REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to execute the Sunnyvale Materials Recovery and Transfer (SMaRT) Station(r) Merchant User Agreement between City of Sunnyvale and City of Cupertino
Report
BACKGROUND
The SMaRT Station(r), a City-owned property, is a large volume materials recovery facility and transfer station serving the cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale (partner cities). It is designed to process 1,500 tons of material per day and is currently accepting about 700 tons per day. Consistent with Council direction to pursue uses for its excess capacity (as referenced in Existing Policy section), staff pursued providing SMaRT Station solid waste and recycling services to the City of Cupertino (Cupertino).
The City of Sunnyvale (City) and City of Mountain View currently have a fifteen-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to share the operating and capital costs of processing mixed waste, yard trimmings and recyclables at the SMaRT Station. Costs are shared in proportion to the amount of waste brought in by each city respectively.
The SMaRT Station receives and accepts (1) all garbage, source-separated recyclable materials, and source-separated organic materials delivered to the SMaRT Station by or on behalf of the partner cities; (2) publicly hauled waste generated within the jurisdictions of the partner cities; and (3) construction and demolition waste. The City has an Operation Agreement with Bay Counties Smart, Inc. (BCS) for operating the SMaRT Station until June 30, 2029. The Operating Agreement includes provisions for BCS to receive and process materials from the two partner cities and, if needed, areas defined in the 1992 Environmental Impact Report as the Extended Service Area. Cupertino is within this Extended Service Area.
Adding materials from Cupertino to those already handled at the SMaRT Station would result in economies of scale. With appropriate pricing and terms, it would reduce costs for the existing ...
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