Pursuant to a legal settlement governing the expansion of the Altamont Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility (ALRRF), the City of Livermore, the City of Pleasanton, the Sierra Club, the Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA), and Altamont Landowners Against Rural Mismanagement (ALARM) won the right to have an independent Community Monitor (CM) to monitor the operations at the Landfill. The costs for the CM are to be paid by Waste Management of Alameda County, Inc. (WMAC).
The Community Monitor Committee (CMC) is the representative body for the plaintiffs in the settlement and consists of the following four (4) voting members:
· 1 member appointed by the Livermore City Council
· 1 member appointed by the Pleasanton City Council
· 1 member appointed by the Northern California Recycling Association
· 1 member appointed by the Sierra Club
The CM shall be an independent contractor retained and supervised by the CMC. The CM will report to the CMC and shall represent the interests of the community in seeing that regulations are properly applied to minimize the impacts of the ALRRF on the surrounding community.
The CMC is seeking proposals from any individual, firm, organization, or any combination thereof (“Consultant”), which meets the minimum qualifications to perform the duties of Community Monitor (CM). The CMC will be responsible for interviewing, retaining, supervising the work, and overseeing the payment of, and, if necessary, terminating the contract of the Consultant serving as CM.
The CMC anticipates that the CM will be functioning for the life of the landfill expansion, estimated to be 20-40 years. The initial contract that results from the Request for Proposal (RFP) is expected to be for one three-year duration with the option to renew for one additional three-year period.
