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DPU041321GLRITRASHREMOVALGRANT
Environmental Services
Karen Granata (x3952)
Revised
Title
Authorizing the mayor to enter into agreements in an amount not to exceed $45,118 with University of Toledo for captured trash research efforts related to the Functional Litter-acy: Trash Trappers for a Cleaner Toledo Project and in an amount not to exceed $20,000 with Partners for Clean Streams for related community education efforts; waiving the competitive procurement requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo has been awarded funding and is invited to enter into a grant agreement with the Functional Litter-acy: Trash Trappers for a Cleaner Toledo Project. The acceptance of grant proceeds and the authorization to expend those grant proceeds to fiscally support this ordinance was approved by Ord. 334-20.
This ordinance requests authorization to enter into agreements with the University of Toledo for research efforts about the captured trash and Partners for Clean Streams for related community education efforts.
The University of Toledo (UToledo) is a national, public research university where students obtain a world class education and become part of a diverse community of leaders committed to improving the human condition in the region and the world. UToledo students will characterize the debris collected at the sites during the project period in accordance with established NOAA trash classification protocols (quantity, types, and concentration). This information will be used to inform future public education initiatives and to guide planning for trash collection device implementation and maintenance in the City of Toledo.
Partners for Clean Streams (PCS), a 501(c3) not-for-profit, has extensive experience building partnerships, leading community-based efforts, undertaking marine debris removals, and managing grants successfully. PCS will recruit, train, and oversee volunteers removing the d...
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