For Special Utilities Commission Meeting [April 2, 2019]
TO: Honorable Utilities Commission Members
APPROVAL: Thomas J. Crowley, P.E., Utilities Manager
FROM: Amy Crow, Administrative Analyst
Title
Request Utilities Commission to Recommend that City Council Approve Municipal Solid Waste Collection, Recycling and Disposal Service Rates for Fiscal Year 2019/2020, Effective July 1, 2019.
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BACKGROUND:
In April 1996, Council approved a franchise agreement for trash collection, a curbside mixed recyclables program to meet the mandates of AB 939, and unlimited green waste removal. Resolution No. 4217 established the base residential and commercial disposal rates. The franchise agreement allows the franchise hauler to request rate adjustments based on changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and changes in operating costs, such as landfill tipping fees and mandated programs.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
On July 8, 2014, the City Council conducted a Public Hearing in accordance with Proposition 218 procedures and adopted the Five Year Municipal Solid Waste Collection, Recycling and Disposal Rates for Fiscal Years 2014/2015 through 2018/2019. These rates incorporated a new Commercial Recycling Program and implemented the City's Pavement Maintenance Fee (PMF). This is the fifth year of the current Five-Year Rates, previously approved pursuant to Proposition 218.
Organic Material Recycling (Commercial Accounts) Update Summary
In October 2014, Governor Brown signed AB 1826 Chesbro (Chapter 727, Statutes of 2014), which required mandatory commercial organics recycling throughout the State. The act defines organic waste as food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, non-hazardous wood waste, and food-soiled paper waste mixed in with food waste. Starting April 1, 2016, this act required businesses that generate more than 8 cubic yards of organic waste per week to arrange for recycling services for their organic waste. On January 1, 2017, th...
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