City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2014 02 25

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Alternate pricing for the City of Louisville to provide all trash, recycling and compost carts. All cart related services (exchange, repair, storage, etc.), excluding parts, would be the responsibility of the Contractor. Alternate pricing for providing all services with Natural Gas powered trucks if available Alternate pricing for the Contractor to provide centrally located 30 or 40 cubic yard roll off containers for the autumn collection of leaves and yard waste. This material would be integrated with household compostable materials Recyclable and Compostable Material 3.3 Recyclable material shall be delivered to the Boulder County Recycling Center (BCRC), or other facilities that may be designated by City Council. Recyclables shall be collected in material streams acceptable to the BCRC, commingled according to what is mutually acceptable to the City, the contractor and the BCRC. The contractor shall base his proposal on every other week collection of recyclables. The recyclables will be composed of cardboard, newspaper, glass bottles, plastic containers and similar items generated by typical single family homes. The recyclable materials will remain the property of the City. Consequently, all revenues received from or costs due to the Boulder County Recycling Center for the City’s recyclable materials, shall be the City’s. By household, recyclables are to be collected on the same day of the week as trash. Compostable material shall be delivered and processed in a facility designated and approved by the City. Compostables shall be collected in material streams acceptable for composting according to what is mutually acceptable to the City, the contractor and the compostable recycling facility. The contractor shall base their proposal on every other week collection of compostables. The compostables will consist of yard waste, food scraps, paper towels and similar items generated by typical single family homes. The compostable materials shall become the property of the Contractor with the following limitation. The contractor will make a minimum of one-half cubic yard of finished compost available to each household at no cost. The Contractor may either distribute the finished compost from its own site of deliver the bulk material to a City site where City staff will oversee its distribution. By household, compostables are to be collected on the same day of the week as trash. Proposal will describe programs and incentives that Contactor has implemented or is willing to implement for the City of Louisville to increase the diversion rates above historical numbers Collection Carts 3.4 TRASH/RECYCING/COMPOST carts – Contractor will provide all carts. Contractor shall provide information to the City about what types and sizes of carts will be provided to the customers, how requests for cart repair and replacement will be handled and how changes in cart size will be accommodated. Current cart mix (mix is subject to change based on time of year and customer preferences): Type/cart size 96 64 32 Trash 12% 48% 40% Recyclables 60% 26% 14% Compostables 9% 46% 45% RFP – Residential Solid Waste Collection City of Louisville 12