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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 06131995 - 1.64 1. 64 & 1. 65 THE BOARD OR SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on June 13, 1995 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Smith, DeSaulnier, Torlakson, Bishop NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Correspondence 1.64 RESOLUTION No. 95-52 adopted by the City Council, City of Hercules, 111 Civic Drive, Hercule, CA 94547, regarding the discontinuance of the residential surcharge for landfill closure and its transition to the West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority to temporarily offset Authority operating costs; and RESOLUTION No. 95-52A appropriating $21,738 from the Sewer Reserve fund to the Sewer Fund and authorizing payment to the City of Pinole for $571,738 as the City of hercules' fifty percent share of the Digester Installation Project. ***REFERRED TO DIRECTOR, GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 1.65 LETTER from A. B. McNabney, Vice President-Conservation, Mt. Diablo Audubon Society, P. O. Box 53, Walnut Creek 94596, commenting on the role of the Keller Canyon Landfill Advisory Committee. ***DIRECT THE CLERK OF THE BOARD TO APPLY THE BOARD'S POLICY FOR FILLING THE VACANCY AND REFER THE VACANCY TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the recommendations as noted (***) are APPROVED. I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Super"" ors on the date shown. q � ATTESTED: - p-� / �' L_L.5 PHIL 8 TCHELOR,Clerk of the Board of supervisors and County Administrator cc: Correspondents �rA GMEDA By Zvi Deputy Community Development RECEIVED AN 21996 RESOLUTION NO. 95-52 CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISO CONTRA COSTA CO. REGARDING DISCONTINUANCE OF THE RESIDENTIAL SURCHARGE FOR LANDFILL CLOSURE AND ITS TRANSITION TO THE WEST CONTRA COSTA INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY OFFSET = AUTHORITY OPERATING COSTS. WHEREAS, the Residential Surcharge is a surcharge on rates levied for collection and disposal.of waste placed in cans for collection by Richmond Sanitary Services, Inc. (hereinafter "RSS") from within the Cities of Hercules, Pinole, Richmond and San Pablo and the unincorporated area of West Contra Costa County (hereinafter "Residential Service"); and WHEREAS, RSS disposes of Residential Service waste at the Class II Unit of the West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill (hereinafter "Landfill"); and WHEREAS, the amount of the Residential Surcharge is based upon the Landfill Closure Costs and Post Closure Costs and the costs of compliance with regulations which govern the disposal of waste at the Landfill and which became effective during and after 1985; (hereinafter "Regulatory Costs"); and WHEREAS, the West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority (hereinafter "Authority") is charged with the responsibility for making recommendations regarding the Residential Surcharge; and WHEREAS, the Authority has reported that on July 11, 1991, the Authority recommended that the Residential Surcharge be increased to the currently effective rate. of $2.02/can per month; and WHEREAS, the Authority has reported that the amounts to be funded at the time of establishment of the current Residential Surcharge rate on July 11, 1991 have been collected by RSS via the Residential Surcharge; and WHEREAS, the Authority advises that RSS reports that Residential Service waste constitutes twenty five percent (25%) of the total waste received at the Landfill during the period.1985 through 1993, excluding waste which does not occupy space in the Landfill, received, at the Landfill during the period 1985 through 1993; and WHEREAS, the Authority reports that twenty five percent of the total Closure, Post Closure and Regulatory Costs identified in the Final Closure and Final Post Closure Plans will have been collected by RSS in April 1995; and WHEREAS, the Integrated Resource Recovery Facility (hereinafter "IRRF") is expected to begin commercial operation during the period between October 1, 1995 and December 31, 1995 and the IRRF Service Agreement and the contract between Contra . Costa County and the Authority dated May 25, 1993 (hereinafter "Authority - County A Section 5. RSS is hereby directed to notify affected ratepayers of the discontinuance of the Residential Surcharge in billings to residential service ratepayers effective July 1, 1995. Section 6. Funds received by the Authority as a result of this Resolution shall be used in accordance with operating budgets approved by the Authority Board of Directors. Section 7. This Resolution shall be immediately effective upon adoption by the Hercules City Council. Section 8. A certified copy of this Resolution shall.be transmitted to the West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Authority, the Cities of Pinole, Richmond and San Pablo and the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and Richmond Sanitary Service, Inc. The foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting held on the 9th day of May, 1995 by the City Council of the City of Hercules by the following vote of the Council: AYES: Manuel, Segerberg, Tucker, Wagstaff, Bartke NOES: None ABSENT: None Beth Bartke, Mayor ATTEST: pF H t,r'C' R4 4J s lir n z 9Vco0 15, J? . l � RESOLUTION NO. 95-52A ADOPT RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $21,738 FROM THE SEWER RESERVE FUND TO THE SEWER FUND AND AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO THE CITY OF PINOLE FOR $571,738 AS THE CITY OF HERCULES' FIFTY PERCENT SHARE OF THE DIGESTER INSTALLATION PROJECT. WHEREAS, the City of Pinole and the City of Hercules share equally the total capacity of the 4.0 MGD Wastewater Treatment Plant, and WHEREAS, the 1990 joint study of , the Plant revealed specific capital improvements required in order to maximize the ability to utilize the Plant's capacity, and WHEREAS, ,the 1990 recommended improvements and constrained capacity are partially the result of"long term drought Conditions and a change in living standards leading to more concentrated solids that plant design originally anticipated, and WHEREAS, the City of Hercules presently needs access to its full 2.0 MGD as provided through its contracted.relationships with the Plant's owner and operator, the City of Pinole, and WHEREAS, $250,000, is budgeted in FY 1994-95, $350,000 is contained in the " proposed sewer budget for FY 1995-96 for the Digester Project and funded within the $196 annual per household charge and $21,738 to be appropriated from the Sewer for a sum total of $571,738, and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hercules appropriates $21,738 from the Sewer Fund Reserve and authorizes a payment to the City of Pinole representing fifty percent of the total project cost, not, to exceed $571,738 to be paid proportionately consistent with the .contractor's progress payments, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Phase Four improvements to the Aeration System will be fully and mutually reviewed and discussed by both Cities in advance of the bid process. The foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting held on the 9th day of May., 1995 by the City Council of the City of Hercules by the following vote of the Council: AYES: Manuel, Segerberg, Tucker, Wagstaff, Bartke NOES: None ABSENT: None r— G e,Beth BartkMayor. AT ��V,? P. o q CF� y Ka - son, City Cle �q �F�• Y 5, 1°��CP�� S�COtl0�l,