2019-12-10-minutes-solid-waste-and-maintenance

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PHASE 5A- SCOPE OF WORK • One (1) PowerPoint Presentations presented at SWAC meetings Task 8: Solid Waste and Moderate Risk Waste Management Plan Update The Solid Waste and Moderate Risk Waste Management Plan (Plan) was updated according to Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Chapter 70.95 Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) guidance (Publications #10-07-005, 10-07-006, and #15-04-019). It was presented to the SWAC May 8, 2019 and submitted to Ecology on July 9, 2019. The US Department of Agriculture gave its approval on July 18, 2019. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) provided comments on August 8, 2019. Resolution of Ecology's comments will be incorporated into the Draft Final Plan, accompanied with a formal (Final) response letter (prepared by Jacobs and reviewed by the County). Additional comments will be resolved with the County and the SWAC, with subsequent preparation of the Final plan and formal response letter to Ecology (prepared by Jacobs and reviewed by County). To ensure adoption of the Final Plan, Jacobs will facilitate a call with Ecology and the County. Deliverables • Draft Resolution of Adoption • Draft Final Plan Update - Ecology's comments to the Agency Review Draft Final Plan will be included • Agency Call to discuss Alternative Recycling Plan solution • Comment Letter to WUTC — applicable changes to the Plan will be discussed • Comment Letter to Ecology.— applicable changes to the Plan will be discussed • Final Plan package — incorporates resolutions of adoptions. Electronic copies issued to Ecology, the SWAC members, and the communities in which Kittitas County serves. Assumptions • Services started in 2018 and will be completed in 2020. • The SWAC will not have further substantive edits and will approve the revised Plan in its next meeting. • Jacobs will not participate in further SWAC meetings. • The County will provide information for any updated figures and tables for the Plan Update. • County will facilitate the signing of the resolutions of adoption. • There will be no further edits to the SEPA Checklist. Task 9: Transfer, Transportation and Disposal Procurement The County is facing a contract negotiation with Waste Management. Jacobs will review the current operations agreement with Waste Management, Inc., identify questions and comments related to sections the County would like Jacobs input on, provide options for ways the County might approach various issues, and hold up to four calls with the County of up to two hours in duration each to understand existing operations and improvements that the County may desire. During the calls, Jacobs will present information and solid waste and material management options in a manner that will help the County decide on its preferred strategy for each issue at the end of this series of calls. After the discussions about options, Jacobs will provide options to refine contract language, discuss the language refinement options during a call with the County, and make one further set of changes in response to that conversation. The sections and topics issues that Jacobs will provide input on are as follows: 1. Update Definitions (Section IV), including a. Strategy for recyclable material requirements/options. 2. Update and refine pricing considerations (Section V), with particular focus on the following: a. Explore compensation methods