2018-275-E Solid Waste - Judy Brooks contracting

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 7796CD94- 342E- 40D0- B7C3- A2B604F926B4 Throughout the entirety of this contract, education and outreach will be maintained as a high priority for the overall impact of a composting program for Orange County. With an expansion plan as bold as the one Orange County Solid Waste proposes, the work cannot be done without proper explanation to the community at large. With that being said, materials will be, created in addition to the training video and posters to educate the community. If the County wishes, window clings or another similar statement of composting will be provided to participants that wish to explain to the larger community that they are a part of the Orange County composting program, Prior to schools being implemented, educational efforts in the form of videos, lesson plans, or onsite classroom visits shall be discussed among the County, Contractor, and Subcontractor to determine the best way to educate certain age groups. Contractor and Subcontractor would like to see the County have an employee that could be designated to visit schools for on-site composting demonstrations such as worm bins or backyard piles. Contractor and Subcontractor may also designate employees for this purpose if significant numbers of schools are added at the same time. Contractor shall provide compost to the schools for small demonstration gardens, and shall work with each individual school for larger projects that involve garden clubs, environmental groups, or FFA students that wish to utilize the compost for more than demonstration growing plots. These transactions shall be conducted at a discount and preferably working directly with the school system. For example, Contractor currently works within the County for a school district to provide composting for 15 schools, and provides a 30 cubic yard donation each year with a normal rate of cost for hauling the material. The load has been utilized by many schools or by one school depending on the needs and enthusiasm by students for larger projects. Any additional loads needed within the school year are sold at a discounted rate of approximately 20% from normal prices. In addition to focusing on schools, a focus should be made on the general public. These efforts would include available local radio shows, newspapers, websites, and other outlets as seen appropriate by County staff. All information provided to the public should first be approved by the County, and shall at times be conducted by the County as well as the Contractor and Subcontractor in collaboration. It is important to openly display the County's goals and subsequent actions taken by the Contractor and Subcontractor throughout the contractual agreement. If the County sees fit, additional compost donations will be discussed and made by the Contractor to agencies and non - profits within the County that provide necessary services to the community involving public health and food security with some aspect of education also present. Contractor would expect the County to aid in making compost available to the projects if needed in small quantity, and the Contractor would expect to be paid delivery costs if needed in large quantity. Any need or expansion in this area would be discussed at length with site visits and shall be mutually negotiable by County and Contractor, In short, the Contractor is willing to give more to the County in order for significant education opportunities to become available, as we realize that with a larger scope of participants there is a need for more effort on composting education and utilization within the County. Compost will continue to be made available to the County in the same manner at the Eubanks Road site, and at the same price starting out the new contract. We expect the quality to continue to remain the same or increase throughout the contract. Note that Contractor has the ability to custom blend materials for the County. If at any time the County wishes to discuss specific inputs for custom blended windrows this is feasible, Although Brooks Compost Facility is a large Level 3 compost facility, which means it can accept a wide range of materials both