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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAIII RESOLUTION NO. 126 15 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF FUNDS OF A LATER FISCAL YEAR AND OF A MULTI -FISCAL YEAR AGREEMENT FOR FURNISHING ORGANIC WASTE DIVERSION OPERATIONS IN WEST HAWAII AND EAST HAWAII FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WHEREAS, the County 2009 Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan identified that 54% or 114,000 tons of the waste disposed at County landfills were organic materials that could be recycled, thereby preserving valuable landfill space; and WHEREAS, the County established in 2013 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 are processed into mulch; and WHEREAS, the County has an existing organics diversion contract that will expire on December 31, 2015; and WHEREAS, the County is developing a new procurement to replace the current contract for the operation of the West Hawaii Organics Facility and the East Hawaii Organics Facility; and WHEREAS, the new contract will accept greenwaste generated from county recycling and transfer stations, landfills and other private entities. The types of organic material will include greenwaste and untreated wood pallets; and WHEREAS, the new procurement will solicit the costs for providing treatment of the mulch for invasive species before being distributed to the public at the East Hawaii Organics Facility; and WHEREAS, the new procurement will solicit the costs for providing a compost demonstration project for a portion of the organic materials from the East Hawaii Organics Facility. The demonstration project will provide the County with valuable data on the success of composting greenwaste, the market for selling compost, the revenue generated from sales and other information. This data will be used for future expansion of organics diversion to include other organic materials like paper, food and compostable plastics; and WHEREAS, the high equipment and operations start-up costs, that are estimated between $500,000 to $1,000,000, justify a multi-year commitment to recoup costs and secure reasonable terms for equipment financing. A multi-year commitment also provides the County the most favorable opportunity for competitive bids; and WHEREAS, it is in the County's best interest to contract for the operation of organic waste diversion sites based on an initial multi-year agreement not to exceed four (4) years. The contract