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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10041988 - T.3 T. 3 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on October 4, 1988 by the following vote: AYES: NOES: See votes on various motions ABSENT: ABSTAIN: SUBJECT: 1988 Revisions (Amendment to the Contra Costa County Solid Waste Management Plan This date and time was fixed for hearing on the on the proposed 1988 Revision (Amendment) to the County Solid Waste Management Plan. Charles Zahn, Community Development Department, introduced the matter and reviewed the background and the staff ' s recommendation. Supervisor Torlakson, Acting Chairman, declared the hearing opened. Mr. Paul Morsen, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, appeared and reiterated the District' s recent request made to the Solid Waste Commission that a parcel of land owned by the District be included in the County Solid Waste Management Plan as a potential transfer station site, the intent being to provide an alternative, publicly-owned option, to the transfer station proposed by Acme Fill. He stated they preferred not to be designated as a back-up to Acme and inasmuch as they represent the largest number of rate payers in the area, they would like to represent them well. W. C. Dalton, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, indicated that although he voted in favor of the proposed amendment to the Plan when it was before the County Solid Waste Commission, he had not intended to. He declared it was the intent of Central Sanitary District to assist the County and be prepared to move immediately, if necessary. Supervisor McPeak commented that two things that the County should be focusing on is recycling and composting, thereby reducing the stream that goes into landfills. She inquired if Central Sanitary had considered using the parcel they are designating for a transfer station as a possible composting operation. Mr. Dalton replied that they had a better area of land for composting, closer to the plant; but that they had not convinced themselves that composting is right for this market area yet, but they had not written it off, and they are prepared to go back to it. David Tam, Sierra Club, expressed concern with the Solid Waste Management Plan revision discussed in today' s staff report. He inquired if there were any changes, particularly in resource recovery numbers. David Okita, Community Development Department, advised that there were no substantive changes in the Solid Waste Management Plan except for inclusion of the landfill sites. Tom Stewart, representing Land Waste Management Inc. , supported the inclusion of the Kirker Pass Landfill Site in the Plan. He declared that there are only two application sites before the County . Fred Caploe, Attorney for the City of Pittsburg, expressed concern about the Plan' s compliance with the the CEQA process and that the County, in his opinion, did not have a valid General Plan. He noted 1 that the State Solid Waste Act specifically requires that any designated area shall be consistent with the General Plan. At the conclusion of testimony, Board members discussed the matter in some detail. Supervisor Fanden commented that this matter had been reviewed time and time again and that she therefore moved that the Board declare its intent to approve the 1988 Revision (Amendment) to the Contra Costa County Solid Waste Management Plan, and to adopt it on October 18, 1988, after County staff had reviewed it with the California Waste Management Board' s staff. She urged the Board members to agree to take definite action on that date. Supervisor McPeak advised that she was seconding the motion for discussion and raising other questions. She advised she was not opposed to adding additional tentative sites and inquired of staff if the Board could add additional sites. She inquired as to the insight of the Solid Waste Commission action. She stated she was sympathetic to Central Sanitary' s request for their location to be in the plan for backup. Supervisor Fanden advised that she would be adverse to overruling the recommendations of the Solid Waste Commission, commenting that it was a unanimous vote. In response to questions by Supervisor McPeak, Dave Okita advised that it is not necessary to go through an amendment process to provide for a future backup transfer station site in the event that the Acme Fill Transfer Station does not materialize in that the wording in the Plan would not require an amendment. Supervisor McPeak requested further discussion, and asked staff to elaborate further, on the tentative transfer site issue and whether it would be beneficial to include it in the plan. Supervisor Fanden advised that she could not support adding backup transfer station sites to the Plan. She said it would be confusing to the public. She urged the Board to adopt the proposed amendment to the plan and thus send a strong message to the State that the Board knows what it is doing. Supervisor Torlakson moved to amend the motion to adopt the proposed Plan to include three tentative sites. Supervisor McPeak seconded the motion to amend. The vote on the motion to amend the main motion was as follows: AYES: Supervisors McPeak and Torlakson NOES: Supervisors Powers and Fanden ABSENT: Supervisor Schroder The motion failed to carry. Supervisor McPeak moved to amend the main motion by inserting in the last sentence of the third paragraph on page 11 of the proposed plan the words: " including the site owned by Central Sanitary District. " Supervisor Torlakson seconded the motion. The vote on the motion to amend the main motion by inserting the words: "including the site owned by Central Sanitary District" was as follows: AYES: Supervisors McPeak and Torlakson NOES: Supervisors Powers and Fanden ABSENT: Supervisor Schroder 2 The motion failed to carry. Board members further discussed the matter, including the procedure for processing any new applications that might be filed, and then determined to vote on the main motion. IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that it hereby declares its intent to adopt the 1988 Revision (Amendment) to the Contra Costa County Solid Waste Management Plan, and fixes October 18, 1988 at 11: 00 a.m.for further consideration of the adoption of same, and to further hear and consider any revisions suggested by the California Waste Management Board staff following its consultation with County staff. The vote on the motion was as follows: AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, McPeak and Torlakson NOES: None ABSENT: Supervisor Schroder s rmrrc crrtlfy tn3i thfs is a true and correct copy of An Action taken and entered on the Minutes of the 60erd Of SuPervtsors on the slate shown. ATTESTED: October 4 1988 PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the ttosrd cif SuPervlsdre and Cec;nly Administrator 8y -_____L , Deputy CC: Community Development County Counsel County Admtni'strator 3