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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20-Public Services CITY OF SAN BERtOlDI NO .. REQUEST QR COUNCIL ACTION From: M 1 P M J . anue.. . oreno, r. Subject: Authorization to request proposals and negotiate a contract for MRF feasibility study by consultant. Dept: Public Services Date: 08/17/92 Synopsis of Previous Council action: 03/02/92 - Adopted the Source Reduction and Recycling Element as mandated by the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939). Recommended motion: Adopt resolution. /7V'l~p~t- . S ignatu re Contact person: Kev in Barnes, Refuse Superintendent Phone: 384-5053 Supporting data attached: Staff Report, Resolution Ward: All FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: No direct costs from General Fund Source: (Acct, No,) (Acct. Descriotion) Finance: Council Notes: 75.0262 Agenda Item No ~ 0 CITY OF SAN BERNOIDINO . REQUEST FCJ:I COUNCIL ACTION STAFF REPORT This resolution is recommended in order to proceed with solid waste management planning, with a comparative feasibility study of three potential Material Recovery Facility (MRF) sites. As discussed in the city's Source Reduction and Recycling Element, processing of the city's waste stream at a MRF will be required in order to reach the state-mandated recycling goals of 25% in 1995 and 50% in 2000. In addition, the county Solid Waste Management Department has announced that Milliken Landfill will close in August 1993. This wil1 severely impact our city's refuse operation because half of the county's population is presently served by Milliken, and its c10sure will send much traffic and volume to our local landfills. Therefore, a transfer station (with MRF capabilities) is needed to consolidate our loads and avoid excessive waiting at the landfills. Ear1ier this year, staff provided tours of first-class MRF operations in Orange county to interested officials and department heads. These types of facilities are found to blend well into modern industrial settings while providing an ascending order of job opportunities in the community. I The MRF processing of waste streams also presents an enterprise ! opportunity to the city. While San Bernardino has a large enough l waste stream to make its own plant cost-effective, surrounding cities do not. In addition, San Bernardino is ideally. located on rai1 and road transportation lines for bulk shipment of recyclab1es. Although unrecyc1ab1e waste will be trucked in fewer and larger loads to county landfills as available, rail hub access is a valuable option in the event future landfills are located farther away. Therefore, San Bernardino has the potential to serve other cities' MRF needs as an enterprise operation. Due to delays waiting for cities throughout the county to attempt formation of a solid waste JPA for MRF operations, time is of the essence. siting, design, and construction of a MRF will take from now until 1994, just before the 25% recycling mandate deadline. Staff recommends adoption of the resolution in order to proceed with preliminary site evaluation. 75-0264 i_ 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 , o " V RESOLUTION NO. 1 RESOLUTION'OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES TO REQUEST PROPOSALS, NEGOTIATE, AND PRESENT TO CITY 2 COUNCIL A CONTRACT WITH ONE OF THREE ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, WITH 3 FUNDING APPROPRIATED IN THE REFUSE FUND, TO PERFORM A COMPARATIVE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THREE POTENTIAL REGIONAL SOLID WASTE 4 TRANSFER/MRF SITES IN SAN BERNARDINO 5 6 7 WHEREAS, jurisdictions within the State of California are mandated by Assembly Bill 939 (Chapter 1095) and the State of Ca1ifornia to prepare a Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) and a Household Hazardous Waste Element (HHWE); and, 8 9 WHEREAS, the City Bernardino, of with along San other 10 11 12 13 jurisdictions in the East Valley of San Bernardino County, have adopted Source Reduction and Recycling Elements (SRREs) and Household Hazardous Waste Elements (HHWEs) pursuant to the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 CAB 939) (PUblic Resources Code 40000 et seq.) and Title 14 of the California Code of 14 Regulations, Chapter 9, Division 7; and, 15 16 17 WHEREAS, the Source Reduction and Recycling Elements (SRREs) of the city Bernardino of San majority and the of East Valley jurisdictions include the use of a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) as a selected alternative for meeting the waste diversion requirements of AB 939 by the year 1995; and, WHEREAS, the County has announced the Milliken Landfill will reach capacity and close next year, 1993, which will impact unloading operations at remaining landfills used by the City of San Bernardino; and, WHEREAS, funds are available in the Refuse Fund, budgeted for the purpose of consultant study and design of a solid waste transfer August 26, 1992 1 o and recycling facility; and, ."", ,j 1 2 in San Bernardino is necessary to provide information on costs and necessary faci1ities for processing either the City of San WHEREAS, a"study of the alternatives for solid waste/transfer 3 4 Bernardino waste stream alone or the East Valley waste stream as an 5 enterprise operation for the City, NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the city Council of the 6 7 City of San Bernardino does hereby pass, approve and adopt this 8 resolution authorizing the Department of Public Service to request 9 proposals, negotiate, and present to the City Council for final approval a contract with one of three engineering consultants, with 10 funding appropriated in the Refuse Fund to perform a comparative 11 12 feasibi1ity study to determine the most suitable of three potential regional solid waste transfer/MRF sites in San Bernardino. 13 14 I I I I 15 I I I I 16 I I II 17 I I I I 18 I I I I 19 I I I I 20 I I I I 21 II II 22 IIII 23 1111 24 IIII 25 IIII 26 IIII 27 August 26, 1992 28 2 o :,) RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES TO REQUEST PROPOSALS, NEGOTIATE, AND PRESENT TO CITY 1 COUNCIL A CONTRACT WITH ONE OF THREE ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, WITH 2 FUNDING APPROPRIATED IN THE REFUSE FUND, TO PERFORM A COMPARATIVE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THREE POTENTIAL REGIONAL SOLID WASTE 3 TRANSFER/MRF SITES IN SAN BERNARDINO 4 5 6 7 8 9 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the city of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the day of 1992, by the fOllowing vote, to ~it: Counci1 Members: Abstain Aves Navs Absent ESTRADA 10 REILLY 11 12 HERNANDEZ MAUDSLEY 13 MINOR 14 POPE-LUDLAM 15 16 MILLER 17 18 19 20 21 22 Approved as to form and legal content: City Clerk The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this day of , 1992. W. R. Holcomb, Mayor City of San Bernardino 23 James F. Penman, 24 City Attorney 25 By: 0a'11'\M f, 26 () 27 28 0" ,~ August 26, 1992 3