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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 16-19 RESOLUTION NO. 16-19 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE REVISED EFFECTIVE DATE TO AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2009 WASTE DISPOSAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE WHEREAS, the City has an existing Waste Disposal Agreement (the Waste Disposal Agreement) with the County of Orange (the "County') which requires the City to dispose of all specified solid waste generated within the City to County landfills and for the County to accept all such waste at a price agreed upon by the City and County; and WHEREAS, the Waste Disposal Agreement became effective on or about July 23, 2009, and by its term is set to expire on June 30, 2020; and WHEREAS, the Waste Disposal Agreement provides that the County will not accept waste imported from outside the County at County landfills after June 30, 2016; and WHEREAS, an Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement (the "Amendment") has been negotiated between the County and various cities throughout Orange County to provide for continuation of importation of waste from outside the County at County landfills in exchange for allocation to the cities of a portion of future importation revenues and to extend the terms of this activity within the Waste Disposal Agreement to June 30, 2025; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure that solid waste generated within the City can be disposed of in an environmentally safe manner and at a reasonable cost for the near future; and WHEREAS, the proposed Amendment furthers these goals by, among other things, ensuring that solid waste generated within the City can be disposed of at County landfills through June 30, 2025; that the landfills will be operated in an environmentally safe and reliable manner; and that the cost of disposing of solid waste at County landfills will be reasonable; and WHEREAS, on May 5, 2015, by Resolution No. 15-25, the City of Tustin approved the Amendment in which the effective date to be no later than September 30, 2015; and WHEREAS, the County has requested a revision to the effective date of the Amendment from September 30, 2015 to June 30, 2016 ("Revised Effective Date"). Resolution No. 16-19 Page 1 of 3 NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Tustin resolves, finds and determines, on the basis of the facts set forth in the agenda report presented to it and any testimony received at the meeting at which this matter was considered, as follows: Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct. Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the Revised Effective Date to the Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement between the County of Orange and the City of Orange ("Amendment") furthers the public health, safety and welfare. Section 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the Revised Effective Date shall be amended into the terms and provisions of the Amendment, in the form as submitted by the City Manager, are approved and that the Mayor is authorized to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, the Amendment on behalf of the City. Section 4. The officers and employees of the City are authorized and directed, jointly and severally, to do any and all things necessary or advisable in order to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution and to administer the City's obligations, responsibilities and duties to be performed. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting for the City Council of the City of Tustin held on the 5th day of April, 2016. C::� JOHN N SEN, Mayor ATTEST: ERICA N. RABE, City Clerk Resolution No. 16-19 Page 2 of 3 l STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ) I, Erica N. Rabe, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 16-19 was dul�r and regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 5t day of April, 2016 by the following vote: COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Nielsen, Gomez, Murray, Puckett ( 4 ) COUNCILMEMBER NOES: None ( 0 ) COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: None ( 0 ) COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: Bernstein ( 1 ) ERICA N. RABE, City Clerk Resolution No. 16-19 Page 3 of 3