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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Los Angeles Truck Center, LLC dba Velocity Truck Center of Whittier, CA, (Velocity) for the purchase of eight Roto-Pak side loader refuse trucks, on the same terms and conditions afforded to Sourcewell (formerly the NJPA), of Staples, MN, with Crane Carrier Company, LLC, and Scranton Manufacturing Company, Inc., to be provided by local dealer, Velocity, in a total amount not to exceed $3,259,651, inclusive of taxes and fees;
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a lease-purchase agreement, and related financing documents, with Banc of America Public Capital Corp., of San Francisco, CA, for the financing of eight Roto-Pak, side loader refuse trucks, in an amount not to exceed $3,556,571, inclusive of capital purchase, interest, and fees, payable over a seven-year period; and
Increase appropriations in the Fleet Services Fund Group in the Financial Management Department by $3,556,571, offset by payments from the Refuse Fund Group in the Public Works Department. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Velocity for the purchase of eight Roto-Pak side loader refuse trucks, designated for the collection and transportation of organic waste. Collection and diversion of organic material was mandated in 2016 when Governor Brown signed into law California Senate Bill SB1383, effective January 1, 2022. Currently, refuse and recycling are collected in their own separate bins. With the passage of SB1383, the City of Long Beach (City) will now utilize a third bin to collect the organic material (yard debris and food scraps) from commercial accounts to be processed separately from municipal solid waste. These eight vehicles will be used upon delivery to expand the current pilot commercial organics collection program implemented in June 2...
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