2001/11/13 City Council Resolution (6)RESOLUTION NO. 2001- 235
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE REQUESTS FOR
QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE SOLID WASTE AND
RECYCLING EDUCATION AND DIVERSION SERVICES FOR THE YEAR 2002, TO
CONDUCT INTERVIEWS AND NEGOTIATIONS TO SELECT PROVIDER(S) AND
TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS
WHEREAS; the State of California has found and declared that the amount of Refuse
generated in California, coupled with diminishing disposal site space and potential adverse
environmental impacts from landfilling and the need to conserve natural resources, have created
an urgent need for state and local agencies to enact and implement an aggressive integrated waste
management program, and
WHEREAS, the State has, through enactment of the AB 939, directed the responsible
State agency, and all local agencies, to promote disposal site diversion, to maximize the use of
feasible waste reduction, re -use, recycling and composting options in order to reduce the amount
of refuse that must be disposed of in disposal sites, and for the City to achieve diversion of 50%
of the waste stream by December 31, 2003 (with the time extension granted the City); and
WHEREAS, the City Refuse and Recycling Request for Proposals issued in 2000 and the
current Refuse Contract with Rohnert Park Disposal require the City to provide an ongoing
diversion and education consultant during the term of the refuse contract, and to expend
$100,000 in the first year and $25,000 to $75,000 annually thereafter for education services, and
WHEREAS, the City has previously collected the $100,000 through its refuse rates to
fund the required education and diversion services, and said funds are held in a Special Utility Set
Aside Reserve for expenditure, and
WHEREAS, City staff has developed a comprehensive program to provide diversion and
recycling education to residential and commercial customers which was highly effective during the
last year, and which is closely coordinated with, but does not duplicate, education services that
Rohnert Park Disposal is required to provide under its Refuse Agreement with the City, and
WHEREAS, Council wants to solicit proposers to implement the City education program.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park that the City Manager is hereby authorized to Issue Requests for Qualifications for
Consultants to Provide Solid Waste and Recycling Education Services for the Year 2002; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager is authorized to conduct
interviews and negotiations, to select providers and to execute Agreements in an amount not to
exceed $100,000.00 on behalf of the City of Rohnert Park to provide said services.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
this thirteenth day of November, A .
THE CITY OF ROHNERT
NERT PARK
ATTEST:
AYES: (5) Five - Councilm�y es, Reilly, Spiro, Vidak - Martinez & Mayor Mackenzie
NOES: (0) None ''B (0) None ABSTAIN: (0) None