City of Culver City - File #: 22-802

• File #: 22-802
• Version: 1
• Name: Approval of a Change Order to the Existing Purchase Order with Hedstrom Environmental in an Additional aAmount of $90,000 to Purchase approximately 70Seventy 2Two- Cubic Yard Plastic Organic Waste Containers, at approximately $1,300 Per Container, Resulti
• Type: Minute Order
• Status: Consent Agenda
• File created: 2/25/2022
• In control: City Council Meeting Agenda
• On agenda: 3/14/2022
• Title: CC - CONSENT ITEM: (1) Approval of a Change Order to the Existing Purchase Order with Hedstrom Environmental in an Additional Amount of $90,000 to Purchase approximately 70 Two-Cubic Yard Plastic Organic Waste Containers, at approximately $1,300 Per Container, Resulting in an Aggregate Amount Not-to-Exceed $210,000 for FY 2021/2022.

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CC - CONSENT ITEM: (1) Approval of a Change Order to the Existing Purchase Order with Hedstrom Environmental in an Additional Amount of $90,000 to Purchase approximately 70 Two-Cubic Yard Plastic Organic Waste Containers, at approximately $1,300 Per Container, Resulting in an Aggregate Amount Not-to-Exceed $210,000 for FY 2021/2022.
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Meeting Date: March 14, 2022

Contact Person/Dept: James Pledger/Public Works EPO
Phone Number: (310) 253-6423

Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]

Attachments: []

Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:

Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (03/09/2022);

Department Approval: Yanni Demitri, Director of Public Works, City Engineer (03/01/2022)
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RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends the City Council approve a change order to the existing purchase order with Hedstrom Environmental in an amount of $90,000 to purchase approximately 70 two-cubic yard plastic organic waste containers at approximately $1,300 per container, resulting in an aggregate amount not to exceed $210,000 for FY 2021/2022.

BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION

The Environmental Programs & Operations Division (EPO) of the Public Works Department provides and services approximately 2500 refuse, recycling and organics containers throughout the city for multifamily and commercial customers.
Senate Bill (SB) 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016, Short-Lived Pollutants: Methane Emissions Reductions) was signed by then-Governor Jerry Brown, on September 19, 2016, to reduce organics in landfills, which are a source of methane emissions. According to the Department of Resources Recovery and Recycling (CalRecycle), organic waste accounts for more than a third of the materials in California's waste stream. A landfill is an anaerobic environment (without oxygen). When organic materials decompose in an anaerobic environm...