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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSR - AGR-2763.A.1 - WASTE DISPOSAL COUNTY LANDFILLS - ref - it,3D A '1 Pamela Coleman From: Pamela Coleman Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 2:40 PM To: 'Almaraz, Kristen [OCWR]' Subject: RE: Waste Disposal Agreement - City of Orange Hi Kristen, Did you have any luck finding this agreement executed in 2015? Thank you, V- A -1 ∎ � etlreffnef)-4- , a m C lem n 0 1 ed fi.,r- Deputy City Clerk G�� City Clerk's Office , '� r cityof 4 4 1. \\NI\ 300 E. Chapman Avenue Orange, CA 92866 (714) 744 -5502 Office * (714) 744 -5515 Fax www.cityoforange.org From: Almaraz, Kristen [OCWR] [mailto: Kristen.Almaraz @ocwr.ocgov.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 10:09 AM To: Pamela Coleman <pcoleman @cityoforange.org> Subject: RE: Waste Disposal Agreement - City of Orange Hi Pam, I'm at a conference all day returning to the office tomorrow. As soon as I return I will look for the document you requested. Thank you and have a great day. Kristen From: Pamela Coleman Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 5:17:58 PM To: Almaraz, Kristen [OCWR] Subject: Waste Disposal Agreement - City of Orange Kristen, You have been speaking to Kathy in our office regarding the Waste Disposal Agreement with the City of Orange. I received the most current copy and I appreciate it. However, I am also looking for the copy approved for 2015. Can you email me a fully executed copy of that one as well? Should have been dated April 2015. Thank you, 1 oP o � ti 'C•a�` "�`i'G' AGENDA ITEM April 14, 2015 TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council THRU: Rick Otto Interim City Manager FROM: Lisa L. Kim Economic De e o ent Manager ReviewedNerified By: City Manager Finance Director 'y C �UW1 . Y ,p er AGENDA ITEM April 14, 2015 TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council THRU: Rick Otto Interim City Manager FROM: Lisa L. Kim Economic De e o ent Manager ReviewedNerified By: City Manager Finance Director To Be Presented By: Lisa Kim X Cons Calendar _ City Mgr Rpts Council Reports _ Legal Affairs Boards /Cmtes _ Public Hrgs Admin Reports Plan /Environ 1. SUBJECT Resolution No. 10856 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange approving an Amendment to the 2009 Waste Disposal Agreement with the County of Orange. 2. SUMMARY The City, along with other public agencies in the County have collectively reached agreement for an amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement (WDA) to allow for the continued importation of waste at the County's three landfills and to extend the terms of the WDA through June 30, 2025. This action will maintain stable disposal rates and continuity of service for residents and businesses while ensuring continued partnership between cities and the county. 3. RECOMMENDATION Approve Resolution No. 10856. 4. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund in FY 14 -15. 5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S) 4. Provide outstanding public service b. Provide facilities and services to meet customer expectations. 2. Be a fiscally healthy community. a. Expend fiscal resources responsibly. ITEM 111100 1 4/14/15 6. GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Infrastructure Goal 2.0: Reduce the amount of waste material entering regional landfills with an efficient and innovative waste management program. Policy 2.1: Provide sufficient levels of solid waste service throughout the community. 7. DISCUSSION and BACKGROUND BACKGROUND The disposal of solid waste at Orange County landfills is governed by a 2009 Waste Disposal Agreement in which cities in the County have agreed to deposit their solid waste at the County's three landfill facilities in return for low, stable disposal rates. The term of the current WDA began on July 1, 2010 and runs through June 30, 2020 with importation of waste from outside the County at County landfills set to expire on June 30, 2016. The WDA is a great example of County and cities working in collaboration and strategically leveraging a countywide asset. The solid waste revenues are utilized by the County: to maintain the landfill system; to preserve funds for landfill closure costs; to address post - closure maintenance; and, to mitigate long -term risk and environmental liabilities. The cities in the County benefit from additional services provided by the County include: permanent household hazardous waste collection facilities; green waste acceptance at no charge to cities to assist with compliance with state recycling mandates; and support of city programs to meet state diversion requirements. DISCUSSION With the success of waste diversion and recycling in recent years combined with slow recovery from the Great Recession, the resulting effect has caused in- County waste generation to dramatically decrease which in turn has created reduction in revenues. A committee of City Managers representing Orange County cities participated with the County in preparing a framework to address the reduction in revenues and to ensure rate stabilization for local residents and businesses. The proposed Amendment to the WDA sets forth the continuation of future importation to offset the revenue reduction and establishes a fair -share allocation of net importation revenues to cities. This allocation is calculated on the percentage of the City's solid waste disposed at the County landfill. An in -depth review of County resources concluded the amount of imported waste combined with in- County waste will remain below total disposal tonnage projections contemplated in the current WDA. The proposed 5 -year extension of the WDA to 2025 will provide additional stability to the system in light of more stringent legislative and regulatory requirements such as AB 1826, AB 1594 and the 75% recycling target of AB 341. It is recommended that the City Council approve the Amendment to the WDA to provide stable rates for residents and businesses, continued service levels, ensure long term capacity, maintain ITEM 2 4/14/15 long -term partnerships between the City and County and share net importation revenues with cities. First year of fair -share allocation is estimated at $260,000. Upon approvals by the Orange County cities, the proposed Amendment will be considered by the Board of Supervisors at their earliest available meeting. 8. ATTACHMENTS • Resolution No. 10856 • Amendment to the WDA NA\Economic Development Files \STAFF REPORTS\2015 \041015a_WDA Amendment.doc ITEM 3 4/14/15 RESOLUTION NO. 10856 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2009 WASTE DISPOSAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE. WHEREAS, the City has an existing Waste Disposal Agreement (the Waste Disposal Agreement) with the County of Orange (the "County ") which requires the City to dispose of all specified solid waste generated within the City to County landfills and for the County to accept all such waste at a price agreed upon by the City and County; and WHEREAS, the Waste Disposal Agreement became effective on or about July 23, 2009, and by its term is set to expire on June 30, 2020; and WHEREAS, the Waste Disposal Agreement provides that the County will not accept waste imported from outside the County at County landfills after June 30, 2016; and WHEREAS, an Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement (the "Amendment ") has been negotiated between the County and various cities throughout Orange County to provide for continuation of importation of waste from outside the County at County landfills in exchange for allocation to the cities of a portion of future importation revenues and to extend the terms of this activity within the Waste Disposal Agreement to June 30, 2025; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure that solid waste generated within the City can be disposed of in an environmentally safe manner and at a reasonable cost for the near future; and WHEREAS, the proposed Amendment furthers these goals by, among other things, ensuring that solid waste generated within the City can be disposed of at County landfills through June 30, 2025; that the landfills will be operated in an environmentally safe and reliable manner; and that the cost of disposing of solid waste at County landfills will be reasonable. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange resolves, finds and determines, on the basis of the facts set forth in the agenda report presented to it and any testimony received at the meeting at which this matter was considered, as follows: Section 1 . The foregoing recitals are true and correct. Section 2 . The City Council hereby finds and determines that the proposed Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement between the County of Orange and the City of Orange ( "Amendment ") furthers the public health, safety and welfare.