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R-16-18 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTHEASTERN PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY (SPSA) FOR THE USE AND SUPPORT OF A REGIONAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, CONDITIONED UPON SPSA AND THE CITY ENTERING INTO A COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PORTSMOUTH TRANSFER STATION AND SUBJECT TO A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MEMBER LOCALITIES ENTERING INTO AN IDENTICAL USE AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT TO EFFECT THE SELECTED WASTE DISPOSAL METHOD AT AN INITIAL TIPPING FEE COST OF LESS THAN $65 PER TON FOR THE DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, Virginia ("City") is a member of the Southeastern Public Service Authority ("SPSA"), existing under statutory authority and consisting of the Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach and the Counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton ("Member Localities"); and WHEREAS, the Member Localities are parties to individual Use and Support Agreements with SPSA providing for the disposal of municipal solid waste generated by or collected in the SPSA service area; and WHEREAS, all of the Use and Support Agreements will expire on January 24, 2018; and WHEREAS, the SPSA Board of Directors has approved the form of a Post-2018 Use and Support Agreement to be entered into by all Member Localities to support the ongoing operations of SPSA; and WHEREAS, the SPSA Board of Directors has issued a Notice of Intent to Award a Waste Supply Agreement with RePower South, which Waste Supply Agreement would require SPSA to deliver annually 350,000 tons of municipal solid waste to the RePower facility; and WHEREAS, SPSA has expressed a commitment to eliminate -all outstanding debt by January 2018; to reduce overall tipping fees for the Member Localities to the greatest extent possible; to ensure that private haulers are not offered lower tipping fees than the Member Localities; to provide uniform and fair treatment to all Member Localities; and to follow the guiding principles expressed in the SPSA Strategic Operating Plan; and WHEREAS, the SPSA Board of Directors upon the execution of the Use and Support Agreement, will enter into a Collaborative Devlopment Agreement with the City for the construction of a transfer station within the geographical limits of the City of Portsmouth NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia that it is the intent of the City of Portsmouth to remain a member of SPSA contingent upon SPSA entering into a Collaborative Development Agreement for the construction of a Portsmouth Transfer Station.