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3. the COUNTY. The Recycling Improvement Plan will include actions the CITY will take to improve the performance of its Recycling Program to achieve the 2015 goals. The plan will focus on program changes and additional activities in the following areas: materials collected, sort method, type of container, frequency of collection, education and outreach, performance measurement, contract management, and incentives. Funding will be withheld until the CITY's Recycling Improvement Plan is approved by the COUNTY. In cooperation with the COUNTY, the CITY may be required to participate in waste and recycling sorts to identify recovery levels of various recyclables in their community. Based on the results of the study, the COUNTY and the CITY will collaborate to increase the recovery of select recyclable materials being discarded in significant quantities. 8) Public Entity Recycling. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section §1'15A.151, the CITY shall ensure that facilities under its control, from which mixed municipal solid waste is collected, have containers for at least three recyclable materials, such as, but not limited to, paper, glass, plastic, and metal, and transfer all recyclable materials collected to a recycles. METHOD OF PAYMENT a. The COUNTY will annually distribute to Hennepin County municipalities grant funds only to the extent the COUNTY receives SCORE funds from the State of Minnesota. SCORE funds are based on revenue received by the State of Minnesota from a sales tax on garbage collection and disposal fees. SCORE funds are subject to change based on actual revenue received by the State and funds allocated by the legislature. The following formula will be utilized to determine the CITY's SCORE grant for each year: # of Households Served Curbside by CITY Total # of Households Served Curbside in COUNTY X Total SCORE Revenue Received by COUNTY from State of Minnesota Grant Funds Distributed to CITY b. Under no circumstances will the COUNTY's distribution of grant funds exceed the CITY's proportion of SCORE fund revenues received by the COUNTY. C. The initial grant fund payment will be forwarded after the County Board receives and approves this Agreement signed by an authorized official of the CITY. Provided the CITY is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, future grant fund payments will be made after submittal by the CITY and approval by the COUNTY of the updated Grant Application as described in Section 2 and receipt by the COUNTY of SCORE funds from the State of Minnesota. d. Annual grant payments will be made to the CITY in two equal payments. One payment will be made after the COUNTY receives the Grant Application, which consists of the Re-TRAC report and a planning document. A second payment will 33