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state affiliates have endorsed this program. The motto for this program is "Saving the Planet One Child at a Time." To conclude her remarks, she thanked Council for creating a type of environment that has made the piloting of this program successful. Ms. Hostcmian thanked Ms. Buck for her time and energy she has put into developing the program. Ms. Ayala concurred with Ms. Hosterman's comments. Matt Sullivan, 7882 Flagstone Drive, a member of the Planning Commission and Energy Committee, agreed that Ms. Buck is a tremendous asset to the community. He strongly supported the Go Green Initafive and mentioned that Ms. Buck and the PTA had put together a pwgram that has demonstrated success in diverting waste from our landfill. We are short of our goals, and are currently facing a deadline extension from the County. He believed this program would help the community meet the goal of 50 percent recycling diversion and avoidance of a potential $10,000 a day fine. The PTA has worked hard to develop an effective program and as a result, should be awarded the funds that are available. Based on its success, the program should be implemented and funded to non-PTA schools. He agreed this is a great use of Measure D funds and saw it as disincentive to waste and an incentive to fund programs like this to reduce waste. This program is a great compliment to the work already undertaken by the City. Again, he urged the Council to approve this grant. It was moved by Ms. Hosterman, and seconded by Mr. Brozosky, to adopt Resolution 03-104 authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement awarding a $45,000 grant in Measure D recycling funds to the Pleasanton Parent Teachers Association (PTA) to implement the Go Green Initiative at various PTA certified school sites, and to allocate an additional $45,000 in Measure D recycling funds to the City's 2003/04 Operating Budget to fund recycling initiatives and programs at non-PTA school sites. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers - Ayala, Brozosky, Campbell, Hosterman, and Mayor Pieo NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Mr. Brozosky referred to an email from Judy Symcox that was presented to Council this evening. He paraphrased some of her comments for the record. He noted that she agreed with the program but had an issue with the name. She believed the name of the program, "Go Green Initiative" showed support for a political party and should not be at the school level. He directed his comments to staffand stated that as we are approaching our 2004 deadline for our extension for diversion, he would like to see us spend some our recycling money now so that we may achieve our goals of 50 percent. Pleasanton City Council 13 09/16/03 Minutes