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.
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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
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