Item 25 - Intent to Award a Solid Waste Franchise Agreement

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jmf 7/8/21 Resolution No. 2021-XXX Page 1 of 2 RESOLUTION NO. 2021-XXX A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO AWARD A SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Section 1300 of the Santa Ana City Charter confers on the City Council authority “to grant franchises or rights or make contracts providing for the furnishing of the City and its inhabitants with transportation, communications, terminal facilities, water, light, heat, power, refrigeration and storage, or any other public utility or service, or using the streets of the City for the operation of plants, works, or equipment for the furnishing thereof, or traversing any portion of the streets of the City for the transmitting or conveying of any such service elsewhere.” B. Under Section 1300 of the Charter, the City Council may grant a franchise to any person, form, or corporation, whether operating under an existing franchise or not, and may prescribe the terms and conditions of any such grant. C. As required by Section 1303 of the Charter, before granting any franchise, the City Council must pass a resolution declaring its intention to do so and fixing the time, date, and place for a public hearing at which the matter will be considered. Section 2. Notice is hereby given that on August 17, 2021, at 5:45 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter, in the Santa Ana City Council Chambers, 22 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California, a public hearing will be held by the City Council to award a franchise for the collection and handling of solid waste generated, produced, and/or accumulated in the City of Santa Ana to one of the following entities upon the terms and conditions stated in Request for Proposals No. 20-097, dated March 24, 2020, and as further negotiated by the parties: Arakelian Enterprises, Inc. dba Athens Services, CR&R Incorporated, Republic Waste Services of Southern California, LLC dba Republic Services, or Waste Management Collection and Recycling, Inc. dba Waste Management of Orange County. At this time, any and all persons interested in or objecting to the proposed award may appear and be heard. Section 3. The Clerk of the Council is hereby directed to cause this Resolution to be published at least once within fifteen (15) days of its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. EXHIBIT 1