04-07-26 City Council Meeting Packet

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Washington County Municipal Recycling Grant Continuum Base Funding Improved Project Advanced Project Administrative Actively participate in municipal recycling grant program. Engage in professional development around recycling best practices. Provide professional development opportunities to municipal leadership and staff on recycling best practices. Participate in two recycling coordinator or other meetings with staff per year. Develop partnerships within the community to create more widespread knowledge of recycling best practices. Establish partnerships with other municipalities. Establish a curbside recycling program by ordinance or contract. Update solid waste/recycling ordinance and/or contract with County for assistance to meet current state requirements. Update solid waste/recycling ordinance and/or contract with County for assistance to incorporate best practices. Require collection of County’s standard list of recyclables. Support community-wide efforts to increase recycling of non- standard or hard to recycle items. Adopt municipal policies to support waste reduction, reuse, and recycling for non-standard or hard to recycle items. Support state efforts in obtaining hauler reports through ordinance, contract, or license requirements. Audit hauler collection reports and tonnages collected. Advance initiatives as part of the GreenStep Cities Program. Capital Expenses Establish and update signage for collection best practices. Update materials to be location/culturally specific and ADA compliant. Establish signage and communication materials that are location/culturally specific and ADA compliant. Provide recycling in municipally owned/operated public spaces. Expand recycling in municipally owned/operated public spaces. Establish permanent away-from-home drop-off recycling opportunities. Provide recycling in municipally owned/operated buildings (non- public facing.) Expand recycling in municipally owned/operated facilities (non- public) for collection of non-standard materials. Establish programs or policies that target reuse. Education & Information Establish and maintain webpage with recycling and waste information that meets minimum requirements set by the County. (As outlined in grant guidelines.) Improve information on webpage to encourage waste reduction and reuse. Provide resources on municipal webpages for materials that are not collected by haulers, the municipality, or the County. Share designated County-created communications. Share County or other partner created communications that promote hard to recycle items or problematic materials. Establish recycling targets for the community and communicate these efforts in a climate or sustainability plan. Update printed and digital resources as shared by the County. Encourage special events in community to use the County’s special event resources. Encourage special events in the community to utilize or create municipal-owned special event resources. Reach 50 percent of resident population with recycling and waste information and programs. Conduct outreach specifically to new residents with city and County recycling and waste information. Conduct targeted outreach to underserved populations within the community using resources such as trusted messengers. Provide one educational material to residents with information on the Food Scrap Pickup Program. Provide targeted information to new residents to participate in the Food Scrap Pickup Program. Provide food scrap recycling for events hosted or sponsored by the municipality or located on public property. Multi-Unit Dwellings Ensure all new construction, multi-unit dwellings (4 or more units) have recycling services available. Provide educational materials to existing properties and property managers and refer them to County staff for expanding opportunities. Host clean-up events for multi-units based on multi-unit turnover.