REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
AND RECORD OF ACTION
April 6, 2021
FROM
TERRI RAHHAL, Director, Land Use Services Department
SUBJECT
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Accept Grant Award from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for Waste Tire Enforcement Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Accept grant award (TEA28-2020-21) from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in the amount of $600,000, for the period June 30, 2021, through September 30, 2022, for the inspection of waste tire generating businesses and enforcement activities related to the handling and disposal of waste tires.
(Presenter: Jevin Kaye, Assistant Director, 387-4431)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
Pursue County Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Agencies.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Acceptance of this grant award will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost) and does not require matching funds. Adequate appropriation and revenue to perform this action will be included in Land Use Services Department (LUS) Code Enforcement Division’s (Division) 2021-22 Recommended budget and in future recommended budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On April 3, 2018 (Item No. 22), the Board of Supervisors (Board) adopted Resolution No. 2018-28 (Resolution), authorizing the Division’s submission of grant applications to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) for waste tire recycling, clean-up and enforcement activities for a period of five years from April 3, 2018 to April 3, 2023. In accordance with this Resolution, the Division applied for and received an award in the amount of $600,000 from CalRecycle’s 2020-21 Local Government Waste Tire Enforcement Grants (TEA28-2020-21) for the period of June 30, 2021 through September 30, 2022. This will be the fifth consecutive year that the Division has received funding for this specific grant, and CalRecycle informed the Division of the award on March 16, 2021. These grant funds allow LUS to conduct periodic inspections of waste tire generating businesses and other collection facilities and perform enforcement activities, including education outreach, related to the safe handling and disposal of waste tires throughout the County’s unincorporated areas.
Illegal dumping or the disposal of waste tires in public or private land or water without a license, permit or approval are chronic problems in the County, particularly in the desert areas. The aforementioned code enforcement activities, along with increased surveillance, funded by these grant funds will contribute to the reduction and prevention of these chronic problems and encourage compliance with state regulations.
This item is presented for formal acceptance of the CalRecycle grant award by the Board, pursuant to County Policy 05-13.
PROCUREMENT
Not applicable.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (John Tubbs II, Deputy County Counsel, 387-3203) on March 18, 2021; Finance (Kathleen Gonzalez, Administrative Analyst III, 387-5412) on March 19, 2021; and County Finance and Administration (Robert Saldana, Deputy Executive Officer, 387-5423) on March 19, 2021.