PREPARED BY: AMANDA BOOTH DATE OF MEETING: 07/01/19
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION (LGC) FOR AN ELEVEN-MONTH FULL-TIME FELLOW IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION FOR $26,000 FROM SEPTEMBER 2019 TO AUGUST 2020
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Enhance Community Resilience - 202. Develop Long-Term Environmental Stewardship Goals is an adopted policy item contained in the FY 2019-21 Adopted City Council Priority Workplan, effective March 1, 2019.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This agreement is not a project and therefore is exempt from CEQA.
BACKGROUND
CivicSpark is a Governor's Initiative AmeriCorps program dedicated to building capacity for local public agencies to address community resilience issues such as climate change, water resource management, housing, and mobility. The City of San Pablo has hosted two CivicSpark Fellows for the past two years (2017/18 and 2018/19). The Fellows have assisted the Environmental Services Division with multiple projects ranging from energy efficiency, electric vehicle charging station implementation, solid waste, and stormwater management.
For the 11-month term, the 2019-2020 CivicSpark Fellow will lead the development of a plan to eliminate trash discharged to the creeks by 2022; assist with outreach efforts for new solid waste regulations; and assist the City in coordinating with regulatory agencies to meet the stormwater PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) goals.
More specifically, the Fellow will review the current plans for litter/trash reduction; research opportunities to expand these efforts; and develop a plan for the City to implement between 2021 and 2022 to achieve no trash in the creeks by the end of 2022. This effort is also intended to help the City reduce issues of illegal dumping throughout the City. To assist ...
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