RES-10856 Waste Disposal Agreement 2009RESOLUTION NO. 10856
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT
TO THE 2009 WASTE DISPOSAL AGREEMENT
WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
WHEREAS, the City has an existing Waste Disposal Agreement (the Waste Disposal
Agreement) with the County of Orange (the "County ") which requires the City to dispose of all
specified solid waste generated within the City to County landfills and for the County to accept
all such waste at a price agreed upon by the City and County; and
WHEREAS, the Waste Disposal Agreement became effective on or about July 23,
2009, and by its term is set to expire on June 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Waste Disposal Agreement provides that the County will not accept
waste imported from outside the County at County landfills after June 30, 2016; and
WHEREAS, an Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement (the "Amendment ")
has been negotiated between the County and various cities throughout Orange County to
provide for continuation of importation of waste from outside the County at County landfills
in exchange for allocation to the cities of a portion of future importation revenues and to
extend the terms of this activity within the Waste Disposal Agreement to June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure that solid waste generated within the
City can be disposed of in an environmentally safe manner and at a reasonable cost for the
near future; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Amendment furthers these goals by, among other things,
ensuring that solid waste generated within the City can be disposed of at County landfills
through June 30, 2025; that the landfills will be operated in an environmentally safe and
reliable manner; and that the cost of disposing of solid waste at County landfills will be
reasonable.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange resolves, finds and
determines, on the basis of the facts set forth in the agenda report presented to it and any
testimony received at the meeting at which this matter was considered, as follows:
Section 1 . The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2 . The City Council hereby finds and determines that the proposed
Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement between the County of Orange and the City of
Orange ( "Amendment ") furthers the public health, safety and welfare.
Section 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the terms and
provisions of the Amendment, in the form as submitted by the City Manager, are approved
and that the Mayor is authorized to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, the Amendment on
behalf of the City.
Section 4 . The officers and employees of the City are authorized and directed,
jointly and severally, to do any and all things necessary or advisable in order to effectuate the
purposes of this Resolution and to administer the City's obligations, responsibilities and
duties to be performed.
ADOPTED this 10 day of April, 2015.
Teresa It. Smith, Ma or, City of Orange
ATTEST-
Mary E. ity Clerk, Ci nge
I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 14`" day of April, 2015, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN
COUNCILMEMBERS: Alvarez, Whitaker, Smith, Murphy, Nichols
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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Mary E. y, City Clerk, Ci y 'ot Orange
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