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Home My WebLink About6.p. 2009 Waste Abatement Community Funding ApplicationAGENDA ITEM: 2009 Waste Abatement Community Funding Application AGENDA SECTION: Consent PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks Recreation Director AGENDA NO. Is p ATTACHMENTS: Resolution and Funding Application APPROVED BY: D DJ RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve a resolution authorizing application to Dakota County for funding the City of Rosemount's 2009 Landfill Abatement Program. 4 ROSEMOUNT CITY COUNCIL City Council Meeting Date: October 21, 2008 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ISSUE 2009 Dakota County Funding Application BACKGROUND As required by the Dakota County Community Landfill Abatement Program, the City of Rosemount must submit an annual funding allocation and funding application to receive funding for the City's 2009 Landfill Abatement Program. The 2009 allocation for Rosemount is $19,100. These funds are used for waste reduction activities, the City's recycling program, and community recycling education. SUMMARY This is a request for Council to approve a resolution authorizing the application to Dakota County for funding the City of Rosemount's 2009 Landfill Abatement Program. H: \WPDATA \COUNCIL \2008 \10 21 08 Waste abate app res.doc A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO DAKOTA COUNTY FOR FUNDING THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT'S 2009 LANDFILL ABATEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, according to the Dakota County Community Landfill Abatement Program guidelines as established in 1988 and amended in 1989, the City Council of Rosemount must submit a funding allocation and funding application to receive funding for the City's 2009 Landfill Abatement Program; and WHEREAS, the City of Rosemount has established and desires to maintain a landfill abatement program which promotes recycling, waste reduction, and reuse opportunities in the community and encourages landfill abatement; and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemount hereby approves the 2009 Landfill Abatement Funding Application authorizing the necessary signatures thereon and its distribution to Dakota County. ADOPTED this 21st day of October, 2008. rST: Amy Domeier, City Clerk I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution presented to and adopted by the City Council of Rosemount at a duly authorized meeting thereof, held on the 20th day of November, 2007, as disclosed by the records of said City in my possession. (SEAL) CITY OF ROSEMOUNT DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 2008 CERTIFICATIONS William H. Droste, Mayor Amy Domeier, City Clerk Motion by Second by Voted in favor: Voted against C:\Documents and Settings\dls\Local Semngs \Tenponuy Internet Files\OLK149\ltesotution approving funding appGcstion.doc Dakota County 2009 Large Community Funding Application (Exhibit 1) Funding Period: January 1, 2009 December 31, 2009 Application Submittal Due Date: October 24, 2008 Dakota County, Physical Development Division Environmental Management Department September 2008 Please return completed Application with your Board Resolution and /or letter to the following: Dakota County Physical Development Division Tammy Drummond 14955 Galaxie Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124 2008 Annual Report Due Date: February 15, 2009 Contact Information Mike Trdan: Guidelines, Application, or Annual Report 952 891 -7021 or mike.trdan(a)co.dakota.mn.us Tammy Drummond: Application process 952 891 -7003 or tammv. drummond(d co. dakota. mn. us 2009 LARGE COMMUNITY FUNDING APPLICATION BASE FUNDING AND WORK PLAN DUE DATE November 11, 2008 Program: City/Township (select): Population (2007 Est.): 20,917 Date Submitted: Address: 2875 145 Street West Rosemount, MN 55068 E -mail Address: Contact: Tom Schuster January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009 City of Rosemount tom.schuster Wci.rosemount.mn.us Phone Number: 651 322 -6005 Number of Households (2007 Est.): 7,104 Minimum Funds Applied for: Maximum Funds Applied for: 2 Fax Number: $19,100 $19,100 651 322 -6080 1. Is your City Manager or Administrator interested in hosting a Household Hazardous Waste Event Collection in conjunction with Dakota County in 2009? Yes No 2. If the answer to question 1 is "yes," then indicate the type of city support to be provided at the Event Collection identify location, equipment, amount/type of city publicity and approximate number of staff assistance (city, volunteer, STS). 3. What percent of staff time (in Full Time Equivalents F.T.E) is allocated to waste abatement activities? .3 F.T.E. 4. Does your City intend to host one or more "dean -up" days in 2009? n Yes 0 No 5. If the answer to question 4 is "yes," then when will the "clean -up" day(s) be held? S pring event: May 16, 2009 Fall event: October 3, 2009 Note: If the answer above is "yes," then be certain to obtain data on collection amounts because, at the end of 2009, the Annual Report for 2009 requires cities report this data. 6. In 2009 does your city anticipate a community- sponsored event to collect residential electronic devices? Ix Yes No Note: If the answer above is "yes," then be certain to obtain data on collection amounts. The Annual Report for 2009 due February 15, 2010 requires that cities report this data. 7. I certify that this document was prepared under my direction or supervision, and that the information is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. Name of person completing document Tom Schuster Printed on 35% post consumer recycled content paper Check Items a) Govemment Leadership Responsibilities (Mandated 4 Points each) [5 1 Identify Contact Person Each community must identify in its annual Application a responsible party for eligible activities and inform Dakota County within thirty days of any changes in the designated individual. p 2 Ensure Recycling Programs Ensure that recycling programs are established for facilities under its control in accordance with MN Stat. 115A.151 (i.e., must assure program in place for recydable materials). E Curbside Recycling Materials Continue the curbside recycling of the following materials: newspaper, magazines, mixed mail, corrugated cardboard, steel/aluminum cans, glass containers, and plastic containers with a neck. E 3 Manage Public Entity Waste— Manage waste from its facilities as outlined in the Regional/Dakota County Solid Waste Master Plan (i.e., must assure program in accordance with public entities law MN Stat. 115A.471) 3 4 Promote Sustainability Principles Participate in workshop, training, resolution development, ordinance changes, planning zoning changes as coordinated by the County or lead community for a Local Negotiated Initiative. le e 4 5 Local Negotiated Fund Participate as a Lead or Supportive Community. E Check Items b) Recycling Responsibilities (Mandated 5 Points Each) 1 Support Recycling Goal Attain a level of waste reduction, reuse, and recycling that supports Dakota Counties 2009 recyding goal to increase residential recycling by two percent (2 %:0 as part of the overall recycling goal of 50% focusing efforts on new and existing residences and drop -off events. p education website (if applicable), link to http: //www.co. dakota. mn .us /EnvironmentRoads/default.htm Topic(s) must be consistent 2 Curbside Recycling Materials Continue the curbside recycling of the following materials: newspaper, magazines, mixed mail, corrugated cardboard, steel/aluminum cans, glass containers, and plastic containers with a neck. E LSWS Meetings Actively participate and contribute to Local Solid Waste Staff meetings (one excused absence). D. 3 Multi family Recycling Assure recycling service in all multi family buildings that includes all recyclables collected through the curbside collection program. e. Program Messages Support and promote Master Plan and Comprehensive Plan integrated solid waste management program messages. e 4 Waste Collection Service Promote implementation activities that comply and enhance State law that requires all residences to have waste collection service. Check Items c) Solid Waste Education Checklist (4 Points for items 1- 3 and 3 points for item 4 Mandated) 1 Communication to Households Produce at least one electronic (when applicable) and written media communication and distribute to every new and existing household, including multi- family buildings with Rethink Recycling as a top priority. Maintain environmental n education website (if applicable), link to http: //www.co. dakota. mn .us /EnvironmentRoads/default.htm Topic(s) must be consistent with the annual work plan process. 2 LSWS Meetings Actively participate and contribute to Local Solid Waste Staff meetings (one excused absence). D. 3 Program Messages Support and promote Master Plan and Comprehensive Plan integrated solid waste management program messages. e C 4 Participate in Community Power Program Promote local Community Power Program, by assisting Program or participating in application screening for projects within community. COMMUNITY PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Identify and describe the proposed activities (mandated and optional) that your community will undertake in the current application year in each of the following areas. Please Note: Program priorities include a focus on reinvigorating residential recycling and education targeted at new residents and unservedlunderserved citizens. Large Community over 1000 Households) Mandated Responsibilities 3 Printed on 35% post consumer recycled content paper Check Items d) Solid Waste Community Education (9 Points Each) Community chooses to complete any five activities C 1 Make presentation(s) to city employees (minimum of 10) regarding a government leadership activity. Topic(s) must be consistent with the annual work plan process. 2 Provide environmental education to community group(s) (minimum of 10 people), with schools a top priority. Topic(s) must be consistent with the annual work plan. 3 Provide environmental education in schools or other public entities (minimum of 10 people), with schools a top priority. Topic(s) must be consistent with the annual work plan. 4 Sponsor an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Workshop in collaboration with the County. 5 Sponsor a community event for Earth Day (if attended by over 100 people counts as two. i 6 Sponsor a community event for America Recycles Day (if attended by over 100 people counts as two). 7 Sponsor a community event for Pollution Prevention Week (if attended by over 100 people counts as two). 8 Sponsor a community event for other County approved campaign (if attended by over 100 people counts as two). 9 Produce electronic (when applicable) and written media communication and distribute to every new and existing household, including multi family buildings with Rethink Recycling E as a top priority. Topic(s) must be consistent with the annual work plan process. 10 Promote and distribute environmental education materials Provide environmental education materials and information that pertain to solid waste and recycling issues in accordance with the Master Plan and Comprehensive Plan priorities and strategies and, on an ongoing basis, provide Dakota County with examples of these materials. 11 Rethink Recycling Directly incorporate electronic and /or printed materials provided by the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board's (SWMCB) "Rethink Recycling" campaign into communications distributed in your city provide examples as part of the 2009 Annual Report. E Include: A copy of the Official Resolution or of Proceedings (an official action from the governing body requesting the funding allocation or a certified copy of the official proceedings). 4 Printed on 35% post- consumer recycled content paper WORK PLAN, 2009 Work Plan, Large Community Base Funding Describe your community's proposed plan for 2009 Base Funding. The work plan shall include a description of annual activities and actions, responsible parties, proposed timeline to accomplish the activities, the rationale to support Master Plan /Comprehensive Plan outcomes, resources, and method of pre -and post- activity /action measurement. Government Leadership Describe your community's proposed plan for expanding or enhancing government leadership in 2009. The City of Rosemount promotes the Recycle, Reduce and Reuse effort in all City Facilities including City Hall, the Rosemount Community Center, and city parks. The City will continue to implement solid waste management and recycling programs within these locations and look for new and improved strategies to enhance the program. Rosemount's designated Solid Waste and Recycling Coordinator is Tom Schuster. The City of Rosemount will also continue to promote recycling and solid waste management throughout the community. A recycling survey conducted in 2002 showed a 90% recycling participation among Rosemount residents. Heightening the awareness of the need for and opportunity to recycle will continue to be a top priority for the Rosemount Solid Waste and Recycling Program. The curbside recycling program is a voluntary program offered to all residents within the community. Curbside bins are available at Rosemount City Hall. Since 2005 Rosemount has successfully conducted a recycling program as part of our annual summer celebration, Leprechaun Days. In 2009, we will continue to look for opportunities to expand this effort and to work with other public and private entities that sponsor Leprechaun Days events during the ten day celebration. In 2007, we made our recycling bins available to other cities and encouraged them to attempt recycling at their community events. In 2009 we will continue to encourage others communities to attempt recycling at their events. In addition to continuing our Leprechaun Days efforts, City staff will continue to assist Dakota County staff in preparation for and clean up after the Dakota County Fair held in August each year. Every year, we look for new and additional ways to promote recycling. In 2008 Rosemount began collecting Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs at Rosemount City Hall and we added bicycle and carpet recycling to our spring and fall clean up day events. As opportunities present themselves we will continue to pursue ways to expand and enhance our recycling efforts. 5 Printed on 35% post consumer recycled content paper Operations Describe your community's proposed plan for expanding or enhancing waste abatement operations in 2009. Over the last few years, Rosemount has increased its efforts to recycle at city facilities and at the Rosemount Community Center. In 2008 we agreed to start collecting Compact Fluorescent lightbulbs at Rosemount City Hall and enhanced our collection of beverage cans and bottles at the Rosemount Ice Arena through use of bottle shaped recycling containers. We will continue to look for ways like these to promote our recycling programs make them more effective. Furthermore, our newly formed green committee will continue to explore practices and procedures that promote sustainability in all aspects of our municipal operations. We will examine the effectiveness of our office paper recycling practices and look for opportunities to increase our recycling efficiencies. We will continue to encourage City staff to buy recycled content items whenever possible, buy in bulk, look for products that come with the least amount of packaging possible, and to, when ever possible, look for ways to reduce the amount of office materials used. We will continue to encourage our employees to look for and attend Environmentally Preferable Practices /Purchasing workshops and training. In addition, we will examine how and where we dispose of miscelanneous equipment and continue to look for ways to reuse and recycle these items to keep them out of landfills. Rosemount will continue to conduct spring and fall clean -up events that allow residents to dispose of hard to get rid of household items. In addition to regular trash items and construction and demolition debris which end up in local landfills, our events feature the collection and proper disposal /recycling of appliances, electronics, steel /metal, and automotive batteries and tires. In 2008 we added bicycle and carpet recycling to our clean up events. The clean up events help ensure that these items do not end up in landfills, or just as bad, in ditches or along roadsides. Community Education Describe your community's proposed plan for 2009 public educational /promotional activities. Informational brochures, pamphlets, and other sources of information have been very effective for public communication regarding recycling and solid waste management. Staff will continue to develop and create recycling and solid waste management information for distribution. Four times every year, each household in Rosemount receives a Rosemount Parks and Recreation Activities newsletter. Each issue contains information on recyling, reducing waste, reusing resources, and green living. This information is also available on the City's website and is occationally printed in the Town Pages, Rosemount's local newspaper. The City of Rosemount actively promotes Twin Cities Free Market in an attempt to spread the word that reuse is a convenient alternative to landfilling still useful household items. Dakota County's Green Guide is an excellent resource for recycling and disposal of unwanted items. Copies of the Green Guide and other Dakota County publications are made available at City Hall, the Rosemount Community Center, at the spring and fall clean up events, our spring Arbor Day /tree give away, and through the USPS on behalf of Dakota County's Green Guide Distribution Program. 6 Printed on 35% post- consumer recycled content paper Number of containers required in 2009 Single Family 250 Multi- family Applying for Container Funding Yes No Delivery Location List address for container delivery Rosemount Public Works Facility 14455 Brazil Avenue Rosemount, MN 55068 Distribution Method Indicate the distribution method for the containers Communities must provide educational materials that support reuse /reduction /recycling for each single family container. Residents can pick up the curbside recycling bins at Rosemount City Hall. Licensed haulers may also pick up bins for Rosemount residents, commercial users, or multi family residents. In 2004, City staff prepared educational materials on recycling, reduction, and reuse that are distributed with each curbside recycling bin. The Dakota County Green Guide is also available at City Hall for residents picking up recycling containers. Multi- family apartment containers are provided only upon agreement between building owners or managers and the City. Communities will distribute multi- family apartment containers in coordination with informational meetings for residents. 7 Printed on 35% post consumer recycled content paper Identify Item Letter from Eligible Funding Expenses, Brief Description of Leadership Activity 2009 Fund Amount Applying for Local Negotiated Funding As a Lead Community Yes No (If no, do not complete) Indicate the Local Negotiated Initiative by alphabetic letter that your community chooses to undertake in 2009, insert total funding amount into the space provided on your Base Funding Attachment A, and complete the LEAD Community work plan below LEAD COMMUNITY Local Negotiated Fund Work Plan, for each selected Initiative Describe your community's proposed plan for 2009 Local Negotiated Fund Initiative. 1. Comprehensive Initiative Description 2. Activity Description 3. Budget Breakdown Show how funds will be expended 4. Objective(s) to be met 5. Related Master Plan or Comprehensive Plan outcome 6. Proposed Start Date and Duration of Activity (or activities) 7. Resources 8. Proposed Measurement Method (Pre- and Post Activity Measures) NOTE: Final report must identify the opportunities and challenges encountered and how the initiative can be replicated in other communities. 1. Comprehensive Initiative Description 2. Activity Description 3. Budget Breakdown 8 Printed on 35% post consumer recycled content paper 4. Objective(s) 5. Related Master Plan or Comprehensive Plan Outcome 6. Proposed Start Date and Duration of Activity 7. Resources 8. Proposed Measurement Method 9 Printed on 35% post consumer recycled content paper o o 0 o o 0 Outcome Measurement •Number of publications Number of homes delivered to •Number of Web site articles posted •Number of participants •Quantity of materials recovered •Number of participants •Quantity of materials recovered •Number of participants Quantity of materials collected Resources sutq utio)Coa 'a. siuuarui inuouuonpg. scaivap saiquloiCaolp siainew aunt S. •Staff time •Haulers •Recyclables dealers •Educational materials •Recycling bins Staff time Haulers •Recyclables dealers Educational materials •Rec aril bins Staff time Contracts •Haulers •Landfills •Educational materials Rationale •Support 50% recycling mandate for county •Support 50% recycling mandate for county Support 50% recycling mandate for county (Mid iaisEw) sat ;TAME AIuno0 /MS 1oddnS. augaun,L -Ongoing •Ongoing &iau°. 2uto2uO. Responsible Parties •City of Rosemount •Residents businesses •Commercial Haulers •City of Rosemount •Residents businesses •Commercial Haulers •City of Rosemount •Multi- Family complexes •Commercial Haulers •City of Rosemount •Residents businesses •Commercial Haulers Activity pop 2ugo,(oag poddnS Curbside Recycling Materials Multi Family Recycling Waste Collection Service Outcome Measurement •Number of articles produced •Attendance at meetings •Number of articles produced Number of projects Number of supporting articles Resources •Staff time •Rosemount's Website •Rosemount Parks and Recreation Activities •Newsletters •Staff time •Transportation Staff time •Educational materials •Rosemount's Website •Staff time Rationale Support State /County activities (Master Plan) Support State /County activities (Master Plan) Support State/County activities (Master Plan) •Support State /County activities (Master Plan) autjauns •Ongoing •Rosemount Parks and Recreation Activities Newsletters is published uarterl •Ongoing monthly Ongoing 2uto2u0. Responsible Parties •City of Rosemount •City of Rosemount •City of Rosemount 1 •City of Rosemount kltAt13V Communication To Households LSWS Meetings Program Messages taerSoid 1amod 4tunuxulo0 ut atudtotund Solid Waste Education Checklist Attachment A <4 4 0 _0 <4