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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-09-26 - RESOLUTIONS - SOLID WASTE ADVISORY CMTE (2)RESOLUTION NO. 89-126 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CREATING A CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE- CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, the City Council of Santa Clarita finds that the current refuse crisis faced by cities of Los Angeles County impacts the development of a high quality of life for the community, and causes it to be of significant concern to the Citizens of City of Santa Clarita ("City"); and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is in the best interests of the City to see to it that the City Council create a broad foundation of citizen participation and is as fully informed as possible before establishing a Solid Waste Management Plan for the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council is desirous of formally receiving the opinions of both the residential, commercial and industrial communities within the City and the opinions of experts in the field of solid waste before establishing the City's Solid Waste Management Plan; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is necessary to formalize a mechanism to insure that the suggestions and ideas of the citizenry of the City of Santa Clarita are formally incorporated into the process of establishing the General Plan; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, DOES RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. Committee Structure. The Santa Clarita Citizen Committee on Solid Waste Management (the "Committee" is hereby established as an advisory committee to the City Council and shall consist of eleven (11) members. Each member shall be a citizen of the City of Santa Clarita or resident of the Santa Clarita Valley and over the age of ;eighteen (18). The term of the Committee shall be no more than one 741 year or until the City Council determines otherwise. The Cckiittee shall be self governing and shall conduct its meetings in accordance with rules which may be adopted by the Committee. At the end of the first meeting, the Committee members shall select from among their ranks a Chairperson whose name shall be made known to the public and who shall have the power to address the City Council on behalf on the Committee. SECTION 2. Committee Appointments The City Council shall appoint eleven (11) members from the reduced applicant pool and such additional nominees as the City Council may suggest (fifteen (15) applications screened for the City Council by the City staff) to the Committee. The City Council shall select the eleven (11) members by any non-discriminatory or legal selection process which, in the Council's discretion, best insures a diversity of opinions on the Committee. Interest representation factors to be considered in making appointments to the Committee may include: 1. Residential Community, 2. Business community, 3. Environmental experience, 4. Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, 5. Landfill operators, 6. Refuse collection haulers, 7. Recyclers, 8. Young and elderly age groups, 9. Male and female persons; and 10. Minority and handicapped persons. Although many members may represent special interest groups, it is essential that each member approach and discharge his or her duties in an objective manner to assure that the overall goals of the community are achieved. SECTION 3. Selection of the Reduced Applicant Pool The City staff shall advertise for up to three (3) days in a newspaper of general circulation within the City the availability of appointed membership positions on the Committee. The deadline for the submission of applications by the citizenry for positions on the Committee shall be at least ten (10) working days from the last date of the aforementioned publication. At the conclusion of the period designated for applying for an appointment to the Committee, City staff shall select fifteen (15) qualified applicants from among the pool of applicants who have submitted completed applications, using any non-discriminatory or legal selection process devised by the City Manager or his agents for this purpose. However, in order to insure that the suggestions and ideas of private individuals are brought to the Council's attention, no fewer than one third of the applicants selected by the City staff shall be comprised of private individuals unless the cumulative number of private individuals who apply for membership on theCommitteeis fewer than ten. 3P, ilk er SECTION 4. Contents of Application No application shall be considered complete at the time of the deadline for submitting applications, unless it is accompanied by at least three (3) independent letters of recommendation submitted in support of the applicant. Such letters of recommendation must be submitted by citizens of the City of Santa Clarita and must contain affirmative representations that the authors of the letters recommend the applicant's appointment on the Citizen Committee on Solid Waste Management. Applicants are allowed to have more than three (3) letters of recommendation submitted. However, any number of letters of recommendation submitted in excess of three (3) shall entitle the applicant to absolutely no special consideration whatsoever. SECTION 5. Duties. The duty of each member of the Committee shall be to participate in the meetings of the Committee as noticed by the Committee Chairperson. It shall be the duty of each member of the Committee (including the Chairperson) to cast his or her vote whenever entitled to pursuant to the Committee procedures adopted by the Committee. SECTION 6. Scope of Work. The Citizen Committee on Solid Waste Management will focus on specific and immediate needs for the Santa Clarita Valley. It will undertake the following scope of work: 1. Develop and recommend guidelines for a City resolution announcing the City's commitment to a comprehensive solid waste management program for the Santa Clarita Valley. 2. Review and comment on proposals for landfill sites in the Santa Clarita Valley. 3. Develop and recommend to Council a waste reduction strategy with clear and achievable goals. As part of the strategy, the Committee will study and consider various solid waste management options: a. Increasing a greater market for the purchase and use of products made from recycled (secondary) materials. b. Pursuing packaging legislation. C. Addressing a public education plan to cultivate a recycling ethic in Santa Clarita. d. Development of a household toxic waste disposal plan for the City of Santa Clarita. e. Analysis of waste composition for commercial district. f. Development of recycling program for commercial district. g. Development of a yard waste compositing program. „ h. Rail haul. i.�;,. 4. The Committee will incorridrate plans already underway for the City's consideration of refuse collection with existing refuse haulers in a recycling program. The Public Works Director will provide progress reports to the Committee. 5. The Committee will also develop and draft a report for General Plan element on Solid Waste Management for review by the General Plan Advisory Committee. SECTION 7. Committee Reports. The Committee shall issue a written report signed by the Chairperson which shall include comments and recommendations. The Committee is expected to provide City Council with an interim report on January 31, 1990 and a final report on June 1, 1990. A copy of the report shall be delivered to the City Clerk on or before the day the report is due. SECTION 8. Removal of Member. Any resident of the City of Santa Clarita may petition the City Council to remove a member of the Committee for his or her unexcused failure to cast a vote in less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the votes taken during any one year in which the member was entitled to cast a vote. For purposes of this Section a valid abstention or legally necessary disqualification shall excuse the necessity for a vote. SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of September , 1989. ATTEST CITY CLERK tZ_, t r_ 4. . JANICE HEIDT MAYOR I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 26th day of September , 1989, by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS Boyer, Darcy, Koontz, Heidt None McKeon