Agenda Item Wording:
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Confirm acceptance of a cooperative agreement amendment with Caltrans to receive an additional $90,000 through the Clean California State Initiative to support Dump On Us event operations through FY23-24.
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Deadline for Action: 10/16/2023
Submitting Department: Public Works
Contact Name and Phone Number: Jason Serpa, Public Works Manager, jason.serpa@visalia.city, 713-4533 Nick Bartsch, Public Works Director, nick.bartsch@visalia.city, 713-4052
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that Council receive the report and confirm acceptance of the amendment to increase funding for the Caltrans cooperative agreement to fund the City's Dump On Us program that is in effect through FY23-24.
Background Discussion:
The Clean California Program is a transformative initiative to remove litter, create jobs, and beautify California. This 3-year State-funded program, started in July 2021, delivers more than $1 billion statewide for litter abatement, public education, and other beautification projects.
The $1 billion in statewide funds are to be allocated in the following manner:
$418M - Litter Abatement
$287M - State Beautification Projects
$400M - Local Beautification Projects
$32M - Public Education
$62M - Project Design, Construction, and Local Support
Through the litter abatement portion of the Clean California Initiative, Caltrans has developed the Clean California Local Cooperative Agreement. This local agreement is part of the $418 million for local communities to beautify and improve Caltrans right-of- ways. Caltrans has purposed some of these funds to keep our highways and right of ways free from debris and are now using these funds to help local jurisdictions with dump events that help in that goal.
Each year, the City of Visalia Solid Waste Division runs six Dump on Us events. Each event has an approximate cost to the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund (441) of ab...
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