HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-156 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2005/11/07RESOLUTION NO. 05-156
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK AND HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR A
GRANT FUNDING THE PARKS RECYCLING PROJECT
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statute 115A.552, Counties shall ensure that
residents have an opportunity to recycle; and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Board, by Resolution No. 99-8-532,
established a Municipal Waste Abatement Incentive Fund to provide matching assistance
("Incentive Funds") to selected municipal residential waste abatement projects; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park has made an application for a public
entity waste abatement project and has been selected for partial funding of the parks
recycling project in accordance with the terms of the Hennepin County Municipal Waste
Abatement Incentive Fund Agreement;
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park currently has an active office paper and
newsprint recycling program in all city buildings and offices and will continue to
promote paper recycling.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
St. Louis Park, Minnesota, that the City Council authorizes the execution of the Hennepin
County Mumcipal Waste Abatement Fund Agreement for a recycling project in the city
parks 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 parks recycling project through 2007.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that as a condition to receive funds under the
Hennepin County Municipal Waste Abatement Incentive Fund Agreement, the City
agrees to implement and continue its active office paper and newsprint recycling program
for curbside collection and in city offices as encouraged in the Agreement and agrees to
use such County funds for the limited purpose of implementing the parks recycling
roj - : described in the aforementioned Agreement, and that Public Works staff is hereby
directed o send a certified copy of this resolution with the signed Agreement to the
Hennepi County Department of Environmental Services.
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Administration:
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pted byq e City Council November 7, 2005