CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JANUARY 18, 2022
DOCUMENTS RECEIVED
AFTER PUBLISHED
AGENDA
MEMO FROM
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
AMERI
ITEM 13
AMENDMENT TO
CORRECT
DATE IN TITLE
DATE: January 18, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
THROUGH: City Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt Two Resolutions: 1) Authorizing the City Manager to Continue Exclusive Negotiations with Waste Management of Alameda County for a New Solid Waste and Recycling Franchise Agreement until June 30, 2022; and 2) Authorizing the City Manager to Extend the Current Franchise Agreement with Waste Management of Alameda County by One Year to Expire March 1, 2023 (CONS 22-021; Agenda Item # 13)
RECOMMENDATION
That the Council accept an amendment to CONS 22-022, regarding the title of the report. The correct title of the report is:
Adopt Two Resolutions: 1) Authorizing the City Manager to Continue Exclusive Negotiations with Waste Management of Alameda County for a New Solid Waste and Recycling Franchise Agreement until June 30, 2022; and 2) Authorizing the City Manager to Extend the Current Franchise Agreement with Waste Management of Alameda County by One Year to Expire March 1, 2023 February 28, 2023.
There are a few other occurrences in the report where “March 1” is mentioned as the expiration date.
Each should have been stated as “February 28”. The resolution for the one-year contract extension (Attachment II) correctly states that the 12-month extension will end on February 28, 2023.
Recommended by: Jeff Krump, Solid Waste Program Manager Erik Pearson, Environmental Services Manager
Reviewed by: Alex Ameri, Director of Public Works
Approved by:
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Kelly McAdoo, City Manager
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
AGENDA QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
MEETING DATE: January 18, 2022
Item #13 CONS 22‐021
Adopt Two Resolutions: 1) Authorizing the City Manager to Continue Exclusive Negotiations with Waste Management of Alameda County for a New Solid Waste and Recycling Franchise Agreement until June 30, 2022; and 2) Authorizing the City Manager to Extend the Current Franchise Agreement with Waste Management of Alameda County by One Year to Expire March 1, 2023
Regarding Item 13 Waste Management Contract:
1. I appreciate the language in the staff report "SB 1383 Cart and Bin Requirements...WMAC will also paint, replace, or change the lid color of existing bins to match the required color scheme." and hope this reduces the number of wasted carts?
2. Will Big Belly Cans need to comply with 1383 as well for color and organics collection?
3. Also, is there any progress with StopWaste and/or Waste Management regarding franchise agreement language regarding edible food collection and distribution?
1. The painting or changing lids are only planned for the bins/dumpsters, so unfortunately it won't help reduce the number of carts that need replacement. The current plan is to replace all trash and recycling carts.
2. No, Big Belly cans do not need to comply with SB1383; however, the panels/doors on the front face do comply with the black‐for‐trash and blue‐for‐recycling color scheme.
3. Edible food recovery has not been discussed as part of the franchise agreement negotiations with WMAC. StopWaste has been developing a list of organizations that handle food recovery. They have narrowed down the initial list of 210 food recovery organizations and services to 140 organizations primarily involved in providing food recovery. StopWaste’s “RE:Source” tool ( https://resource.stopwaste.org/ ) will be the location for the master list for businesses to locate food recovery partners.
Many of the organizations listed started food recovery as a short‐term activity in response to the pandemic. There were about 30 respondents to a capacity planning survey. StopWaste said they are working on a surplus edible food generation calculator to estimate the total amount of surplus edible food generated that may be available to donate by Tier 1 and Tier 2 generators. StopWaste will bring the results for both capacity planning activities to the February TAC meeting.
Item #15 CONS 22‐022
Adopt a Resolution Approving Plans and Specifications and Calling for Bids for the Safe Routes for the Seniors Project
Regarding Item 15 Safe Routes for Seniors project:
For the crosswalks, is there discussion of using a similar color or design scheme for the crosswalk markings to designate this route specifically? Or, is there consideration of multicolored stripping on the Foothill/Hazel intersection (for example inclusive pride flag colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, white, pink, light blue, brown, black)?
The plans propose continental crosswalks with high visibility thermoplastic. As part of this project, we will: restripe the crosswalks so that they are perpendicular to the roadway; reposition existing crosswalks as needed to accommodate new directional ADA ramps; and install stop bar in advance of crosswalks. High‐visibility continental crosswalks are a better value over time as they are long‐standing and require less maintenance.
The purpose of the SR4S program is to design a walkable environment for the Seniors ‐ continental crosswalks with high visibility thermoplastic were the better option for this project since adding designs and colors in crosswalks can be challenging to Seniors with certain types of disabilities. Seniors who live with visual impairments like depth perception or low vision can struggle to navigate these environments which require the crosswalks to be clear, consistent, and navigable.
Adding designs and colors in crosswalks can be considered where it is appropriate.
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