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Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending subsection 8.60.087.A and Section 8.60.087.5, all relating to operating rules and regulations for private refuse haulers, read and adopted as read.
DISCUSSION
The City currently regulates its commercial solid waste collection program through permits issued to private refuse haulers, who are required to comply with the Municipal Code and Administrative Regulations. The Municipal Code currently limits the number of permitted haulers and regulates their activities. Although the permit program has effectively assisted the City in meeting its waste reduction mandates, staff recommends an administratively more flexible means of enforcing all permit, Municipal Code and environmental program requirements.
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager, as a condition of permit approval, to enter into agreements of up to ten years (Agreements) with each of the 16 currently permitted private refuse haulers. The initial term will be for seven years, extendable for up to three additional years as discussed below. The proposed Agreements would incorporate the current requirements of Chapter 8.60 of the Municipal Code, enhance waste collection and recycling requirements, mandate the use of alternative fuel vehicles by 2015 and provide contractual remedies for illegal or unapproved activities.
In support of the City's sustainability efforts, private refuse haulers will be offered the following incentives to comply with the alternate fuel requirement early:
· If 100 percent of their Long Beach fleet is comprised of alternative fuel vehicles by October 1, 2012, then three additional years will be added to the initial sevenyear term of the vendor's contract, making the respective vendor's contract effective through September 30,2019;
· If 100 percent of their Long Beach fleet is comprised of alternative fuel vehicles by October 1, 2013, then 2 (two) additional yea...
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