RES-8713 Strategic Alternative for the Present Orange County Landfill SystemRESOLUTION NO. 8713
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE ENCOURAGING THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISOR OF THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE TO CONSIDER THE CITY AND RATEPAYER
INTERESTS IN ADOPTING A STRATEGIC
ALTERNATIVE FOR THE PRE-SENT
ORANGE COUNTY LANDFILL SYSTEM.WHEREAS,
the County of Orange has operated a County-wide system of open and closed
landfills; and
WHEREAS, the County has recently authorized the preparation of a report of strategic
altematives to the present Orange County Landfill System and will soon consider that report and may
make changes in the landfill system; and
WHEREAS, a significant objective of the County's proposed changes IS to generate
significant revenue to pay-back bankruptcy-related
indebtedness; and WHEREAS, certain Orange County cities have participated in financing
a technical evaluation of the County report by an outside firm with expertise in such
areas; and WHEREAS, the City Managers of the Orange County Division of the League
of California Cities have recommended that city councils throughout the County set forth and recommend
to the Board of Supervisors their key policy objectives for the revised landfill
system; and WHEREAS, Mayor Coontz, as the City's representative on the County
Solid Waste Management Commission, has been actively involved in advocating the City's interests, and
the City Council and staff have also reviewed the County consultants' work, attended several
workshops and meetings, and consulted with other cities concerning
policy recommendations.NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Orange
as follows:1 That the following are the policy recommendations of the City of Orange for the
County's
Landfill System:a) That any alternative selected should ensure long-term rate stability for the
cities of Orange County and their rate-payers. The County should offer long term contracts with
in-county cities for the benefit of their constituents in exchange for a long term commitment
of the municipal waste stream,similar to what was recently done for out-of-county
waste generators who pay below-market gate fees.b) That any alternative selected should seek to
ensure that future citizens and businesses of this County have available to them such landfill capacity as may
competitive business environment. In making this recommendation the City Council is mindful of the
experiences of other communities that improvidently and prematurely exhausted their landfill capacity
and saddled future generations with the solid waste problems and associated costs thereof.
c) That any alternative selected should seek to have landfills constructed and operated in an
environmentally safe manner so as to not adversely impact existing or future generations with the
consequences and costs of such adverse impacts.
d) That any alternative selected should integrate the management and maintenance of existing
sites with the management and remediation of closed sites, and that a revenue stream should be
dedicated for these purposes.
2. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to cause this Resolution to be presented to the Board of
Supervisors of the County of Orange.
ADOPTED this 12th day ofNovernber, 1996.
ATTEST:
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Orange at a regular rneeting thereof held on the 12 th day of
Novernber, 1996, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
MURPHY, BARRERA, COONTZ, SPURGEON
NONE
SLATER
NONE
City Clerk of the .ty of Orange
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