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Environmental <br />Meeting Date: <br />By: <br />Policy Board (EPB) <br />01/22/2018 <br />Chris Anderson, Community <br />Development <br />5. 2. <br />Information <br />Title: <br />2018 Recycling Program <br />Purpose/Background: <br />Funding for the City's recycling program is provided by the State of Minnesota through SCORE (the Select <br />Committee on Recycling and the Environment). Monies are disbursed to each county who can then determine how <br />those funds are utilized. Anoka County disburses the funds to each municipality with a base of $10,000 plus an <br />additional $5.00 per household. There are also enhancement funds available as well. In past years, these were <br />broken into specific categories (e.g. drop off center, parks recycling, multi -unit recycling, organics, etc.); however, <br />for 2018, the County has modified the funding allocation to simply things The following categories still exist: <br />Drop -Off events, Organics, and General Enhancements. There is now also an "Additional Grant Program" category, <br />which a municipality can request up to an additionally $30,000 for potential projects. <br />Staff does not have any specific, large scale recycling projects in mind. But, we wanted to provide the EPB an <br />opporunity to provide some input on potential programming that it feels would be beneficial to the residents AND <br />increase the amount of materials recycled. Staff will be pursuing funding to continue with our Parks Recycling, our <br />Organics Drop-off Program, and potentially to fund some sort of yard waste drop-off opportunity in the fall. This is <br />an opportunity for the Board to give some input and feedback on other possible programming and/or projects that <br />could be considered. Applications are due to the County no later than January 31, 2018. <br />Action: <br />Based on discussion but if the Board does identify additional recycling programming and/or projects, a motion to <br />support pursuing that would be helpful. <br />Attachments <br />Funding Presentation from Anoka County <br />Funding Allocation for 2018 <br />Enhancement Application <br />Inbox Reviewed By <br />Tim Gladhill JoAnn Shaw <br />Form Started By: Chris Anderson <br />Final Approval Date: 01/19/2018 <br />Form Review <br />Date <br />01/19/2018 12:28 PM <br />Started On: 01/19/2018 11:30 AM <br />