Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director Office of Sustainability
Subject: Agreement with Planting Justice for Sustainability Academy Program Design and Support at the Maple Street Correctional Center
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Planting Justice for support designing and implementing environmental educational programming for inmates at the Maple Street Correctional Center for the term of September 4, 2018 to September 3, 2021, in an amount not to exceed $421,675.
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BACKGROUND:
The Sustainability Academy (formerly known as the Volunteer Academy) serves all County residents by providing diverse and relevant environmental educational opportunities since 2014. The Academy's main goal is to reduce the amount of solid waste generated in the County by promoting more sustainable solid waste management methods in communities throughout the County. The Academy is designed to help the County comply with state legislation (AB939) that requires all jurisdictions to have an Integrated Waste Management Plan, a component of which must include outreach and engagement. The Academy is one of the primary ways the County reaches its residents with resources and education to reduce the amount of generated solid waste.
The Academy has historically provided educational programming focused on composting to the general public. However, in an effort to further reduce the solid waste generated by County residents and to continue to raise awareness about environmental issues facing our communities, the Academy has broadened the diversity of its offerings and the residents it reaches. As part of this effort, the County is launching a new Academy program that will serve the inmates of the Maple Street Correctional Center (MSCC) and further reduce solid waste sent to the landfill.
The program will offer environmental and sustainability orien...
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