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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06231987 - T.8 �1 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on June 23 , 1987, by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak NOES: None ABSENT: Supervisor Powers ABSTAIN: None --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBJECT: Resolution to Approve Revision to the County Solid Waste Management Plan ( 14 C.A.C. Section 17150) RESOLUTION NO. 87/ 394 The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors RESOLVES THAT: 1. This Board, on June 2, 1987, adopted Resolution No. 87/333 - Resolution of Intention to Approve Revised County Solid Waste Management Plan; Notice of Public Hearing. 2. After due notice, a public hearing was held at 10: 30 a.m. , on June 23 , 1987 at which time the Board heard comments from the public and County staff on this revision to the Solid Waste Management Plan. 3 . The Community Development Director and the Solid Waste Commission have recommended approval of the revised County Solid Waste Management Plan. 4. After receiving public testimony, the Board directs that the Plan be modified prior to submission to the cities to include the following items: - The Solid Waste Commission is to conduct a study on the feasibility of vegetative waste composting at new and existing landfills within six months of approval of this Plan. References to future potential landfill sites shall note that their inclusion in the Plan are for informational purposes only. Any new site will require an amendment to the Plan. - References to encouragement of cities to increase solid waste collection rates for curbside or equivalent recycling shall not apply to communities that currently have these types of programs. L16 :r-38dres.ord Orig. Dept: Community Development cc; Solid Waste Commission (via CDD) County Administrator County Counsel . California Waste Management Board (via CDD) RESOLUTION NO. 87/394 r W 1. PAGE 2 Public agencies should assess the feasibility of purchasing materials with less packaging, purchasing from companies supportive of waste reduction policies, using more reusable materials, and discouraging use of non biodegradable materials. Request cities and the County to review their regulations concerning allowing construction/demolition waste to be used as fill in sites other than sites approved as sanitary landfills. Permitting procedures should be modified so that these sites are registered with the County Health Department and waste types and quantities should be reported. Within one year, the Solid Waste Commission shall report to the Board on this issue. - Local host community mitigation should be agreed upon before solid waste facilities are decided upon by the Board of Supervisors. 5. This. Board hereby FINDS that the revised Solid Waste Management Plan will not have a significant effect on the environment, and that this Board has reviewed and considered the negative declaration together with any comments received during the public review process (all on file with this Board) and approves (certifies) its adequacy for California Environmental Quality Act purposes. 6 . The revised County Solid Waste Management Plan is hereby APPROVED. 7. The Community Development Director is directed to file with the County Clerk a Notice of Determination concerning this revised Solid Waste Management Plan. 8. The Community Development Director is further directed to send the Solid Waste Management Plan to the cities of Contra Costa County and the California Waste Management Board for approval and the Solid Waste Commission is authorized to oversee the approval process of the Solid Waste Management Plan Revision. L16:r-38dres.ord !hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: ",/47907 PMI! BA CMELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator By K.( , Deputy RESOLUTION NO. 87/394 I TgJ,,� d TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Resources Committee C lira Costa DATE: June 15, 1987 COU* SUBJECT: Recycling - Solid Waste Plan Revision SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS 1. In recognition of the criticality of the landfill capacity situation in Contra Costa County, adopt new resource recovery goals which include the requirement of curbside recycling or equivalent recycling programs for all urban areas within two years. 2. Approve the following measures to enhance recycling and compost- ing efforts to meet the new goals. a. Franchising agencies should increase garbage rates $ . 50 per household per month to fund recycling and composting programs, in areas where they do not have programs. b. Encourage incentives to recycling to increase participation. c. Encourage waste reduction measures such as using less plastic which is not recyclable. d. Encourage public agencies to purchase recycled products and reuse materials as much as possible. e. Require that as much recycling and composting as possible be done before incineration of waste in waste-to-energy projects. f. Encourage cities to require that multi-family developments have space for recyclables . g. Include in. public awareness programs a "Garbage Awareness Day" and a consumer awareness component. h. Require pilot composting programs at new landfills. i. Request postal authorities to recycle junk mail. j . Encourage shredding of discarded tires. k. Reaffirm need for new landfills to provide space for storage of abandoned vehicles. 1. Recognize the need for the hiring of a Recycling Coordinator to to implement these measures and to increase commercial and industrial recycling. 3. Modify the Draft Solid Waste Management Plan accordingly to reflect the new goals and measures. 4. Direct that this report be distributed to all cities and sanitary districts requesting an opportunity to meet with cities and districts to discuss these goals and measures in more detail. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMEN'r: XX YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE �. `PT/H�ER /4m I5a /C!/4ssv C` SIGNATURE s : Tom Torlakson Nancy C. F en ACTION OF BOARD ON June 23. 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT _ I ) 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. Orig. Dept: esou�rce Committee cc: Community Development ATTESTED Solid Waste Commission (via CDD) PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY �� DEPUTY M382/7-83 5. State the Board' s intent to enforce these goals and measures by restricting access (or charging higher rates) to new landfills (via land use permit requirements) of those communities that do not have curbside recycling or equivalent recycling programs. FINANCIAL IMPACT Most of the actions relate to implementation of specific programs which would be the responsibilities of cities and other franchising agencies to develop. The action would require cities to increase garbage rates at least $ . 50 per household per month (or equivalent) to initially fund resource recovery activities. Since the County does not franchise solid waste collection the County would not be involved unless the County decides to be responsible for urban unfranchised, unincorporated areas. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND 1 . The County is in an "emergency" situation concerning landfill capacity. Based on the urgency of the situation immediate implementation of curbside and other forms of recycling and composting are necessary. The following resource recovery goals are stated in terms of additional waste diverted from what is now ( 1987) being diverted due to various existing resource recovery programs. The resource recovery goals for Contra Costa County shall be to divert additional 20% from the total wastestream within five years, divert an additional 10% within 10 years ( for total of 30%) , and to divert an additional 30% within 20 years (for a total of 60%) . A further goal is to have curbside collec- tion or equivalent programs in all urban areas within two years. Curbside programs shall have a goal of 50% participation within 2 years of establishment of the curbside programs. The Solid Waste Commission with the assistance of the Technical Advisory Commit- tee shall develop guidelines to determine what are "equivalent" programs to curbside collection. 2 . In order to implement these goals and to assist achieving the high level of participation necessary the following measures shall be implemented: a. Each franchising agency should increase garbage rates $ . 50 per household per month, or equivalent amount by some other means, to start funding recycling and composting programs. Garbage rate increases will be required to pay the cost for recycling programs. The need for rate adjustments can be at least partially offset by considering avoided costs of recycling. This means that because recyclables are diverted from the wastestream there is a savings in the total collec- tion and disposal system because this waste does not have to be handled. Savings to the household can be achieved by recycling because if residences can recycle enough of the wastestream such that one less can service is needed, the savings from the lower level of service could offset any potential rate increases. b. Encourage incentives in recycling programs for higher participation including prizes, lotteries and contests for those participating in recycling programs. These types of incentive programs are in place in other communities. C. Encourage waste reduction measures such as using less plastic and styrofoam containers. Strongly encourage grocery stores to offer the option of the paper bags over plastic bags. Discourage the use of plastic bags because they are not recyclable. Plastic is not bio-degradable and can be harmful to the environment. d. Encourage local public agencies to purchase recycled prod- ucts and to reuse materials as much as possible. This includes school districts. Both sides of paper should be used whenever possible. White paper should be used instead of colored paper because white paper is more easily recy- cled. Recycled paper should be used at every possible opportunity. Scratch paper should be made from discarded paper. Department heads shall coordinate these efforts for County governemnt. e. As much recycling and composting as possible should be done before incineration of waste in a waste-to-energy project. f. Encourage cities to require, like the County, large multi-family developments to allocate sufficient space for onsite dropoff recycling areas. Encourage in the architec- tural design of all buildings changes to structures to facilitate recycling. Copies of the County' s policy shall be sent to the cities. g. Request the Solid Waste Commission in development of their public education/awareness program to include a Garbage Awareness Day, preferably to be held in the fall before Thanksgiving. The proceeds of this effort would go to the County' s Homeless Program. Also include in the program a consumer awareness component to encourage people to buy recyclable products and products with less packaging. h. Confirm the requirement in the Solid Waste Plan for a pilot vegetative waste composting programs at new landfills. i. Request postal authorities to take discarded junk mail to recycling centers that accept mixed paper. j . Encourage the development of used tire shredding facilities to make used tires available for energy recovery and for volume reduction in landfills. k. Reaffirm the County' s policy that new landfills be required to provide space for abandoned vehicles. Encourage the use of non-recylcable components of auto salvaging (auto-fluff) to be used for landfill cover. 1. Recognize that the measures above cannot be implemented without the hiring of a Recycling Coordinator. The Recy- cling Coordinator will also promote more commercial and industrial recycling. 3 . If the above goals and measures are approved by the Board the Draft Solid Waste Plan should be modified accordingly. At the June 23 , 1987 Board meeting, the Board has scheduled a public hearing for consideration for approval of the revision to the Solid Waste Management Plan. 4. Since many of these recommendations require action by the cities and sanitary districts it is appropriate that this report be circulated to the cities and sanitary districts and that the county offer to meet with cities to discuss the rationale and need for these types of programs. DBO:vpl L16 :rescom.bos