REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to Apply for a Discretionary Wastewater Discharge Permit from Silicon Valley Clean Water (SVCW) for the Disposal of Source-Separated Residential and Commercial Organic Waste from the Sunnyvale SMaRT Station in the Amount of $340,000
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to authorize the City Manager to apply for a Discretionary Wastewater Discharge Permit from Silicon Valley Clean Water, a Joint Powers Authority, for the disposal of source-separated residential and commercial food scraps. Total annual costs for the disposal will not exceed $340,000. Approval is also requested to authorize the City Manager to apply for renewal of the permit for five additional one-year periods subject to available budget and as long as service and pricing remain acceptable.
EXISTING POLICY
Sunnyvale General Plan Chapter 7, Environmental Management
Goal EM-14: Reduce solid waste through recycling, source reduction, education and special programs.
Policy EM-14.3. Meet or exceed all federal, state and local laws and regulations concerning solid waste diversion and implementation of recycling and source reduction programs.
Goal EM-15. Dispose of solid waste in an environmentally sound, dependable and cost-effective manner.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Operation of the SMaRT Station and marketing of these organic materials would be performed in a manner consistent with the Final Environmental Impact Report "Sunnyvale Material Recovery and Transportation Station (SMART)" dated September 14, 1990, and a subsequent addendum dated July 21, 1992 (SCH #89022812). The proposed permit will result in approximately one trip per day, five days a week. The total number of trips out of the SMaRT Station will remain far below the total anticipated traffic in the EIR. Delivery of organics to SVCW facilities would be accomplished by reloading the organics into transfer trucks at the SMaRT Station in the same manner that garbage is tran...
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