2007/02/21 Council Agenda Packet

,GrantNo. G0700172 FINAL Coordinated Prevention Grant Single Phase Off-Set Cycle Agreement with City of Everett Determine best implementation strategy for City, Service Providers, and Jun—Jul 2007 for City restaurants, including potential service rate subsidy by City/CPG Off-Set funds to increase participation in compost program. Develop final program strategy and approach. Aug—Sept 2007 Produce program brochures, signs and stickers. Purchase biodegradable Oct—Dec 2007 bags for compost program. Promote program to target audience(press releases in local paper, Jan/Feb 2008 program introduction letters). Conduct outreach to target audience(meetings with business owners& Mar—Aug 2008 managers). Work with businesses and collection company(s)to start new compost and recycle programs. Provide recycling&composting education, support and follow-up assistance to target audience. Provide support and follow-up assistance as needed. Sept—Dec 2008 Produce program report of participating businesses, organics diversion, solid waste reduction&recycling participation. Method of Evaluation: The RECIPIENT will collect the following information and report it to ECOLOGY in the Final Performance Analysis: • New commercial food waste composting collection service available to City restaurants and food service businesses. • New commercial food waste compost programs started. • New or expanded commercial recycling programs started. * Estimated(Total)Project Cost: $ 80,000 COMMUNICATION ECOLOGY's regional grant officer(grant officer)will contact the RECIPIENT grant coordinator as needed to monitor progress toward goals and check consistency with Work Plans and Timelines. It is the responsibility of the RECIPIENT to contact his or her grant officer with any other questions or concerns regarding the grant. Grant officers are available to provide technical assistance at any time during the grant cycle. BILLING AND REPORTING A payment request consists of Forms A-19,B2,C2 and a progress report. Unless stated otherwise in this agreement, the RECIPIENT must submit a payment request(with a progress report)at least quarterly,but no more often than once per month. ECOLOGY may require additional voucher support documentation to be submitted with each payment request. The RECIPIENT must keep record of supporting documents in accordance with the requirements outlined in the most recent revision of Administrative Requirements for Recipients of Ecology Grants and Loans and make these documents available to ECOLOGY staff upon request. The RECIPIENT must also complete and submit a Final Performance Analysis(FPA) including the effectiveness of the approaches used and any lessons learned. The FPA must be submitted with the final payment request,unless 17 3 of 7