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CITY OF PALM DESERT
MEMORANDUM
DATE: AUGUST 26, 1999
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: LISA V. CONSTANDE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION MANAGER
RE: REQUEST FOR TWO COUNCILMEMBERS TO ASSIST WITH THE PREPARATION OF
THE CITY OF PALM DESERT'S REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR MUNICIPAL
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING SERVICES
RECOMMENDATION:
By minute motion:
1) Select two Councilmembers to assist staff with the drafting of the Request for
Proposals (RFP) for municipal solid waste disposal and residential recycling
services; and
2) Direct staff to return to Council for additional comments and approval of the RFP
prior to public release.
BACKGROUND:
On June 30, 2000, the City of Palm Desert's franchise agreement for municipal solid waste and
residential recycling services terminates. In preparation for this date, the City Council on April
22, 1999, approved a contract with Hilton Farnkopf& Hobson, LLC (HF&H) to assist staff with
the preparation of an RFP for said services. Since the contract was approved by Council,
HF&H has worked gathering information to audit and assess our current services.
Staff is now entering the next phase of drafting the RFP in which community input is important
to define future services. Community feedback will be given firsthand to HF&H through two
community workshops - one for residential customers and one for commercial customers. The
workshops are structured to learn what services meet demand and what new services or
expanded services need defining to ensure a high level of customer service is maintained. In
addition, much consideration needs to be given to complying with Assembly Bill 939 (50%
waste disposal reduction by the year 2000) and future legislation governing waste disposal and
recycling (EXHIBIT A).
At this time, staff is recommending the City Council select two members to be part of an ad hoc
committee responsible for preparing the RFP and presenting its scope to the City Council for
final approval. Staff believes it is important to have two councilmembers oversee the scoping of
the RFP to ensure work performed meets with Council expectations and approval. Again, once
a final draft of the RFP is complete, staff will present the draft RFP to Council for comments and
approval prior to public release.
Respectfully submitted, Reviewed and concur,
;LISA V. CO STANDS, MANAGER RAMON A DIAZ
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION CITY MANAGER
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EXHIBIT A
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will Miss Recycle
Continued from Al
47 percent in 1998, moving toward
becoming better at reusing trash.
Getting all the cities on that track
. would increase the recycling cus-
tomer base and the volume of ma-
terials,which would lead to cheaper,
recycling
easier recycling.
Nagle admitted the valley faces a
significant hurdle now that the Coal-
mac Energy Co.power plant is sched-
uled to close at the end of the year.
The plant, which burns organic
di . material such as grass clippings,con-
struction debris and other burnable
waste,recycles about 9 percent of all
trash produced in the valley, Nagle
said.
However, the county is moving
ahead with a plan to build a corn-
posting facility that could handle
much of the waste that the power
State required ENVIRONMENT plant is now burning. The county is
seeking a company that would be
to cut garbage Mostwilling to build at the site of the
valley flow to half by former Coachella Landfill.
And because 13 percent of the
valley's waste that could be recycled is
end of next year cities close food waste, the composting facility
could have a significant impact, Na-
THE ASSOCIA'FED PRESS to meeting gle said. Yard waste, which also can
SAN JOSE—With construction be composted, accounts for 12 per-
companies, offices and grocery standard cent of waste in the Coachella Valley
stores doing a weak job of re that could be recycled,according to a
cycling, California is likely to 1997 study funded by Riverside
miss its 2000 deadline to cut its BY LUKAS VELUSH County.
amount of trash by half,the San rHE DESERT SUN
Jose Mercury News reported On average, California cities
Monday. lag far behind when it comes to a
Statewide recycling rates are state law that requires that half
at 33 percent, thanks largely to of all trash be recycled,but most
the success of residential curb- Coachella Valley cities either
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