File #: 23-1953    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 10/17/2023 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 12/12/2023 Final action: 12/12/2023
Title: Environmental Management Department recommending the Board: 1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 194-2023 authorizing a new Franchise Agreement between El Dorado County and South Tahoe Refuse Co, Inc; and 2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Franchise Agreement with South Tahoe Refuse Co, Inc. effective January 1, 2024 and expiring December 31, 2043. FUNDING: User Fees/Franchise Fees.
Attachments: 1. A. Counsel Approval - Resolution, 2. B. Resolution- New Franchise Agreement, 3. C. Counsel Approval - STR Franchise Agreement, 4. D. El Dorado STR Franchise Agreement Final-PE, 5. E. Exhibits A, B, C, D, F, H, I, 6. G. Exhibit E STR Solid Waste Rate Setting Manual, 7. F. Exhibit G_JPA presentation-carts-July 2023, 8. Executed Resolution, 9. El Dorado STR Franchise Agreement
Related files: 10-0287, 12-0494, 11-0544
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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 194-2023 authorizing a new Franchise Agreement between El Dorado County and South Tahoe Refuse Co, Inc; and
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Franchise Agreement with South Tahoe Refuse Co, Inc. effective January 1, 2024 and expiring December 31, 2043.

FUNDING: User Fees/Franchise Fees.
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DISCUSSION / 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.(STR), 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.

The original Franchise Agreement between the County of El Dorado and South Tahoe Refuse was established on February 13, 1995. Consistent with provisions of County Ordinance Code § 8.42.120 and § 8.42.130, the County entered into a franchise agreement with South Tahoe Refuse Co., Inc. (South Tahoe Refuse) to provide mandatory refuse and garbage collection services within the unincorporated area of the Lake Tahoe Basin, with the exception of a small area serviced by another franchisee. The...

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