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Lake Forest council approves ordinance language restricting construction-and-demolition haulers' solicitation during five-year continuation period
Summary
Council unanimously approved staff's proposed ordinance language clarifying that approved C&D haulers may not solicit new customers during the five‑year continuation period following the city's award of exclusive C&D services to a single hauler.
The Lake Forest City Council voted unanimously Sept. 2 to approve staff’s recommended ordinance language clarifying solid waste continuation rights for construction-and-demolition (C&D) haulers after the city awarded an exclusive C&D agreement in July.
Administrative Manager Chris Groves told the council the June 4 award named CR&R Environmental as the city’s exclusive hauler for all solid-waste services effective July 1, 2025, including temporary roll-offs for construction and demolition projects. Groves said state law—identified in the presentation as “Resources Code section 49,520”—allows previously approved haulers to continue serving existing customers for up to five years after a jurisdiction awards an exclusive agreement. The city’s municipal code, Groves said, did not explicitly prohibit those continuing haulers from soliciting new customers during that period; the proposed ordinance would clarify that soliciting or expanding customer bases is prohibited while the five-year continuation allowance applies.
Groves said eight haulers, including CR&R, had been approved to conduct C&D business in the city prior to the exclusive contract. Council members asked clarifying questions about whether current projects could be completed; Groves confirmed haulers may finish projects already underway and that the clarification applies specifically to temporary roll-offs for developers and construction activities.
No members of the public spoke on the item. Councilmembers moved and seconded the staff recommendation and the motion passed unanimously.
The staff presentation did not provide the ordinance’s final codified language in the public remarks; Groves recommended the council conduct the ordinance’s first reading and proceed with the clarified municipal-code language supporting the exclusive C&D agreement.
The council’s action implements the city’s solid-waste agreement and is intended to prevent competing haulers from soliciting new C&D business while the exclusive provider operates under the city contract.
