ITEM 6-D
Council Meeting: December 8, 1992 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Resolution to Formally Support the Los Angeles County
Solid Waste Management Action Plan Addressing Refuse
Disposal Capacity Needs on a Countywide Basis
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that the City Council adopt the
accompanying resolution to formally support the Los Angeles
County Solid Waste Management Action Plan (Action Plan) adopted
by the County Board of Supervisors and the Board of Directors of
the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. The Action Plan, in
part, addresses refuse disposal capacity needs on a countywide
basis in the near and long term.
BACKGROUND
On July 28, 1992, the Santa Monica City Council formally passed a
resolution adopting the City's Final Source Reduction and
Recycling Element (SRRE) document which is submitted to the
County and State in conformance with regulations imposed by the
California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939).
One week prior to this action on July 20, 1992, the Los Angeles
County Solid Waste Management Committee/Integrated Waste
Management Task Force Plan Review Committee formally accepted
Santa Monica's SRRE for inclusion into the Countywide Integrated
Waste Management Plan (CIWMP). The City's SRRE contains no
specifics regarding the City's future disposal needs beyond
generalized support for "efforts to expand existing landfills,
the siting of new landfills, and/or the development of long haul
disposal projects if these expansions or new projects can be
shown to be environmentally sound and (in conformity with)
applicable laws and regulations."
As a condition of accepting Santa Monica's SRRE, the County Plan
Review Committee required that the final SRRE include specific
strategies for meeting the City's 15-year disposal capacity
needs. The only two options available are formal export
agreements with other out-of-county entities for landfill
services, or support of this Los Angeles County Solid Waste
Management Action Plan of April 5, 1988. There are no known
long-term, out-of-county, export options available at this time.
Although developed in 1988, the recommended Action Plan is
considered to be generic enough in scope to adequately address
long-range refuse disposal strategies for the Los Angeles County
regional area.
Staff has reviewed the Action Plan adopted by the Board of
Supervisors, and finds it in accord with, and responsive to the
spirit and intent of the regulations imposed by AB 939 as they
apply to regional short and long term landfill disposal capacity
as well as to the specific disposal needs declared within the
City of Santa Monica's individual plan.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council formally adopt the
attached resolution supporting the Los Angeles Solid Waste
Management Action Plan, as adopted by the Board of Supervisors
and the Board of Directors of Los Angeles County Sanitation
Districts to address refuse disposal capacity needs on a
countywide basis.
Prepared by: Stanley E. Scholl, Director of General Services
Tom Dever, Solid Waste Superintendent
RESOLUTION NO.____
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SUPPORTING
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN ADOPTED BY
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON APRIL 5,
1988
WHEREAS, the California State Assembly passed AB 939
and related legislation to address various problems associated
with the collection and disposal of solid waste including, but
not limited to, the decreasing amount of landfill space in the
state and environmental concerns related to the conservation and
preservation of natural resources; and,
WHEREAS, on July 28, 1992, a final public hearing was
held in the Santa Monica City Council Chambers and the City's
Final Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) document was
formally adopted; and,
WHEREAS, AB 939 stipulates that each jurisdiction must
address specifics of long-term (15-year) landfill refuse disposal
capacity provision within its Source Reduction and Recycling
Element submittal document; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles
County Sanitation Districts has formulated the Los Angeles County
Solid Waste Action Plan, which has been adopted by the County
Board of Supervisors, as a countywide cooperative means of
addressing refuse disposal capacity,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa
Monica does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council supports the Los Angeles
County Solid Waste Management Action Plan adopted by the Board of
Supervisors on April 5, 1988, and by the Board of Directors of
the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts on May 25, 1988, as a
means of addressing the City's long-term refuse disposal needs in
compliance with AB 939.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the
same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JOSEPH LAWRENCE
Acting City Attorney