HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-024 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2005/02/07RESOLUTION NO. 05-024
® RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR A GRANT AND EXECUTION
OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK AND HENNEPIN
COUNTY FOR FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE
RECYCLING PROGRAM
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statute 115A.552, Counties shall ensure that
residents have an opportunity to recycle; and
WHEREAS, Hennepin County Ordinance 13 requires each City to implement a
recycling program to enable the County to meet its recycling goals; and
WHEREAS, the County has adopted a funding assistance policy for source separated
recyclables to distribute funds to Cities for the development and implementation of waste
reduction and recycling programs, and
WHEREAS, to be eligible to receive these County funds, Cities must meet the
conditions set forth in the funding policy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis
Park, Minnesota, that the City Council authorizes the submittal of the 2005 Hennepin County
grant application for municipal source separated recyclables and that the Mayor, City Manager
and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City of St. Louis
Park, Minnesota an agreement in its entirety which covers the furnishing of a recycling program
during 2005 through 2007.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as a condition to receive funds under the Hennepin
County funding assistance policy, the City agrees to implement a waste reduction and recycling
program as committed to by its submission of the 2005 Hennepin County recycling grant
application and that the City will use such County funds for the limited purpose of implementing
the City's waste reduction and recycling program and that the City Clerk is hereby directed to
i e . ertified copy of this resolution with the agreement with the Hennepin County Contract
Compl ance Officer.
Reviewed for Administration:
Adopted by the City Council February 7, 2005
City nage ay,
Attest:
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Clerk