HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-28RESOLUTION NO. 95--28
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF UKIAH STATING SOLID
WASTE POLICY PREFERENCE.
WHEREAS,
1. The City of Ukiah ("City") has applied to the
Mendocino County Department of Environmental Health, which is the
Local Enforcement Agency (LEA), and the California Integrated Waste
Management Board (the Board) to amend its solid waste facilities
permit for its solid waste disposal site (Landfill); and
2. The City has sought to amend its permit to allow the
disposal of up to 190 tons of solid waste per day at the Landfill
(the Project); and
3. This higher volume would accommodate the entire
Mendocino County waste stream for the remaining life of the
Landfill; and
4. Under the Guidelines for the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA), the City is the "Lead Agency," because it must
carry out the Project (see 14 California Code of Regulations (CCR}
§15051(a)); and
5. As the Lead Agency the City has prepared a draft
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and is in the process of
preparing a supplement to the draft. Once approved by the City,
the final EIR will be used by the LEA and the Board in acting on
the City's application. In conformity with the CEQA Guidelines,
the supplement will, among other things, identify, analyze and
discuss alternatives to the Project which could feasibly accomplish
most of the basic purposes of the Project, while avoiding or
substantially reducing one or more of the significant adverse
effects of the Project (see 14 CCR §15088.5(d)); and
6. The City cannot approve the Project before it has
adopted a final EIR for the Project and made any necessary findings
in connection with its approval; and
7. The cities in Mendocino County and the County have
formed a joint powers agency called the Mendocino Solid Waste
Management Authority (MSWMA) to develop county-wide solutions to
solid waste problems; and
8. In carrying out the purposes of MSWMA, the other
cities and the county need an indication from the City Council
before it can complete the final EIR as to whether the City will
accept the full county waste stream at the Landfill and whether it
supports the siting of a transfer station to receive solid waste
for transport out of the county, after the Landfill closes; and
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9. The City Council wants to provide such assurance as
it can before it has completed the analysis of project alternatives
and approved the final EIR for the Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. As exemplified by the Project application, the City
Council supports the use of the Landfill as a regional disposal
site for Mendocino County and the same base rate for all commercial
haulers, subject to its review and evaluation of Project
alternatives as required by CEQA. Having stated this policy
preference, the City Council affirms its intention to impartially
evaluate and consider on their merits Project alternatives and to
pursue the Project application if the Project remains the best
project, in its judgment, taking into consideration, among other
things, the environmental impacts of the Project in comparison to
the impacts of the Project alternatives.
2. The City Council directs its representatives to MSWMA
to convey to the MSWMA Board, the City Council's conceptual support
for siting a transfer station and the City Council's willingness to
participate in the process of developing a suitable transfer
station for collecting and preparing solid waste for transport out
of the county at such time that no suitable disposal site exists
within the county. The City Council's support for the concept of
a transfer station is subject to the qualifications stated in
paragraph 1 of this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of November 1994, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Malone, Shoemaker and MaySr Schneiter
NOES: None ~_ ~j~
ABSENT: Councilmembers Mastin and Wattenburger '
Fred Schn_it~, Mayor
AT TE~.' ~ ~
Cathy ~K~, ~ Clerk
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