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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12101985 - IO.3 TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM; Contra Internal Operations Committee ��+� � Costa DATE: December 10, 1985 Courty SUBJECT: West County Waste-to-Energy Plant SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION 1. Request that the West County Agency do no further work on the preparation of the proposed project other than that which is necessary because of very specific time requirements or demanded by good management to close the project. 2. Refer to the newly formed Joint Powers organization of West County Cities and Sanitary Districts the entire issue of waste-to-energy, so that it can pursue resolution with the West County Agency of the many issues that have beset the project. 3 . Remove as referrals to the 1985 Internal Operations Committee all waste-to-energy related referrals. 4. Refer to the 1986 Internal Operations Committee a status report from the Director of Community Development on the progress of the Joint Powers Agency' s deliberations. BACKGROUND i The Board of Supervisors on October 1, 1985 referred the Internal Operations Committee report to West County cities and the Solid Waste Commission for review. The Board, on October 8, 1985, after hearing John Knox, representing the West Contra Costa Sanitary District, and other speakers, referred the October 1 report back, to the Internal Operations Committee for further review, especially that part dealing with independent evaluation of the proposed project. The Solid Waste Commission, at its meeting on October 16, 1985 took comments concerning both the Board referrals and after a great deal of input from Commissioners Battaglia of West Contra Costa Sanitary District, and John Koepke of the West County Cities, and others, adopted the above recommendations. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: _ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF ARD COMMITTEE X APPROVE HER SIGNATURE(S): Supervisor T. Torlakson Supervisor T. Powers ACTION OF BOARD ON December 10,. 1985. APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _ OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT; ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC County Administrator ATTESTED __ December-10 ,-1985 1986 Internal Operations Committee PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF West Contra Costa Sanitary District SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Cities of Richmond, San Pablo, E1 Cerrito, Hercules & Pinole Solid Waste Commission BY[L� ,DEPUTY M382/7-83 -z- During the discussion of the project at the Solid Waste Commission meeting, it was clear that the West County cities did not have a .sense of confidence concerning the appropriateness of the waste to energy project and expressed a lack of confidence in the West County Agency, more specifically, the West Contra Costa Sanitary District, to manage the project. Even though the West County Agency has generated a significant amount of engineering effort in reports, plans, studies, and investigations, it is apparent that the contents of that work have not been always clearly available to the cities and others who have criticized the project--starting with one of the. most rudimentary decisions, i.e. , determination of the size of the wastestream and burn facility. If this project, or any project, is to proceed in the West County, it will be necessary for the proponents to establish credibility with those who issue franchises and have initial control of the wastestream. Similarly, there has been a great deal of comment about the appropriateness of the technology proposed and the impact that composting and recycling may have on the wastestream, and the type of burn equipment.