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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 028-1973RESOLUTION NO, 28-73 RESOLUTION REGARDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING WHEREAS the annual production of municipal -type solid wastes within the area of San Mateo County, currently estimated at approximately 606,000 tons or about 2,000 pounds per person per year poses a large and growing disposal and environmental problem, and WHEREAS current trends indicate that the generation of waste products is rapidly rising while facilities for disposal within many jurisdictions are either inadequate or non-existant, and WHEREAS the ensuing problems cannot be adequately resolved by each indivi- dual local jurisdiction or private refuse collection enterprise and will require area -wide cooperation and coordination to reduce uncertainties, and WHEREAS it is clearly in the best interests of environmental protection, conservation of land and natural resources and costs to the public to plan and act regionally in managing the disposal of solid wastes and in seeking comprehensive solutions, and WHEREAS it appears that the subregional area of the County of San Mateo is of sufficient size to encompass disposal facilities for most of the solid wastes produced within its boundaries, and WHEREAS Chapter 342, Statute of 1972 adopted by the State of California establishes that the primary responsibility for adequate solid waste management and planning rests with local government and requires develop- ment of a comprehensive, coordinated plan by each county in cooperation with other affected local jurisdictions and subject to approval by a majority of cities containing a majority of the population of the incor- porated area, and WHEREAS a recent amendment to Section 65302 of the Government Code, State of California requires that solid waste facilities be included in the land use element of general plans, and WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors, County of San Mateo has agreed to undertake coordinated, area -wide planning based upon the following concepts: 1. Each city shall retain jurisdictional responsibility for collection activities and for whatever processing or final disposal of the city's own wastes can be accomplished within its own jurisdictional area and for the transfer of wastes to other approved final disposal facilities. 2. The county shall exercise coordination, planning and leadership roles regarding final disposal (including processing activities at final disposal facilities) which involve the unincorporated area or the refuse of more than one city. 3. To the extent practical, the county intends to rely on the capability of private industry to finance or prefinance and to establish and operate regional -type processing or final disposal facilities under appropriate governmental regulation whereby user -charges on a non - preferential basis can be expected to defray costs. Now therefore be it RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Burlingame hereby agrees that: 1. The County of San Mateo is the appropriate governmental entity to oversee comprehensive, coordinated, solid waste management planning for the area included within the boundaries of the County of San Mateo in accordance with the provisions of Title 7.3 Government Code, State of California, and to carry on other short-range solid waste planning efforts intended to assist local communities in solving their solid wastes problem in an economical and environ- mentally acceptable manner. - 2 - 2. In the event that the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County, in the implementation of this Resolution shall decide to create an advisory council or group, then it is the recommendation of this City Council that the membership of such group include a representa- tive from each incorporated city within the County of San Mateo and a representative from each sanitary district within the County of San Mateo. MAYOR. I, HERBERT K. WHITE, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 2nd day of APRIL , 1973, and adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: NOES: COUNCILMEN: ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Amstrup, Crosby, Cusick, Mangini, Martin None None