HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 8623 (Household Hazardous Waste)RESOLUTION NO. 8623
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL
ADOPTING THE MULTI -JURISDICTIONAL
SOURCE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ELEMENT AND
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE ELEMENT
FOR MARIN COUNTY AND ITS CITIES
WHEREAS, the California Integrated Waste Management Act
of 1989 (Act) requires each city to prepare, adopt, and submit to
the county in which it is located, a Source Reduction and Recycling
(SRR) Element and Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Element (Public
Resources Code Sections 41000 and 41500); and
WHEREAS, each city council in Marin County, including
this City Council, and the County Board of Supervisors signed a
Memorandum of Understanding in 1990 to jointly prepare a Multi -
jurisdictional Source Reduction and Recycling Element and Household
Hazardous Waste Element; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires the SRR Element to show that
each city will divert 25 percent of all solid waste from landfill
or transformation facilities by 1995 through source reduction,
recycling, and composting activities, and divert 50 percent by the
year 2000 through source reduction, recycling, composting, and
limited transformation activities (Public Resources Code Section
41780), and requires the HHW Element to identify a program for the
safe collection, recycling, treatment, and disposal of hazardous
waste generated by households in the city (Public Resources Code
Section 41500); and
WHEREAS, the attached Final Drafts of November 7, 1991,
of the Multi -jurisdictional SRR Element and HHW Element describe
how this City will meet the Act's mandates; and
WHEREAS, the goals of the SRR and HHW Elements include
maintaining a strong public/private partnership, building on
existing programs, and maximizing cost-effectiveness; and
WHEREAS, on January 14, 1992, the Marin County Board of
Supervisors approved a Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact
for the SRR and HHW Elements; and
WHEREAS, this Council has reviewed and considered the
Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the San Rafael City
Council hereby:
(a) adopts the sections of the Final Drafts of November
7, 1991, of the "Multi -jurisdictional Source
Reduction and Recycling Element and the Multi -
jurisdictional Household Hazardous Waste Element
for Belvedere, Corte Madera, Fairfax, Larkspur,
Mill Valley, Novato, Ross, San Anselmo, San Rafael,
Sausalito, Tiburon, and the Unincorporated Area of
Marin County" that are applicable to this City; and
(b) recognizes that the applicable sections include,
but are not limited to, countywide goals and
objectives, city -specific waste generation data,
countywide and city -specific implementation
programs, and countywide and city -specific
estimates of program costs and funding sources; and
(c) submits the adopted Elements to the Marin County
Board of Supervisors.
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael,
California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the
Council of said City held on the 2nd day of March ,
1992, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Breiner, Cohen, Shippey, Thayer & Mayor Boro
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
JEA6ft,X. LEONCIN , City Clerk