SR-072396-6I
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CouncIl Meetmg July 23. 1996 Santa MOllIca, CalIfornia
TO Mayor and CIty CouncIl
FROM Cny Staff
SUBJECT RecommendatIOn to AuthorIze Crty :\'fanager to NegotIate and Execute a Contract
wIth MSE. Envlfonmental, Inc to ProVIde Hazardous Waste TransportatIOn.
~vfanagement and RecyclmgiDIsposal ServIces
IntroductIOn
ThIs report recommends that Cny CouncIl authOrIze the Crty Manager to negotIate and execute a
contract \Vlth MSE, EnVIronmental, Inc III the amount of $200,000 to provIde hazardous waste
transportatIOn, management and recydmg/dlsposal serVIces through June 30, 1997. \vnh a
rene\val optIOn through June 30, 1998
Background
The CIty of Santa ~lomca generates regulated hazardous \vaste on a contmuous baSIS from
emergency response, 1l1-house actrntles and the Household and Small Busmess Hazardous Waste
CollectIOn Faclhty State and federal regulatIOns reqUIre that hazardous wastes be stored at CIty
facIllues for no longer than 90 days pnor to recyclmg or dIsposal at a state or federally permItted
faclhty Hazardous waste must also be transported by a State certIfied and permItted company
DlScussIon
Envlfonrnental and PublIc Works Management statT reVIewed proposals from five qualIfied
compames wluch provIde hazardous waste management and transportatIOn/dIsposal serVIces
Among the five proposals. MSE EnVIronmental, Ine (MSE) submItted the lowest cost proposal
for a comparable scope of serVIces :\!ISE acts as an mdependent \vaste broker wluch aSSIsts the
CIty III findmg the most cost effectIve and envlfonrnentally sound waste management alternatIve
In addItIOn. MSE has demonstrated consIstent and responSive servIces VIa pnor serVIce to the
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displaced tenants of the controlled rental
unit. The instruction shall direct the escrow
holder to make the distribution within three
(3) working days of delivery of the
instructions.
(3) The entire fee shall be paid to
a tenant who is the only displaced tenant in a
controlled rental unit. If a controlled rental
unit is occupied by two or more displaced
tenants, the relocation fee shall be paid to
all displaced tenants jointly. In no event
shall a landlord be liable to pay a total
amount which is more than the fee required by
section 1817(d) for one controlled rental
unit, and the landlord shall have no
responsibility or liability for disputes
between displaced tenants over allocation of
the relocation fee between such displaced
tenants.
(4) In the event the landlord has
been required to commence a legal action to
recover possession of the controlled rental
unit and a decision is rendered or a judgment
has been entered in favor of the landlord
prior to the tenant's vacation of the unit,
the landlord may instruct the escrow holder to
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