mr. Kordiak stated many businesses have not been pushed to move into the right direction on recycling. He stated that we will find the right people who will want to do the responsible thing. He stated information is the key to getting in the door. Certainly some businesses are doing the right thing. Mr. Asleson stated we need to make businesses feel like they are part of this group. Ms. O'Dea stated the Solid Waste Management credit might not be enough of an incentive for businesses. Auditing businesses on recycling would be a good step for an intern to do as well as letting the business know other benefits they could receive by recycling. Ms. Bor questioned contacting Wastewise. Ms. Ulbricht stated we could try and contact them through the Chamber of Commerce as they have a connection with them. Ms. Ulbricht handed out a letter from the recycle coordinator of Coon Rapids regarding improving recycling. A similar letter could be written for Lino Lakes as well. Anoka County printed the letter, paid for the postage and put the letters in City envelopes. Ms. Ulbricht stated if we had an intern who could make initial contact with businesses and send out the letter, it would be helpful. The intern could possibly get an email address to email the information and save on postage. Ms. Bor stated if the Environmental Board only meets once a month, we need a committed group to form a task force. DRAFT MINUTES 4 • • • • • ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING June 20, 2012 Ms. O'Dea stated staff is asking for direction on the next step. She stated the Board has identified that the next step would be to apply for the grant and coordinate contacting business. Once we have data, we can go from there. B. Trash to Treasure and Spring Recycling Mr. Asleson presented the 2012 Spring Recycle Day material totals. He stated recycle day totals have been going up each year. If the City is able to have a second recycle day, it would be a fall recycle day. Mr. Bor stated she would like to find out how White Bear Lake handles their Trash to Treasure program. She stated she would make an appointment to meet with the person in charge of the program and will summarize the process for us. Ms. DeHaven stated she thinks this is a bad idea. She does not want to see junk lying all over. C. Peltier Island Heron Rookery Update Mr. Asleson presented his report. He stated the Heron Task Force scheduled an inventory of Peltier Island. It was noted that there are roughly 45 active trees with 123 active nests. He stated Bill Hudson from WCCO TV accompanied the Heron Task Force onto the Island and featured a story on how well the Heron Rookery is doing. D. Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization /Summary of the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study Mr. Asleson presented information to the Board on the impact to local communities. Ms. Bor questioned if the intent is to do this to one of our lakes? Mr. Asleson stated we need to reduce the loading to Peltier Lake. E. Community Garden Update Mr. Asleson stated the Community Garden is running pretty well. Mr. Asleson stated the YMCA will be starting a farmer's market in July. There will be more information on this to come. 7. ADJOURN DRAFT MINUTES 5 ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING June 20, 2012 It was noted that the next meeting of the Environmental Board will be on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. There being no further business, Ms. DeHaven moved to adjourn at 8:05 p.m. Ms. Klaman seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Transcribed by: Lisa Hogstad Community Development Secretary • • • • Environmental Board AGENDA ITEM 6A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Marty Asleson MEETING DATE: July 25, 2012 TOPIC: A continuation of the commercial /Industrial /Business/Public and Semipublic Recycling Goal Implementation INTRODUCTION The Lino Lakes Environmental Board is responsible for overseeing the Solid Waste and Recycling Program for the City of Lino Lakes. Each year the Board establishes goals for the upcoming year. The Board established a new recycling goal for 2012. The new goal was to investigate the expansion recycling efforts in the city with particular attention to Commercial, Industrial, small business and public semi public entities. BACKGROUND Since the June 20th Environmental Board meeting, staff has submitted a grant request (Attachment 1), to Anoka County Integrated Waste Recycling Enhancement Grant Program. The grant request evolved a bit since the Environmental Board meeting in June to that of a new program idea of "We Recycle at Home, at Work and on the Go." The program description includes the following: • Project scope and design; Project is intended to promote and offer opportunity for residents to recycle at home, at work and on the go. It is intended to bring in the business fraction of Lino Lakes to the recycling program as well as recycling anywhere any time in Lino lakes • expected outcomes; Increased recycling, City of Lino Lakes as setting an example, increased opportunity to recycle by offering a monthly recycle day and expansion to carpet, mattresses and household. • Current relevant practices and what practices will be changed during the project; The City will change to a monthly recycling event, promote through brochure recycling at work as well as at home and anywhere...on the go. It is hoped to pull in our business sector of Lino Lakes in education, and increased recycling increasing volumes and understanding of what and how to recycle. Opportunity will be given to residents and businesses to contribute to community needs by donating their aluminum cans and depositing them in can cages manufactured by this grant. • key individuals participating in project activities, including any project collaborators; Key individuals would be Marty Asleson, Environmental Coordinator for the City of Lino Lakes, Lisa Hogstad, employee for the City of Lino Lakes and assistant to the project monthly recycling event, Anoka Integrated Solid Waste, John Freimuth Enterprises, and NRI of Hugo, and Cathy Short, graphics designer for brochure. • 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 • Bi- monthly postcard to residents and businesses $3087 Total Grant Amount Requested $25,654 Match Tasks /Items Costs Total Match 0 Total Project Costs $25,654 The new program would include expanded opportunity for mattresses, carpet and furniture recycling; expanded "turn-key" recycling once a month, and expanded educational outreach to residents... As was discussed at the June Environmental Board meeting, staff would take the grant request to the City Council for approval. The request has not been to the council yet in that we are waiting to see if the grant request is accepted and approved by Anoka County. One important part of the grant that needs to be resolved is the can cage idea. It was discovered that can cages are not allowable by our City Code so we would have to amend City Code to do this function. With approvals to use can cages, there are two options. The first option is to get the cages from ACE Solid Waste. See Attachment 3, email from ACE to City Council member Dave Roeser. The second option is to build our own with grant money and contract for service. The ACE option could be implemented as soon as approvals are met. Another proposed program idea that came up was that of acquiring one or more of the PepsiCo recycling machine called the "Dream Machine ". (Attachment2). Waste Management is the company working with PepsiCo on this idea and our local Waste Management company is now working to try getting machines for Lino Lakes.. The dream machine would fit into the "on the go" part of "we recycle... ". The dream machine works off a credit system for purchase vouchers. Maybe it can be set up to credit the park fund raising issue. Tying into the grant, but not part of it is Anoka County Commercial Specialist Amy Ulbricht' s intern and business survey ( Attachment 4). RECOMMENDATION Staff is asking for approval of the "We Recycle" grant submittal. The Board already approved sending the grant on to the council for approval last month. It did not however include the dream machine idea or zoning code issues. Staff would also like input on Attachment 4. ATTACHMENTS 1. Enhancement Grant 2. Dream Machine 3. Ace Roll offs 4. Amy Ulbricht Business Recycling Initiative • • • 2012 RECYCLING ENHANCEMENT GRANT Application Form Application Due — 4:30 PM, Friday, June 29, 2012 (Grant applications must be submitted using this form — All sections must be completed) E -mail Signed Copy to: carolyn.smith @co.anoka.mn.us Or Mail Signed Copy to: Carolyn Smith Integrated Waste Management Department 2100 3rd Ave., STE 340 Anoka, MN 55303 -5032 763 - 323 -5735 Applicant Information: Name of Entity: City of Lino Lakes Contact Person: Marty Asleson Address: 600 Town Center Parkway City, State, Zip: Lino Lakes, Mn. 55014 Phone: 651- 982 -2435 Title: Environmental Coordinator E -mail: marty.asleson @ci.lino - lakes.mn.us Project Title: "We Recycle...At Work, at Home, and On the Go" Grant Request: $25,654 Matching Funds: 0 Total Project Cost: $25,654 Authorizing Signature: The signature of the person who has the authority to enter into a contract with Anoka County on behalf of your municipality (e.g., City Manager, Administrator, etc.). Name (Printed) Title: Signature: 1. Project Description: Provide a brief, one page or less, project description. The project description should address: • project scope and design; Project is intended to promote and offer opportunity for residents to recycle at home, at work and on the go. It is intended to bring in the business fraction of Lino Lakes to the recycling program as well as recycling anywhere any time in Lino lakes • expected outcomes; Increased recycling, City of Lino Lakes as setting an example, increased opportunity to recycle by offering a monthly recycle day and expansion to carpet, mattresses and household. • current relevant practices and what practices will be changed during the project; The City will change to a monthly recycling event, promote through brochure recycling at work as well as at home and anywhere...on the go. It is hoped to pull in our business sector of Lino Lakes in education, and increased recycling increasing volumes and understanding of what and how to recycle. Opportunity will be given to residents and businesses to contribute to community needs by donating their aluminum cans and depositing them in can cages manufactured by this grant. • key individuals participating in project activities, including any project collaborators; Key individuals would be Marty Asleson, Environmental Coordinator for the City of Lino Lakes, Lisa Hogstad, employee for the City of Lino Lakes and assistant to the project monthly recycling event, Anoka Integrated Solid Waste, John Freimuth Enterprises, and NRI of Hugo, and Cathy Short, graphics designer for brochure. • 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 ". 2. Proposed Project Tasks, Work Plan, and Timeline: List /describe the main tasks that your organization will undertake and the estimated timeline for each task. • 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. 3. Project Budget: Provide a detailed budget. Provide a detailed budget including expenses for staff, printing, copying, mailing, equipment, materials, etc. If the grant request is more than $50,000, you must identify the nature and source of matching funds. (See Guidelines for more information on eligible and ineligible expenses). 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 recycke 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 Bi- monthly postcard to residents and businesses $3087 20 hours at $22 per hour or $440 10 hours /month x $22/hr x 5 months or $1100 Total Grant Amount Requested $25,654 Match Tasks /Items Costs Total Match 0 Total Project Costs $25,654 4. Environmental Benefits: Describe how the project will enhance your current recycling efforts. Provide as many quantitative measures as possible (examples: project will result in the collection of mattresses for recycling, recycling containers will be provided in our parks or an estimated collection of an additional 15 tons of plastic). This program will increase recycling day opportunity by 12X. Integrating business into our city -wide recycling will increase volume reported and create a new business model for recycling. The recycling day program will expand materials to mattresses, carpet and furniture. The program will encourage residents and business to recycle anytime and to contribute to fundraising collection opportunity. Education of residents and busineses will start at City hall and other public facilities with clearly marked recycling containers. The City also intends to expand recycling opportunity in the City Parks with anticipated increases in bottles and cans. • • • • • Attachment 1 2012 RECYCLING ENHANCEMENT GRANT Application Form Application Due — 4:30 PM, Friday, June 29, 2012 (Grant applications must be submitted using this form — All sections must be completed) E -mail Signed Copy to: carolyn.smith @co.anoka.mn.us Or Mail Signed Copy to: Carolyn Smith Integrated Waste Management Department 2100 3rd Ave., STE 340 Anoka, MN 55303 -5032 763 - 323 -5735 Applicant Information: Name of Entity: City of Lino Lakes Contact Person: Marty Asleson Address: 600 Town Center Parkway City, State, Zip: Lino Lakes, Mn. 55014 Phone: 651- 982 -2435 Title: Environmental Coordinator E -mail: marty.asleson @ci.lino- lakes.mn.us Project Title: "We Recycle...At Work, at Home, and On the Go" Grant Request: $25,654 Matching Funds: 0 Total Project Cost: $25,654 Authorizing Signature: The signature of the person who has the authority to enter into a contract with Anoka County on behalf of your municipality (e.g., City Manager, Administrator, etc.). Name (Printed) Title: Signature: 1. Project Description: Provide a brief, one page or less, project description. The project description should address: • project scope and design; Project is intended to promote and offer opportunity for residents to recycle at home, at work and on the go. It is intended to bring in the business fraction of Lino Lakes to the recycling program as well as recycling anywhere any time in Lino lakes • expected outcomes; Increased recycling, City of Lino Lakes as setting an example, increased opportunity to recycle by offering a monthly recycle day and expansion to carpet, mattresses and household. • current relevant practices and what practices will be changed during the project; The City will change to a monthly recycling event, promote through brochure recycling at work as well as at home and anywhere...on the go. It is hoped to pull in our business sector of Lino Lakes in education, and increased recycling increasing volumes and understanding of what and how to recycle. Opportunity will be given to residents and businesses to contribute to community needs by donating their aluminum cans and depositing them in can cages manufactured by this grant. • key individuals participating in project activities, including any project collaborators; Key individuals would be Marty Asleson, Environmental Coordinator for the City of Lino Lakes, Lisa Hogstad, employee for the City of Lino Lakes and assistant to the project monthly recycling event, Anoka Integrated Solid Waste, John Freimuth Enterprises, and NRI of Hugo, and Cathy Short, graphics designer for brochure. • 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 ". 2. Proposed Project Tasks, Work Plan, and Timeline: List/describe the main tasks that your organization will undertake and the estimated timeline for each task. • 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. 3. Project Budget: • Provide a detailed budget. Provide a detailed budget including expenses for staff, printing, copying, mailing, equipment, materials, etc. If the grant request is more than $50,000, you must identify the nature • and source of matching funds. (See Guidelines for more information on eligible and ineligible expenses). 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 recycke 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 Bi- monthly postcard to residents and businesses $3087 20 hours at $22 per hour or $440 10 hours /month x $22 /hr x 5 months or $1100 Total Grant Amount Requested $25,654 Match Tasks /Items Costs Total Match 0 Total Project Costs $25,654 4. Environmental Benefits: Describe how the project will enhance your current recycling efforts. Provide as many quantitative measures as possible (examples: project will result in the collection of mattresses for recycling, recycling • containers will be provided in our parks or an estimated collection of an additional 15 tons of plastic). This program will increase recycling day opportunity by 12X. Integrating business into our city -wide recycling will increase volume reported and create a new business model for recycling. The recycling day program will expand materials to mattresses, carpet and furniture. The program will encourage residents and business to recycle anytime and to contribute to fundraising collection opportunity. Education of residents and busineses will start at City hall and other public facilities with clearly marked recycling containers. The City also intends to expand recycling opportunity in the City Parks with anticipated increases in bottles and cans. • • • Attachment 2 Dream Machine Challenges Americans to Commit to Recycle Cans and Bottles From Summertime Cookouts to Support U.S. Veterans PURCHASE, N.Y.. June 28 /PRNewswire- FirstCall/ -- PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) today announced the Dream Machine Summer Recycling Challenge, a national call- to - action asking Americans to commit to recycle every can and bottle at summertime cookouts, starting with Independence .Day. The more Americans recycle in Dream Machines, the more support PepsiCo will provide to the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with. Disabilities (EBV), a national program offering free, experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business management to post - 9/11 veterans with disabilities. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://multiyu.pmewswire.com/mnr/dreammachine/44952/ (Photo: http: / /photos.prnewswire .com /prnh/20100628/MM26982 ) (Photo: http: / /www.newscom. com /cgi- bin/prnh/20100628 /MM26982 ) "There are few better times to thank the men and women of the United States armed. forces for their sacrifice and service than Independence Day. We are proud that through the Dream Machine initiative, PepsiCo will help many of our veterans receive valuable job training," said Jeremy Cage, PepsiCo's head of the Dream Machine initiative. "We kicked off the Dream Machine recycling initiative on Earth Day and we are delighted that so many partners are making — or considering making — the bins available at their locations in cities and towns across the country." PepsiCo's Dream Machine recycling initiative, created in partnership with Waste Management, was developed to support PepsiCo's goal of increasing the U.S. beverage container recycling rate from 34 percent to 50 percent by 2018. According to research conducted by Keep America Beautiful, only 12 percent of public spaces are equipped with recycling receptacles, highlighting the clear need for greater public access to recycling bins. Since the Dream Machine launch on Earth Day 2010, PepsiCo has formed partnerships that will make the kiosks available in a number of highly trafficked public locations across the U.S., including: • More than 150 Rite Aid stores across North Carolina • Several locations in Oklahoma, including Reasor's grocery stores, Oral Roberts University and OneOK Field, home to Minor League Baseball's Tulsa Drillers, in Tulsa • Tropicana Field, home of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays • Pennsylvania's Pocono Raceway, one of NASCAR's most competitive speedways • Various locations across southern California, including California State Polytechnic University Pomona North Carolina has been an early adopter of the program, providing access to the greatest concentration of Dream Machines in the country, to date. "With the need to create green jobs and recover valuable materials. North Carolina has dedicated itself to driving innovative recycling programs," said Scott Mouw, Chief of Community and Business Assistance, North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance. "The Dream Machine initiative provides a terrific way to make it more convenient for people to recycle on- the -go and an appealing rewards program to incentivize them." Actress, comedian and author, Aisha Tyler, is lending her voice and talent to the cause with the debut of her new cinematic video short, COMMITTED. As writer, director and star of this exciting film, Aisha is hoping to get other Americans as fired up about recycling as she is. "Recycling has become the green equivalent of flossing your teeth - we all know we should do it, but it takes extra commitment and follow- through, so we tend to avoid it when it's inconvenient," said Tyler. "I joined the Dream Machine initiative because it has a great message: recycling can be good for you, the environment and our nation's heroes." To learn more about the Dream Machine, please visit www.facebook.com/DreamMachine. About the Dream Machine The Dream Machine recycling initiative, introduced on. Earth Day 2010, will make thousands of new recycling kiosks available in popular public venues such as gas stations, stadiums, and public parks. The multi -year partnership with Waste Management enables the local capture and recycling of PET and aluminum, using both technology enabled and non- technology enabled recycling kiosks. The Dream Machines are provided by GreenOps, LLC, a subsidiary of Waste Management, and operated by Greenopolis, the first interactive recycling system that brings together online and on- street technologies. People who recycle their beverage containers in kiosks can redeem points they collect and receive awards when they visit www.greenopolis.com. PepsiCo has also partnered with Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB) to encourage community involvement and maximize Dream Machine availability by engaging nearly 600 local KAB affiliate organizations in communities nationwide. Through this partnership, PepsiCo and KAB aim to make more than 5,000 traditional recycling bins available. About PepsiCo PepsiCo offers the world's largest portfolio of billion- dollar food and beverage brands, including 19 different product lines that each generates more than $1 billion in annual retail sales. Our main businesses - Frito -Lay. Quaker, Pepsi -Cola, Tropicana and Gatorade - also make hundreds of other nourishing, tasty foods and drinks that bring joy to our consumers in more than 200 countries. With annualized revenues of nearly $60 billion, PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth, called Performance with Purpose. By dedicating ourselves to offering a broad array of choices for healthy, convenient and fun nourishment, reducing our environmental impact, and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, PepsiCo balances strong financial returns with giving back to our counununities worldwide. In recognition of its continued sustainability efforts, PepsiCo was named for the third time to the Dow Jones Sustain.ability World Index (DJSI World) and for the fourth time to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America) in 2009. For more information, please visit www.pepsico.com. A.bout Waste Management • • • • • • Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Our subsidiaries provide collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. We are also a leading developer, operator and owner of waste -to- energy and landfill gas -to- energy facilities in the United States. Our customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America. About Greenopolis Greenopolis LLC, is a subsidiary of Waste Management. Greenopolis.com is the first interactive community that connects the online conversation about recycling and resource management with opportunities to track the products that consumers use and recycle through recycling kiosks located in public venues and other on the go locations. Through Greenopolis, environmentally responsible individuals can earn rewards for recycling and resource - conscious companies can better understand the lifecycle of their products. "Rethink. Recycle. Reward. Closing the Loop Together." For more information: www.greenopolis.com. About Keep America Beautiful, Inc. Keep America Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation's largest volunteer -based community action and education organization. With a network of nearly 1,200 affiliate and participating organizations, Keep America Beautiful forms public- private partnerships and programs ghat prevent litter, reduce waste, increase recycling, and create greener public spaces. To learn more, visit www.kab.org. About The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) is a program first created by the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, designed to provide training in entrepreneurship and small business management to post -9/I 1 veterans with disabilities resulting from their military service. The mission of the EBV is to open the door to business ownership for our veterans, by developing skills that relate to the many steps associated with launching and growing a small business. Today the EBV is offered by a network of world -class business schools across the U.S., that includes Syracuse University, Texas A &M University, Florida State University, UCLA, Purdue University, and the University of Connecticut. The training is provided at no cost to eligible veterans. SOURCE PepsiCo • • Attachment 3 Marty, FYI here is what I rec'd. We can discuss. Dave From: Randy Triplett Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 10:14 AM To: Dave Roeser Subject: Re: Update - Business Recycling ACE would like to retain ownership of the container, so your only cost involved would be the transportation to a recycling location once the container is full. A good rule of thumb is $85 an hour for truck time, and we could set the service up so the revenue generated from the material recycled may cover the transportation and the difference would then be credited or refunded. Not knowing for certain if you have decided to head down the path of just going after fiber material (cardboard and office paper) or ridges (cans, bottles, plastic) or maybe both. The material type plays a role in what the front end processing costs will be for the material recycled. I think Comm Kordiak read a draft of this program at the meeting, but I did not catch the details. Do you have a copy you can share? Randy On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Dave Roeser <droeser @comcast.net> wrote: Nice looking. What would be our cost? From: Randy Triplett Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 2:43 PM To: droeser @comcast.net Subject: Update - Business Recycling Hi Dave - I attended the Anoka County Waste Haulers Roundtable meeting this week led by Commissioner Kordiak. He mentioned Lino Lakes and I was curious if any further progress has been made on your end? I did locate containers that could be utilized, but these were different then the "cages" that we discussed a few months back. ACE is ready to step up and step in to help, just let me know what you need from us! Regards Randy Randy Triplett ACE Solid Waste • 952 -451 -8091 B C O U N T Y O F A N O K A Integrated Waste Management Department Government Center 2100 3rd Avenue, STE 340 • Anoka, Minnesota 55303 -5032 763 - 323 -5730 • Fax 763 - 323 -5731 E -mail • recycle @co.anoka.mn.us www.AnokaCounty.us /recycle July 19, 2012 Memo To: Lino Lakes Environmental Board From: Amy Ulbricht, Commercial Waste Management Specialist Re: Non - Residential Recycling tfr Anoka County Integrated Waste Management (IWM) would like to continue discussion on how we can support your efforts in improving recycling at businesses in Lino Lakes. IWM would like to suggest that the Lino Lakes Environmental Board send a letter to the businesses in Lino Lakes explaining the interest in improving recycling and in order to gather more information someone will be contacting them to complete a survey. IWM has a recycling assistant available to make survey calls to businesses using a list provided by the city. Being mindful of not taking up too much time when conducting the survey it would be short. The recycling assistant will request the business complete the survey while on the phone. If a business would prefer to do the survey online the same survey questions will be set up in Survey Monkey. The recycling assistant will request an email address to send them a link to complete the survey. The draft survey also includes introductory text that would be read by the recycling assistant when making the calls. This introductory text would be changed slightly for the online survey, but also provide explanation of why we are conducting the survey. Attached are draft survey questions for review and comments. The questions are arranged with a set of questions for those that answer yes to the first question, "Do you recycle at your business ?" Then there is another set of questions for those that answer no. Recommendation: Consider writing a letter to Lino Lakes businesses on improving recycling and introducing the survey that will be conducted by Anoka County IWM staff to gather baseline information on the current recycling habits. Attachment: Draft survey questions. Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer Printed on 50% recycled paper of which 30% is post- consumer DRAFT Survey Monkey Questions: Lino Lakes Businesses July 19, 2012 Hello, this is from the Anoka County Integrated Waste Management Department. We are working with the Lino Lakes Environmental Board by calling businesses in Lino Lakes to gather information on business recycling. We will use the information to develop a plan to increase recycling assistance for businesses in Lino Lakes. Can you please provide me with your name, title and phone number? Thank you! I have a short survey. Would you have time to complete the survey with me on the phone? If yes, continue on with survey questions. If no, ask if survey could be emailed to be completed when they have time. Email address: SURVEY QUESTIONS 1. Do you recycle at your business? (Depending on the answers, there are three sets of questions after this first question) YES 2. What types of materials do you recycle? 3. What additional services does your hauler offer? 4. Would you be interested in additional recycling information or assistance? 5. Do you want to increase recycling efforts at your business? 6. Would information on how recycling benefits the community and saves resources help with your business's recycling efforts? 7. Are there any barriers to recycling at your business? • Lack of room. • Lack of access to containers. • Recycling program costs. • Lack of knowledge on which materials can be recycled. • Too busy during a business day to worry about recycling instead of placing materials directly into one area. • There is a need for collections of a wider range of materials. 1 DRAFT Survey Monkey Questions: Lino Lakes Businesses July 19, 2012 8. What additional information on recycling would be most useful? 9. Would information on how recycling benefits the community and saves resources help with your business's recycling efforts? 10. Is there anything else that would make recycling easier for you? 1. Do you recycle at your business? NO 2. Why don't you recycle? 3. Would you be interested in recycling information or assistance? 4. Would you be interested in seeing if you can save money by recycling? 5. Is there anything else that would make recycling easier for you? • Would you like to provide an email to be contacted about recycling information? (If business answers YES to being interested in recycling information (Question 3) they will be directed to the following set of questions instead of finishing the above set): 4. What additional information on recycling would be most useful? 5. Would you be interested in seeing if you can save money by recycling? 6. Is there anything else that would make recycling easier for you? Would you like to provide an email to be contacted about recycling information? To businesses interested in learning more about recycling, end the phone call with this script: The next step will be to stay in touch with a designated recycling coordinator at your business. The recycling assistant from Anoka County can come to the business for a personal visit to assess the recycling needs of your facility as well as determine with your recycling coordinator what type of recycling information would be most beneficial for the staff. • On a side note: We could bring signage draft samples with on the visit. 69 C u L1 sAep N . Q app aaa lsed L O suospedwoD c. O aSeuuo} O N O u Q co