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HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-47 - Recycling Surcharge• RESOLUTION NO. 97- 47 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH MODIFYING A RECYCLING SURCHARGE AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 96-38. WHEREAS, the State of California has determined that the amount of solid waste generated in the State, coupled with the diminishing landfill space and the potential adverse environmental impacts of landfilling, create an urgent need for State and Local agencies to enact and implement aggressive new integrated waste management programs; and WHEREAS, the Legislature has mandated each City and County to reduce the amount of solid waste disposed of in landfills by recycling at least • 25% of the solid waste stream; and WHEREAS, the Newport Beach City Council has enacted an ordinance which authorizes the imposition of a recycling surcharge subject to certain limitations; and WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has entered into a written contract with CRT, Inc. pursuant to which the latter will accept the City's waste stream, recycle at least 25% of the contents, and transport the remaining waste to a disposal site approved by law. The City Council has determined that contracting with a private recycler represents the most economical way of satisfying recycling requirements, will ensure that more waste is recycled than pursuant to curbside programs which require resident's sorting of recyclables, and is much less costly than acquiring the equipment • and hiring the personnel necessary to implement a curbside recycling program; and Res 97 -47 • WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that approximately 40,000 tons of solid waste will be generated during Fiscal Year 1997 -98, that the cost of collecting, hauling, recycling, and disposing of that amount of solid waste would be $3,832,649, that the fees to be paid to CRT pursuant to the Recycling Agreement will be $1,474,000, and that the additional cost attributable solely to recycling is $568,730 and WHEREAS, the City Council directed on August 12, 1996 after a review of an extensive staff report to refund during FY 97 -98 $161,342 of recycling surcharge revenue to FY 95 -96 users of the City refuse collection service. The refund is associated with savings resulting from an extension of the recycling contract. WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the residential solid waste stream collected by City personnel is generated by, at most, 26,420 • households. Accordingly, the additional costs incurred by the City in conjunction with the recycling program can be recovered by imposing a surcharge of $1.28 per month per household. This surcharge represents the minimum amount the City could charge with the expectation of deferring all, or substantially all, of its recycling expenses. The proposed amount also includes a rebate of $0.51 per month related to above noted savings from FY 95 -96. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City CounQ of the City of Newport Beach as follows: 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2.30 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code, a recycling surcharge fee of $1.28 per month is hereby imposed, effective July 1, 1997. 2. The recycling surcharge of $1.28 per month shall be the obligation • of the person or persons responsible for the payment of water service if water is supplied to the property by the City of Newport Beach and, if water is not Res 97 -47 supplied by the City of Newport Beach, the surcharge shall be the • responsibility of the owner of the property; and 3. The recycling surcharge shall not be paid by persons or businesses whose rubbish is collected by private haulers or shall any portion of the fee collected be used to defray expenses that would be incurred by the City in collecting, hauling, and disposing of refuse absent a recycling program. 4. Resolution No. 96 -38 is hereby rescinded. ADOPTED this 9tiday of June 1997. MA ATTEST: is CITY CLERK u • • • STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 97 -47, was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 9th day of June, 1997, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: O'Neil, Thomson, Edwards, Hedges, Glover, Noyes, and Mayor Debay Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 10th day of June, 1997. (Seal) City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California