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7C efficiencies associated with developing a regional campaign in lieu of a stand-alone Page 3 campaign which would be more costly. . The contract includes extensive reporting requirements which will be a great improvement in the scope and timeliness. of information shared between the collection company and the City. . The contract includes extensive performance incentives/disincentives (attachment three) and liquidated damages provisions (attachment four) to ensure that anticipated performance by the company is met, maintained and potentially exceeded. . The method to pay the company for services provided will be significantly different from the current "cost-plus" system, as adjustments to compensation in the new contract are primarily based on predetermined published indices (attachment five). In addition, the process to make the annual adjustments to compensation will also be brought in-house to the SBWMA, thus saving the SBWMA approximately $200.000 in consultant fees annually. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) The Agreement will provide for an increased level of service in the City that could potentially have some environmental impacts related to traffic, noise, pollution etc. Such matters were discussed and analyzed in a 2008 Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for a Use Permit in San Carlos for the improvements to the Shoreway Recycling and Disposal Center. A legal opinion has been obtained by legal counsel to the SBWMA indicating that CEQA can be complied with as to action on the Franchise Collection Agreements of the Member Agencies by referring to the MND as an adequate environmental document pursuant to CEQA and CEQA Guidelines for the purposes of analysis and consideration of a Franchise Collection Agreement. A copy of the MND is on file with the City Clerk and available for review. CEQA language has been included in the Resolution approving the Franchise Agreement. New Containers Residents will be provided with three wheeled carts: one each for solid waste, recyclables, and organics collection. The default cart sizes will be: . Solid Waste - 32 gallons . Recyclables - 64 gallons . Organics - 96 gallons The "default" sizes will be the cart sizes delivered to the residential customer unless the customer requests a specific size during roll-out of the new services. In addition to the above cart sizes, a 20 gallon option for garbage collection is available, as well as 64 or 96 gallon carts for recyclables or organics. The carts will be owned by Recology with the cost included in the monthly collection rate. Implementation Schedule . September 2009 - New vehicles ordered . June/July 2010 - Public education and outreach begins . August 2010 - Cart sizes selected . September 2010 - Cart delivery begins . January 1, 2011 - New service begins