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'It <br /> -` IEN HILLS <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: February 11, 2013 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br /> FROM: Meagan Beekman, City Planner <br /> SUBJECT: Public Entity Innovation Grant Request <br /> Requested Action <br /> Review the Public Entity Innovation Grant (PEIG) and direct Staff on whether to move forward <br /> with an application. <br /> Background <br /> As part of an application for the Resilient Communities Project (RCP), the City is putting <br /> together multiple funding sources to include as a financial contribution to the program. City <br /> Staff has identified a grant opportunity through Ramsey County Environmental Health. PEIG is <br /> a program that was established to provide financial assistance to public entities for the purpose of <br /> creating and implementing innovative programs to increase source reduction and residential <br /> recycling efforts, initiate residential organic management programs, expand public space <br /> recycling, and address bulky waste management. <br /> Staff has been in discussion with Ramsey County Environmental Health staff who agrees that <br /> RCP would be a good fit with the PEIG program. Together the City and Environmental Health <br /> staff have identified three projects related to waste reduction and the promotion of recycling in <br /> Arden Hills and on the TCAAP site. The projects are innovative, and would provide <br /> deliverables that would be replicable throughout the County. The City is eligible to apply for up <br /> to $25,000 of grant funding. No City match is required. The money would be included in the <br /> City's application for the RCP program, along with several other funding sources. <br /> Any amount awarded to the City would be contingent on the City being accepted into the RCP <br /> program, and that the final project list include the three projects related to waste reduction and <br /> recycling promotion. The City would also be asked to share any deliverables from the project <br /> with Ramsey County Environmental Health. <br /> City ofArden Hills <br /> February 11, 2013, Regular Council Meeting <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br />