Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2024 Council Approved Budget to Accept and Appropriate the Fiscal Year 2024 Litter Prevention and Recycling Program Grant Awarded by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
This item is a request for allocation of grant funds for the Hampton Clean City Commission ("HCCC"). The HCCC established by City Council in 1978, enlists Hampton's citizens in the effort to clean up litter and to prevent it by educating others. These funds will provide personnel and programming support for the volunteers and their activities directed toward improving the physical environment of the City of Hampton.
Discussion:
The HCCC also works to improve the appearance of the City of Hampton through urban forestry, stormwater and water quality education, solid waste education, and beautification projects. Among the projects the HCCC undertakes are the Adopt-A-Spot Program, which enlists volunteers in keeping Hampton clean and beautiful, and the Keep Hampton Green urban forestry donation fund, which uses private donations to purchase trees and shrubs for public areas of the City. The HCCC also works extensively with youth to lay the foundation for future stewardship of our City.
HCCC Programs include:
Adopt-A-Spot Programs, encouraging citizen participation in removing litter from public areas and in some cases beautifying them.
Beautification, YARDS, encourages citizens to become involved in sustainability efforts through participation in the Beautiful YARDS (Yards Are Really Distinctive Showplaces) Program.
Bee City USA - Hampton, educational components for creating pollinator and natural habitat, garden certifications.
Cigarette Litter Receptacles Program, a partnership with Keep America Beautiful and Keep Virginia Beautiful in the cigarette litter abatement and education campaign.
Clean & Green Business Award, a quarterly recognition of businesses that not only keep their landscapes attractive and...
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