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City of Santa Ana Proposal to Provide Solid Waste Consulting Services RFP NO.: 18-006 others. During the course of these and other engagements, Mr. Ezzet has directed the auditing of financial and operating records at approximately 100 solid waste companies throughout Southern California' Diversion Programs and Contract Management Mr. Ezzet has helped more than 30 public agencies to monitor and evaluate their recycling and waste diversion program requirements in order to comply with the State's waste diversion goals, and negotiated revised franchise agreement terms to enhance recycling and waste diversion programs offered in those communities. He has assisted cities develop waste and recycling tonnage reporting formats and related auditing requirements for both exclusive franchise agreements and non-exclusive service arrangements. He assisted the City of Los Angeles in evaluating the feasibility of achieving its 70% diversion plan. He has assisted agencies to manage their solid waste collection and recycling contracts, including the cities of Bell Gardens, El Monte, Huntington Park, Inglewood, Irvine, Lawndale, La Quinta, Newport Beach, and others. He has assisted numerous agencies to plan, negotiate and/or evaluate organics recycling programs to comply with AB 1826, including the cities of Anaheim, Aliso Viejo, Inglewood, Lawndale, Norwalk, Palmdale, and the counties of Santa Barbara and San Bernardino. Surveys Mr. Ezzet is intimately familiar with solid waste rates and service arrangements in Southern California, having surveyed over 200 jurisdictions in the region. He directed a survey of solid waste rates and services in the 100 largest U.S. cities, the results of which were published in several industry journals. He completed a study, sponsored by the Solid Waste Association of North America, of solid waste services provided by the 100 largest municipal service providers of collection and disposal services in North America. Rob Hilton, CMC°, President Engagement Advisor Since 2002, Rob Hilton has provided recycling and solid waste consulting services to public agencies in projects covering a wide range of strategic, operational, programmatic, contractual, and financial issues. Mr. Hilton's background in public policy and administration and his involvement in over more than 300 projects for more than 110 agencies, primarily in California, gives him an understanding of the diverse conditions within the industry as well as the local market context that shapes each client's unique needs. Rob will serve as an Engagement Advisor for this project. Diversion Studies/Zero Waste Planning Rob also leads HF&H's zero waste/high diversion planning team in support of clients who are looking to improve their materials management performance through policy, program, facility, economic, and/or behavior change efforts. Rob has assisted forward -thinking and leading - edge "Zero Waste" communities like San Jose, Fresno, San Diego, Berkeley, Santa Monica, and Oakland with plans and system/program designs to help them make the next steps in their achievement of their unique vision for a zero waste future. Every one of these plans has included significant cost and diversion analysis of options for recovering organics from the disposal stream and providing approaches to funding the system. April 4, 2018 Page 4 FIF&H Consultants, LLC