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BACKGROUND The City has a total of 478 exterior trash and recyclable receptacles throughout City parks, trails, and facility landscapes. Most of these receptacles are dumped once per week. However, the following parks and facilities receive service twice per week: Alviso Adobe Community Park, Amador Valley Community Park, BMX, Creekside Park, Cubby's Dog Park, Ken Mercer Sports Park Phases IV, V, and The Softball Complex, Mission Hills Park, Muirwood Community Park, Orloff Park, Pleasanton Tennis and Community Park, and Val Vista Community Park. The receptacles at the library entrance are checked daily Monday through Friday. In total, 686 receptacles are serviced each week. In May 2019, a Request for Bid (RFB) was formally advertised for a new agreement for services. A total of three proposals were received on May 23, 2019, and Rubicon Landscape was selected as the lowest qualified bidder. The current agreement for services is set to expire on June 30, 2022. The term of the agreement allows for an extension of the agreement for two additional one-year terms, not-to-exceed five years for the total agreement. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of the City's parks and trails has increased substantially as the community discovered parks as a place to recreate and congregate outdoors. With that increased use came increased trash deposited in the trash receptacles as people were also picking up food to go and eating it in the parks. The Main Street corridor and the nearby parks, such as Delucchi, Lions Wayside, and Veterans Plaza Parks also saw increased use and trash. Additional services are required to help keep pace with the increased park use and trash receptacle emptying to avoid overflowing trash receptacles, and unsightly and unsanitary conditions in our parks and trailheads. DISCUSSION The proposed agreement extension would continue to provide routine trash receptacle collection services at selected City properties for two additional years. The contractor bid a base fee for complete annual service based on a schedule provided by the City. In addition, the contractor provided a "per receptacle" service fee for any extra requested service that might occur during the contract period. To provide the additional services requested, the contractor will supply one additional person to work one 8-hour shift, plus the vehicle, and supplies to perform the assigned duties detailed in the Agreement. The cost to supply the additional person, truck, and supplies is $430 per 8-hour day or $22,360 per year. This increased service level may not be required year-round based on the time of year and park usage. The service level in this agreement amendment is designed to accommodate the increased levels of park and trail use. The City requires special event programs to provide and pay for any additional trash collection needs created by their event that exceed the capacity of the existing service. In addition, groups operating food concessions in parks are responsible for additional dumping service for receptacles within one hundred feet of the concession on an as-needed basis. Page 2 of 3