Resolution - 8041RESOLUTION NO. e'
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, RELATING TO WASTE DISPOSAL SITING
POLICY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
WHEREAS, the residents, businesses and industries of Los Angeles
County generate 45,000 tons of solid waste daily, and
WHEREAS, of this amount approximately 30,000 tons, representing 67
per cent are disposed at the several existing landfills in the San Gabriel
Valley, and
WHEREAS, despite this current imbalance in the waste disposal burden,
three major waste -to -energy facilities have been proposed to be located in the
San Gabriel Valley, in Irwindale, Pomona, and Hacienda Heights, which together
would incinerate an additional 14,000 tons per day, and
WHEREAS, the cumulative impacts of such facilities from airborne
emissions and the residual ash produced by the incineration process have been
shown conclusively to be unhealthful to the population, particularly in
consideration of existing meteorological and topographical conditions of the
San Gabriel Valley, and
WHEREAS, the disparity in the siting of waste disposal facilities
will increase with the approval of pending waste to energy facilities; and
WHEREAS, other regions of Los Angeles County do not currently dispose
of their fair share of refuse, nor will such regions approach parity of the
Countywide disposal burden under any proposals currently under active
consideration;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of
West Covina, California, as follows:
Section 1. The City of West Covina does hereby oppose the
construction of any new solid waste disposal facilities in the San Gabriel
Valley, including new landfills or waste -to -energy facilities, until such time
as parity in solid waste disposal is achieved within Los Angeles County.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of West Covina calls upon
each city in the San Gabriel Valley to consider and endorse this position.
Section 3. The City Council of the City of West Covina urges the
California Waste Management Board and the Los Angeles County Solid Waste
Management Plan Committee to develop plans and proposals for siting of waste
disposal facilities consistent with the "fair share" concept.
Section 4. The City Council of the City of West Covina urges the
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the County Sanitation Districts, and
the eighty-four cities in Los Angeles County to work toward the implementation
of Countywide waste disposal parity at the earliest feasible time.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of June , 1987.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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Mayor
• I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution
No. 8041 was approved and adopted at a regular meeting
of the City Council held on the 22nd day of June 1987
by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
Councilmembers
Tennant,
NOES:
Councilmembers
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers
None
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers
None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
General Counsel
Bacon, Shearer, Manners, Chappell
City Cle