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SECOND AMENDMENT TO WASTE DISPOSAL AGREEMENT <br /> THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE WASTE DISPOSAL AGREEMENT("Second Amendment") is made <br /> and dated as of the date indicated on the cover page hereof between the County of Orange, a political <br /> subdivision of the State of California (the "County"), and the City (general law, charter or other), Special <br /> District or Sanitary District designated on the cover page of this Agreement and party to this Agreement.(the <br /> "City"). <br /> RECITALS <br /> The County owns, manages, and operates a Waste Infrastructure System to manage municipal and <br /> solid waste generated within Orange County, California or imported from outside Orange County, California <br /> pursuant to contractual agreements(hereafter used referred to as"Disposal System"or"Waste Infrastructure <br /> System"). The Waste Infrastructure System collectively includes active Class III sanitary landfills ("County <br /> Landfills"), resource recovery, recycling and organics programs, infrastructure and operations, and regional <br /> household hazardous waste collection centers and other waste management related systems as may be <br /> deemed necessary by the County. <br /> The County is also responsible for the long-term management of 20 closed landfills as required under <br /> Applicable Law. <br /> County Landfills are used for the management of municipal solid waste pursuant to legislation <br /> including, but not limited to, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Division 30 of the <br /> California Public Resources Code) (the "Act") and the Short-lived Climate Pollutants Reduction Act ("SB <br /> 1383").County Landfills are also subject to other state and federal regulations designed to ensure that landfill <br /> operations minimize the impacts to public health and safety and the environment. <br /> The City, in the exercise of its police power, its powers under the Act, and other Applicable Law, has <br /> entered into a franchise or other agreement with or issued permits or licenses to one or more private haulers <br /> for the collection, recycling,diversion, and disposal of municipal solid waste generated within the City. <br /> The City and the County have historically provided for the management of municipal solid waste <br /> through Waste Disposal Agreements ("WDAs"), wherein the County agreed to provide disposal capacity for <br /> waste generated in the City, and the City agreed to deliver or cause the delivery of waste generated in the <br /> City to the Disposal System, as more specifically set forth in, and subject to the terms and conditions of the <br /> WDAs. In 2009,the Parties entered into a new WDA(referred to as the"Original WDA"). In 2016,the Original <br /> WDA was amended by the Parties ("First Amendment"), whereby the Parties updated certain terms and <br /> extended the term through June 30, 2025. (The Original WDA and its corresponding First Amendment are <br /> referred to in this Second Amendment as the"Current WDA".) <br /> In response to passage of several pieces of legislation that require significant reductions in the <br /> disposal of organic waste,and in light of the approaching expiration of the Current WDA,the County held two <br /> City Manager Summits in November 2024 proposing terms of a new WDA. <br /> The Orange County City Manager Association ("OCCMA") has established a Committee ("OCCMA <br /> Committee")including representatives of cities and sanitary districts to review the terms of the proposed new <br /> WDA. The OCCMA Committee requested a 12-month extension of the Current WDA to allow for additional <br /> time to negotiate mutually agreeable terms for a new WDA, and obtain approval from the respective <br /> Page 2 of 5 <br />