HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-10-02 - MINUTES - SPECIAL MEETING (3)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING
6:00 P.M.
OCTOBER 2, 2003
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Smyth called to order the special meeting of the City Council at 6:09 p.m.
ROLL CALL
All Councilmembers were present.
FLAG SALUTE
Mayor Smyth led the flag salute.
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
There were none.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
There was none.
STAFF COMMENTS
There were none.
ITEM 1
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS —
REVIEW AND AWARD
Ken Pulskamp, City Manager, provided an overview of the item and the material contained in
the report and introduced Jill Fosselman, who provided detailed information.
Jill Fosselman, Assistant to the City Manager, explained the review process including tours
conducted, the terms of the agreements for residential and commercial services, the proposed
state of the art franchise, the consultant's analysis of the agreements, highlights of the
recommended action as well as pros and cons, and highlights of the alternative action as well as
pros and cons.
On behalf of Burrtec Waste Industries, Eric Herbert, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,
made introductions and outlined their proposal.
On behalf of Consolidated Disposal Services, Mike Dean, General Manager of Chiquita Canyon
Landfill, spoke in support of the alternative action to award the commercial contract to
Consolidated.
On behalf of USA Waste of California, Dan Shoener, Vice President of the Los Angeles Area of
Waste Management, and Chris Fall, Site Manager for Blue Barrel and Santa Clarita Disposal,
outlined their proposal and their efforts to improve services (submitted material).
Addressing the Council on this item was Valerie Thomas; Bill Dinsenbacher; Ann Irvine;
Deanna Hanashiro; B. J. Atkins; Tim Ben Boydston representing Canyon Theatre Guild; Marc
Winger representing Newhall School District; Kent Carlson (submitted material); Henry Miller;
Bob Comer; Chris Hoefflin; Bruce Fortine; Suzan Solomon; Robert Lee representing Wm S.
Hart School District; Jill Harper representing Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center; Karen Pearson
representing Sierra Club; Ed Colley; Allan Cameron; R. J. Kelly; John Steffen; Barbara Myler;
and Greg Nutter. Twenty-seven written comments were submitted; 16 in support of the
recommended action, 10 in opposition and 1 neutral.
Mayor Smyth called a recess at 8:00 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 8:20 p.m.
In response to inquiries from Councilmembers, City Manager Pulskamp; Assistant to the City
Manager Fosselman; Laith Ezzet of Hilton Famkopf & Hobson, the City's consultant; A. Patrick
Munoz of Rutan & Tucker, the City's legal counsel; and representatives from each hauler
provided additional information.
Mayor Smyth called a recess at 9:58 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 10:24 p.m.
Motion by Smyth, second by Weste, to direct staff to enter into a 30 -day discussion
period with Waste Management for the residential contract and with Burrtec Waste
Industries for the commercial contract and bring back a recommendation with 2
signed contracts on a subsequent Council agenda.
On roll call vote:
Ayes: Ferry, McLean, Weste, Smyth
Noes: Kellar
Absent: None
Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Smyth adjourned the meeting at 11:09 p.m.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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