Resolution - 7090CJ
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RESOLUTION NO 7090
A RESOLUTION'OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA,'CALIFORNIA CONCURRING
THE MARCH 19, 1'19.BVURDATE'',: OF THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY SOLID WASTE.`MANAGEMENT PLAN, NON -HAZARDOUS
WASTE ELEMENT, AS REVISED.
WHEREAS, the State Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery
Act of 1976, requires preparation of a County Solid waste Management
Plan (Hereinafter referred to as The Plan), and updating of The Plan
every three years; and
WHEREAS,,the, CaliforniaWaste Management Board approved The
Plan on December 16, 1977;' acid
WHEREAS, since.`adoption and impelementation of The Plan, a
number of changes have occurred which warrant a comprehensive update
of The Plan elements,, and
WHEREAS, the majority of the cities within the County which
contain a majority of the population of the incorporat d areas of
the County approved the updated Plan by resolution; and
WHEREAS, On December 18, 1984, the updated Plan was submitted
to the Board of Supervisors for approval consideration, but the .Board
found The Plan to be deficient in its identification of established
land disposal sites; and
WHEREAS, during the one year from the preparation of the updated
Plan, changes have occurred and requests for revisions have been
received which resulted in the preparation of Revision "A", are
subject to the approval of the majority of the cities within the
incorporated area of the County; and
WHEREAS; the updated Plan, Nonhazardous Waste Element and Revision
"A" was submitted to the City Council on September 9, 1985, for their
consideration of approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Council agrees that Sections I, II, and III
of. Revision "A" are appropriate additions or revisions to ='the Plan;
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina
disagrees with the placement of other waste -to -energy facilities
in the Plan, labeled "Azusa" and "Spadra" as shown in Section IV
of Revision "A"; and
WHEREAS, it is the City Council's belief that the
distribution of waste -to -energy projects should -occur throughout
the County and not be concentrated within the San Gabriel Valley;
and
W1-�EREAS,_in addition to the above name facilities,
similar waste energy projects are already listed for cities of
. Irwindale and Commerce, and for the Puente Hills Landfill; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that
this is a definite.overload of the San Gabriel Valley with
waste -to -energy projects.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. the City Council of the
. City of West Covina approves Section I, II, and III, of the
updated Plan, Nonhazardous Waste Element, Revision "A", and
disapproves Section IV, Revision "A".
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of September
1985.
ATTEST:
City Cler.
Jnar-J 6,
Mayor
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina, Calif-
ornia, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 9th day of
September 1 1985, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: fanners, Chappell, Bacon, Shearer, Tennant
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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City Clerk
• APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ci ty Attorney