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