HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1991 0605 CC REG ITEM 11CMOORPARK
799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: The Honorable City Council
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FROM: Susan Cauldwell, Assistant to the City
DATE: May 24, 1991
SUBJECT: Award of Commercial Refuse Franchises
(805) 529-6864
MOC? ?ARK, CALIFORNIA
Cily Ccuncil Meefing
Previous Citv Council action authorized the arantina of uD to four
non-exclusive commercial refuse franchises.) Last month +the Citv
issued a Request for Qualifications for Commercial Refuse
Collection and Disposal to eight local refuse companies.
Responses were received from G.I. Rubbish, Moorpark Disposal, E.J.
Harrison and Sons, and Rubbish Control Inc. G.I. Rubbish and
Moorpark Disposal are currently franchised to collect residential
refuse. These two companies and E.J. Harrison and Sons currently
collect commercial and industrial refuse in Moorpark. The Budget
and Finance Committee recommends that all four companies should
receive a commercial refuse franchise.
Significant components of the enclosed commercial franchise
agreement (in addition to the standard language used in the
residential agreement) include the following:
1. payment of a $4000 fee to the City upon execution of the
franchise agreement (no later than June 30, 1991) to be
credited to the City in FY90/91;
2. maximum rates are set by City on a not -to -exceed basis
for the life of the agreement;
3. ten (10) percent franchise fee due to the City on all
receipts;
4. three year term with an effective date of July 1, 1991;
5. implementation of multi -family, commercial, and
industrial recycling; and
6. a $10,000 cash bond or irrevocable letter of credit.
(Franchised residential haulers will not be required to
post an additional $10,000 bond.)
PAUL W. LAWRASON JR. BERNARDO M. PEREZ SCOTT MONTGOMERY ROY E. TALLEY JR. JOHN E. WOZNIAK
Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember
The Honorable City Council
May 24, 1991
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Staff Recommendation
Award commercial refuse franchises to G.I. Rubbish, Moorpark
Disposal, E.J. Harrison and Sons, and Rubbish Control Inc.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MOORPARK AND
YOUR COMPANY
FOR THE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, RECYCLING
AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
DATED AS OF JULY 1, 1991
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MOORPARK AND
YOUR COMPANY
FOR THE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, RECYCLING
AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE
This Franchise Agreement ("Franchise Agreement") is
entered into as of this 1st day of July, 1991, by and between
the CITY OF MOORPARK ("City") and YOUR COMPANY, ("Grantee"),
for the collection, transportation, recycling and disposal of
solid waste.
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of California,
by enactment of the California Integrated Waste Management Act
of 1989 ("Act"), has declared that it is within the public
interest to authorize and require local agencies to make
adequate provisions for solid waste handling within their
jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Public Resources Code
Section 40059(a)(1), the City Council of the City of Moorpark
("City Council") has determined that the public health, safety
and well-being require that a non-exclusive franchise be
awarded to a qualified solid waste enterprise for solid waste
collection, recycling and disposal in commercial areas in the
City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council declares its intention of
maintaining reasonable rates for collection and disposal of
solid waste within City limits;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. GRANT OF COMMERCIAL NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE.
This Franchise Agreement grants a commercial non-
exclusive solid waste franchise as defined in Section 2 below
to Your Company, pursuant to Title 6, Chapter 10 of the
Moorpark Municipal Code ("Title 6, Chapter 1011) and California
Public Resources Code Section 40059(a)(1) to arrange for the
on -going collection of and to collect solid waste in
commercial areas within the City of Moorpark. No parent
company, subsidiary company, or affiliate company of Your
Company, shall receive a commercial franchise for the ongoing
collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste.
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SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS.
Whenever any term used in this Franchise Agreement
has been defined by Title 6, Chapter 10, or by Division 30,
Part 1, Chapter 2 of the California Public Resources Code, the
definitions in Title 6, Chapter 10 or Public Resources Code
shall apply unless the term is defined in this Franchise
Agreement.
A. Act. "Act" shall mean the California Integrated
Waste Management Act of 1989, as it may be amended from time
to time.
B. Bulky Waste. "Bulky Waste" shall mean and
include, but not by way of limitation, discarded white goods
(i.e., major household appliances), furniture, tires, carpets,
mattresses and similar large items which cannot be placed in
a covered container.
C. City Limits. "City Limits" means the boundaries
of the City together with all amendments and changes thereto,
which boundaries are shown by maps incorporated herein by
reference and which are on file in the office of the Clerk of
the City Council.
D. Franchise Fee. "Franchise Fee" means the fee or
assessment imposed by the City on Grantee solely because of
its status as Grantee. The term "franchise fee" does not
include:
(1) Any tax, fee or assessment of general
applicability (including any such tax, fee, or assessment
imposed on both businesses and Grantee or their services but
not including a tax, fee, or assessment which is unduly
discriminatory against Grantee or its customers); or
(2) Requirements, reimbursements, charges or
fees incident to the awarding, administering, enforcing,
transfer or renewal of this Franchise Agreement, including
payments of bonds, consultants, administrative expenses,
attorney's fees, security funds, letters of credit, insurance,
indemnification, penalties, or liquidated damages.
E. Grantee. "Grantee" means Your Company, the
entity granted the Franchise pursuant to this Franchise
Agreement.
F. Gross Revenues. "Gross Revenues" shall mean any
and all revenue or compensation in any form derived by the
Grantee, its affiliates, subsidiaries, parents and any person
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or entity in which the Grantee has a financial interest, from
the collection of Solid Waste pursuant to this Franchise
Agreement, including, but not limited to, monthly customer
fees for collection of Solid Waste, special pickup fees, bin
and drop box rental and collection fees from commercial
customers, and fees for redelivery of bins and drop boxes,
without subtracting Franchise Fees or any other cost of doing
business. Provided, however, that the amount of gross
revenues may be reduced by the amount of any commercial
customer bad debts incurred by the Grantee or refunds returned
to commercial customers, provided that the revenue with
respect thereto has been included in the computation of gross
revenues.
G. Recyclables. "Recyclables" means those
materials to be collected by the Grantee under a program to be
determined at a later date and shall include, but not be
limited to newspapers, glass, aluminum and bi-metal cans,
cardboard and plastic.
H. Recycling. "Recycling" means the process of
collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting
materials that would otherwise become Solid Waste, and
returning them to the economic mainstream in the form of
products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used
in the marketplace.
I. Commercial Solid Waste Franchise. "Commercial
Solid Waste Franchise" or "Franchise" shall mean the non-
exclusive right and privilege: (1) to arrange for the
collection of and to collect, and (2) to transport to landfill
or other licensed disposal facilities as determined by City,
and (3) to recycle from collected Solid Waste and Recyclables
all Solid Waste kept, generated and/or accumulated by
commercial customers within the City. This Franchise is
subject to all of the provisions of Title 6, Chapter 10, this
Franchise Agreement, and to any rights held by any other solid
waste enterprise holding rights pursuant to Public Resources
Code Section 49520. No more than four (4) non-exclusive
commercial solid waste franchises may be permitted at any
time. No commercial collector, including a parent company or
subsidiary company, shall be granted more than one non-
exclusive commercial franchise.
J. Solid Waste. "Solid Waste" shall include all
putrescible and non-putrescible waste, including, but not
limited to, animal feces, food waste, waste paper, newspaper,
glass, aluminum, plastic, garbage, cardboard, rags, refuse,
household ashes, lawn clippings, tree and shrubbery trimmings,
leaves, wearing apparel, household goods, wooden containers,
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dead animals and all worthless, useless, unused, rejected, or
cast-off solid or semi -solid matter and commercial and
construction waste, such as cement and asphalt, excluding
hazardous materials as defined in Title 6, Chapter 10.
SECTION 3. ACCEPTANCE; WAIVER.
Grantee agrees to be bound by and comply with all the
requirements of Title 6, Chapter 10 and this Franchise
Agreement. Grantee waives Grantee's right to challenge the
terms of this Franchise Agreement and Title 6, Chapter 10
under federal, state or local law, or administrative regula-
tion, as such laws and regulations exist as of the date of
execution of this Franchise Agreement. Grantee waives any
right or claim to serve the City or any part of the City under
any prior grant of franchise, contract, license or permit
issued or granted by any governmental entity including any
right under Section 49520 of the Public Resources Code.
SECTION 4. SERVICES PROVIDED BY GRANTEE.
A. General. Grantee shall provide Solid Waste
collection, transportation and marketing services within the
City in accordance with the terms of this Franchise Agreement
and Title 6, Chapter 10.
B. Commercial. Not less than once each week
Grantee shall collect the Solid Waste and Recyclables (except
Bulky Wastes) which have been placed, kept or accumulated in
bins at commercial sites within the City.
C. Recycling.
1. Not later than one hundred eighty (180) days
after the execution of this Franchise Agreement, Grantee will
institute a recycling system at all multi -family locations
covered by this franchise subject to City's approval.
2. No sooner than one hundred eighty (180) days
but no later than three hundred sixty-five (365) days after
the execution of this Franchise Agreement, Grantee will
institute a recycling system at all other locations covered by
this franchise subject to City's approval.
3. When recycling is implemented, Grantee
agrees that it will use its best efforts to cause at least
twenty-five percent (25%) of the waste stream collected under
this Franchise Agreement to be diverted from ultimate deposit
in landfills or transformation facilities by June 30, 1994.
Such diversion shall be in accordance with the regulations
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implementing the Act. As long as City determines a market for
Recyclables exists, Grantee warrants that no Recyclables
collected pursuant to this Franchise Agreement shall be
disposed of in a landfill. If this franchise remains in
effect until January 1, 2000, Grantee agrees that it will use
its best efforts to cause at least fifty percent (50%) of the
waste stream collected under this Franchise Agreement to be
diverted from ultimate deposit in landfills or transformation
facilities by January 1, 2000 as required by the Act, as
amended.
3. City and Grantee shall mutually determine
materials to be collected and method of payment for recycling
program.
4. Grantee will provide City with written
reports in a form adequate to meet City's reporting
requirements to the California Integrated Waste Management
Board, and to the County of Ventura throughout the term of
this Franchise Agreement wherein its performance under this
program is set forth in detail.
D. Hours of Collection. Grantee shall collect
Solid Waste within City in accordance with Title 6,
Chapter 10, as it may be amended from time to time.
E. Disposal Site. City shall approve where Solid
Waste generated within City shall be transported for disposal.
Grantee shall not dispose of Solid Waste at any disposal site
owned or controlled by Grantee or its parent or holding
company unless expressly authorized by City.
SECTION 5. FRANCHISE FEES.
A Franchise Fee of ten percent (10%) of Grantee's
Gross Revenues shall be payable by Grantee to City 30 days
after the close of each quarter of Grantee's fiscal year,
beginning from the date of execution of this Franchise
Agreement.
Franchise Fees not received by City within thirty
(30) days after the close of each quarter shall be subject to
interest. The interest rate shall be two percent (2%) above
the average of the most recent prime rates of the three
largest banks headquartered in California as published in the
Wall Street Journal (Western Edition) or similar publication.
Interest shall be calculated from the thirty-first (31st) day
after the close of each quarter on the basis of a three
hundred sixty-five (365) day year and the actual number of
days that the Franchise Fees are outstanding.
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SECTION 6. CASH BOND.
Contemporaneously with the
Franchise Agreement, Grantee shall deposit a cash bond in the
sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in an interest
bearing account. In the alternative, Grantee may provide City
with an irrevocable letter of credit from a bank approved by
City. The cash bond or irrevocable letter of credit shall be
on terms acceptable to the City Attorney. The cash bond or
irrevocable letter of credit shall serve as security for the
faithful performance by Grantee of all the provisions and
obligations of this Franchise Agreement.
After thirty (30) calendar days following Grantee's
failure to pay the City an amount owing under this Franchise
Agreement, the cash bond or irrevocable letter of credit may
be assessed by the City upon five (5) days prior written
notice to the Grantee for purposes including, but not limited
to:
(a) Failure of Grantee to pay the City sums due
under the terms of the Franchise Agreement.
(b) Reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs borne
by the City to correct Franchise Agreement violations not
corrected by Grantee, after due notice.
(c) Monetary remedies or damages assessed
against Grantee due to breach of the Franchise Agreement.
Grantee shall deposit a sum of money sufficient to
restore the cash bond to the original amount or, as the case
may be, provide a new irrevocable letter of credit, within
thirty (30) days after notice from the City that any amount
has been withdrawn from the cash bond or irrevocable letter of
credit.
SECTION 7. TERM.
The term of this Franchise Agreement shall be for
three (3) years, commencing on July 1, 1991, and expiring on
June 30, 1994.
SECTION 8. FRANCHISE TRANSFERABLE; CITY CONSENT REOUIRED;
TERMINATION BY GRANTEE.
A. The Franchise granted by this Franchise
Agreement shall not be transferred, sold, hypothecated, sublet
or assigned, nor shall any of the rights or privileges herein
be hypothecated, leased, assigned, sold or transferred, either
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in whole or in part, nor shall title thereto, either legal or
equitable, or any right, interest or property therein, pass to
or vest in any person, except the Grantee, either by act of
the Grantee or by operation of law, without the prior written
consent of the City expressed by City Council resolution. Any
attempt by Grantee to assign this Franchise without the
consent of City shall be void.
B. If the Grantee attempts to transfer the
Franchise prior to obtaining City consent, all of the profits
or twenty-five percent (25%) of the Gross Revenues, from the
date of attempted transfer until the date of City consent,
whichever is greater, shall be returned to customers, on a pro
rata basis.
C. The City shall not unreasonably withhold its
consent to a transfer of the Franchise granted by this
Franchise Agreement. The City may impose conditions of
approval on a Franchise Agreement transfer, including, but not
limited to conditions requiring acceptance of amendments to
Title 6, Chapter 10 and this Franchise Agreement, and the
payment to City of a transfer fee pursuant to Section 9A of
this Franchise Agreement.
D. City consent is required for any change in
control of Grantee. Change in control shall mean any sale,
transfer or acquisition of (1) more than thirty percent (30%)
of Grantee's assets; or (2) more than ten percent (10%) of
Grantee's voting stock by a person, or group of persons acting
in concert, who already owns more than 5 % of the voting stock.
E. Any change in control of the Grantee occurring
without prior City approval shall constitute a material breach
of this Franchise Agreement.
F. Neither this section nor Section 9, below, shall
apply to a transfer of ownership of Grantee to another wholly -
owned subsidiary or affiliate of Your Company.
G. Grantee may terminate this Franchise Agreement
only upon one hundred eighty (180) days written notice to
City.
SECTION 9. FRANCHISE TRANSFER; FEES.
A. Any application for a franchise transfer shall
be made in a manner prescribed by the City Manager. The
application shall include a transfer fee in an amount to be
set by City by resolution of the City Council, to cover the
cost of all direct and indirect administrative expenses
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including consultant's and attorney's fees necessary to
adequately analyze the application and to reimburse City for
all direct and indirect expenses. In addition, the Grantee
shall reimburse the City for all costs not covered by the
transfer fee. Bills shall be supported with evidence of the
expense or cost incurred. The applicant shall pay such bills
within thirty (30) days of receipt.
B. These franchise transfer fees are over and above
any Franchise Fees specified in this Franchise Agreement and
shall not be passed on to commercial customers.
SECTION 10. IMPOSITION OF DAMAGES OR TERMINATION.
A. If the City Manager determines that the
Grantee's performance pursuant to this Franchise Agreement has
not been in conformity with reasonable industry standards in
similar cities in Southern California, the provisions of this
Franchise Agreement, the requirements of Title 6, Chapter 10,
the requirements of the California Integrated Waste Management
Board, including, but not limited to, requirements for source
reduction and recycling (as to the waste stream subject to
this Franchise Agreement) or any other applicable federal,
state or local law or regulation, including, but not limited
to, the laws governing transfer, storage or disposal of
hazardous waste, the City Manager may advise Grantee in
writing of such deficiencies. The City Manager may, in such
written instrument, set a reasonable time within which
correction of all such deficiencies is to be made. Unless
otherwise specified, a reasonable time for correction shall be
thirty (30) days from the receipt by the Grantee of such
written notice. The City Manager shall review the Grantee's
response and refer the matter to the City Council or decide
the matter and notify the Grantee of that decision in writing.
If the City Manager refers Grantee's response to the City
Council, said response shall be considered by the City Council
not later than sixty (60) days from receipt of City Manager's
written referral. A decision or order of the City Manager
shall be final and binding on Grantee if the Grantee fails to
file a "Notice of Appeal" with the City Manager within ten
(10) working days of receipt of the City Manager's decision.
Within ten working days of receipt of a Notice of Appeal, the
City Manager shall refer the appeal to the City Council for
proceedings in accordance with Section 1OB-C.
B. The City Council, in such case, may set the
matter for hearing. The City Council shall give Grantee, and
any other person requesting the same, ten (10) days written
notice of the time and place of the hearing. At the hearing,
the City Council shall consider the report of the City Manager
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indicating the deficiencies, and shall give the Grantee, or
its representatives and any other interested person, a
reasonable opportunity to be heard.
C. Based on the evidence presented at the public
hearing, the City Council shall determine by resolution
whether or not the Franchise Agreement should be terminated or
liquidated damages imposed. If, based upon the record, the
City Council determines that the performance of Grantee is in
breach of any material term of this Franchise Agreement or any
material provision of any applicable federal, state or local
statute or regulation and has not been corrected within thirty
(30) days of receipt of any notice of deficiency, the City
Council, in the exercise of its sole discretion, may terminate
forthwith, the Franchise Agreement or impose liquidated
damages, as defined below. The decision of the City Council
shall be final and conclusive. Grantee's performance under
this Franchise Agreement not excused during the period of time
prior to the City Council's final determination as to whether
such performance is deficient.
D. This right of termination or to impose liqui-
dated damages is in addition to any other rights of City upon
a failure of Grantee to perform its obligations under this
Franchise Agreement.
E. Irrespective of Section 10A-D above, City
further reserves the right to terminate Grantee's Franchise or
impose liquidated damages in the event of any of the
following:
(1) If the Grantee practices, or attempts to
practice, any fraud or deceit upon the City.
(2) If the Grantee becomes insolvent, unable or
unwilling to pay its debts, or upon listing of an order for
relief in favor of Grantee in a bankruptcy proceeding.
(3) If the Grantee fails to provide or maintain
in full force and effect, the workers compensation, liability
and indemnification coverages or cash bond as required by the
Franchise Agreement.
(4) If the Grantee willfully violates any
orders or rulings of any regulatory body having jurisdiction
over the Grantee relative to this Franchise Agreement,
provided that the Grantee may contest any such orders or
rulings by appropriate proceedings conducted in good faith, in
which case no breach of the Franchise Agreement shall be
deemed to have occurred.
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(5) If the Grantee ceases to provide Solid
Waste collection service as required under this Franchise
Agreement over all or a substantial portion of its Franchise
Area for a period of seven (7) days or more, for any reason
within the control of the Grantee.
(6) If the Grantee willfully fails to make any
payments required under the Franchise Agreement and/or refuses
to provide City with required information, reports and/or test
results in a timely manner as provided in the Franchise
Agreement.
(7) Any other act or omission by the Grantee
which materially violates the terms, conditions or require-
ments of the Franchise Agreement, Title 6, Chapter 10, the
Act, as it may be amended from time to time, or any order,
directive, rule or regulation issued thereunder and which is
not corrected or remedied within the time set in the written
notice of the violation or, if the Grantee cannot reasonably
correct or remedy the breach within the time set forth in such
notice, if the Grantee should fail to commence to correct or
remedy such violation within the time set forth in such notice
and diligently effect such correction or remedy thereafter.
F. Liquidated Damages.
(1) The City finds, and the Grantee agrees,
that as of the time of the execution of this Franchise
Agreement, it is impractical, if not impossible to reasonably
ascertain the extent of damages which will be incurred by the
City as a result of a material breach by Grantee of its
obligations under this Franchise Agreement. The factors
relating to the impracticability of ascertaining damages
include, but are not limited to, the fact that: (i) sub-
stantial damage results to members of the public who are
denied services or denied quality or reliable service; (ii)
such breaches cause inconvenience, anxiety, frustration and
deprivation of the benefits of the Franchise Agreement to
individual members of the general public for whose benefit
this Franchise Agreement exists, in subjective ways and in
varying degrees of intensity which are incapable of measure-
ment in precise monetary terms; (iii) that services might be
available at substantially lower costs than alternative
services, and the monetary loss resulting from denial of
services or denial of quality or reliable services is
impossible to calculate in precise monetary terms; and (iv)
the termination of this Franchise Agreement for such breaches,
and other remedies are, at best, a means of future correction
and not remedies which make the public whole for past
breaches.
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(2) Accordingly, the City Council may, in its
discretion, assess liquidated damages not to exceed the sum of
Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($750.00) per day, for each
calendar day that service is not provided by Grantee in
accordance with this Franchise Agreement. The amount of the
liquidated damages shall be increased by the past year's
consumer price index for the Ventura -Oxnard area on the
anniversary of this Franchise Agreement. In addition, the
Council may order the assessment against the cash bond
required by Section 6, above, the termination of the Franchise
Agreement, or both.
( 3 ) The City finds and the Grantee acknowledges
and agrees that the above -described liquidated damages
provisions represent a reasonable sum in light of all of the
circumstances. Said liquidated damages sums shall be
applicable to each calendar day of delay during which Grantee
has been found by the City Council to be in material default
pursuant to this Section. The Grantee shall pay any
liquidated damages assessed by the City Council within ten
(10) days after they are assessed. If they are not paid
within the ten-day period, the City may withdraw them from the
security fund established by the cash bond required by Section
6, above, order the termination of the Franchise granted by
this Franchise Agreement, or both.
SECTION 11. CITY'S ADDITIONAL REMEDIES.
In addition to the remedies set forth in Section 10,
above, City shall have the following rights:
A. To rent or lease equipment from Grantee for the
purpose of collecting, transporting and disposing of Solid
Waste which Grantee is obligated to collect, transport and
dispose of pursuant to this Franchise Agreement, for a period
not to exceed six (6) months. In the case of equipment not
owned by Grantee, Grantee shall assign to City, to the extent
Grantee is permitted to do so under the instruments pursuant
to which Grantee possesses such equipment, the right to
possess the equipment. Consistent with this provision,
Grantee agrees to use its best efforts to obtain, in the
instruments or agreements pursuant to which Grantee possesses
such equipment, provisions which authorize City to possess
such equipment in the event City exercises its rights under
this section. If City exercises its rights under this Section
11, City shall pay the reasonable rental value of the
equipment so taken for the period of City's possession
thereof;
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B. The right to contract with others to perform the
services otherwise to be performed by Grantee hereunder, or to
perform such services itself; and
C. The right to obtain damages and/or injunctive
relief. Both parties recognize and agree that in the event of
a breach under the terms of this Franchise Agreement by
Grantee, City may suffer irreparable injury and incalculable
damages sufficient to support injunctive relief, to enforce
the provisions of this Franchise Agreement and to enjoin the
breach thereof.
SECTION 12. RIGHTS OF CITY TO PERFORM DURING EMERGENCY.
A. Should Grantee, for any reason whatsoever,
except the occurrence or existence of any of the events or
conditions set forth in Section 23A, "Force Maleure," below,
refuse or be unable to collect, transport and dispose of any
or all of the Solid Waste and Recyclables which it is
obligated under this Franchise Agreement to collect, transport
and dispose of for a period of more than seventy-two (72)
hours, and if as a result thereof, Solid Waste and Recyclables
should accumulate in City to such an extent, in such a manner,
or for such a time that the City Manager in the exercise of
his sole discretion should find that such accumulation
endangers or menaces the public health, safety or welfare,
then in such event City shall have the right, upon twenty-four
(24) hour prior written notice to Grantee, during the period
of such emergency, to temporarily take possession of any or
all equipment and facilities of Grantee previously used in the
collection, transportation and disposal of Solid Waste and
Recyclables under this Franchise Agreement, and to use such
equipment and facilities to collect and transport any or all
Solid Waste and Recyclables which Grantee would otherwise be
obligated to collect and transport pursuant to this Franchise
Agreement. Grantee agrees that in such event it will fully
cooperate with City to effect such a transfer of possession
for City's use.
B. Grantee agrees that, in such event, City may
take temporary possession of and use all of said equipment and
facilities without paying Grantee any rental or other charge,
provided that City agrees that, in such event, it assumes
complete responsibility for the proper and normal use of such
equipment and facilities. City agrees that it shall
immediately relinquish possession of all of the
above -mentioned property to Grantee upon receipt of written
notice from Grantee to the effect that it is able to resume
its normal responsibilities under this Franchise Agreement.
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SECTION 13. PRIVACY.
A. Grantee shall strictly observe and protect the
rights of privacy of commercial customers. Information
identifying individual customers, or the composition or
contents of a commercial customer's Solid Waste or Recyclables
shall not be revealed to any person, governmental unit,
private agency or company, unless upon the authority of a
court of law, by statute, or upon valid authorization of the
customer. This provision shall not be construed to preclude
Grantee from preparing, participating in, or assisting in the
preparation of waste characterization studies or waste stream
analyses which may be required by the Act.
B. Grantee shall not market or distribute outside
the normal course of its business, mailing lists with the
names and addresses of commercial customers.
C. The rights accorded commercial customers
pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other
privacy right accorded commercial customers pursuant to
federal or state law.
SECTION 14. REPORTS AND ADVERSE INFORMATION.
A. Quarterly Reports. Forty-five (45) days after
the close of each fiscal quarter, the Grantee shall submit a
written quarterly report, in a form approved by the City,
including, but not limited to, the following information:
(1) A summary of the previous quarter's ( or, in
the case of the initial reporting quarter, the initial
quarter's) activities including, but not limited to, services
begun or discontinued during the reporting quarter, and the
number of customers for each class of service;
(2) A list of all new or closed accounts,
uncollectable accounts, bad debt write-offs and delinquent
accounts;
(3) A revenue statement, setting forth monthly
Franchise Fees, and the basis for the calculation thereof,
certified by an officer of the Grantee;
(4) A list of Grantee's officers and members of
its board of directors, but after the initial report only
additions and deletions to the list are required to be
reported;
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(5) A list of stockholders or other equity
investors holding five percent (50) or more of the voting
interest in the Grantee and any subsidiaries unless Grantee is
a public corporation whose annual reports are publicly
available, but after the initial report only additions and
deletions to the list are required to be reported;
(6) A copy of all landfill gate receipts and
invoices for Solid Waste disposal pursuant to this Franchise
Agreement;
(7) A list of Grantee's current fleet,
including age, make and model of each cab and chassis;
(8) Items not listed in (1) through (7) above
may be requested by City upon thirty (30) days written notice
to Grantee for inclusion in any subsequent quarterly report.
B. Adverse Information. Grantee shall provide City
with copies of all reports, or other material adversely
affecting the Franchise Agreement, received from or submitted
to the EPA, the California Integrated Waste Management Board,
the Ventura County Environmental Health Department, the
Ventura County Solid Waste Management Department, or any other
federal, state, county or local agency. Copies shall be
submitted to City simultaneously with Grantee's receipt or
filing of such matters with said agencies. Grantee's routine
correspondence to and from said agencies need not be automat-
ically submitted to City, but shall be made available to City
upon written request, as provided in Section 22, below.
(1) Grantee shall submit to City copies of all
pleadings, applications, notifications, communications and
documents of any kind, submitted by the Grantee to, as well as
copies of all decisions, correspondence and actions by, any
Federal, State and local courts, regulatory agencies and other
government bodies relating specifically to Grantee's
performance of services pursuant to this Franchise Agreement.
Any data which Grantee seeks to exempt from the provisions of
the California Public Records Act shall be clearly identified
as such by Grantee, with the basis for such exemption clearly
specified. In the event City receives a request for
disclosure of the information, City shall notify Grantee, in
order to permit Grantee to bring an action to enjoin
disclosure of the information.
( 2 ) Grantee shall submit to the City such other
information or reports in such forms and at such times as the
City may reasonably request or require.
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(3) All reports and records required under this
or any other section shall be furnished at the sole expense of
the Grantee.
(4) A copy of each of Grantee's annual and
other periodic public financial reports and those of its
parent, subsidiary and affiliated corporation and other
entities, as the City requests, shall be submitted to the City
within thirty (30) days after receipt by Grantee of City's
request for same.
C. AB 939 Reports. Grantee shall provide City, in
a form satisfactory to City, information sufficient to enable
City to prepare and submit in a timely manner, the Initial
Solid Waste Generation Study, including identification of
solid waste sources, categories and types, subsequent Solid
Waste Generation Studies and Annual Reports on solid waste
generation.
D. Failure to Report. The refusal, failure, or
neglect of the Grantee to file any of the reports required, or
the inclusion of any materially false or misleading statement
or representation made knowingly by the Grantee in such report
shall be deemed a material breach of the Franchise Agreement,
and shall subject the Grantee to all remedies, legal or
equitable, which are available to the City under the Franchise
Agreement or otherwise.
SECTION 15. REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY OF SERVICE.
A. Annual Review. At City's sole option, within
ninety (90) days of the first anniversary of the effective
date of this Franchise Agreement, and each year thereafter
throughout the term of the Franchise Agreement, City may hold
a public meeting at which the Grantee shall be present and
shall participate, to review the Grantee's performance and
quality of service. The reports required by this Franchise
Agreement regarding customer complaints shall be utilized as
the basis for review. In addition, any customer may submit
comments or complaints during the review meetings, either
orally or in writing, and these shall be considered.
Within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of
the public meeting, City shall issue a report with respect to
the adequacy of performance and quality of service. If any
noncompliance with the Franchise is found, City may direct
Grantee to correct the inadequacies in accordance with Section
11 above.
SECTION 16. SYSTEM AND SERVICES REVIEW.
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To provide for technological, economic, and regula-
tory changes in Solid Waste collection and recycling, to
facilitate renewal procedures, to promote competition in the
refuse and recycling industry, and to achieve a continuing,
advanced Solid Waste collection and recycling system, the
following system and services review procedures are hereby
established:
A. At City's sole option, City may hold a public
meeting, on or about the second anniversary date of the
Franchise Agreement at which the Grantee shall be present and
shall participate, to review the Solid Waste collection and
recycling system and services. Subsequent system and services
review meetings may be scheduled by City each two (2) years
thereafter. It is City's intent to conduct any system and
services review concurrently with any annual review of
performance and quality of service as provided for in Section
15, above. City shall provide ten (10) days written notice of
such hearing.
B. Sixty (60) days after receiving notice from the
City, Grantee shall submit a report to City indicating the
following:
(1) All refuse collection and recycling services
reported in significant refuse collection and
recycling industry trade journals that are
being commonly provided on an operational
basis, excluding tests and demonstrations, to
communities in the United States with compar-
able populations, that are not provided to
City; and
(2) Changes recommended to improve the City's
ability to meet the goals of the Act.
(3) Any specific plans for provision of such new
services by the Grantee, or a justification
indicating why Grantee believes that such
services are not feasible for the Franchise
Area.
C. Topics for discussion and review at the system
and services review hearing shall include, but shall not be
limited to, services provided, feasibility of providing new
services, application of new technologies, customer
complaints, rights of privacy, amendments to the Franchise
Agreement, developments in the law, new initiatives for
meeting or exceeding the Act's goals and regulatory
constraints.
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D. City and the Grantee may each select additional
topics for discussion at any systems and services review
hearing.
E. Not later than sixty (60) days after the
conclusion of each system and service review meeting, City may
issue a report. The report shall include a listing of any
refuse collection and recycling services not then being
provided to City that are considered technically and econom-
ically feasible by City. City may require Grantee to provide
such services within a reasonable time at a mutually agreed -
upon price.
SECTION 17. COMPENSATION.
A. Grantee Rates. Grantee shall provide all
services described in this Franchise Agreement in accordance
with the rates fixed by City as described below and as set
forth in the "Schedule of Rates," which is attached as Exhibit
"A".
B. Modification and Adjustment of Rates. The rates
set forth on Exhibit "A" shall remain in effect for the term
of this agreement.
C. Notice of Rate Increases. Grantee shall provide
commercial customers at least thirty (30) days written notice
on modification or adjustment of rates. Grantee shall submit
for City's approval the form of such notice prior to mailing.
D. Billing and Payment.
(1) Grantee may bill all commercial customers
for all services. Grantee shall provide itemized bills,
distinctly showing charges for all classifications of
services, including the charges for late payment. The Grantee
shall not designate that portion of a customer's bill
attributable to the Franchise Fee as a separate item on
customers' bills. Billings may be made up to three (3) months
in advance for all commercial customers, provided that a
return envelope is included when the billing period exceeds
two (2) months.
(2) City may, at City's sole option, elect to
bill commercial for Solid Waste collection. If City elects to
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do so, the portion of the Solid Waste collection rates paid to
Grantee which is attributable to billing for services shall be
assigned to City.
E. Delinquent Accounts. Grantee may discontinue
service as set forth in this section. Persons who have not
remitted required payments within 30 days after the date of
billing shall be notified on forms approved by City. Said
forms shall contain a statement that services may be discon-
tinued 15 days from the date of notice if payment is not made
before that time. A penalty not to exceed two percent ( 2 % ) of
the total balance due may be charged to delinquent accounts
per month. Such late charge may not be assessed prior to the
mailing of any notice of discontinuance. Upon payment of the
delinquent fees and any late charge owed, Grantee shall resume
collection on the next regularly scheduled collection day.
F. Refunds. Grantee shall refund to each customer,
on a pro rata basis, any advance service payments made by such
customer for service not provided when service is discontinued
by the customer.
SECTION 18. COLLECTION EQUIPMENT.
Grantee shall provide an adequate number of vehicles
and equipment for the collection and disposal, recycling and
transportation services for which it is responsible under this
Franchise Agreement. All vehicles used by Grantee under this
Franchise Agreement shall be registered with the Department of
Motor Vehicles of the State of California, shall have all
required state and local permits, shall be kept clean and in
good repair and shall be uniformly painted. Solid waste
collection and recycling vehicles shall be washed at least
once every seven (7) calendar days. Grantee's name, telephone
number and vehicle number shall be visibly displayed on its
vehicles in letters and figures not less than five inches ( 5" )
high. The equipment of Grantee used under this Franchise
Agreement shall be subject to inspection by City on a semi-
annual basis but shall not be subject to any permit fees
therefor.
SECTION 19. PUBLIC ACCESS TO GRANTEE.
A. Office Hours. Grantee's office hours shall be,
at a minimum, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily, on all
collection days. A representative of Grantee shall be
available during office hours for communication with the
public at Grantee's principal office. Grantee shall use its
best efforts to employ representatives fluent in the languages
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the subject of any communication. This requirement is for no
other purpose than to encourage prompt and satisfactory
resolution of communications between Grantee and the public.
Grantee shall also maintain a local telephone number
for use during normal business hours. Grantee shall have a
representative or answering service available at said local
telephone number during all hours other than normal office
hours. City reserves the right to have City employees on site
at Grantee's principal office during normal business hours to
monitor Grantee's communication with the public.
B. Service Complaints.
(1) All customer complaints shall be directed
to Grantee. Grantee shall record all complaints received by
mail, by telephone or in person ( including date, name, address
of complainant and nature of complaint). Grantee agrees to
use its best efforts to resolve all complaints by close of
business of the second business (Solid Waste collection) day
following the date on which such complaint is received.
Service complaints may be investigated by the City Manager or
the City Manager's designated representative. Unless a
settlement satisfactory to complainant, Grantee and City
Manager's designee is reached, the complainant may refer the
matter to City Manager for review.
(2) Grantee will maintain records listing the
date of consumer complaints, the customer, the nature of the
complaint or request, and when and what action was taken by
the Grantee to resolve the complaint. All such records shall
be maintained for a period of three (3) years and shall be
available for inspection by City. Grantee shall prepare
quarterly summaries of consumer complaints. The summaries
shall be available and delivered quarterly to the City Manager
or City Manager's designated representative.
C. Government Liaison Person. Grantee shall
designate a "government liaison person" who shall be respon-
sible for working with the City Manager or the City Manager's
designated representative to resolve consumer complaints.
SECTION 20. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTED CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS.
A. Grantee shall notify customers of this complaint
arbitration procedure at the time customers apply for service,
and subsequently, annually.
B. Any customer dissatisfied with Grantee's
decision regarding a complaint may ask City review the
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complaint. To obtain this review, customer must request City
review within thirty (30) days of receipt of Grantee's
response to the complaint, or within forty-five (45) days of
submitting the complaint to Grantee, if Grantee has failed to
respond to the complaint. City may extend the time to request
its review for good cause.
C. Before reviewing the complaint, the City Manager
shall refer it to Grantee. If Grantee fails to cure the
complaint within ten (10) days, the City Manager shall review
the customer's complaint and determine if further action is
warranted. City Manager may request written statements from
Grantee and customer, and/or oral presentations.
D. City Manager shall determine if the customer's
complaint is justified, and if so, what remedy, if any, shall
be imposed. The remedy under this Section shall be limited to
a rebate of customer charges related to the period of breach
of any of the terms of this Franchise Agreement or a penalty
of up to $100 for any single event or series of related
events, or any actual damages.
E. City Manager may delegate his duties to a
designated representative. The decision of City Manager or
his designee shall be final on any matter under Two Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00). In the event of a decision
on a matter awarding two thousand f ive hundred dollars or more
($2,500), Grantee may seek review pursuant to administrative
hearing procedures as established by City Council resolution.
SECTION 21. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE.
A. Indemnification of City. Grantee agrees that it
shall protect, defend with counsel approved by City, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, indemnify and
hold harmless City, its officers, employees and agents from
and against any and all losses, liabilities, fines, penalties,
claims, damages, liabilities or judgments, including
attorney's fees, arising out of or resulting in any way from:
(i) Grantee's exercise of the Franchise, unless such claim is
due to the sole negligence or willful acts of the City, its
officers, employees, agents or contractors; or (ii) the City's
grant of this Franchise to Grantee. Subject to the scope of
this indemnification and upon demand of the City, made by and
through the City Attorney, the Grantee shall appear in and
defend the City and its officers, employees and agents in any
claims or actions, whether judicial, administrative or
otherwise arising out of the exercise of the Franchise
Agreement.
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B. Indemnification of Grantee. City shall
indemnify, defend with counsel approved by Grantee, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and hold the
Grantee, its affiliates and their respective officers,
directors, employees and shareholders harmless from and
against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims,
actions, causes of action, costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorney's fees) arising from or resulting in any
way from Grantee's exercise of the Franchise, but only if due
to the sole negligence or willful acts of City, its officers,
employees, agents or contractors.
C. Workers' Compensation Insurance. Grantee shall
obtain and maintain in full force and effect throughout the
entire term of this Franchise Agreement full workers
compensation insurance in accord with the provisions and
requirements of the Labor Code of the State of California.
Endorsements that implement the required coverage shall be
filed and maintained with the City Clerk throughout the term
of this Franchise Agreement. The policy providing coverage
shall be amended to provide that the insurance shall not be
suspended, voided, canceled, reduced in coverage or in limits
except after thirty (30) days' prior written notice by
certified mail return receipt requested has been given to
City. The policy shall also be amended to waive all rights of
subrogation against the City, its elected or appointed
officials, employees, agents or Grantees for losses which
arise from work performed by the named insured for the City.
D. Public Liability Insurance. Grantee shall
obtain and maintain in full force and effect throughout the
entire term of this Franchise Agreement a Broad Form Compre-
hensive General Liability (occurrence) policy with a minimum
limit of TWO MILLION DOLLARS ($2,000,000.00) aggregate and ONE
MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence for bodily
injury and property damage, with any self -insured retention
not exceeding $200,000.00 per occurrence. The continuous
availability of the self -insured retention shall be
demonstrated to the satisfaction of City Manager. Said
insurance shall protect Grantee and City from any claim for
damages for bodily injury, including accidental death, as well
as from any claim for property damage which may arise from
operations performed pursuant to this Franchise Agreement,
whether such operations be by Grantee itself, or by its
agents, employees and/or subgrantees. Copies of the policies
or endorsements evidencing the above required insurance
coverage shall be filed with the City Clerk. All of the
following endorsements are required to be made a part of the
insurance policies required by this Section:
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(1) "The City, its employees, agents, Grantees
and officers, are hereby added as insureds as respects
liability arising out of activities performed by or on behalf
of Grantee."
(2) "This policy shall be considered primary
insurance as respects any other valid and collectible
insurance the City may possess including any self -insured
retention the City may have, and any other insurance the City
does possess shall be considered excess insurance and shall
not contribute with it."
(3) "This insurance shall act for each insured,
as though a separate policy had been written for each. This,
however, will not act to increase the limit of liability of
the insuring company."
(4) "Thirty (30) days prior written notice by
certified mail, return receipt requested, shall be given to
the City in the event of suspension, cancellation, reduction
in coverage or in limits or non -renewal of this policy for
whatever reason. Such notice shall be sent to the City
Clerk."
The limits of such insurance coverage, and companies,
shall be subject to review and approval by the City Manager
every year and may be increased at that time and match the
coverage provided by the City's own liability insurance
policy. Grantee shall increase the limits of such insurance
coverage not later than ten (10) days after receipt of City's
written notice to do so. The City shall be included as a
named insured on each of the policies, or policy endorsements.
E. Modification. The insurance requirements
provided herein may be modified or waived in writing by the
City Council upon the request of Grantee, provided the City
Council determines such modification or waiver is in the best
interests of City considering all relevant factors, including
the fact that the parent of Grantee may be self -insured up to
a certain acceptable amount.
F. Insurance Coverage. Contemporaneously with the
execution of this Franchise Agreement, Grantee shall deposit
copies of insurance policies or endorsements evidencing the
existence of policies of insurance required pursuant to this
Franchise Agreement.
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SECTION 22. GRANTEE'S BOORS AND RECORDS; AUDITS.
A. Grantee shall maintain all records relating to
the services provided hereunder, including, but not limited
to, books, customer lists, billing records, collection route
schedules, maps, Act compliance records, and customer
complaints, for the full term of this Franchise Agreement, and
an additional period of not less than three (3) years, or any
longer period required by law. The City shall have the right,
upon five (5) business days advance notice, to inspect all
records, including, but not limited to, books, customer lists,
billing records, collection route schedules, maps, Act
compliance records, customer complaints, and other like
materials of the Grantee which reasonably relate to Grantee's
compliance with the provisions of the Franchise Agreement.
Such records shall be made available to City at Grantee's
regular place of business, but in no event outside the County
of Ventura.
B. Grantee shall maintain a method of accounting to
the satisfaction of City which correctly reflects the Gross
Revenues and disbursements of Grantee in connection with this
Franchise Agreement. The method of accounting shall be
separate from the accounting system used for any other
business operated by Grantee or for Grantee's personal
financial affairs.
C. Should any examination or audit of Grantee's
records reveal an underpayment of any fee required under this
Franchise Agreement, the amount of such underpayment shall
become due and payable to City not later than fifteen (15)
days after written notice of such underpayment is sent to
Grantee by City. Should an underpayment of more than three
percent (3%) be discovered, Grantee shall bear the entire cost
of the audit.
SECTION 23. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
A. Force Majeure. Grantee shall not be in default
under this Franchise Agreement in the event that the
collection, transportation or disposal services of Grantee are
temporarily interrupted or discontinued for any of the
following reasons: riots, wars, sabotage, civil disturbances,
insurrections, explosion, natural disasters such as floods,
earthquakes, landslides and fires, strikes, lockouts and other
labor disturbances or other catastrophic events which are
beyond the reasonable control of Grantee. Other catastrophic
events does not include the financial inability of the Grantee
to perform or failure of the Grantee to obtain any necessary
permits or licenses from other governmental agencies or the
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right to use the facilities of any public utility where such
failure is due solely to the acts or omissions of the Grantee.
In the event a labor disturbance interrupts collection,
transportation or disposal of Solid Waste by Grantee as
required under this Franchise Agreement, City may elect to
exercise its rights under Section 13 of this Agreement.
B. Independent Contractor. Grantee is an
independent contractor and not an officer, agent, servant or
employee of City. Grantee is solely responsible for the acts
and omissions of its officers, agents, employees, Grantees and
subgrantees, if any. Nothing in this Franchise Agreement
shall be construed as creating a partnership or joint venture
between City and Grantee. Neither Grantee nor its officers,
employees, agents or subgrantees shall obtain any rights to
retirement or other benefits which accrue to City employees.
C. Pavement Damage. Grantee shall be responsible
for any extraordinary damage to City's driving surfaces,
whether or not paved, resulting from the weight of, or any
leakage or spillage of oils, fluids or solids by, vehicles
providing Solid Waste collection and transportation services
under this Franchise Agreement.
D. Right of Entry. Grantee shall have the right,
until receipt of written notice revoking permission to pass is
delivered to Grantee, to enter or drive on any private street,
court, place, easement or other private property for the
purpose of collecting or transporting Solid Waste pursuant to
this Franchise Agreement.
E. Law to Govern; Venue. The law of the State of
California shall govern this Franchise Agreement. In the
event of litigation between the parties, venue in state trial
courts shall lie exclusively in the County of Ventura. In the
event of litigation in U.S. District Court, exclusive venue
shall lie in the Central District of California.
F. Fees and Gratuities. on an annual basis, in
writing, Grantee shall instruct its agents, employees, and
subgrantees that requesting, soliciting, demanding, or
accepting either directly or indirectly, any compensation or
gratuity for the collection of Solid Waste required to be
collected under this Franchise Agreement is prohibited.
Grantee shall annually require each agent, employee, and
subgrantee affected by this Franchise Agreement to sign an
acknowledgment of this policy.
G. Prior Agreements and Amendment. This Franchise
Agreement is intended to carry out City's obligations to
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comply with the provisions of the Act, as it from time to time
may be amended, and as implemented by regulations of the
California Integrated Waste Management Board ("Regulations"),
as they from time to time may be amended. In the event the
Act or other state or federal laws or regulations enacted
after this Franchise Agreement has been enacted prevent or
preclude compliance with one or more provisions of this
Franchise Agreement, such provisions of the Franchise
Agreement shall be modified or suspended as may be determined
necessary by City to comply with such state or federal laws or
regulations. No other amendment to this Franchise Agreement
shall be valid unless in writing duly executed by the parties.
H. Compliance with Municipal Code. Grantee shall
comply with those provisions of the Moorpark Municipal Code
which are applicable, and with any and all amendments to such
applicable provisions during the term of this Franchise
Agreement.
I. Identification Required.
(1) Grantee shall provide its employees with
identification for all individuals who may make personal
contact with customers.
(2) The Grantee shall provide a list of current
employees to the City upon request. The City may require
Grantee to notify customers of the form of said identification
on an annual basis.
J. Employee Appearance and Conduct.
(1) Employees of Grantee working on vehicles
shall wear standard uniforms. Each employee shall wear a
patch displaying his or her first name on the front of the
uniform. Employees shall maintain at all times as clean and
neat an appearance as is possible.
(2) Employees shall use their best efforts to
avoid causing any disturbance or interference which may annoy
commercial customers during Solid Waste collection and
transportation. Employees shall pick up all Solid Waste
disbursed during collection. Employees shall receive training
to identify hazardous materials which are not considered Solid
Waste and, therefore, may not be collected, transported or
disposed of by Grantee.
(3) Grantee shall employ only those persons
authorized to work in the United States pursuant to the
Immigration Reform Act of 1986 and any other applicable laws.
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K. Notices. All notices required or permitted to
be given under this Franchise Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be personally delivered or sent by United States
certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested,
addressed as follows:
To City: City of Moorpark
799 Moorpark Avenue
Moorpark, California 93021
Copy to: Moorpark City Attorney
Burke, Williams & Sorensen
624 South Grand Avenue, llth Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
To Grantee: Your Company
or to such other address as either party may from time to time
designate by notice to the other given in accordance with this
Section. Notice shall be deemed effective on the date
personally served or, if mailed, three (3) business days from
the date such notice is deposited in the United States mail.
L. Savings Clause and Entirety. If any
non -material provision of this Franchise Agreement shall for
any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the
invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not
affect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining
provisions of this Franchise Agreement.
M. Joint Preparation of Agreement. Should
interpretation of this Franchise Agreement, or any portion
thereof, be necessary, it is deemed that this Franchise
Agreement was prepared by the parties jointly and equally, and
shall not be interpreted against either party on the ground
that the party prepared the Franchise Agreement or caused it
to be prepared.
N. Indemnification in Excess of Insurance Coveracie.
The hold harmless and indemnification provision of Section 21A
shall apply regardless of whether or not the insurance
policies required by Section 21D are determined to be
applicable to or sufficient to satisfy the losses,
liabilities, fines, penalties, claims, damages, liabilities or
judgments, including attorney's fees, described in Section
21A.
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O. Exhibit Incorporated. Exhibit "A" is attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
WITNESS the execution of this Agreement.
CITY OF MOORPARK
ATTEST
City Clerk
By
Mayor
YOUR COMPANY
By
Its
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
ss.
COUNTY OF
On , 1991 before me ,
personally appeared
personally known to me or proved to be the person who executed
the within instrument entitled AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
MOORPARK AND YOUR COMPANY, FOR THE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION,
RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE, as
, on behalf of Your Company, a California
corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation
executed the within instrument pursuant to its bylaws or a
resolution of its board of directors.
DATED
CORPORATE SEAL
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EXHIBIT A
City of Moorpark
Maximum Commercial Refuse Rates
1991-1994
Once Addnl. Pickups
Weekly (each extra bin)
3 c.y. $100 +$55
1 1/2 c.y. $75 +$45
Roll off $127
Rates indicated are on a "not -to -exceed" basis for the term of the
franchise; lower rates may be negotiated with customers. Roll off
rate is for bin rental only and does not include landfill fees.
Note: Franchise fees are due on total gross revenues, including
landfill fees.