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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute a contract for construction of the new Factoria recycling and transfer station.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Ordinance 17435, as amended by Ordinance 17618, authorized the executive, through the solid waste division of the department of natural resources and parks, to procure vendors for construction of the new Factoria recycling and transfer station using the competitive negotiation process in RCW 36.58.090 and the evaluation criteria approved in those ordinances.
2. The new station will provide flexibility to further reduce waste by separating and processing recyclables from the waste stream, includes improved and expanded household hazardous waste collection capacity and will add capacity to allow for economic growth. Construction of the new station will improve operational and energy efficiency, provide additional environmental benefits, enhance customer service and improve customer and employee safety.
3. Construction of the new station is consistent with the 2001 Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan, the 2010 Master Plan for the Factoria Transfer and Recycling Station, the 2006 Solid Waste Transfer and Waste Management Plan and the Factoria Recycling and Transfer Station Project Oversight Report prepared by the Auditor's Office Capital Projects Oversight Program in February 2013.
4. Ordinance 17619 directed the division to conduct a review of the transfer and waste management plan. The purpose of the review was, in part, to determine whether changes were needed to the size, design, or location of the new facility in light of the economic downturn, tonnage projection changes, and decisions by the cities of Bellevue, Clyde Hill, Hunts Point, Medina and Yarrow Point not to extend current solid waste interlocal agreements from 2028 to 2040.
5. The Transfer Plan Review Report, submitted March 3, 2014, concluded, in part, that construction of the new station should proceed in ...
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