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Exh 8DAGE:vD:~ ITE~1 qSD JAYUARY 8, 2001 CITY OF ATLA_\TIC BEACH CITY COMb1ISSION MEETING STAFF REPORT AGENDA [TENT: RECYCLING GRANT SliBIViITTED BY: Robert S. KosoyiDirector of Public Works DATE: December 12, 2000 BACKGROUND: The City of Atlantic Beach was appropriated $3,028.93 this yeaz in Recycling Grant monies. Last year we received $6,200.36. Tllis is a decrease of $3,171.43. The following is a list of items we can purchase for Expenditure of Budgeted Funds: Alternative A: 577 Recycling Bins @ $5.25/Each Total $3,029.25 Alternative B: 21 32-Gallon Trash Receptacles @ 5149.00/Each Total $3,129.00 Altemative C: 14 Benches @ 5229.00/Each Total $3,206.00 Altemative D: 7 Picnic Tables @ 5499.00/Each Total $3,493.00 RECOMMENDATION: We recommend Altemative A since we did not order any recycling bins last yeaz and the reserves ar: getting low. In the past years, we purchased picnic tables, benches and trash receptacles for the parks, and many are still in stora3e. We must submit our written request to the City of Jacksonville by January 31, 2001 to be eligible for the State of Florida F.ecycling Grant Fund. ATTACHMENTS: Letter from Suzanne Lichter, Manager of Finance & Administration, Solid Waste and Resource Management, City of Jacksonville REVIEWED BY CITY MANAGER• ~- J' AGEKDA ITEM q8D JANUARY 8, 2001 SOLID WASTE AND RESOURCE MAMA( Office of the Director December 1, 2000 Nelson Van Lierc, CPA Finance Director Atlantic Beach 800 Seminole Road Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 Dear 4tr. Van Liere: The City of Jacksonville has again been awarded the Recycling and Education grant from the State Depar~ent of Environmental Protection for the period October 1, 200J through September 30, 2001. The amount that your city is eligible to receive from this grant is prorated by population figures within Duval County. The calculation for Atlantic Beach is as follows: Population (Cncentive X Grant) = Tota! 13,364 / 762,846 .01751860794 X 172,898 = 53,028.93 Attached is a copy of the grant conditions that must be Followed is order for your city to be eligible to y receive reimbursement of funds. If you intend to apply for your share as stated above, submit in writing an expenditure plan by January 31, 2001. Once your plan is submitted and accepted, reimbursement for expendittres can be made. The deadline for all reimbursements is July 31, 2001. (If documentation is not received by this date, you will not be reimbursed.) For your information, there continues to be discussion in the State Legislature about reducing (this year's cut in half) or eliminating this grant. We will keep you informed on this mazter. If you have any questions or need additional assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me at 66 i -0479. Sincerely, / yj/j,,/r/~ ~~ ~i~-~t ~W~° Suzanne Ltclfter :vianager of Finance & Administtation SL: jge Attachment PC: Janice Eggleton Davis, Director General Accounting Division AGEVD:1ITEM k8D Department of JAhUARY8,2001 Environmental Protection )eb Bush Governor Twin Towers Office Building 2600 Blair Scone Road David 8. Svuhs Tallahassee. Florida 32399-2400 Secrenry RECYCLING & EDUCATION GRANT AGREEMENT FOR STATE ASSISTANCE UNDER SECTION 403 .'095, FLORIDA STATUTES PART Z - CRANT HOTIFZCATION ~NFORMATZON 1. Grant Number: RE01-14 2. Oats of Award: July 1, 2000 3. Grant Tit 1e: SOLID WASTE RECYCLING AND EDUCATION GRANT 4. Grant Period: October 1, 2000 - September 30, 2001 S. Grant Amount: $ 172,898 Recv clinc and Education Base Portion: $ 14,084 Incentive Portion: $158,814 Total Grant Amount: 5172,898 " 6. Grantee(s): DWAL COUNTY / CITY OF JACKSONVILLE Address: 515 North Lau ra Street, 6TH Floor Jacksonville, Florida, 32202-3156 7. Federal Employer Identific ation Number: 69-6000344 8. Authorized Representative: Name: L- A. Hester Title: Chief Adminis trative Office:: Phone: 904-665-4732 9. Contact Person: Name: Jackie Eldridge Address: Recycling Coordinator 515 North Laura Street, 6TH Floor Jacksonville, FLOrida, 3220:'-3156 Phone: 904-665-4732 10. Total population of Grantee(s) from official April 1, 1999, Population Estimates: 762,846 11. Issuing Office: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, Florida 32399-::400 (850) 488-0300 "Protect Conserve and Manage Fkrida's Environment and Nau:ral Resources" rnr,«d ~ ~yrke per. rgKr u - V eCM~ e wnu c i ivrvo AGENDA ITEbt q8D JANCARY 8, 2001 p,. GENERAL CCNDITlOVS: _. The method o_' Fayment, for the period October 1, 2000 through Soot ember 3C, 200=, will be cn a reimbursement t~asis Eor direct coat only. 2. The grantee sha 11 elect to subm'_t reimbu rr:ement requests on either a mcnthly cr quarter'_y basis. The method chosen sha:i be followed for the entire grant period. Ar. ori.gina'_ of the reimbursement recuest, with summar'_es and appropriate contracts attached, sh.ali be due or. the last day of the month following the end of the reporting period (monthly or cuarter:y). Each reimbursement recuest shall bey submitted in detail suffic'_ent fcr pre audit and post audit review. 3. Grant funds may be expended through September 3C, 2001. A final reimbursement request must be submitted no later than October 31, 2001. 4. Reimbursement recuests must be signed by the designated Authorized Representative. This should be the same person who signed the grant agreement. If there is a change in the authorized representative during • the grant period, the Cepartment must be notified of the new representative by resolution or minutes of a co¢~mission meeting. 5. Expenditures shall be limited to allowable items as listed in Section 62-716.430 of the Solid Waste Grants Program Rule: (a) Solid waste recycling grants shall be used to provide funding for recycling program capital costs, which include equipment purchases, solid waste scales, facility ccnstruction and other such costs approved by the Department. (b) Grant funds may also be used for operating subsidies, provided that the applicant shall demonstrate that such a use is necessary for the success of the recycling program, and shall show how the subsidy will benefit the program. (c) Recycling grant funds shall be used for projects to assist local governments in recycling paper, glass, plastic, construction and demolition debris, white goods, and metals and in composting and recycling the organic material component of municipal solid waste. (d) solid waste education grant funds shall be used to promote recycling, volume reduction, proper disposal of solid wastes, and market development for recyclable materials. Up to 30 percent of grant funds may be used for planning studies to assess the feasibility and success of the recycling and education programs. (e) A11 existing public and private recycling infrastructure shall be fully used to the extent possible when planning and implementing the local government recycling programs. Funds shall not be used for duplicating existing private and public recycling programs unless the applicant demonstrates that such existing programs cannot be integrated into the planned recycling program. AGENDA ITEM q8D JA V NARY 8, ?OOl 6. Each recipient of grant funds shall main~;a in accurate records o: all expenditures of grant Eunds and shat: assure that these records are available at all reasonable 'rimes for inspection, review or audit by Department pereonne'_ ~ti rd ocher personnel authorized by t^e Oepartment. Records sha:1 be kept for a period of at :east 3 years following the erd o_` the grant period. The grantee agrees that it will exoeditioue:;~ ir.it'_ate ar.d complete the prccram we rk for which assistance ha:: been awarded •,: rder this agreement _.. accordance with a.1 applicat:_e provisions of F:or_da Statutes a..^.d tine Florida Administrative Code. .. Allowable costs may be charged to this a<reement beginning either October 1, 2000, or the date this agreemc•r.t is fu 11y executed, whichever date is later. 8. Grant funds shall be included in the grantee's Annual Audit subject to the requirements of CH.216.57, F.S.. F. copy of all Single Audits shall be submitted to the Department of "cnvironmer.tal ?rotection, Solid waste Section, by Harch 31st of each year. 9. The Department has the right to terminate a grant award and demand refund of grant funds for non-comFliance with the terms of the award or the Solid Waste Grants Program Rule 62-716. Such. action may also result in the Department declaring the local government ineligible for further participation in the program until the local government complies w'_th the terms of the grant award. 10. Grantee shall obtain all necessary construction-related permits before ir.itiatinq construction. 11. The State of Florida's performance and obligation to pay under this grant agreement is contingent upon receipt of funds presently anticipated from the Florida Department of Revenue. 12. Travel expenses incurred are included in the amount of this grant and no additional travel expenses will be authorized. Any requests for reimbursement of travel expenses must be submitted ir. accordance with Section '_12.061, Florida Statutes. 13. The Department reserves the right to unilaterally cancel this contract for refusal by the grantee to al'_ow public access to all documents, papers, letters, cr other material subject to the provisions of Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, and made or received by the grantee in conjunction wit}: this grant. 14. The Grart ee is prohibited from using gran: funds for the purpose of lobbying the Legislature of a State Agency. AGENDA ITEM NSD JAtvI:ARY 8.2001 Grz OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE The State of Florida, acting by and through the, Department of Environmenta'_ Protection, hereby offers assistz.nce to the local government(s) of Duval County / City of Jacksonville, and the cities of Atlantic Beach, Baldwin,"Jacksc nville Beach, ar.d Neptune Beach far all allowable coats incurred up to and not exceeding S 172,898. Grant Application dated 06f23/00, included herein by reference. THE STATE OF FLORIDA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIFONMENTAL PROTECTION: r-~~v. Val . ~~ ~ (,t ~~ t l ~ (rc> John H. Ruddell, Director Date Division of Waste Management In accepting this award and any payments made pursuant thereto, (1) the undersigned represents that he is duly authorized to acton behalf of the recipient county, and (2) the recipient agrees to the general and special conditions. BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE DESIGNATED RECIPIENT COJNTY- Signature of Authorized Representative L. A. Hester Chief Administrative Officer Please return to: Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste Solid Waste Section - M.S. ,~ 4565 2600 Blair Stone Road Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 Q^1 -o v Date