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RESOLUTION NO. 2007-068
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING A $100,000 GRANT FROM
THE CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
BOARD (CIWMB) TIRE DERIVED PRODUCT GRANT
PROGRAM, ESTABLISHING A NEW CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, "RUBBERIZED MULCH-
CITYWIDE" (PR-296), AND APPROPRIATING $100,000 IN
GRANT FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded a grant from the CIWMB State Tire Derived
Product (TDP) Grants Program to help meet project costs associated with the "Rubberized Mulch
Citywide" project; and
WHEREAS, City-owned facilities and City streets are enhanced with thousands of square
feet of landscaped medians and garden beds; and
WHEREAS, to reduce irrigation costs and to protect delicate root systems, the City
generally applies a 2-4" layer of wood mulch; and
WHEREAS, increasingly, alternative products are becoming available that not only meet
these two basic landscaping requirements, but that offer additional benefits; and
WHEREAS, one of these alternatives is a ground cover or mulch made from recycled
California tires; and
WHEREAS, the resulting material has the attractive appearance of regular wood mulch
but has many cost advantages and environmental benefits; and
WHEREAS, the base cost of tire-derived product is higher than the cost of wood mulch
($200 versus $32 per cubic yard); and
WHEREAS, however, the grant is offsetting 100% of the purchase; and
WHEREAS, after utilizing the tire-derived product for over a year, staff will perform a
cost-benefit analysis to determine if the tire-derived mulch generates replacement, irrigation, and
maintenance cost savings to the City; and
WHEREAS, if so, staff will include alternative products such as this one in future budget
cycles to place at various locations throughout all City parks; and
WHEREAS, as a condition of the grant agreement, the City will be required to supply
and post small CIWMB "Zero Waste California!" sponsorship signs at project site(s), at a cost to
the General Fund ofless than $3,000.
Resolution No. 2007-068
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby approve accepting a $100,000 grant from the California Integrated Waste
management Board (CIWMB) Tire Derived Product Grant Program; establishing a new Capital
Improvement Project, "rubberized mulch-citywide" (PR-296) and appropriating $100,000 in
grant funds therefor.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
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Ann Moore
City Attorney
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Public Works Oper
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council ofthe City of Chula Vista,
California, this 27th day of March 2007 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
Ramirez
ATTEST:
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, Cit lerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2007-068 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 27th day of March 2007.
Executed this 27th day of March 2007.
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