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City of San Leandro <br />City Council <br />Meeting Date: June 5, 2023 <br />Agenda Number: 10.k. <br />Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />File Number: 23-253 <br />File Type: Staff Report <br />Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Fifteenth Letter Amendment <br />to the Franchise Agreement for Solid Waste, Recyclables, and Green Waste Services between the City <br />of San Leandro and Alameda County Industries, Inc. <br />COUNCIL PRIORITY <br />·Sustainability & Resiliency <br />·Fiscal Sustainability and Transparency <br />SUMMARY <br />The Franchise Agreement for Solid Waste, Recyclables, and Green Waste Services between the <br />City of San Leandro and Alameda County Industries, Inc. is scheduled to expire on January 31, <br />2025. The Fifteenth Letter Amendment to the Franchise provides for a two-step procurement <br />process in which sole source negotiations are initiated with ACI, followed by a competitive <br />procurement process if the sole source negotiations are not successful. It also provides the City <br />Manager with the sole discretion to extend the term of the current Agreement during the process, <br />to January 31, 2027, if needed. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a <br />letter amendment to the Franchise Agreement for Solid Waste, Recyclables, and Green Waste <br />Services between the City of San Leandro and Alameda County Industries, Inc. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City of San Leandro Municipal Code Section 3-6-300 et seq., empowers the City Council to, <br />at its sole discretion and upon such terms as it may prescribe, award an exclusive franchise or <br />contract to any qualified entity to provide collection of solid waste, recyclables, and green waste <br />for commercial and industrial establishments and residential properties in the City. Such <br />franchise or contract may include collection, processing, and/or disposal of solid waste, <br />recyclables, and organics as defined in Chapter No. 2021-001 of the Alameda County Waste <br />Management Authority, titled “Organics Reduction and Recycling Ordinance,” and adopted in <br />Chapter 3-24 of the San Leandro Municipal Code. <br />The City established the Franchise Agreement for Solid Waste, Recyclables, and Green Waste <br />Services (“Franchise”) with Alameda County Industries (“ACI”) on February 1, 2000. The <br />Franchise had an initial term of ten years with an automatic extension of ten additional years. On <br />July 20, 2009, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2009-117 to execute Amendment No. 10 <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/31/2023