HomeMy Public PortalAbout83-079 RESOLUTION NO. 83-079
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARSON URGING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO GRANT
PUENTE HILLS' CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County have created
a regional system for solid waste management that has served well the many cities
and unincorporated areas in the County; and
WHEREAS, a major component of that system, the Puente Hills Landfill, has
been operated by the Districts in an environmentally sound and nuisance-free
manner; and
WHEREAS, the Puente Hills Landfill is the largest sanitary landfill in
Southern California, serving approximately 1.8 million people as well as business
and industry in the southern and eastern portions of Los Angeles County; and
WHEREAS, the Sanitation Districts have prepared a comprehensive Environmental
Impact Report which addresses community concerns in a thorough manner and which
proposes control measures that will continue to make the landfill a good neighbor;
and
WHEREAS, the Sanitation Districts have developed innovative and highly
effective methods for control of landfill gas odor, protection of groundwater qual-
ity, deterrence of hazardous waste disposal within the site, elimination of vectors,
and control of other potential impacts; and
WHEREAS, the development plan for the operation of the landfill has involved
citizen advisory committees, representing interested communities; ,and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles is considering a conditional use permit
application by the Sanitation Districts that would allow the continued operation
of the Puente Hills Landfill and potential expansion of the landfill activity into
portions of the eastern canyon area of the Puente Hills site; and
WHEREAS, the Districts have offered to make substantial portions of the prop-
erty available for open space recreational uses at the outset of the project on
areas not being utilized for filling and at the completion of the project over the
entire site; and
WHEREAS, environmental impacts of the denial of this project are estimated
to be a minimum of 9 million vehicle miles per year of additional truck travel,
0.7 million pounds per year additional exhaust emission, and 1.5 million gallons
per year of added fuel consumption; and
WHEREAS, these environmental impacts are minimum. estimates based on use of
the next closest landfill, the BKK Landfill in West Covina. If, however, that
site is not totally available to accept the waste that would otherwise be disposed
of at Puente Hills, these environmental impacts could easily more than double; and
WHEREAS, the economic costs of transporting wastes to the next closest
sites are estimated to be in the range of $20 to $40 million per year; and
WHEREAS, the closure of the Puente Hills Landfill would result in a signif-
icant burden on remaining landfills within the County, causing early closure of
the other available sites;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of. Carson
petitions the Zoning Board, the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors
of Los Angeles County to grant the proposed permit for the continuation and
expansion of the Puente Hills Landfill.
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APPROVED and ADOPTED thisl6th day of May, 1983.
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CITY CLERK-
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California,
do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said
City is five; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 83-079 was
duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 16th day of May, 1983, and that the
same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bridgers, Calas, Egan and Muise
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mills
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