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RESOLUTION NO. $202
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
EXPRESSING CONCURRENCE WITH THE SOLID WAS'l'E MANAGE-
MENT Pl.AN FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY
wBERE.As, the Nejedly-Z'ber9-Dills Solid Waste Management
and Resource Recovery Ac:. of 1972 (hereafter referred to as the
Act) requires e~ch county in cooperation with affected local
jurisdictionn to prepare a comprehensive, coordinated Plan for
the management of solid wastes: and
wHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto, California, participated in
the preparation of the Solid Haste Management Plan for Sq~t3 Clara
County through its elected officials and staff over the past two
and one-half years: and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Alto recognizes the need for
coordination and planning of future solid-waste management
activities, both locally and ~ionally in accordance with the
Act1 .and
WHEREAS, participation in a joint effort for short-~ mid-,
and long-range solid waste management planning will be for the
express purpose of enhancing the existing system and deriving
optimum. benefits from recources recoverable from the waste stream:
and '
WHBREAS, the City of Palo Alto has reviewed the Plan with
specific reference to the objectives of the Plan, the methods and
organization for implementation of the proqram, the procedures for
.financing the recanmended program and the role identified for this
City in the Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECrION 1. The Council of the City of Palo Alto concurs in
the principles and objectives of the Plan for the purposes of
Section 66780, California State Gove:cnmant Code.
SECTIO~ 2. Palo.Alto City Council suppprt or concurrence
with solid Waste Management Plan for santa Clara County is in
no way to_be implied as Palo Alto•s endorsement of the filling
of Hellyer can~on or any f~ture disposal sites not now identifi~
or in use.
SECTION 3.. It is the sense of Palo Alto City Council-that
it intends to proceed with and work te>Ward form~lation of areas-f0r Joint Powers Agreement at the earliest stage, and to that
end it authorizes the Mayor to contact City Councils in Area I,
for purpose of calling a meeting in the near. future to begin
discussions about area-wide Joint Powers Agreement.
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SECTIO?~ 4. ~he Council of the City of Palo Alto directs the
City Clerk to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.'
INTRODUCED AND PASSt::D: March 15, 1976
AYES: Beahrs, Comstock, Eyerly, Norton, Sher, Witherspoon
NOES: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
ABSENT: Carey, Clay, Berwald
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