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Clerk 10/16/2012
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the solid waste division of the department of natural resources and parks, to use the competitive negotiation procedures set forth in RCW 36.58.090 to procure vendors for construction of the new Factoria recycling and transfer station.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The King County council adopted the Final 2001 Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan ("the plan") by Ordinance 14236 on April 16, 2001. The plan set forth goals and policies intended to guide the county in providing solid waste transfer and recycling programs and services in that portion of King County for which the county has solid waste planning authority. One of the recommendations in the plan was for the county to take necessary steps to upgrade and expand the county's existing transfer station system to continue to meet regional demands for efficiency, capacity and service.
B. Consistent with the plan, the King County council approved the 2010 Facility Master Plan for the Factoria Transfer and Recycling Station ("FMP") by Motion 13455 on April 11, 2011. The FMP provided a blueprint for replacing the existing Factoria Transfer Station ("existing station") with a new station at the same location to provide increased capacity and enhanced solid waste handling and processing services for the residents of King County. The new station, to be called the Factoria Recycling and Transfer Station ("new station"), will shift the focus of the station's operation from solid waste transfer facility only to a facility that will process, recycle and transfer waste and recyclable materials.
C. Construction of the new station and deconstruction of the existing station require complex construction, scheduling and contractor/subcontractor coordination and staging activities. The division’s goal is to keep the existing station open during construction of the new station. Minimal contractor interfere...
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