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<br />88 <br />Page 50 <br /> <br />It should be noted that the MRF facility has always operated with non-CBA sorters. This local <br />labor force has proven proficient, willing and able to perform the material sorter function as non- <br />CBA employees. <br /> <br />Facility Master Plan Impact on Proposed Costs and Operations <br /> <br />Significant changes to the MRF and the transfer station are proposed in the facility Master Plan <br />and these proposed facility designs were presented to proposers in the RFP. Any changes to <br />the MRF and transfer station Master Plan (as presented in the RFP) may have an impact to <br />proposer's ability to implement their sorting and waste diversion plans. For example, SBR has <br />offered to install a C&D sort line into the remodeled transfer station building. Without the <br />anticipated building expansion, the sort line installation is not possible. HBC's transfer station <br />management plan includes the use of multiple small loaders to segregate and recover <br />recyclable materials in both the self-haul and transfer areas. HBC's ability to maneuver the <br />numerous machines and accomplish their diversion goals in a smaller tipping area is doubtful. It <br />is also reasonable to expect that proposers stated operating costs may increase and that <br />projected recovery rates may decrease if the Master Plan facility modifications are not <br />completed. <br /> <br />Transfer Station and Self Haul Diversion Plans <br /> <br />HBC stated goal for the self haul material is to "match or exceed the 30,000 tons that has been <br />experienced in the transfer station" and to mine an additional 32,000 tons per year of recovery <br />from commercial solid waste through a focused application of floor sorting. HBC plans to <br />increase diversion by sorting during "off-hours", which will provide opportunity to more <br />thoroughly sort commingled materials unhindered by vehicle traffic. HBC declined to offer either <br />a percentage or tonnage guarantee for self-haul/transfer station diversion citing the uncertainty <br />regarding incoming volumes and the composition of the waste stream. <br /> <br />SBR projects the recovery of 50% of all non-plant, self-haul material, plus 100% of source <br />separated plant material that is received in the self-haul area, and unspecified additional <br />amounts to be recovered from the transfer station tipping floor via the use of wheel-loaders, <br />floor sorters, and a designated bunker program for readily segregated and source separated <br />materials. Additionally, with the planned 20,000 square foot addition to the transfer building, <br />SBR has proposed to the SBWMA the option of a $4.5M mixed waste processing system to <br />recover 30% of all incoming M8W, plus up to 335 tons per day that could be delivered to the <br />company's Madera power plant for renewable energy conversion to "Soiled Biomass" fuel. <br /> <br />Enhancements <br /> <br />Proposal enhancements offered by SBR include: a Revenue Guarantee that is $500,000 per <br />year higher than the required amount; grant writing assistance regarding the DOC/DOR Grant <br />program; an option to purchase closed-loop, renewable green-energy from company's Madera <br />biomass plant; free composition testing to assist SBWMA and member agencies; direct video <br />monitoring with camera controls for SBWMA and managers; and direct access data collection <br />monitoring for SBWMA. <br /> <br />HBC has offered a Revenue Guarantee that is $3,350,000 per year higher than the required <br />amount. They have also committed the use of bio-diesel in all rolling stock. <br /> <br />SBWMA - EC Report <br /> <br />Page <br />26 <br /> <br />1/15/2009 <br />