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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board consider the request of South Tahoe Refuse to adopt Resolution 050-2007 conditionally extending the Solid Waste Services Franchise Agreement between El Dorado County and South Tahoe Refuse, Inc. (STR) to December 31, 2028 effective April 10, 2007; and authorize Chairman to sign said Agreement. (Cont'd 2/27/07, Item 56, Cont'd 3/6/07, Item 36)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Continue off calendar.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: None, no change to Net County Cost.
Background:
Assembly Bill 939, known as the “California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989”, mandates that every city and county in California divert from landfills at least 25% of their municipal solid waste stream by 1995 and 50% by the year 2000, or be potentially liable for $10,000/day for failing to comply. In 1990, the diversion in South Lake Tahoe was approximately 7%. In 1994, the South Lake Tahoe Basin Waste Management Authority (Authority) was formed to oversee regional cooperation regarding solid waste. The Authority members are El Dorado County, the City of South Lake Tahoe and Douglas County, Nevada. The Authority oversaw the financing and construction of the first local Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) on property owned by South Tahoe Refuse Co., Inc., which opened on March 1, 1995. The existing MRF has increased the diversion rate in the South Tahoe Basin from 7% to 38% in the year 2006. Over the past few years the recycling rates have remained in the 40% range, due mainly to time, space and permit limitations.
In 2001/2002 the Environmental Management Department conducted a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and Request for Proposal (RFP) process to identify potential vendors to desi...
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