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COUNTY OF HAWAII w STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 135 17 RESOLUTION URGING THE HONORABLE MAYOR HARRY KIM TO RESCIND THE TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. 3298: FOR FURNISHING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ORGANICS DIVERSION PROGRAM IN EAST HAWAPI AND WEST HAWAPI FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO BEST MEET HAWAPI COUNTY'S SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GOALS. WHEREAS, in December 2007, the County Council adopted Resolution No.356-07 incorporating the Principles of Zero Waste as a long-term goal for the County of Hawaii; and WHEREAS, in May 2008, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 624-08, which funded a $50,000 study on the County's Zero Waste policy espoused by Resolution No. 356-07; and WHEREAS, in January 2009, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 826-08 urging the Department of Environmental Management to develop an ordinance and implement a plan to prohibit food, paper, and compostable organics from I Iawari County landfills by 2012; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawai`i's 2009 Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan found that 54% (114,000 tons) of Waste disposed at County landfills is organic materials that could be recycled, thereby preserving valuable landfill space; and WHEREAS, in 2013, the County established greenwaste and organics diversion operation sites referred to as the West Hawaii Organics Facility adjacent to the West Hawaii Sanitary Landfill and the East Hawaii Organics Facility adjacent to the Hilo Sanitary Landfill, where greenwaste and untreated wood pallets arc processed into mulch; and WHEREAS, on May 6, 2015, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 126-15 authorizing the payment of funds for a later fiscal year and of a multi-fiscal year agreement for furnishing organic waste diversion operations in West Hawaii and Fast Hawaii for the Department of Environmental Management; and WHEREAS, the County entered into a ten (10) year Service Agreement (the Contract) that began on July 1, 2016, to provide an organic waste diversion program in East Hawaii and West Hawaii for the Department of Environmental Management that involves sanitizing and partially composting mulch to control invasive species; and WHEREAS, on February 16, 2017, the Mayor notified the organic waste diversion program Contractor that the County was pursuing a "Termination for Convenience" of the service agreement to take effect on June 30, 2017; and