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Resolution to Approve Amendment Number 1 to Services Agreement with Aptim Environmental and Infrastructure, LLC. (APTIM) for the Solid Waste Resources Management Plan and Appropriate Funds from Solid Waste Fund Fund Balance ($24,250.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration is a resolution to approve an amendment to the City's contract with Aptim Environmental and Infrastructure, LLC (APTIM) to develop the City's Solid Waste Resources Management Plan (SWRMP). This amendment will expand the scope of the contract in two areas and reflect that APTIM (FKA Aptim Environmental and Infrastructure, Inc.) is now Aptim Environmental and Infrastructure, LLC.
The first scope expansion is in the community engagement aspect of the planning effort. As part of the project's community engagement effort, an Advisory Committee was formed with representatives from various stakeholders and perspectives on the multiple facets of the City's solid waste program areas, to advise and provide feedback on the opportunities being evaluated and recommendations developed for the plan. The contract scope calls for four Advisory Committee meetings to gain insight and understanding of the issues and items of concern within the program areas, review potential and provide feedback on potential options for improvement and expansion of services within the program, and then review and provide feedback on the draft recommendations developed from the potential options.
At the fourth, and last scheduled meeting of the Advisory Committee, some members of the committee expressed an interest in having a fifth meeting to allow the project team to address specific questions from these members which the final SWRMP report document is intended to address, and this desire was confirmed by a majority of the members present at the meeting. An additional, fifth meeting of the Advisory Committee will also provide an opportunity to secure feedback from the members on ...
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