TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cale Curtis, City Manager
DATE: September 18, 2019
Title
APPROVING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING COLLABORATIVE STUDY AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING SYSTEM.
BACKGROUND: A team of consultants (“Arcadis Team”) was selected by Broward County and the former Resource Recovery System municipalities to conduct an evaluation and make recommendations regarding (i) how to reach seventy-five percent recycling countywide, (ii) the impact continued public ownership of the Alpha 250 parcel would have on said recycling goal and countywide solid waste disposal, and (iii) other general solid waste issues identified through the study. The Arcadis Team, in December 2018, issued its “Final Report” which summarizes their findings and makes the following recommendations: (i) that the Alpha 250 parcel remain publicly owned; (ii) that an independent special district be created as the governance structure for any established regional solid waste management system; and (iii) that solid waste processing facilities developed as part of the regional solid waste management system be based on public/private ownership.
This Memorandum of Understanding formalizes the desire to work cooperatively in establishing and implementing a regional solid waste management system, establishes a mechanism and process to analyze and evaluate the Arcadis Team’s recommendations, and provides a schedule for initiating the establishment of a regional solid waste management system.
This item was brought forward at the August 28, 2019 City Commission meeting where the Resolution failed 3-2. After discussion, it was requested that the item would be brought back to the City Commission at a future meeting for additional discussion with other stakeholders and potential action.
RECOMMENDATION: For approval.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
CONTACT PERSON: Kenneth Griffin, P.E., Director of DEES, (954) 972-0828