PLEASANTON GARBAGE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT 2018

City of Pleasanton Article 1. Definitions Franchise Agreement with Pleasanton Garbage Service 370 1.71 Processing Site 371 "Processing Site" means any plant or site used for the purpose of sorting, cleansing, treating, or 372 reconstituting Salvageable Material for the purpose of making such material available for reuse. Activities 373 that may be undertaken at a Processing Facility include, but are not limited to, Processing Organic 374 Materials and Recyclable Materials. 375 1.72 Putrescible Waste 376 "Putrescible Waste" means Solid Wastes originated from living organisms and their metabolic waste 377 products, which contains naturally produced organic compounds and which are biologically 378 decomposable by microbial and fungal action into the constituent compounds of water, carbon dioxide 379 and other simpler organic compounds. 380 1.73 Rate 381 "Rate" means the dollar unit to be charged a Customer by Contractor for providing Solid Waste Collection, 382 Transportation,and Disposal, Recyclable Materials and Organic Materials Collection,Transportation,and 383 Processing services,and other related additional services.A Rate has been established for each individual 384 Service Level and extra service,and the initial Rates for Rate Period One are presented in Exhibit F. 385 1.74 Rate Period 386 "Rate Period" means a twelve (12) month period, commencing July 1 and concluding June 30. 387 1.75 Rate Review and Performance Review Fee 388 "Rate Review and Performance Review Fee" means the fee paid by Contractor to City to offset costs of 389 contracting with a consultant in order to review the Contractor Rate adjustment application pursuant to 390 Section 8.3 and conduct a review of Contractor's performance pursuant to Section 6.14. 391 1.76 Recyclable Materials (also"Recyclables") 392 "Recyclable Materials or Recyclables" means newspaper, cardboard, mixed color paper, white paper, 393 junk mail, magazines, telephone books, paper bags, cereal and food boxes, egg cartons, plastic bottles 394 and containers labeled #1-7, plastic milk containers, detergent containers, clear, brown, and green food 395 and beverage container glass, cans of aluminum, steel, tin, food cans, empty aerosol cans, pipe tins or 396 other materials having economic value contained within a load of Recyclable Materials which have been 397 separated from Solid Waste and Organic Materials prior to Collection,and may also include any other type 398 of Recyclable waste material agreed on by the Parties. 399 1.77 Recycling 400 "Recycling" means the process of sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting Recyclable Materials at 401 a Processing Site and returning such materials to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials City of Pleasanton Page 13 March 8, 2018