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Home My WebLink About2012-079 Council Resolution• CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 12 -79 APPROVING ANOKA COUNTY RECYCLING ENHANCEMENT WHEREAS, The Lino Lakes Environmental Board applied to Anoka County for an Anoka County Recycling Enhancement Grant; and WHEREAS, The grant is titled "Lino Lakes Recycles at Home, at Work, and on the Go ", and is intended to increase public awareness and recycling opportunities; and WHEREAS, The Grant Includes: • New recycling containers for indoor public facilities • A startup monthly Recycle Day • Public Education in the form of flyers and postcards to residents concerning increased recycling opportunities. The Flyer will promote the idea of recycling everywhere. • Additional monies to pay staff to start-up monthly recycling and monitoring till the end of the year. Dollars to implement community fundraising through the use of grant funded can cages; and WHEREAS, The Grant was approved for funding by Anoka County Board of Commissioners in the amount of $25, 654. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes to approve the Anoka County Recycling Enhancement Grant in the amount of $26, 654. Adopted by the Council of the City of Lino Lakes this 13th day of August, 2012. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was introduced by Council Member Roeser and was duly seconded by Council Member Rafferty and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Roeser, Rafferty, O'Donnell, Reinert The following voted against same: none (Absent - Stoesz) ATTEST: Jeff Rene , Mayor • AGENDA ITEM 6B STAFF ORIGINATOR: Marty Asleson MEETING DATE: August 13, 2012 TOPIC: Consideration of Resolution No. 12 -79 Accepting 2012 Anoka County Recycling Enhancement Grant VOTE REQUIRED: Simple Majority (3/5) 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 to investigate ways to expand recycling efforts in the City with particular attention to commercial, industrial, and public /semi - public entities. BACKGROUND In June of 2012 Anoka County offered Enhancement recycling grants. The Lino Lakes Environmental Board chose to apply for the enhancement grant, and if approved would be contingent upon city council approval. Lino Lakes Enhancement Grant was approved by the County on July 25 for the amount of $25,654. The grant was written to enhance public awareness of, and to increase the opportunity for, recycling in Lino Lakes. The grant is titled "Lino Lakes Recycles at Home, at Work, and on the Go ". The grant Includes: • New recycling containers for indoor public facilities. • A startup monthly Recycle Day. • Public Education in the form of flyers and postcards to residents concerning increased recycling opportunities. The flyer will promote the idea of recycling everywhere. • Additional money to pay staff to start-up monthly recycling and monitoring until the end of the year. • Dollars to implement community fundraising through the use of grant funded can cages. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of Resolution No. 12 -79, accepting the 2012 Anoka County Recycling Enhancement Grant. ATTACHMENTS 1. 2012 Recycling Enhancement Grant 2. Anoka County Board Approval of the submitted recycling enhancement grant 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., S "1'E 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) e1yr >r /rip Signature: Title: ed../7 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 aims 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. • JIM A. KORDIAK County Commissioner District #4 Marty Asleson Environments! Director City of Lino Lakes 600 Town Center Pkwy Lino Lakes, MN 55014 firricict4-rneAii "2— COUNTY OF ANOKA OFFICE OF COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS GOVERNMENT CENTER 2100 3RD AVENUE STE 700 • ANOKA, MN 55303 -5024 (763) 323 -5700 July 24, 2012 On July 24, 2012, the Anoka County Board approved the recommendations made by the grant review team for the 2012 Recycling Enhancement Grant Program. The team met on July 13, 2012, and was made up of Sherry Fiskewold, City of Oak Grove; Wanda Brown, City of Spring Lake Park; Carolyn Smith and myself. The team was impressed with the proposals and felt they offered great improvements to existing recycling efforts. After reviewing the eight applications, the committee recommended a total allocation of $245,557.94. The specific allocations are as follows: Andover $50,000.00 Coon Rapids $25,620.74 Anoka $10,008.20 East Bethel $29,210.00 Blaine $25,065.00 Lino Lakes $25,654.00 Columbia Heights $50,000.00 Ramsey $30,000.00 While we were not able to fully fund all of the requests, we believe that these allocations will provide needed resources to further our goal of increasing the amount of material recycled in the county and providing innovation and efficiency for our recycling activities. Grant amendments to our 2012 Residential Recycling Agreements will be provided shortly. Carolyn Smith will be in touch with you to assist you in these efforts. We thank you for your initiative and I look forward to working together with you on these projects. • JK:kr FAX: 763 - 323 -5682 Sincerely, m Kordiak, Chair Waste Management and Energy Committee Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer TDD/TTY: 763 - 323 -5289