HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 6632 2016-03-28 RESOLUTION NUMBER 6632
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL
APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE WASTE DISPOSAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AND 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; and
WHEREAS, on April 27, 2015, by Resolution No. 6553, the City of Seal
Beach approved the Amendment in which the effective date to be no later than
September 30, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the County has requested a revision to the effective date of
the Amendment from September 30, 2015 to June 30, 2016 ("Revised Effective
Date").
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Seal Beach 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
Revised Effective Date to the 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
Revised Effective Date shall be amended into 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.
AYES: Council Members Massa-Lavitt, Deaton, Sloan, Miller .,rr
NOES: Council Members None
ABSENT: Council Members Varipapa
ABSTAIN: Council Members None
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I, Robin L. Roberts, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that
the foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number 6632 on file in
the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at
a regular meeting held on 28th day of March, 2016.
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