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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 07171990 - 1.55 T BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FRC4M' Phil Batchelor s nom,..,} County Administrator �JIJI 'l DATE' � July 10, 1990 Cray ADOPTION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS V�I �I� SUBJECT:MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH LANGUAGE. CHANGE SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve and authorize the Chair to execute on behalf of the . county; the revised Memorandum of Understanding for the Hazardous. Waste .Management facility siting committee, . .and to enter into negotiations with the Association of Bay Area Governments and it's member counties to implement the MOU. ' ABAG ,has recommended some non-substantive changes to the MOU that previously been approved by the Board of Supervisors on October 31, 1989 . County Council concurs that the proposed changes are of a non -substantive nature that do not in any way change the content or the intent of the previously signed MOU. Attached is a copy of the proposed revisions as requested by San Mateo County. The new language clarifies that the facility allocation committee will be' acting in an advisory capacity only. (See attachment) This recommendation is brought to the Board of Supervisors with the support of the Hazardous Materials Commission. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Local governments in the San Francisco Bay Area desire• to work together to identify general areas for the location of hazardous waste management facilities within the region and to develop and implement a method to allocate the responsibility for providing hazardous waste management facilities based upon the Fair Share principal. The agreement will create a hazardous waste management facility siting committee that will be responsible for implementing the Memorandum of Understanding. Actual siting decisions will continue to be vested in local governments through the exercise of existing land use authority. FISCAL IMPACT• Contra Costa must contribute a fee to fund the activities of the committee. The fee for this project will be evenly apportioned among signatory counties . ABAG estimates that each county's contribution will range . from $6,376 to $8,000 depending on the number of countys which become signatories. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER - SIGNATURE S y ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER _ VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS 1S A TRUE nUNANIMOUS (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 'SHOW.. CC: County Counsel ATTESTED �d Community Development Department PHIL ATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Assoc. of Bay Area Government SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Hazardous Materials Commission Health Services Department BY 114Z L•ee,l� ,DEPUTY M382/7-83. sROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator �fltrd October 318 1989 Cx)sta DATE: Adopting Memorandum of Understanding for Nazar Was 9ea^ SUBJECT: Management Facilities Siting SPECIFIC REQUESTS) OR RECOWENDATION(S) A BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RSCOM CMED ACTION: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chair to execute on behalf of the County the Memorandum of Understanding for Hazardous Waste Management Facility Siting concept, and to enter into negotiations with Association of Bay Area Governments and its member counties to implement the MOD. Request ABAG to incorporate the staff memo accompanying the MOD to be included in the MOD. Specifically, the staff memo outlines the fair share concept in terms of treatment groups and should be included in the MOD language. This recommendation is brought to the Board of Supervisors with the support of the Hazardous Materials Commission. Obiectives: The Hazardous Waste Management Facilities Siting Committee shall have the following objectives: a) To foster a regional approach providing hazardous waste management facilities. b) To identify potentially suitable general areas for hazardous waste management facilities within participating counties. c) To allocate an initial responsibility among participating counties for the siting of hazardous waste management facilities based on the fair share principal. d) To promote reasonable local land-use control. e) To provide a form for review of 1) excess and needed hazardous waste capacity within participatory counties and 2) agreements between counties. : f) To promote hazardous waste minimization by encouraging on-site source reduction, recycling and treatment. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF OOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER 51lLNATUFiE 1 S 1: ACTION OF SOARD ON APPROVED Am `R`e:=^^ ZNDZO OTMER VOTE OF SUPERV 1 SORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: PIDES: AND ENTERED ON THE M1mUTES of THE sDARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN' OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHDwN. CC: ATTESTED _ PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY ,DEPUTY M38? "1-63 1� a g) To provide consistency and methodology for Vie .. ` development of hazardous waste generation statistics for participating counties. h) To annually review the fair share allocation of siting responsibility for the Bay Area (or participating counties) based upon the most current projection figures. i) To provide a system for brokering waste capacity allocations among participating counties consistent with the principal of fair share. FURTHER RECOMMEND that the County Administrator identify a source of funds for this MOU. .REASONS AND RECCHMENDATIM/Ah ZROUNDs Local governments in the San Francisco Bay Area desire to work together to identify general areas for the location of hazardous waste management facilities within the region, and to develop and implement a method to allocate the responsibility for providing hazardous waste management facilities based upon the fair share principal. The agreement will create a Hazardous Waste Management Facility Siting Committee that will be responsible for implementing the Memorandum of Understanding. Actual siting decisions will continue to be vested in local governments through the exercise of existing land-use authority. FIMANCIAL DWACT: Contra Costa must contribute a fee to fund the activities of the committee. The fee for this project will be evenly apportioned among signatory counties. ABAG estimates that each county's contribution will range from $6376 to $8000 depending upon the number of counties which become signatories. The County Administrator will investigate developing a county and industry consortium to fund this agreement. BO:MA:md bo.103 I