Resolution - 6813RESOLUTION NO. 6813
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, CREATING THE WEST COVINA
• WASTE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WHEREAS, on May 31, 1983, the City Council held a joint
meeting with the Community Representatives to the B.K.K. Landfill
Hazardous Waste Disposal Transition Task Force to discuss the future
role of the Transition Task Force; and
WHEREAS, the result of that meeting, the City Council
directed staff to prepare a report on the alternatives for the
restructuring of the Transition Task Force to provide an advisory
role for waste management affecting the City; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a City Council request, the Community
Representatives provide input into the final report presented to
the City Council at the January 23, 1984 City Council Meeting; and
WHEREAS, after discussion and due consideration of all of
the input offered on this matter, the City Council finds:
1. The formation of the Waste Management Advisory
Committee as set forth in attached Exhibit "A"
meets the City's need for an advisory body to
assist the City Council on the waste management
subject.
2. The formation of a Commission would imply a per-
manence of the waste management problem affecting
the City when the City Council's goal continue to
be transition within the original specified time
period and the waste management problems are in-
tended to be resolved in the near term.
3. The results achieved by, or performance of;.the
advisory group is what is important, not the name
of the group.
4. The staffing necessary for the Committee's functions
can be adequately provided by the City staff.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
approves the creation of the West Covina Waste Management Advisory
Committee as set forth in attached Exhibit "A".
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of January 1984.
ATTEST:
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• City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina,
California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 23rd
• day of January , 1984, by the following vote of the Council.
AYES: Tice, Tennant, Shearer, Chappell
NOES: Bacon
ABSENT: None
Approved as to form:
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EXHIBIT "A"
West Covina Waste Management Advisory Committee.
Composition: The Committee composition shall consist of five,
members, residents of the City and appointed by
the City Council.
Functions: The functions of this Committee include:
1. Conduct quarterly meeting of the Transition Task
Force as it is currently constituted to facilitate
transition from the land disposal of hazardous waste
and maintain liaison with the responsible agencies
that deal with aspects of the waste management
issue.
2. Recommend to the City Council the development of
State legislation that should be enacted to facil-
itate transition, improve the management of hazardous
and non -hazardous wastes and otherwise improve the
protection of the public's health and the environment.
3. Pursue the enactment of State legislation specified
in 2 above including the securing of sponsors,
lobbying and testifying on behalf of the legislation
in conjunction with the efforts of the -City Council .
4. Conduct meetings with individuals, groups, and
organizations to establish and maintain an open
dialogue for input and discussions of waste management
issues and gain support for the improvement of waste
management.
Meetings: The Committee will meet monthly. The regular meetings
will be held in the evening in City Nall. The specific
time and place will be selected by the Committee. A
majority of the members of the Committee shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All
meetings, including special teetings, shall be Brown
Act, Section 54950 et. seq. of the California
Government Code.