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Home My WebLink About0586.000.- November 29, 1990 THE HONORABLE CIT. COUNCIL Palo Alto, California Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Program -Budget Amendment Ordinance and Increase in Change Ord~:r __ Authorit..Y to Contract No, COQli417 Me:JDbers of the Counc i 1 = Report in Brief This :report provides council with inforJDation on the monthly Household H"zarcSous waste Disposal Program for FY 1990-91, and requests that COlL~cil approve the attached Budget Amendment Ordinance and authorize. additi?nal change order authority to Contract No~ CO~12.17 with Safety Specialists, Inc~ for $150,000 to fund the Program throuqh the remainder of FY 1990-91~ Funds are availab1e in the FY 1990-91 Refuse System Improvement Reserve. Piscussion The Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Program {program) began in 1.983 a.s a pilot proje.ct in response to community concerns about the safe use and disposal of hazardous substances commonly found in the home~ Since the Program's inception, 28 quarterly and 3 monthly collection events have been held~ In June 1990, CO\Oncil awarded a contract for an amount not to exceed $260,000 to Safety Specialists, Inc~ for collection and disposal of both City"'qener-ated and household hazarcious waste during FY 1990-91 (CMR:35S:0). At that ti~e, an Add Alternate to the base bid was awarded which implemented a monthly Household Hazardous Waste program. Attachment A provides SUlI'llUsry information on the events held to date in FY 1990-91. The cbanqe to monthly ever.ts has resulted in increased participation by residents~ The typical quarterly event served approxiaately 540 households, while the first three monthly e\lent.s in September, october, and November have served a total of 822 bous&holds, at a total cost of approximately $87,509 ($106 per participant)~ Expenses to date for FY 1990-91 tor the Program ar~ $150, 190~ Be-cause of increased resident participation, staft eatl .. tea that an additional $~50,OOO will be necessary to fund the Household HazardoUs waste Proqram portion ot the contract tor the -1- 5 o remainder of F'i 1990-91. Therefore, staff requests approval ot the attached Budget Amendment Ordinance in the amount of $150,000. Zn the event that participation exceeds this estimate, staff will return to Cou~cil tor additional funds to complete the FY 1990-91 Proqram~ The quantity of City-generated hazardous waste remains relatively constant, and no additional fu~din9 is neeoed for this portion of the contract. The need tor additional funds results from the positive acceptanee of the monthly Proqram by Palo Alto residents. Their participation diverts hazardous wastes from the landfill and the City sewer system, thus benefitting th~ environment. Therefore, stait will continue 'With the monthly pr-oqram unless council directs otherwise. The Operations and Water Quality Control Divisions of the Public Works Department have evaluated the Program's contribution toward reducing pollutant discharges into th~ bay. staff has determined that the Program can further reduce pollutant discharges, and during the FY 1991-92 interim budget process. staff will racommend that funding for the Program ba sharGd by the Retuse FUnd and the wastewater Fund. Recommendations staff recoamends that Council: 1. Approve the attached Budget Amendment Ordinance in tha amount of $15G,OOO from the Refuse system Improvement Reserve. 2. Increase the City Kanaqer's or his designee's authority to negotiate and execute one or acre change orders to contract No. C0012417 with satety Specialists 6 Inc., ths value of all of 'Which change orders shall not exceed $150,000. This represents an increase in staff's authority from $0 to $150,000 for all change orders. Respectfully submitted, ;fZ~~ JlICHAEL H. MILLER Deputy Director, Public Works ~rations anager DAVID G. ADAMS Director of Puhlic Works Attachments: Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Program Summary Budqet Amendment Ordinance Related CKRs: 358:0, 313:0 -2- CHR: 585: 0 • ,'·1 HOUSEHOUl IIAZARIlOIIS WASTE DISPOSAL PROGlW! SUllMARY To Date rieoal Year 1990-91 PARTICIPATION JULY 1990 SEPT. 1990 0Cl'. 1990 IIOV. 1990 TOTAL TO DATE l'Y 90-91 ----------------------------------------- Vehiol." 449 203 263 ~Jl 114. Household. Represented ~36 215 34G 259 1358 Previous Partioipants 216 93 109 105 523 New Partioipants 233 110 lS4 126 .23 Hazardo~B wast.. COllected ·~ _______ .w _______________ Orume tor Oi.poaal 95 31 52 " 225 Orums for Inoineration 32 11 1,9 10 72 Gallona of tatex paint Reoyoled 630 195 168 204 1197 Costa ----- Contractor Expenses 56,120.34 24,448.12 35,061.09 30,000-145,629.55 Coat Per Partioipatinq 105.95 117.32 102.67 108.11 HouBeholCi *e.timated C!P I .,.', \\ I " , .. ) • o ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE: Of' THE COUNCIL OF THE ell"{ OF PALO ALTO AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1990-91 TO PROVlDE AN ADDITIONAL APrROPRIATION FOR THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOOS WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of section 12 of Article III o~ the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Council on June 18, 1990 did adopt a budqet ~or fiscal year 1990-91; and WHEREAS, the City of palo Alto has operated a Household Hazardous Waste Oisp¢s~l program since 1983; and WHEREAS. funds have been budgeted in the 1990-91 ~efuse Fund budqet for continuation ot the proqram; and WHEREAS, costs to-date have bean hiqher than budqeted.. as funds were only budqeted for a quarterly program" while. council has since approved the program to be offered on a monthly basis, to allow for more hazardous waste disposal; NOW, "I'HER.EFORE, the council of the Cit"y of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. The SUlI. of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,OGO) is h~reby .appropriated to Contra.ct Services in the Environaental Control program of the Refuse Fund, and the Refuse System Z.provement Reserve (SIR) is correspondingly reduced. SECTroN 2. This transaction ~ill reduce the RefUse SIR from $4,960,532 to $4,810,532 as of OCtober )1, 1990. ~lLl. The council ot the ctty of Palo Alto hereby finds that the enactment of this ordinance is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and, therefor'!, no environmen tal impact assessment is necessary. SECTION 4. MUnicipal Code, adoption. As provided in Section 2.0'.375 of the Palo Alto this ordinance shall become effective upon INTROOI)CED AlIO PASSED: AYES: NOES: ABSTENTIONS: o ABSENT: ATTEST: APPROVED: cIty Clerk Mayor APPROVE!) AS TO FORK: city Attorney APPROVED: city Kanaqer DIrector of PInance oIrector of Pub1ic Works 90-1.15