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City Council Agenda Request
April 3, 2018

AGENDA REQUEST NO: VII.A.

AGENDA OF: City Council Meeting

INITIATED BY: Dawn Steph, Director of Environmental and Neighborhood Services

PRESENTED BY: Dawn Steph, Director of Environmental and Neighborhood Services

RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Environmental and Neighborhood Services
AGENDA CAPTION:
Consideration of and action on acceptance of Houston-Galveston Area Council Fiscal Year 2018 and Fiscal Year 2019 Solid Waste Implementation Grant; and authorize a budget amendment in the amount of $24,970.00 to revenues and expenditures.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept the FY18 and FY19 H-GAC Solid Waste Implementation Grant and approve a revenue and expenditure budget amendment in the amount of $24,970.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) have completed final grant selection for the Solid Waste Implementation Grants. The grant awards funding to local governments for implementation of solid waste minimization and recycling awareness projects and programs. The funding allows the City to implement a Recycling Awareness and Education Campaign. The funding will be provided to the City in FY18 and 19.

 

The Recycling Awareness and Education Campaign will provide a broad based recycling awareness & education campaign for youth and adults. The goal is to reduce the amount of material sent to the landfill and increase the amount of reusable resources. This will include the newly annexed areas of New Territory and Greatwood.

 

The education campaign will include the following:

 

• Recycle super hero costume
• Educational ads on six Fort Bend ISD school buses
• Educational performance at Fort Bend and Lamar Consolidated ISD schools 
• Customized Activity book
• Books for teachers

Staff recommends the City Council accept the grant and approve a budget amendment to revenues and expenditures in the amount of $24,970.00.

BUDGET

EXPENDITURE REQUIRED:  N/A

CURRENT BUDGET: N/A

ADDITIONAL FUNDING: 24,970

FUNDING SOURCE:Grant H-GAC
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