TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Anna Luke-Jones, Public Works Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Approving Amendment No. 1 to the Big Belly Solar, Inc., Agreement to Extend the Current Three Year Lease for an Additional Three Years, and to Increase the Number of Trash Units from Seven to Eight, for a Total Expenditure of $86,100 (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 20-0141
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:ody
Staff recommends that City Council adopt Resolution No. 20-0141 approving an amendment with Big Belly Solar, Inc., to extend the current three-year agreement an additional three years, and to increase the number of solar trash units from seven to eight, for a total expenditure of $86,100.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The monthly cost of $266 for each trash and recycling unit will remain the same during the new three-year lease period, beginning in August, 2020, for a three-year total of $86,100, when including taxes and shipping and rental of the new unit under the current contract term for up to six months. Big Belly Solar, Inc., will also provide the City with free foot pedal and wrap upgrades, valued at $21,200 over three years, as an additional incentive if the City commits to extending its lease before December 31, 2020.
BACKGROUND:
As part of Downtown's maintenance enhancements strategy, City Council directed staff to replace seven high use/volume public trash cans in downtown Manhattan Beach with Big Belly solar compactors. In August 2018, the duo-unit compactors (trash and recycling, side by side) were installed under a three-year lease agreement, which expires in August 2021. Prior to the Big Belly installations, trash and recycling cans at several downtown "hot-spot" locations had excessive overflow issues and were being serviced...
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