R2024-339 Resolution Authorizing An Agreement with JPL Enivronmental Engineering to Prepare A Grant-Funded Plan for Composting and Food Waste Reduction

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EXHIBITA— PAGE A2 SCOPE OF WORK Introduction JPL Environmental Engineering (JPLEE) has assembled a team of qualified experts to provide the services necessary to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Pride of the Prairie Composting and Food Waste Reduction Plan (Plan). The team includes John Lardner, PE , owner of JPLEE as the project lead for performing regulatory review and design concepts for Tasks 4 through 8 listed below. He has experience in site location, planning, design, permitting, development, and operations of compost facilities. He is a former surface water hydrologist with the Illinois State Water Survey and understands the sedimentation processes at play for Lake Decatur. He is a registered professional engineer in Illinois, and a long-time member of the US Composting Council where has learned of successful public compost projects on a national scale from industry experts through his attendance at their annual conferences. A second team member is Brooke Beal, of CB Beal Consulting. Brooke has experience with a solid waste agency whose responsibilities were to assess the needs of their service area and collaborate with the agency's municipalities for solutions. His recent experience with private companies as a waste disposal consultant provides expertise for assessing the organic waste recycling market opportunities available to the City of Decatur (City) and its surrounding areas. He will be the lead for Tasks 1 through 4 below. The third team member for the project is Vytas Papedinskas. He has an educational background in teaching and soil science and has field experience with using compost for agriculture purposes both in large scale applications, and at community gardens. His operations experience working at an operating compost facility will be valuable to leading the selection of processes and equipment to support the identified mission of the project. He will be the lead for Tasks 9 through 13 below. The remaining tasks 14 through 16 will be led collectively among each of the team members to provide a strategy for the available organic waste stream, and resources at the 1120 S. Monroe Street Property, that will benefit community members of the City. I. Team Approach to Scope of Work The Scope of Work by which the JPL Environmental Engineering team (JPLEE Team) will perform the services, outlined in the City of Decatur Request for Proposal Project 2024-03, are summarized herein. JPL proposes the following tasks to meet the scope detailed in the Request for Proposal. 1. Assessment of Decatur's organic waste system The JPL Team will evaluate and summarize the status of the City of Decatur's, commercial business', educational institutions', and not-for-profit entities' current collection and management of organic waste. This assessment will include current sources and destination of organic waste material, generation rates of each material by type (yard waste, food waste and wood waste), and the amount of waste available to the City as feedstock for a compost operation. 1