HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.11 UsedOilRecyGrantAGENDA STATEMENT
CITY CLERK
File #810-60
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: August 7, 2001
SUBJECT:
Used Oil Recycling Block Grant
Report Prepared by: Jason Behrmann, Administrative Analyst
ATTACHMENTS:
1)
Resolution authorizing submittal of a used oil and oil filter
recycling grant to the California Integrated Waste
Management Authority Board for $29,925 and appropriating
the funds.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Resolution and approve allocation of grant funds to a regional
project administered by the Alameda County Waste Management
Authority (ACWMA)
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
It is anticipated that the City will contract with the ACWMA to act
as lead agency in administering the grant.
DESCRIPTION:
California state law requires local governments to establish a comprehensive management program for the
Household Hazardous Waste Element (HHWE) as described in the California Integrated Waste
Management Act, AB 939. As part of the HHWE, the City is required to initiate a program to deal with
waste oil.
In 1993, each jurisdiction in the Alameda County decided to satisfy this requirement by participating in
the Alameda County Waste Management Authority Household Hazardous Waste Program. The County
program Consists of three drop-off centers, the nearest being in Livermore. Funding for the program
comes from County landfill tipping fees and there is no charge to residents who deliver oil or other
household hazardous waste to these facilities. In addition to this program, there are five local automotive
businesses licensed to offer used oil disposal services in the City of Dublin.
In addition to providing a method of disposal for household hazardous waste, the HHWE requires the City
to engage in an active and ongoing public information campaign. As part of this requirement, the City
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must develop a media strategy to publicize the availability of drop-off facilities and to disseminate
information to residents, businesses and schools.
The California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) issues annual Block Grants to local
jurisdictions for the implementation and maintenance of used oil recycling programs. In Fiscal Year 2000-
2001 the City of Dublin entered into an agreement that designated the ACWMA as lead agency in a
cooperative project to promote oil recycling.
The City will continue to be involved as a member of the working group, which determines how the
pooled money is to be spent; Past projects have included television advertising, bus and BART billboards,
and radio and newspaper advertising. The program will continue to focus on public information and
educational efforts, and not on collection services.
Staff believes that a collective regional advertising campaign has been and will continue to be the most
effective method of encouraging used oil recycling. A regional campaign is able to effectively utilize the
mass media in a way that would not be possible, if the City attempted to undertake such a campaign of its
own. In addition, participation in the regional campaign satisfies a portion of the City's duties under the
HHWE, without any significant demands on stafftime and no direct expense to the City.
The City is required to pass a resolution authorizing submittal of the grant application. If the Council
authorizes the grant submittal and the application is approved by the CIWMB, the City will receive
$10,270 for Fiscal Year 2001-2002. Staff recommends allocating the funds to the ACWMA for a regional
used oil recycling campaign.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Council adopt the Resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application
to the California Integrated Waste Management Board for the Used Oil and Oil Filter Recycling Grant and
approve the allocation of Grant funds to a regional project administered by the ACMWA.
RESOLUTION NO. - 2001
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF A USED OIL AND OIL FILTER RECYCLING
GRANT TO THE CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Cali£omia have enacted the California Oil Recycling
Enhancement Act that provides funds to cities and counties for establishing and maintaining local used oil
collection programs that encourage recycling or appropriate disposal of used oil; and
WHEREAS, the people of the State of California have enacted Assembly Bill 1220 (Eastin 1993)
that provides grants to local governments to establish and implement waste diversion and separation
programs to prevent disposal of hazardous waste, including household hazardous waste, in solid waste
landfills; and
WHEREAS, the California Integrated Waste Management Board has been delegated the
responsibility for the administration of these programs within the state, setting up necessary procedures
governing application by cities and counties under these programs; and
WHEREAS, the City will enter into an agreement with the State of California for development of
the project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby authorizes the submittal of
grant applications to the California Integrated Waste Management Board for all available grants under the
California Oil Recycling Enhancement Act and all available HHW grants under the California Integrated
Waste Management Act for the period Fiscal Years 2001-2004; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager or his/her designee is hereby authorized and
empowered to execute in the name of the City all necessary applications, contracts, payments requests,
agreements and amendments hereto, for the purpose of securing grant funds and to implement and carry
out the purposes specified in the grant application.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of August, 2001.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk