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TO. Board of Supervisors
FROM: INTERNAL,OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
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DATE: July 10, 1989
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SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS FOR MITIGATING
IMPACTS OF WASTE DIVERSION
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations(s) & Background & Justification
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Request County Counsel to draft a proposed process for mitigating impacts of waste diversion
which includes the following points:
A. Whenever a community believes that there is a possibility or likelihood that there will be a
substantial and long-lasting diversion of waste, or anytime thereafter, the host community
should initially provide notification to the permitting jurisdiction.
B. The host community should then either discuss the matter of diversion with the company
which is doing the hauling or may contact the County and request that the County intervene
and mediate the mitigation among those agencies which will benefit from the diversion and
the host community.
C. Any mitigation which is agreed on should be directly related to actual impacts on the host
community, not for the purpose of providing a source of revenue unrelated to any actual
impacts.
D. If the communities which are benefitted from the diversion are unable to reach agreement with
the host community on an appropriate mitigation, the matter should be referred to the Solid
Waste Commission, which should be asked to review and provide their comments and
recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
Continued on attachment: YES Signature:
Reco nmend ' n Co ty Administ or Recommendation of Board Committee
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Signature(s) M POWERS SUNNE WRIGHT MC PEAL{
Action of B rd on: July 18, 1989 Approved as Recommended x Other
Vote of Supervisors , I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
x Unanimous (Absent — ) AND ENTERED ON THE- MINUTES OF THE
Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Absent: Abstain:
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cc: County Administrator
County Counsel PitBafFhelor, Clerk of the Board
Director of Community Development of Supervisors and County Administrator
.Solid Waste Commission
CLVM:eh(io-4) By Deputy Clerk
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E. The County Counsel should consider at what level the final decision should be made on what
an appropriate mitigation is and provide our Committee with their comments when the
proposed process is returned to our Committee.
2. Request the County Counsel to report this matter back to our Committee on July 24, 1989 at 10:15
A.M.
BACKGROUND:
OnApril 11, 1989 the Board of Supervisors referred to our Committee a request from the Solid Waste
Commission that the Board of Supervisors develop a process for implementing the policy statement
which was included in the February, 1989 County Solid Waste Management Plan indicating that
communities benefitting from waste diversion should fairly compensate impacted communities for
adverse impacts caused by the waste diversion.
On July 10, 1989 our Committee met with staff from the County Counsel's Office and reviewed a
draft process. Our Committee feels that the Board of Supervisors needs a more structured process
than was initially suggested by County Counsel in order to insure that the Board of Supervisors
maintains an appropriate level of control over the decision as to what level of mitigation is
appropriate in cases where the communities are unable to agree among themselves.
We are,therefore, suggesting the outlines of a process as we have recommended it above. We hope
to bring a final process to the Board following our July 24, 1989 meeting.
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