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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 82-50 RESOLUTION NO. 82-50 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUC- TURE OF THE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND OPPOSING ANY LEGISLATIVE CHANGE THAT WOULD PLACE THE DISTRICTS UNDER A GOVERNING BOARD COMPRISED SOLELY OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County Waste- water .Quality Control System throughout metropolitan Orange County is the third largest on the West Coast, serving a current population of 1.8 million persons; and, WHEREAS, the present seven Sanitation Districts operate pursuant to a Joint Administrative Organization Agreement for the purpose of owning and operating wastewater collection and treatment facilities under a single management; and, WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts presently provide service to 23 of the 26 cities plus unincorporated territory within the County of Orange, including the City of Tusttn; and, WHEREAS, over ninety percent (90%) of the area served by the Dis- tricts is within the boundaries of incorporated cities that exercise plan- ning and development authority; therefore the City of Tustin has a vested interest in the administration of the Districts; and, WHEREAS, the necessity for inter-city or metropolitan sewage plan- ning and operation was early recognized in Orange County and specifically by the formation of the Joint Outfall Sewer Organization in 1923 which was the predecessor to the present County Sanitation Districts and included service area for eight cities; and, WHEREAS, the utilization of a joint venture for sewage facilities between various independent cities and sanitary districts is now recognized as both a practical necessity and a desirable form of government in that it results in obvious savings and efficiencies in government, but continues to retain local entity control through representation on its Board of Direc- tors; and WHEREAS, the present seven County Sanitation Districts were formed and organized in 1947 and 1948 following a comprehensive County-wide engi- neering study and report and recommendation by the County Board of Super- visors; and, WHEREAS, the District boundaries were established on the basis of geography, topography and existing city and sanitary district boundaries; and, WHEREAS, the local collection of wastewater is accomplished by local systems owned and operated by the respective cities or sanitary dis- tricts, which systems then transport the wastewater to the Sanitation Dis- tricts' trunk sewer system and treatment plant facilities; and, WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County are formed pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act (Health & Safety Code Sections 4700 et seg.); and, WHEREAS, pursuant to the County Sanitation District Act, the Board of Directors is established as being the Mayor of each city, together with a member of the governing board of each sanitary district, as well as the Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, which assures that every local agency is adequately represented on the governing board of each Sanitation District; and, WHEREAS, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors has requested specific legislation placing the control with the Board of Supervisors for the reason that a stalemate has occurred between the County and the County Sanitation Districts pertaining to the allocation of ad valorem tax revenues for annexations of new territory to the Sanitation Districts; and, WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange, on May 25, 1982, adopted a resolution requesting legislation by the State Legisla- ture that would place the Sanitation Districts under the exclusive control of the Board of Supervisors, and to remove representation by members of the City Councils or Sanitary District Boards; and, WHEREAS, any legislation placing the control of the Sanitation Districts under the Board of Supervisors would effectively remove the local agency control from the 1.8 million constituents in this County who are represented pursuant to the original organizational formation 35 years ago. NOW THEREFORE, the City of Tustin, does hereby resolve, determine and order: Seg.tion 1: That A.B. 1601 (Thurman) presently being considered by the state Legislature, is hereby opposed in its entirety and its defeat is urged. Section 2: That any legislation that would amend the County Sani- tation District Act and Section 4730 of the Health & Safety Code in particular, or any other legislative enactment that would change the make-up of the governing body of the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, is opposed and each member of the leg- islature is urged to vote his or her opposition thereto. _Section 3: That the California League of Cities, is urged to oppose A.B. 1601 or any other legislation which would effectively remove the control of the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County from the Mayors, Council Members and Sanitary District Directors and place it in the hands of the County Board of Super- visor s · Section 4: That each legislative member representing areas within Orange County,, is urged to take a role of active opposition to the pending legislative bill, A.B. 1601, and any other legislative measure which would effectively remove the local control of the Sanitation Districts of Orange County, and place it in the County hands of the County Board of Supervisors. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin, held on the 21st day of June, 1982 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ) MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 82-50 was duly and regularly introduced, passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 21st day of June, 1982, by the following vote: AYES : COUNCILPERSONS: Edgar, Kennedy, Hoesterey, Saltarelli NOES : COUNCILPERSONS: None ABSENT: COUNCILPERSON S: Greinke City of Tustin, Ca~/ifornia ~