File #: 21-243    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolutions Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/22/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/2/2021 Final action:
Title: That the City Manager or designee is authorized to request grant funding for up to $40,000.00 under the Rio Grande Council of Governments, Request for Applications of the Regional Solid Waste Grants Program and act on behalf of the City of El Paso in all matters related to the grant application and any subsequent grant contract and grant project that may result, to fund the disposal of materials from illegal dumping sites for the amount of funding that is available. That if the project is funded, the City of El Paso will comply with the grant requirements of the Rio Grande Council of Governments, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the State of Texas. That the grant funds and any grant-funded equipment or facilities will be used only for the purposes for which they are intended under the grant. That the grant activities will comply with and support the adopted regional and local solid waste management plans adopted for the geographical area in which the activities are ...
Attachments: 1. 03022111 GRANT FUNDING
CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS
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Goal 3 - Promote the Visual Image of El Paso

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APPROVE a Resolution / Ordinance / lease to do what? OR AUTHORIZE the City Manager to do what? Be descriptive of what we want Council to approve. Include $ amount if applicable.
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That the City Manager or designee is authorized to request grant funding for up to $40,000.00 under the Rio Grande Council of Governments, Request for Applications of the Regional Solid Waste Grants Program and act on behalf of the City of El Paso in all matters related to the grant application and any subsequent grant contract and grant project that may result, to fund the disposal of materials from illegal dumping sites for the amount of funding that is available.

That if the project is funded, the City of El Paso will comply with the grant requirements of the Rio Grande Council of Governments, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the State of Texas.

That the grant funds and any grant-funded equipment or facilities will be used only for the purposes for which they are intended under the grant.

That the grant activities will comply with and support the adopted regional and local solid waste management plans adopted for the geographical area in which the activities are performed.
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