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Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Austin Resource Recovery Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20230816-008) to accept and appropriate $4,000,000 in grant funds from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for a reuse warehouse project and amending the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Austin Resource Recovery Capital Budget (Ordinance No. 20230816-008) to transfer in and appropriate $4,000,000.
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Austin Resource Recovery.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $4,000,000 is available from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A City funding match is not required. A fiscal note is attached.
Prior Council Action:
December 15, 2011 - Council adopted Resolution No. 20111215-047 adopting the Austin Resource Recovery (ARR) Master Plan.
April 10, 2014 - Council approved Resolution No. 20140410-024, adopting the goal of net zero community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with the preference to achieve net zero as soon as feasible.
September 30, 2021 - Council adopted the Austin Climate Equity Plan, which sets a new community-wide goal of equitably reaching net zero community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.
November 2, 2023 - Council approved Resolution No. 20231102-002 adopting the 2023 Austin Resource Recovery Comprehensive Plan, which guides the City towards its goal of zero waste by 2040 to keep all items eligible for recycling, composting, reuse, repair, or donation out of our landfills. Chapter 6, Near Term Goal 2 instructs the City to research managing a furniture reuse and recycling warehouse.
For More Information:
Richard McHale, Director, Austin Resource Recovery, 512-974-4301; Gena McKinley, Assistant Director, Austin Resource Recovery, 512-974-1915.
Additional Backup Information:
The EPA's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program (SWIFR) is a grant program authorized by the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act and funded through the Infras...
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