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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 218 Draft 01 2002-2004 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. iL'S.~ 04 A RESOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS SOLID WASTE LANDFILL DIVERSION THROUGH WASTE REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY WITH PROCUREMENT CRITERIA THAT MATCHES HAWAII COUNTY POLICIES, NEEDS AND WASTE STREAM, AND DELINEATES NEXT ACTIONS WHEREAS, The Hawaii County Council, pursuant to the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 342G, adopted the Hawaii County Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP) by Resolution 291- 94 on October 5, 1994; and WHEREAS, The Hawaii County Council, pursuant to the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 342G, adopted the Update to the Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan by Resolution 238-02, on November 20, 2002; and WHEREAS, the Council is cognizant that time is of the essence in our ongoing effort to maximize the life of the landfills and in supporting the ISWMP policy objective that the County work towazds a suitable waste reduction technology. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the County of Hawaii that, in order to expedite the publication of a Request for Proposal, or other procurement document(s), for a Waste Reduction Technology, the following concepts will be included in the procurement: • Project financing by the vendor with a statement in writing from their financial institution stating the vendor has the 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 Impact Statement available for vendor use), • At least one full-scale commercial operation must be in place. No experimental technologies will be accepted, • Vendor to handle all Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) that comes to them, whether or not it is their preferred composition of waste, • Redundancy in operation, or storage options, such that waste is always accepted, • A maximum fee from the County to the vendor of $100/ton, based on a 20-year operations contract, to include tip fees and hauling of any residual, as well as items vendor prefers to exclude from their process, • Facility transfer to County ownership after 20 years, • Operations aze intended to be in the private sector for the life of the facility, • Demonstration of experience of vendor's team to handle all permitting issues in a timely fashion, • Demonstration of end mazkets if it is a key part of vendor's costs or process, • East Hawaii waste stream is the primary feedstock, • County guarantees a minimum of 875 tons/week (an average of 125 tons/day), • If land other than Government-owned is desired, cost of acquisition, roads and utilities to be borne by the vendor, • If land suggested by County, between existing South Hilo landfill and Hilo Transfer Station }s desired, County will facilitate acquisition, roads and utilities to vendor's fence line, - • Vendor needs to visit our operations and must demonstrate understanding of unique issues, before submitting proposal, • Vendor needs a firm price commitment by a purchaser for their facility's primary product, where those revenues exceed 20% of the projected product revenue, • A performance bond of $5 Million, and • A bid bond of $50,000. In tandem with the procurement of a Waste Reduction Technology the County will be: • Proceeding with an Invitation for Bids for construction of roads, utilities, corfununity recycling and recycling processing areas in the vicinity of the present Hilo Transfer Station, • Proceedings with Request for Prr~posals and/or Invitation for Bids for 1. Bottle bill implementation, 2. Recycling at transfer stations island-wide based on 5 yeaz transfer station enhancement plan, 3. Greenwaste collections at selected transfer stations, 4. White and bulky goods pickup at selected transfer stations, 5. Diversion of reusable items, and 6. Diversion of construction and demolition debris, and • Developing and implementing a community process to gauge interest and acceptance of a thermal waste reduction process or an anaerobic digestion process. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to Harry Kim, Mayor, County of Hawai'I; Barbaza Bell, Director, Department of Envirorunental Management, County of Hawaii; and the Hawaii County Environmental Management Commission. Dated at Hawaii, this day of 2004. INT ED BY~ CO MFG CO T OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE COUrity Of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX Hilo, Hawaii ARAKAxt CHUNG I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by ELARIONOFF The vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the HOLSCHUH County of Hawaii on IACOBSON REYNOLDS ATTEST: SAFARIK TULANG TYLER Reference: C-711 COUNTY CLERK CHAIRMAN & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION 2 Z8 ~ 4 ' NO.