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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 068-1973RESOLUTION NO. 68 -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 re- solved by each individual 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 environ- mental 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 - 1 - 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 development of a comprehensive, co- ordinated 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 incorporated 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 authority and 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 Board of Supervisors shall retain jurisdictional authority and responsibility for collec- tion activities and for processing or final disposal activities within the unincorporated areas of the county. 3. The county shall exercise coordination, plan- ning and leadership roles regarding final disposal (including processing activities at final disposal fa- cilities) which involve the unincorporated area or the refuse of more than one city. 4. 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 appropriat governmental regulation whereby user -charges on a non -preferential basis can be expected to defray costs. 5. The county shall establish an organizational structure and procedure for developing and coordinating a county -wide solid waste management plan essentially as follows: a. The county staff will provide pro- fessional support for development of the plan, including a survey of the disposal facilities and solid waste management plans of each city. b. The Board of Supervisors will estab- lish a Solid Waste Advisory Committee to review the plan. The Committee shall include representatives of each city in the county, the scavenger industry, and the general public. C. All meetings of the Solid Waste Advisory Committee shall be open to the gen- eral public. d. The plan will be reviewed by the Regional Planning Committee, the Council of Mayors, and the City Managers Association before submission to the Board of Supervisors. e. The plan shall only be binding upon the approval of a majority of the cities within the county which contain a majority of the population of the incorporated area of the county. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Burlingame hereby agrees that the County of San Mateo is the appropriate governmental entity to oversee comprehensive, coordinated, solid waste management planning for the area in- cluded within the boundaries of the County of San Mateo in accord- ance 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 environmentally - 3 - acceptable manner. RESOLVED, FURTHER, that Resolution No. 28-73 entitled "Resolution Regarding Local Government Solid Waste Management Planning" adopted April 2, 1973, be, and the same is hereby, rescinded. 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 4 rh day of September, 1973, and adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN:Amstrup, Crosby, Cusick, Mangini, Martin NOES: COUNCILMEN: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: NONE City Clerk - 4 -