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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 047-2009RESOLUTION NO. 47 - 2009 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME APPROVING THE CITY OF BURLINGAME'S MEMBERSHIP IN THE BAY AREA BIO -SOLIDS JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the member agencies of the Bay Area Bio -Solids Joint Powers Agreement wish to share the costs of developing a financial and environmental evaluation of established alternatives to Class B land application/landfill ADC/landfill disposal of sewage treatment plant solid waste and said evaluation will include planning activities for the future development of a Bay Area Bio -Solids recycling facility; and WHEREAS, in 2006, numerous public agencies including the City of Millbrae and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission among others, entered a Joint Powers Agreement to evaluate the financial and environmental details of alternative methods of the disposal of bio -solid waste generated by their respective sewage treatment plants; and WHEREAS, the first amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement expands its purpose to include definition of the roles and responsibilities of the member entities and to provide funding for the alternatives evaluation, engineering planning for a proposed facility, review and evaluation of facility site location and environmental review and documentation; and WHEREAS, under the terms of the first amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement, the City of Burlingame and several other entities would become members of the JPA; and WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame wishes to become a member of the Bay Area Bio -Solids Joint Powers Agreement so that the City can explore the feasibility and cost of disposing of the Burlingame Treatment Plant's solid waste in an efficient, cost—effective and environmentally -friendly manner; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Burlingame hereby approves membership of the City of Burlingame in the Bay Area Bio -Solids Joint Powers Agreement and authorizes the Mayor to execute the First Amendment the Joint Powers Agreement, in the form attached hereto and incorporated herein. Ann Keighran, 191ayor I, Mary Ellen Kearney, Clerk of the City of Burlingame, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council held on the 18th' day of May, 2009, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Councilmembers: DEAL, KEICDRAN, NAGEL, BAYLOCK, o'MAHONY NOES: Councilmembers: NONE ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE Mary ElleA Kearney, City Clerk