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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 34CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO: Mayor and City Council - FROM: Ron Molendyk, City Manager DATE: March 23, 1993 SUBJECT: Resolution Adopting MRF Fees On June 9, 1992, the City entered into a contract with CR & R Inc. to collect and dispose of refuse within the City of Lake Elsinore. The' contract requires CR & R to implement a recycling program within the City that meets the goals of State Law AS 939. This law says that 25 percent of all refuse collected within the City must be diverted from the landfill by 1995, and that 50 percent must be diverted by the year 2000. CR & R has already begun a recycling program to divert recyclables collected from residential dwellings in Lake Elsinore. These recyclables are separated at the source. However, the goals of AB 939 cannot be met without also separating recyclables from commercial and industrial waste streams. These waste streams are co= mingled and recyclables must be separated by mechanical means. CR,& R has negotiated -a funding program with the City of Perris which provides for building a 17 million dollar Material Recovery Facility (MRF). In 1994, the MRF will open and all refuse from Lake Elsinore and other cities, will be directed to the MRF for separation. Wastes will be transferred onto the County landfill, and all recyclables will be marketed. Our costs will be reduced by the amount of recyclables diverted from the landfill, in accordance with the percentage of reduced County landfill fees. The cost of retiring the bonds which fund construction of the MRF must be shared by all the Cities using the MRF to separate their refuse. In order to secure the bonds at this time. every city is sponsoring a resolution to guarantee payment upon opening the MRF: The rate is equal for all participating cities at this time. Future participants will be changed a higher rate.- FISCAL IMPACT - There is no fiscal impact at this time. The rate increase in July of 1994 will increase every customer's bill in accordance with the attached "Addendum to Exhibit C" of the contract. Revenues to the City will continue to increase by 10.1 percent of the gross revenues collected. RECOMMENDATION• Approve the attached Resolution No. 93 -14 which adds a special fee increment to the cost of refuse collection to pay for the Material Recovery Facility. Prepared By Approved Fo; Agenda List, C" RESOLUTION NO. 93 -►tA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO EXHIBIT "C" OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE AND CR &R INCORPORATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING RATES TO BE j CHARGED FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE PERRIS MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY (MRF) , WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 41780 of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989,. the City of Lake Elsinore is required to divert 253 of all its solid waste from landfill or transformation facility by January 1, 1995 through source reduction, recycling and composting activities; and WHEREAS, in an effort to reach this statutory goal, the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore entered into an agreement dated June 9, 1992 with CR &R Incorporated, DBA Lake Elsinore Environmental, for the collection, transportation, recycling, composting, and disposal of solid waste, recyclables, compostables, yard waste, construction debris, temporary bins, and roll -off bin services ( "Franchise Agreement "); and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore has determined that, in order to reach the source reduction and recycling goal of 253 by 1995, it is necessary and desirable to utilize the services of the Perris Material Recovery Facility ("MRF") when such facility is constructed and operational; and WHEREAS, Section XVIII of the Franchise Agreement provides that the schedule of rates to be paid for refuse and recycling services are set forth in Exhibit "C" of the Franchise Agreement; and WHEREAS, the schedule of rates set forth in Exhibit "C" of the Franchise Agreement does not include rates for the utilization of Perris MRF Services; RESOLUTION NO. 93 - WHEREAS, the City Council "has determined that the rates set forth in this Ordinance for Perris MRF services are reasonable and necessary to 'defray the costs of providing such services; and WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized to prescribe, revise and collect such rates, by adopting an ordinance approved by a four- fifths vote of its members, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 5471; and WHEREAS, the rates set forth in this Ordinance shall be effective on July 1, 1994 or at the time the Perris MRF is constructed and operation, whichever is later, and shall be in addition to the then current rates which are prescribed in Exhibit "C" of the Franchise Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL. OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The following shall constitute an addendum to Exhibit "C" of the Franchise Agreement dated June 9, 1992 between the City of Lake Elsinore and CR &R Incorporated, DBA Lake Elsinore Environmental: Addendum to Exhibit 11C" As of July 1, 1994, or at the time the Perris Material Recovery Facility ( "MRF ") is constructed and operational, whichever is alter,, the following incremental rates will be added to the then current rates prescribed in Exhibit "C" of the Franchise Agreement. Residential* _ Fully automated single family residential "collection, recycling, transfer and disposal. $2.36 per month RESOLUTION 93 Commercial* Commercial, industrial and multi - family residential refuse monthly bin rates (three cubic yard bins) with the following pickups per week. Services include solid waste processing at the Perris MRF with a 25$ recovery rate. 1 x week $ 22.75 per month 2 x week $ 45.50 per month 3 x week $ 65.25 per month 4 x week $ 91.00 per month 5 x week $ 113.75 per month 6 x week $ 136.50 per month 'The rates set forth in this addendum reflect only the incremental adjustment necessary to support the new service fees at the Perris MRF. Landfill and CPI Adjustments will be passed through as delineated in the existing Franchise Agreement. SECTION 2. This ordinance is passed by a four - fifths vote of the members of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore. ADOPTED this day of ,.1993, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: GARY M. WASHBURN, MAYOR CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE ATTEST: VICKI KASAD, CITY CLERK CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: JOHN R. HARPER, CITY ATTORNEY CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE