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v �/� � � ��P��T To th� Henorable Mayor and City Council . From the City Manager June 6, 2005 Subject Restatement and Adoption of Franchise Collection Services Agreement with BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc. Recommendation Staff recommends that the City Council introduce the attached ordinance approving adoption of the amended and restated Franchise Agreernent for Solid Waste, Recyclable Materials and Plant Materials Collection Services between the City of Redwood City and BFI Waste Systems of North America, extending the Agreement by four years until December 31, 2010. Background The City of Redwood City is a member of the South Bayside Waste Management Authority (SBWMA), which is comprised of 12 jurisdictions: Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Hilfsborough, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, unincorporated San Mateo County, and the West Bay Sanitary District. Along with all member agencies of the SBWMA, the City entered into the Franchise Agreement for Solid Waste, Recyclable Materials and Plant Materials Collection Services (Collection Agreement - copy available in the City Clerk's Office) with BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc. effective March 1, 2�00, with an initial term of seven years (terminating � December 31, 2006). Member agencies have since approved amendments for commercial plant material collection, the commercial organics (food waste) collection, and eliminating the two citywide annual large item collections in favor of two on-call large item collections for each subscriber. The Collection Agreement provides for an automatic three-year extension of its term based on BFI's performarce related to recycling, �iquidated damages, delinquent payments, criminal behavior, customer satisfaction, and the competitiveness of rates for service. The SBWMA conducted a Performance Hearing of BFI on November 10, 2004 (see attached Findings Report: BFI Performance Hearing Findings). The Hearing Board consisting of city managers from Menlo Park, San Carlos, and Foster City found that BFI achieved the above listed standards, except for the recycling of commercial waste and, in three jurisdictions, the competitiveness of rates. With regard to commercial recycling, BFI was able to achieve the tonnage standards established for years 2000 and 2001, but was not able to achievP the �tandards established fior years 2002 and 2003. BFI did not achiev� the rate competitiveness standards in Atherton, East Palo Alto, and Hillsborough. The SBW MA Board concluded that BFI substantially complied with five of the six requirements for extension of the Franchise Collection Services Agreement. W hile the Collection Agreement is a contract between each member agency and BFI (and must be approved by each jurisdiction's governing body), the S�WMA itself enters into two