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City of Santa Ana Attachment A: Client Testimonial Letters <br />Request for Proposals (RFP) for Solid Waste Consulting Services <br />RFP NO.: 18-006 <br />City of Whittier <br />o �© <br />' 2 13230 Penn Street, Whittier, Ca9farnia 90602-1772 <br />'.. .. b (5e2)667.960D <br />October 2, 2017 <br />Laith Ezzel, CMC <br />Senior Vice President <br />HF&H Consultants, LLC <br />19200 Von Karmen Avenue, Suite 360 <br />Irvine, CA 92612 <br />Dear Laith:. <br />I would like to thank you and your team for providing the technical expertise to finalize <br />solid waste collection franchise agreements with Republic and Athens Services. As <br />you know, the City had previously gone through a RFP process with another <br />consulting firm In order to award a franchise agreement for the entire City. Going from <br />a three -zone system with two private haulers and City crews to one private hauler for <br />the entire City proved to be can€roversial. The RFP process ended In a referendum <br />halting the award of the franchise agreement. <br />You and your team wore tasked with negotiating long-term agreements with two <br />haulers to service two separate City zones. Council's requirement to have the rate <br />schedules in both franchise agreements match added complexity to the negotiation <br />process. You were able to accomplish this while also negotiating valuable <br />improvements from previous agreements Including: <br />• An increasedfranchise fee <br />+ A fair price for the purchase of City -owned equipment by one of the haulers <br />A 50-hour per week porter to maintain the Uptown commercial district. <br />Free roll -out service for residents with disabilities <br />• 48 special clean ups per year from each hauler to include homeless <br />encampment clean ups, <br />Thank you again for your support and professional expertise during the negotiation <br />process. Public Works Manager, Vicki Smith, and l are available to discuss the <br />process by phone at 662.667.9500 or by email at dsclilcklliig@cltyofwhittier.org or <br />vsm ith @ cityofwh iltier.org, <br />Sincerely, <br />David Schickiing <br />Director of Public Works <br />April 4, 2018 Page A-6 FIF&H Consultants, LLC <br />