HomeMy WebLinkAbout82-84 - County Sanitation District OrganizationalRESOLUTION NO. 82 -84
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING THE CURRENT
• ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICTS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND
OPPOSING ANY LEGISLATIVE CHANGE THAT WOULD
PLACE THE DISTRICTS UNDER A GOVERNING BOARD
COMPRISED SOLELY OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts of Orange
County Wastewater Quality Control System throughout metropolitan
Orange County is the third largest on the West Coast, serving a
current population of 1.8 million persons; and
WHEREAS, the present seven Sanitation Districts operate
pursuant to a Joint Administrative Organization Agreement for the
purpose of owning and operating wastewater collection and
treatment facilities under a single management; and
WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts presently
provide service to 23 of the 26 cities plus unincorporated
territory within the County of Orange, including the City of
Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, over ninety percent (90 %) of the area served
by the Districts is within the boundaries of incorporated cities
that exercise planning and development authority; therefore the
City of Newport Beach has a vested interest in the administration
of the Districts; and
WHEREAS, the necessity for inter -city or metropolitan
sewage planning and operation was early recognized in Orange
County and specifically by the formation of the Joint Outfall
Sewer Organization in 1923 which was the predecessor to the
• present County Sanitation Districts and included service area for
eight cities; and
WHEREAS, the utilization of a joint venture for sewage
facilities between various independent cities and sanitary
districts is now recognized as both it practical necessity and a
desirable form of government in that it results in obvious
savings and efficiencies in government, but continues to retain
• local entity control through representation on its Borad of
Directors; and
WHEREAS, the present seven County Sanitation Districts
were formed and organized in 1947 and 1948 following a
comprehensive County -wide engineering study and report and
recommendation by the County Board of: Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, the District boundaries were established on
the basis of geography, topography and existing city and sanitary
district boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the local collection of wastewater is
accomplished by local systems owned and operated by the
respective cities or sanitary districts, which systems then
transport the wastewater to the Sanitation Districts' trunk sewer
system and treatment plant facilities; and
WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts of Orange
County are formed pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act
(Health & Safety Code Sections 4700 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the County Sanitation District
Act, the Board of Directors is established as being the Mayor of
each city, together with a member of the governing board of each
sanitary district, as well as the Chairman of the County Board of
Supervisors, which assures that every local agency is adequately
represented on the governing board of each Sanitation District;
and
WHEREAS, the Chairman of the Board of supervisors has
requested specific legislation placing the control with the Board
• of Supervisors for the reason that a stalemate has occurred
between the County and the County Sanitation Districts pertaining
to the allocation of ad valorem tax :revenues for annexations of
new territory to the Sanitation Districts; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Orange, on May 25, 1982, adopted a resolution requesting
legislation by the State Legislature that would place the
Sanitation Districts under the exclusive control of the Board of
Supervisors, and to remove representation by members of the City
• Councils or Sanitary District Boards;; and
WHEREAS, any legislation placing the control of the
Sanitation Districts under the Board of Supevisors would
effectively remove the local agency control from the 1.8 million
constitutents in this County who are represented pursuant to the
original organizational formation 35 years ago.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach does hereby RESOLVE,
and ORDER:
Section 1: That A.B. 1601 (Thurman) presently being
considered by the State Legislature, is hereby opposed in its
entirety and its defeat is urged.
Section 2: That any legislation that would amend the
County Sanitation District Act and Section 4730 of the Health &
Safety Code in particular, or any other legislative enactment
that would change the makeup of the governing body of the County
Sanitation Districts of Orange County, is opposed and each member
of the legislature is urged to vote his or her opposition
thereto.
Section 3. That the California League of Cities, is
urged to oppose A.B. 1601 or any other legislation which would
effectively remove the control of the County Sanitation Districts
of Orange County from the Mayors, Councilmembers and Sanitary
District Directors and place it in the hands of the County Board
of Supervisors.
Section 4. That each legislative member representing
areas within Orange County, is urged to take a role of active
• oppostiion to the pending legislative bill, A.B. 1601, and any
other legislative measure which would effectively remove the
local control of the County Sanitation Districts of Orange
County, and place it in the hands of the County Board of
Supervisors.
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ADOPTED this h day of Jug 1982.
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