HomeMy WebLinkAbout90-29 - Countywide Task ForceRESOLUTION NO. 90- 29
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF
THE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION AS THE
COUNTYWIDE TASK FORCE AS SPECIFIED IN AS 939.
WHEREAS, AS 939 (California Integrated Waste Management Act of
1989) makes a number of changes in the law relative to solid waste
management planning at the City and County level; and
WHEREAS, AB 939 requires preparation of a Countywide
Integrated Waste Management Plan ( CIWMP) and the CIWMP incorporates
many facets of plans required by previous legislation such as the
County Solid Waste Management Plan (COSWMP); and
WHEREAS, AS 939 requires each County convene a Countywide Task
Force to assist in the development of the CIWMP, individual City
and County source reduction recycling elements, and a Countywide
Siting Element; and
WHEREAS, the Countywide Task Force has been given several
duties all of which are intended to ensure coordinated and cost
effective regional integrated waste management programs; and
WHEREAS, membership in the task force is to be determined by
the Board of Supervisors and a majority of the cities having a
majority of the population, and may include representatives of the
solid waste industry, environmental organizations, general public,
special districts and affected governmental entities; and
WHEREAS, the existing Orange County Waste Management
• Commission serves in an advisory capacity on matters dealing with
transfer stations, landfill sites, resource recovery sites, fees
and charges, system financing, and the COSWMP; and
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WHEREAS, membership on the Waste Management Commission is
comprised of County and City elected and appointed officials, waste
industry representatives, the general public, and affected
organizations; and
WHEREAS, designating the Waste Management Commission as the
Countywide Task Force required by AB 939 would ensure continued
participation by cities in decisions relating to Countywide solid
waste policies, facilitate consistency among the plans and elements
developed by cities and the County pursuant to AB 939, and further
efforts to integrate Countywide waste management planning in Orange
County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach supports designation of the Waste Management
Commission as the Countywide Task Force required by AB 939; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Services Director is
hereby directed to send a copy of this Resolution to the Orange
County Board of Supervisors.
ADOPTED, this 26th day of March , 1990.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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