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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT Council Meeting of August 1, 2000 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council APPROVAL: Henry T. Garcia, City FROM: Daryl J. Parrish, Assistant City Manage SUBJECT: Award of Professional Services Contract to Integrated Recycling Incorporated in the Amount of $37,500 for the Colton Base Year Adjustment Project. DATE: July 24, 2000 BACKGROUND: In 1989 Assembly Bill 939 was adopted by the California State Legislature essentially mandating jurisdictions within the state to reduce the amount of the municipal waste stream deposited into landfills by 50%. The "base year" diversion tonnage estimates (for all jurisdictions) were performed in 1990 and established the amount of waste that has to be diverted (for each jurisdiction) from the landfill system to achieve its diversion goal for the year 2000. In 1990 jurisdictions (including Colton) had to rely on the best data that was available at that time, which in many jurisdictions (once again including Colton) have since been found to contain incomplete or erroneous data. Examples of such incomplete and/or erroneous data include but are not necessarily limited to the misallocation of regional data to the jurisdiction, flawed volume to weight conversion calculations and missing and/or underestimated tonnage. These errors and omissions make it difficult for a jurisdiction to accurately measure progress towards achieving its diversion requirements. The establishment of a new base year study as opposed to correcting the flaws in the original base year is the preferred solution in the eyes of the California Integrated Waste Management Board ("CIWMB"). The establishment of a new base year study is the objective of the Colton Base Year Adjustment Project. DISCUSSIONIANALYSIS: The nexus of the attached agreement is for the consultant to prepare and submit an acceptable CIWMB Base Year Modification Request Certification form utilizing the information collected in the Diversion and Disposal studies as outlined in Exhibit "A" of the proposed agreement. The consultant would also meet with CIWMB staff to explain the data contained in the report and answer related questions. Specifically, the results of the study will be used to identify previously missed diversion sources, potential needs for new diversion programs, and potential sources of manufacturing feedstock for local recycling markets, to evaluate the progress of individual existing diversion programs, and to identify the needs of businesses in the community to improve, expand and implement new programs. In short, the Colton Base Year Adjustment project will provide the mechanism to ensure the City of Colton's AB 939 Compliance in future years. Item #12