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June 28, 2016 <br /> <br />16 - 202 - Items Submitted by Council Members <br /> <br />Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an <br />agreement with the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) for the use and <br />support of a regional solid waste disposal system, conditioned upon SPSA and <br />the City entering into a Collaborative Development Agreement with regard to the <br />development of a new Portsmouth Transfer Station and subject to a sufficient <br />number of member localities entering into an identical Use and Support <br />Agreement to effect the selected waste disposal method at an initial tipping fee <br />cost of less than $65 per ton for the disposal of municipal solid waste. Deferred <br />from the May 10, 2016 City Council meeting. <br /> <br />1. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, P. O. Box 50141, spoke in opposition to this item. <br /> <br />2. Donna Sayegh, 3104 Garland Drive, spoke in opposition to this item. <br /> <br />3. Joann Clark, 4717 Thornwood Street, spoke in opposition to this item. <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. Cherry, and seconded by Dr. Edmonds, to adopt the following <br />resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />“RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTHEASTERN PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY (SPSA) <br />FOR THE USE AND SUPPORT OF A REGIONAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL <br />SYSTEM, CONDITIONED UPON SPSA AND THE CITY ENTERING INTO A <br />COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE <br />DEVELOPMENT OF A PORTSMOUTH TRANSFER STATION AND SUBJECT TO A <br />SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF MEMBER LOCALITIES ENTERING INTO AN IDENTICAL <br />USE AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT TO EFFECT THE SELECTED WASTE <br />DISPOSAL METHOD AT AN INITIAL TIPPING FEE COST OF LESS THAN $65 PER <br />TON FOR THE DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, <br />the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (“City”) is a member of the <br />Southeastern Public Service Authority (“SPSA”), existing under statutory authority and <br />consisting of the Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and <br />Virginia Beach and the Counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton (“Member <br />Localities”); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> the Member Localities are parties to individual Use and Support <br />Agreements with SPSA providing for the disposal of municipal solid waste generated by <br />or collected in the SPSA service area; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> all of the Use and Support Agreements will expire on January 24, <br />2018; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> the SPSA Board of Directors has approved the form of a Post-2018 <br />Use and Support Agreement to be entered into by all Member Localities to support the <br />ongoing operations of SPSA; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> the SPSA Board of Directors has issued a Notice of Intent to Award <br />a Waste Supply Agreement with RePower South, which Waste Supply Agreement <br />would require SPSA to deliver annually 350,000 tons of municipal solid waste to the <br />RePower facility; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, <br /> SPSA has expressed a commitment to eliminate all outstanding <br />debt by January 2018; to reduce overall tipping fees for the Member Localities to the <br />greatest extent possible; to ensure that private haulers are not offered lower tipping fees <br />than the Member Localities; to provide uniform and fair treatment to all Member <br />Localities; and to follow the guiding principles expressed in the SPSA Strategic <br />Operating Plan; and <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />