DEPARTMENT: Environmental Resources
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Amend Joint Powers Agreement With City Of Lakeville To Operate Residential Food Scraps Drop-Off Site
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of a joint powers agreement (JPA) amendment with the City of Lakeville for continued operations of the residential food scraps drop-off site located at the Lakeville Water Treatment Facility (Attachment: First Amendment to JPA).
SUMMARY
Metropolitan counties are responsible for waste management policy and programs (Minn. Stat. ? 115A.551). By Resolution No. 18-493 (September 18, 2018), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners (County Board) adopted the 2018-2038 Solid Waste Master Plan (County Waste Plan). The County Waste Plan includes a strategy to expand opportunities for residential food scraps recovery and a tactic to co-develop and provide assistance for residential food scraps drop-off sites (formally known as organics drop-off sites) with municipalities until curbside organics collection is widely available. By Resolution No. 24-514 (October 29, 2024), the County Board approved submittal of a revised draft County Waste Plan (2024-2044) to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for their approval. The draft plan includes a tactic for continued collaboration and assistance for residential food scraps drop-off sites with municipalities. The plan also includes a strategy for curbside organics collection to be available in suburban areas by 2030.
Dakota County receives Select Committee on Recycling and the Environment (SCORE) funds from the State of Minnesota to implement landfill abatement programs. The County is required to expend a portion of the State funds on organics programming (Minn. Stat. ? 115A.557). Since 2016, using allocated SCORE funds, residential food scraps drop-off sites have been successfully implemented at 11 locations in the county with over 11,500 registered households.
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