FOURTH AMENDMENT TO SOLID WASTE
COLLECTION SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
RECOLOGY SONOMA MARIN, DBA RECOLOGY SANTA
ROSA AND OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO WASTE
DELIVERY AGREEMENT WITH REPUBLIC SERVICES
OF SONOMA COUNTY AND FRANCHISED HAULER
AGREEMENT BETWEEN REPUBLIC SERVICES OF
SONOMA COUNTY AND RECOLOGY SONOMA MARIN
City Council
May 24, 2022
Joey Hejnowicz
Zero Waste Coordinator, Transportation and Public Works 1 BACKGROUND
• California is now experiencing the
effects of a climate crisis
• Scientists tell us that greenhouse
gases released by human activities,
like landfilling food and yard waste,
cause climate change
• Organic waste in landfills emits 20
percent of the state’s methane, a
climate super pollutant 84 times
more potent than carbon dioxide
• Organics like food scraps, yard
trimmings, paper, cardboard, etc.
make up nearly half of what
Californian’s dump in landfills
2 BACKGROUND
• In September 2016, Governor
Brown set methane emissions
reduction targets for California
(SB 1383, Lara, Chapter 395,
Statutes of 2016) in a
statewide effort to reduce
emissions of short-lived
climate pollutants
• The statewide targets enact
policies designed to:
• Reduce organic waste
disposal 75% by 2025
• Rescue for people to eat
at least 20% of currently
disposed surplus food by
2025
3 ACTION REQUIRED
• SB 1383 became effective on January 1, 2022
• Santa Rosa (along with all California jurisdictions) is responsible for complying with and implementing SB
1383 requirements
• Santa Rosa prefers to partner with Recology on
certain SB 1383 implementation matters by
amending the Solid Waste Collection Services
Agreement
• 4th Amendment to the Solid Waste Collection
Services Agreement will provide necessary
amendments to memorialize this partnership
4 4TH AMENDMENT TO
FRANCHISE AGREEMENT
• Increase citywide collection routes to provide
mandatory organics collection service across all
customer segments
• Perform route review inspections for prohibited
container contaminants for each Santa Rosa hauler
route annually
• Provide education and follow-up for any account
found to have container contamination
5 4TH AMENDMENT TO FRANCHISE
AGREEMENT
• Perform Commercial and Multi-
Family account compliance
reviews annually to determine
adequate organics subscription
• Provide education and outreach
on an annual basis to all
customer segments regarding SB
1383 and the requirements to
properly separate materials in
appropriate containers (among
additional targeted outreach and
education)
• Provide required SB 1383
reporting figures to City during
regular quarterly reporting
6 UNFUNDED MANDATE
• Authorizes local jurisdictions to charge fees to fund SB 1383 implementation
• CalRecycle’s direction to California jurisdictions is you are responsible for funding SB 1383 implementation
• Santa Rosa will be funding our SB 1383 responsibilities through increases to our franchised hauler rates
(Recology) and through increases to the Agency
Surcharge Tipping Fee at County’s waste management
system (Zero Waste Sonoma)
7 PROJECTED PRICE INCREASES
• Santa Rosa has already
signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with Zero
Waste Sonoma for their
shared responsibilities
under SB 1383
• Initial price increases
forecasted at 2.0% to 3.0%
8 PROJECTED PRICE INCREASES
• Recology projects SB 1383 related price increases to be approximately 2.0% (over and above any other adjustment applicable under Agreement)
9 Santa Rosa
Additional Annual Expenses Quant. Total Cost $
Amortized Capital Costs - 10 years -See spending detail below $ 161,854 FTE Driver(s) 2 345,059
Commercial compost tip fees (per year)-Incremental tonnage only** 185,325 Compost collection truck fuel (per year) 171,814
Contamination mailers + postage (per year) $.40 each 4,000 1,991 Contamination tags (per year) $.40 each 4,000 1,991
TOTAL COSTS $868,033
City Fees 141,308
TOTAL Required Revenue $1,009,341
Projected Annual Revenue for CY2021 $54,302,136
SB1383 2021 Costs % of 2021 Revenue* 1.9%
Capital Resources Quant. Total Cost $
2yd. compost bins w/ labels 309 $ 256,470
96 gallon compost carts w/ labels 481 39,442
Additional FL compost collection trucks 1 386,000
Additional SL compost collection trucks 1 373,000
Capital Costs (Amortized Above) $ 1,054,912
OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO WASTE DELIVERY
AGREEMENT AND FRANCHISED HAULER
AGREEMENT
• Omnibus Amendment
between City, Republic
Services of Sonoma County
and Recology Sonoma Marin
• Proposal to amend Waste
Delivery Agreement (WDA – a
subcontract of Master
Operations Agreement) with
Republic Services of Sonoma
County and Franchised Hauler
Agreement (FHA) between
Republic Services of Sonoma
County and Recology Sonoma
Marin to consolidate food
waste programs
10 OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO WASTE
DELIVERY AGREEMENT AND
FRANCHISED HAULER AGREEMENT
• Current programs required by Master Operations
Agreement (MOA) and Franchised Hauler Agreement
(FHA) do not require Recology to perform all duties
required by SB 1383
• Proposal to amend the WDA and FHA to retire the
existing commercial food waste / dry mixed waste
program and eliminate the $4.22/ton gate fee that
funds the program
11 OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO WASTE
DELIVERY AGREEMENT AND
FRANCHISED HAULER AGREEMENT
• Allows Santa Rosa to manage SB 1383 responsibilities
directly with haulers through individual franchise
agreements
• No additional impact placed on solid waste rates
• This solution avoids working through a patchwork of
existing agreements that would need to be supplemented
by yet created additional agreements in order to establish compliance under SB 1383
12 OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO WASTE
DELIVERY AGREEMENT AND
FRANCHISED HAULER AGREEMENT
• Additional amendments proposed to the FHA to allow
Recology to provide commingled food waste routing
• Recology will be allowed to collect up to 15% of the
total tonnage of Commercial Food Waste (a Committed
Waste under MOA) in residential organics service routes • Recology will compensate Republic Services for the
difference in tipping fees for the specific amount of
commingled organic waste generated on a quarterly
basis
13 OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO WASTE DELIVERY
AGREEMENT AND FRANCHISED HAULER
AGREEMENT
• Cost Savings
• If compensation payable to
Republic Services under
this agreement were to
exceed the cost of a new
dedicated commercial
food waste route, the City
and Recology could opt to
create such a new route
14 FISCAL IMPACT
• Approval of this action does not have a
fiscal impact on the General Fund
• SB 1383 specific implementation costs
expected to increase solid waste rates
approximately five percent (5%)
15 RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended by the Transportation and Public Works Department that the Council, by two resolutions, 1.
approve the Fourth Amendment to the Solid Waste
Collection Services Agreement between the City of Santa Rosa and Recology Sonoma Marin, dba Recology Santa
Rosa, adding Recology’s requirements assisting the City comply with SB 1383 Regulations, and 2. approve the
Omnibus Amendment to the Waste Delivery Agreement
with Republic Services of Sonoma County and Franchised
Hauler Agreement between Republic Services of Sonoma
County and Recology Sonoma Marin, transferring fees for the commercial food waste/dry mixed waste program to
the Solid Waste Collection Services Agreement in a
revenue-neutral manner
16 QUESTIONS?
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