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C®IJ~T` (3 `I ~'I'~'I']~ Old ~-iA~i`I S®LU'I'IOl®T 1®TO. (]®raft 2) A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS SOLID WASTE LANDFILL DIVERSION THROUGH WASTE REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY WRT WITH PROCUREMENT CRITERIA THAT MATCHES I-IAWAI`I COUNTY POLICIES, NEEDS AND WASTE STREAM, AND DELINEATES NEXT ACTIONS_ WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council, pursuant to Chapter 342G, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), adopted the Hawaii County Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP) by Resolution No. 291-94 on October 5, 1994; and WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council, pursuant to Chapter 342G, Hawaii Revised Statutes {HRS), adopted the Update to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan by Resolution No.238-02, on November 20, 2002; and WHEREAS, on May 5, 2004, the Hawaii County Council adopted Resolution No.180-04, which supports expediting the process to bring online a WRT; and WHEREAS, the Council is cognizant that time is of the essence in the County's ongoing effort to maximize the life of its two landfills and, in supporting the ISWMP policy objective, that the County work towards a suitable waste reduction technology (WILT); and WHEREAS, the Council recognizes that in order to expedite the Request For Proposal (RFP) for a WRT, procurement criteria that consistently matches County policies, needs and waste stream must be established first; and WHEREAS, during the Parks and Environmental Committee meeting on July 22, 2004, Comm 684.1, which outlined the initial assessment of findings gathered from the Request For Information (RFI) process, was discussed at length; and WHEREAS, in light of the information gathered at the Parks and Environmental Management Committee meeting, including the analysis and input voluntarily provided by consultant Ted Vorfeld, President of Hualalai Engineering, the following procurement criteria axe deemed essential and need to be incorporated into the RFP: • Project financing by the vendor with a statement in writing from the vendor's financial institution confirming the vendor's ability to finance the project based on review of the proposal submitted to the County. • Early construction and operation of processing facility capable of managing residual East Hawaii waste (County Sort Station design and Environmental IAnpact Statement -available for vendor use). • At least one full-scale comrr~ercial operation must be operating. No experimental technologies will be accepted.