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CITY OF HOPKINS
RESOLUTION NO. 91-14
AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE 1991 HENNEPIN COUNTY
RECYCLING GRANT APPLICATION
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Minnesota Statue 115A.551, by December 31,
1993, each county in the metropolitan area will have as a goal to
recycle a minimum of 35 percent (35%) 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 Statue 115A.552, counties shall
ensure that residents have an opportunity to recycle; and
WHEREAS, Hennepin
implement a recycling
recycling goals; and
County Ordinance 13
program to enable
requires
the County
each city
to meet
to
its
WHEREAS, the County has adopted a Hennepin County Funding
Assistance Policy for Source-Separated Recyclables on September 11,
1990, to distribute funds' to cities for the development and
implementation of waste reduction and recycling programs; and
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WHEREAS, to be eligible to receive these County funds, cities
must meet the conditions set forth in the "funding policy"; and
WHEREAS, the city of Hopkins desires to receive these County
funds;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the city of Hopkins, City Council
authorizes the submittal of the 1991 Hennepin County Grant Application
for Municipal Source-Separated Recyclables;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that as a condition to receive funds
under the Hennepin County Funding Assistance Policy the City of
Hopkins 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 City Council of the city of Hopkins this 19th day of
February, 1991.
BY
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