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REPORT - APPROVAL OF EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT WITH RENEWABLE SONOMA
BACKGROUND: The Sonoma County Waste Management Agency (“Agency”) is a joint powers authority whose mission is to implement waste diversion programs as required by State law, a cornerstone of which is composting. From 1993 until 2015, the Agency contracted with Sonoma Compost to provide composting services for solid organic waste (primarily vegetative matter, including curb-side collection) at the Sonoma County landfill on Mecham Rd. However, in 2015 the facility was forced to close due to storm water run-off issues. Since that time, solid organic wastes have been transported to locations outside of Sonoma County as the Agency seeks another site for a similar processing facility. In May 2017, the Agency issued an RFP soliciting responses from parties interested in owning and operating a solid organic waste compost facility in Sonoma County. During the Agency’s RFP process, the City of Santa Rosa solicited inter...
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