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FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson Contra
Costa
Introduced October 8, 1991 Coin
DATE: for Board Action October 15, 1991
SUBJECT: LEGAL AND RATE ISSUES IN THE FINAL STEPS FOR ESTABLISHING
LANDFILLS
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to the County Administrator's
Office and County Counsel the following questions which I raised at
the Board of Supervisors meeting of September 24 during our discussion
of waste shed criteria and rate setting guidelines :
( 1 ) What analysis has been conducted of the total expected
rate impact under the new landfills and the proposed transfer
stations?
(2) Is there really enough garbage in the county to 'support
the enormous capital investment in two landfills?
( 3 ) What are the current projected capital costs for
setting up the landfills and the operating costs to meet the
state-of-the art, strict, modern operational conditions the Board of
Supervisors has imposed?
(4 ) What legal steps does the county still have within the
franchise agreement and any other permitting authority to regulate
this situation? Establishment of waste shed areas is obviously one
tool . But, do we have the authority to allow one landfill to be "land
banked" while operating only one for full operation at this time if it
is determined that the rate impacts of setting up two sites are so
great as to warrant this?
(5 ) The major state-wide efforts being implemented under AB
939 in recycling and waste reduction will significantly alter the
projected waste stream volume, therefore reducing the amount of -
garbage to support landfill operations . What are the actual 'tonnage
reductions we can estimate at this time to be effected through the
combined curbside recycling efforts, thorough recycling at the
transfer stations/material recovery centers combined with .extensive
public education and potential consumer purchasing modifications?
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: / _YESCNCO SIGNATURE: �OI
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD.COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) y
ACTION OF BOARD ON C er APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X OTHER X—
And modified Recommendation . (2) to include the same inquiry pertinent to the three
:transfer stations.
Staff was requested to report to the Board on November 5, 1991.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE"
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTI.ON TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County AdministratorATTESTED October 15, 1991
County Counsel Phil Batchelor;Clerk of the-,Board.-of"
supervisors and County AdministratU u -
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Further, direct staff to respond to the Board of Supervisors
within two weeks and to bring to the Board' s attention any
consideration of permits for construction activity that is being
planned so we can understand the exact timeframe within which these
issues need to be resolved.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Two landfills are proceeding
through the final stages of the permitting process at the regional and
state level and litigation surrounding these sites is in the process
of being resolved. Three transfer stations/material recovery centers
are being actively pursued at this time. Construction may soon be
ready to begin on one or more of these projects . Before such
construction begins, before any permits are granted to allow such
construction by any county department or this board, the above
questions must be answered.