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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
County
FROM: DENNIS M. BARRY, AICP
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR I O
DATE: DECEMBER 19, 2006
SUBJECT: CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH NEWPOINT GROUP, INC. TO PROVIDE RATE
REVIEW SERVICES (Contract #C48926)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Community Development Director, or his designee, to execute a
contract renewal with NewPoint Group, Inc., effective December 20, 2006 to June 30, 2007 in the
amount not to exceed $39,920, for providing 2007 Base Year Rate Review for Garaventa
Enterprises.
FISCAL IMPACT
No impact to the County General Fund. The cost of consultant contract is being paid using solid
waste collection franchise fees especially designated for rate reviews and studies.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
This contract will provide for consulting services to conduct a rate review for the following
unincorporated areas served by Garaventa Enterprises:
Bay Point (portion*)
Brentwood, unincorporated
Oakley (portion**)
Discovery Bay
Knightsen
* Portion of Bay Point falls within the area served under the County's Franchise with Pleasant Hill Bayshore Disposal
** Portion of Oakley falls within the area controlled under the Ironhouse Sanitary Distri t F chise ,
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: Y YES SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMEN ATIO F OARD CO MI E
�APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES :
ACTION OF BO DOW APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
_Unanimous(Absent . ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
Ayes: Noes: _) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
Absent: Abstain: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
Vacant: District IV
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE
SHOWN. r
Contact: Raymond Wong (925-335-1282) ATTESTED
Cc: Community Development Department (CDD) v '
Joanne Bohren, Auditor-Controller JOHN CULLEN, CLERK OF
County Administrator THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Deidra Dingman, CDD AND UNTY AJ D'MI�N'ISTRATOR
DEPUTY
Contract with NewPoint Group for Rate Review of Unincorporated Areas Served by Garaventa Enterprises
December 19, 2006
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BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS (continued)
The County's Garaventa Service Area includes portions of Supervisorial Districts III
and V. Byron Sanitary District and Ironhouse Sanitary District administer their own solid
waste collection franchise agreements and regulate the residential rates for the areas
within their boundaries. Ironhouse Sanitary District will consider residential rate
changes for their area (Bethel Island and Oakley)based in part on the outcome of the
County's review of,Garaventa Enterprises' 2007 Base Year Rate Application.
The "Rate Setting Process and Methodology Manual for Residential Solid Waste
Charges as applied to Garaventa Enterprises" was approved by the County Board of
Supervisors in 1998 and specifies the rate setting approach to be utilized. The Base
Year Rate Review being executed under this contract is outlined in the Methodology.
Contra Costa County APPROVALS/ACKNOWLEDGMENT Number 48926
Standard Form L-2 (Purchase of Services -Long Form)
Revised 2002
APPROVALS
RECOMMENDED BY DEPARTMENT FORM APPROVED
COUNTY COUNSEL
By: By: 4�A
Designee Deputy
APPROVED: COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
By:
Designee
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
ss.
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA )
On , before me,
insert name and title of the officer), personally appeared
personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis
of satisfactory evidence) to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted,
executed the instrument.
WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL.
(Seal)
Signature
ACKNOWLEDGMENT(by Corporation,Partnership,or Individual)
(Civil Code§1189)
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