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THE CITY OF <br /> <br />pL£A$&NTON City Council <br /> Staff Report <br /> <br /> February 15, 2005 <br /> City Manager <br /> <br />SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT #1 TO AN AGREEMENT WITH R3 <br /> CONSULTING GROUP, INC. FOR REFUSE AND RECYCLING <br /> SERVICES. <br /> <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br /> Staff recommends the City Council approve the attached Amendment #1 to <br /> the agreement with R3 Consulting Group, Inc., dated April 20, 2004 for <br /> refuse and recycling services and appropriate $35,000 from the General <br /> Fund (General Government Department) to cover project costs. <br /> <br />SUMMARY: The City Council approved an agreement with R3 Consulting Group, Inc., <br /> dated April 20, 2004 to provide consulting services to review refuse <br /> collection rates charged by Pleasanton Garbage Services (PGS). This <br /> report recommends approval of an amendment to the initial agreement for <br /> additional consulting services related to a range of refuse and recycling <br /> services including a review of collection rate setting mechanism and <br /> methodology, review of the Hansen property rate adjustment, finalizing a <br /> financial model to use for future rate reviews, review of the food waste <br /> program, the interim rate review and the evaluation of the Dublin <br /> recyclable processing option. <br /> <br />Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The City Council recently approved an agreement with R3 Consulting Group, Inc. (R3) to <br />provide consulting services as part of the City's review of a PGS request to adjust refuse rates. <br />Staff was satisfied with the consultant's work and determined their services would be beneficial <br />for additional refuse and recycling related services. As a result, staff requested R3 to submit a <br />SR 05:054 <br />Page 1 <br /> <br /> <br />