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City of Santa Ana Proposal to Provide Solid Waste Consulting Services RFP NO.: 18-006 Debbie Morris, Senior Project Manager Project Manager Debbie Morris will substitute as the City's primary contact in the event that Mr. Ezzet is unavailable. Ms. Morris Is a Certified Management Consultant and Senior Project Manager in our Southern California solid waste consulting practice. Ms. Morris has specialized in consulting to government clients on solid waste issues for more than 25 years. Ms. Morris' experience includes assistance with diversion studies, zero waste planning, AB 939, AB 341, AB 1826 and other legislative compliance, solid waste and diversion program implementation and monitoring, solid waste and recycling contract development and management, grant management and administration, greenhouse gas inventories, audit services, rate reviews, illegal dumping/bulky item abatement program development, and construction and demolition debris ordinance preparation and monitoring. Solid Waste Legislative Compliance Ms. Morris' legislative compliance experience includes AB 939, AB 341, AB 1826 and AB 1594 compliance strategic planning, annual report preparation, base -year adjustments, requests to use alternate adjustment factors, and disposal reconciliations. Jurisdictions assisted by Ms. Morris were able to document a significantly improved diversion rate (from three to 20 percentage points) and none of these jurisdictions have received a compliance order from CalRecycle. Ms. Morris has assisted her clients in preparing for the Mandatory Commercial Recycling Regulation included in Assembly Bill 341. This assistance has included gathering current commercial refuse and recycling service level data from the cities' haulers, documenting the number of accounts covered under the regulation, calculating the current level of compliance and appropriate recycling service fees, and developing public education and outreach materials. Ms. Morris is currently assisting jurisdictions in complying with the requirements of AB 1826. This assistance has included developing public education and outreach, determining affected businesses, reviewing and negotiating proposed rates and contract amendments, and gathering and presenting data to CalRecycle. High-Diversion/Zero Waste Planning Ms. Morris has assisted her clients in the development of strategic plans to achieve their high diversion or zero waste goals. Ms. Morris has managed various waste diversion feasibility studies to Identify cost- effective programs to reach diversion goals. This work has included analyzing the effectiveness of existing diversion programs and identifying potential new programs needed to achieve higher diversion goals. Some studies have also included surveys of other cities in California to discover which types of diversion programs were most effective at reducing waste. Ms. Morris conducts research on the design of residential and commercial diversion programs to discover program characteristics that lead to the highest diversion percentages and lowest cost to ratepayers. Her expertise Includes strategically Incorporating programs which provide the most benefit based on a jurisdiction's demographics and waste stream characteristics. April 4, 2018 Page 6 HF&H Consultants, LLC 60D-57