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= GRANT PROPOSAL FOR STATE FUNDING I. Existing Programs A. Level and source of funding for past and current year Litter Control program are as follows: Year Level Source 1977-78 $60,500 General Fund 1978-79 $37,000 " " B. Description of work done, staff, salaries, equipment, and effectiveness. Present staff consists of one Street Maintenance Worker who works approximately two days a week sweeping streets. Two Street Maintenance Workers and one Street Laborer spend two months cleaning up leaves and two months cleaning catch basins. Equipment consists of street sweepers, dump trucks, leaf loaders, flat bed trucks, and pickup trucks. Salaries range between $12,000 to $16,500 per year. The program is somewhat effective but not what it should be. As an example, in past years streets were swept once every month and litter along the roadsides was picked up once every month. The present program consists of sweeping -~ the ~-^^~ once every three to ~ ..... o-ths ~ d ~"~"- an p ~ly Up 1~ ~, once every f4ve months. ~o change has taken place yet in the once weekly emptying of trash receptacles in the downtown area. C. Litter problems in parks and public thoroughfares. The litter problem in our parks and streets probably compares with that of other California cities of our relative size. II. Proposed Programs A. Description of expanded program, time schedule, and costs. Expand the roadside litter pickup program from the current one day every five months to litter pickup by two men one day each month. This program would be expanded upon 'receipt of the Litter Cleanup Funds. Estimated costs are as follows: Labor $1,300. Overhead 550 Equipment 440 Total $2,290 Increase the street sweeping from the present eight days every four weeks to nine days every four weeks. Proposed starting date for this change in schedule is January 1979. Estimated costs for this increased street sweeping for one year is as follows: Labor $ 850 Overhead 360 Equipment 2,300 Total $3,510