INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
MASTER PLAN
PRELIMINARY SCOPE FRAMEWORK
OVERVIEW
The following presents an overall framework for developing a new Integrated Solid Waste Management Master Plan (“Master Plan”) for the City of Austin through a collaborative process involving city staff, the consultant team led by HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR), and the Austin community. It outlines a planning process consisting of 8 key elements with the primary objective of developing a Master Plan that:
- Uses the City’s Zero Waste, Climate Protection, and other sustainability goals as its policy foundation.
- Establishes a cohesive framework for promoting and implementing programs to minimize environmental impacts and enhance resource conservation opportunities in the Solid Waste Services Department’s waste management programs.
- Serves as a business planning document to identify financial requirements, long-term financing options, regional waste shed challenges, facility requirements, and program requirements necessary to provide solid waste services to Austin’s growing population for the next 50 years.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please take a few moments to participate in the survey. Throughout the survey you will be reading various components of the Scope of Work. Please consider the following questions as they pertain to the Scope of Work elements:
Is anything missing from the list of tasks?
If these tasks are accomplished, what does success look like to you?
