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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />May 20, 2025 <br />TOPIC: Second Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement with the County of Orange <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Second Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement with the County of Orange (Non - <br />General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve a second amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement with the County of <br />Orange for an additional one-year term ending June 30, 2026 for continued importation <br />of waste to the County's three landfills (Agreement No. A-2025-XXX). <br />GOVERNMENT CODE 484308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Public Works Agency's (PWA) Parks, Fleet, Facilities, and Refuse Division is <br />responsible for the administration and oversight of the refuse collection service in the <br />City. The Refuse Enterprise Section oversees citywide trash and recycling, edible food <br />recovery program, neighborhood cleanup program, and implementation of the City's <br />waste hauler contract. The disposal of solid waste at the Orange County landfills is <br />governed by a 2009 Waste Disposal Agreement (WDA). In this agreement, the cities <br />within Orange County (County) agreed to deposit their solid waste at the three County <br />landfill facilities in return for low and stable disposal rates. The agreement also set <br />parameters for the importation of waste from outside the County into these landfills. The <br />term of the WDA began on July 1, 2010 and ran through June 30, 2020, with <br />importation of waste from outside the County expiring on June 30, 2016. On February <br />16, 2016, City Council approved an amendment with the County to extend the terms of <br />the WDA through June 30, 2025. <br />In January 2022, Orange County Waste & Recycling (OCW&R) notified the County <br />cities of its intent to revise the WDA to align with legislative requirements; such as, <br />Senate Bill 1383 which requires local governments to divert organic waste, like food <br />scraps and landscaping waste, away from landfills. OCW&R presented a proposed <br />successor agreement to the WDA, titled the Waste Infrastructure System Enhancement <br />(WISE) agreement at an Orange County City Manager's summit on November 7, 2024. <br />The WISE agreement proposed increasing the landfill disposal rate from $42.65 to $82 <br />per ton, a 92.3% increase. It also proposed a rebate program for composted organic <br />