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<br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MN <br />CONTRACT FOR THE COLLECTION OF RESIDENTIAL RECYCLABLE MATERIALS Page 6 <br />Solid Waste Garbage, rubbish and other discarded solid materials (except animal <br />waste used as a fertilizer), including solid waste materials resulting from <br />industrial, commercial and agricultural operations, and from community <br />activities. Solid waste does not include earthen fill, boulders, rock and <br />other material normally handled in construction operations, solids or <br />dissolved material in domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in <br />waste resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial <br />waste water effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows, or <br />other common water pollutants. For purposes of this Contract, solid <br />waste does not include recyclables, yard waste, source separated <br />organics, bulky items, appliances or electronic waste. (Also referred to <br />as “mixed municipal solid waste”) <br /> <br />Source Separated <br />Organics (SSO) <br />Food waste, non-recyclable paper, house plants, and other household <br />organics designated by the City that, once separated by residents, may be <br />recovered for composting or other forms of organics recovery. SSO does <br />not include yard waste for purposes of this Contract. <br /> <br />Steel cans Metal containers fabricated primarily of steel and/or tin used to contain <br />food or beverages. <br /> <br /> <br />3 Scope of Work: General Provisions <br />3.1 The work under the Contract shall consist of all the items contained in the Contract, including <br />all the supervision, materials, equipment, labor, customer service operations, and all other items <br />necessary to complete such work in accordance with the Contract. <br /> <br />3.2 The City’s RFP (including all addenda) and Contractor’s proposal (including responses to City <br />questions) are incorporated by reference into this final Contract. If there is any discrepancy <br />between this final Contract and the City’s RFP or the Contractor’s proposal, this final Contract <br />shall take precedence. <br /> <br />3.3 Comprehensive recycling services will be provided to all RDU’s, with opportunities for MDU <br />buildings to “opt-in” to the service. Recyclables collection will occur weekly on Tuesdays for <br />properties south of I-694 and on Wednesdays for properties north of I-694. Appendix A includes <br />a map of route sectors by collection day. <br /> <br />3.4 The Contractor will acquaint itself with all pertinent City Ordinances and other City guidelines <br />and comply with said ordinances and guidelines. <br /> <br />3.5 The Contractor has made its own examination, investigation and research regarding the proper <br />method of doing the work, and all conditions affecting the work to be done (including street <br />layout, alley layout, overhead obstructions preventing automated lifting of carts, other <br />geography, daily route sector boundaries, etc.) and the labor, equipment and materials needed <br />thereon, and the quantity of work to be performed (including the Contractor’s own field <br />verification of RDU and MDU estimates provided by the City), and the Contractor agrees that it <br />has satisfied itself by its own investigation and research regarding all of such conditions, and <br />that this conclusion to enter into the proposed Contract is based upon such investigation and