HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 91-29 - Authorizing Submittal of Recycling Grant Application to Hennepin County - 02/05/1991 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 91-29 .
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE 1991
HENNEPIN COUNTY MUNICIPAL SOURCE-SEPARATED RECYCLABLES PROGRAM
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statute 115A.551, by December 31, 1993, each
county in the metropolitan area will have as a goal to recycle a minimum of 35
percent by weight of total solid waste generation, and each county must develop
and implement or require political subdivisions within the county to develop and
implement programs, practices, or methods designed to meet its recycling goal;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statute 115A.552, counties must 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 adopted a Hennepin County Funding Assistance Policy for
Source-Separated Recyclables in September 1990, 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"; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to receive these County funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council authorizes the
submittal of the 1991 Hennepin County Grant Application for Municipal Source-
Separated Recyclables; and
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 1991
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.
ADOPTED BY THE EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL this 5th day o February 1991.
Douglas B Tenpas, Mayor
ATTEST:
• rD. 7Fane, City Clerk