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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT Council Meeting of April 21,1998 TO: Honorable Mayor and Counci embers APPROVAL: Henry T. Garcia, City Manage FROM: Daryl J. Parrish, Assistant City Manager SUBJECT: Approval of Waste Delivery Agreement between the County of San Bernardino and the City of Colton DATE: April 15,1998 BACKGROUND: The Waste Delivery Agreement ("WDA") is the result of months of negotiations between the County of San Bernardino and Contract Landfill Operator NORCAL, with a consortium of Valley and Desert Cities including an attorney retained by the consortium of Cities. Specifically, the attached WDA is the result of a collectively negotiated rate for all Cities who prescribe to the agreement that is significantly less than the current disposal rate of $33.00 per ton. The most significant strength of the WDA is the fact that it is the same for all Cities. If special terms are added to the WDA to benefit a particular City, they must be made available to all Cities who sign the agreement. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The current negotiated disposal rate prescribed by the WDA is $28.50 per ton. A reduction of $4.50 per ton from the current San Bernardino County Disposal Rate. Essentially the WDA requires the City to dispose of its "controllable waste" (defined as the waste which the City has the legal or contractual ability to determine the disposal location therefor, and waste that meets the criteria established on page 4 of the WDA) in the San Bernardino County Landfill System. _ The agreement contains the "Solid Waste Disposal Option" (Section 4.5, page 22), which directs the Cities Franchised Haulers, to pay the then current Solid Waste Disposal Fee. This allows the City of Colton to capture the revenue that results in the difference between the current San Bernardino County Disposal Rate and the negotiated WDA Rate. The revenue would then be programmed to projects that meet the current nexus test established in the Host City Agreement between the County of San Bernardino and the City of Colton. Specifically, projects that meet the nexus test include street improvement and maintenance projects (specifically those related to landfill use) and programs that enhance recycling programs. Other Highlights of the Waste Delivery Agreement are as follows: ❑ Provides indemnification as the County accepts past and future environmental liabilities arising from prescribing Cities use of the County landfill system. Such indemnification survives the term of the WDA. Item # 30