REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on an Agreement with Revel Environmental Manufacturing, Inc. for the Purchase and Installation of Full Trash Capture Catch Basin Inserts
Report
COUNCIL PILLARS
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure, and Promote Sustainability and Environmental Protection
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara's stormwater discharges are regulated by a Municipal Regional Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (MRP) issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). One of the provisions of the MRP requires permittees to achieve no visual impact from trash (100 percent trash load reduction) in the stormwater system by 2022. In 2021 the City achieved an 84 percent trash load reduction through a combination of full trash capture (FTC) netting systems at the Westside Retention Basin; 574 FTC devices installed in individual stormwater catch basins located in City streets; enhanced commercial/industrial street sweeping; and the implementation of single-use carryout bag and expanded polystyrene foam food service ware ordinances.
An FTC device is a 5-millimeter mesh screen that traps particles such as cans, plastics, paper, cigarette butts and other debris from the stormwater system before they enter creeks and rivers in route to the San Francisco Bay. Devices have been strategically installed at higher trash load generating locations which yields larger amounts of reduction credit. Future trash load reductions will need to be achieved by installing devices in medium trash load generating locations. The City's urban runoff pollution prevention consultant, EOA, Inc. has identified 470 catch basin inlets in which to install additional FTC devices to achieve the 100 percent trash load reduction mandate.
DISCUSSION
Pursuant to City Code Section 2.105.330, a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) was conducted for this procurement, with the award recommendation based on "best val...
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