HomeMy Public PortalAbout97-146RESOLUTION NO. 97-146
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLAREMONT
DISAPPROVING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
COUNTYWIDE SITING ELEMENT
WHEREAS, Section 41700 of the California Public Resources Code
requires that each county government prepare a countywide siting element; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Countywide Siting Element has been
completed under the auspices of the Los Angeles County Solid Waste
Management Committee/lntegrated Waste Management Task Force;
WHEREAS,. the City of Claremont questioned the appropriateness of a
number of those assumptions; and
WHEREAS, the Countywide Siting Element must be approved by a
majority of the cities within the County containing a majority of the incorporated
population of the County; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angetes has submitted the Countywide
Siting Element dated June 1997, to the City of Claremont for consideration and
approval together with the certified Environmental Impact Report for the Siting
Element; and
WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing to confider approval or disapproval
of the Countywide Siting Element by the City Council of the City of Claremont
was given as required by faw; and
WHEREAS, on September 23, 1997, the City Council held a public
hearing at which approval or disapproval of the Countywide Siting Element was
considered; and .
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WHEREAS, at the public hearing all interested persons were given an
opportunity to appear and be heard and the City Council considered all public
comments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE !T RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Claremont:
Section 1. Finds that disposal quantities for future years are distorted in
the Countywide Siting Element by the assumption that all cities will reach their
required goal of 50% diversion by the year 2000 and maintain that diversion rate
indefinitely without regard to the fact that one-half of Los Angeles County cities
responded in a May 1997 Southern California Association of Governments
survey that they were not prepared to meet the 50% diversion rate.
Section 2. Finds that the tonnage summaries in the Countywide Siting
Element are distorted by the failure to recognize imported waste from out-of-
county areas while recognizing the exportation of waste from the county.
Section 3. Finds that the Countywide Siting Element does not
adequately consider regional impacts in that (1) landfill capacity proposed in the
northern part of Los Angeles County does not address the needs of cities
located in the eastem area of the County known as the San Gabriel Valley where
the City of Claremont is located; (2) transferring waste by rail and/or large trucks
long distances to other parts of the County may not be technically or
economically feasible for cities located in the eastem area of the County; and (3)
failure to plan for disposal or transfer facilities in all regions of the County will
require some regions, such as the San Gabriel Valley, to incur higher disposal
costs and to charge higher fees to residents and businesses in those regions.
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Section 4. Finds that of the five different scenarios proposed in the
Countywide Siting Element, only two scenarios indicate landfill capacity
throughout the fifteen-year planning period based on the optimistic assumption
of expansion at all existing facilities, and/or the development of all proposed new
landfill facilities, without regard to the fact that historically the siting and
expansion of landfill facilities is a very time consuming and costly endeavor
which relies on the support of the impacted community. The remaining three
scenarios indicate a shortage of landfill capacity by the year 2000.
Section 5. Finds that the Countywide Siting Element does not achieve the
goal of identifying environmentally safe, technically feasible, and cost effective
disposal facilities throughout the county;
Section 6. Therefore, the City Council of the City of Claremont
disapproves the Countywide Siting Element, dated June 1997.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of
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Mayor of th City of Claremont
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City .Clerk % /
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City A mey of the' City of Claremont
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