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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5098 RESOLUTION NO. 5098 "0" uJ- .~- , RESOLU1'ION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA URGING COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO GRANT PUENTE HILLS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County have created a regional system for solid waste management that has served well the many cities and unincorporated area in the County; and WHEREAS, a major component of that system, the Puente Hills Landfill has been operated by the Districts in. an environmentally sound and nuisance-free manner; and WHEREAS, the Puente Hills Landfill is the largest sanitary landfill in Southern California, serving approximately 1.8 million people as well as busi- ness and industry in the southern and eastern portions of Los Angeles County; and WHEREAS, the Sanitation Districts have prepared a comprehensive Environmental Impact Report which addresses community concerns in a thorough manner and which proposes control measures that will continue to make the landfill a good neighbor; and WHEREAS, the Sanitation Districts have developed innovative and highly effective methods for control of landfill gas odor, protection of groundwater quality, deterence of hazardous waste disposal within the site, elimination of vectors, and control of other potential impacts; and I WHEREAS, the development plan for the operation of the landfill has involved citizens advisory committees, representing interested communities; and WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles is considering a conditional use permit application by the Sanitation Districts that would allow the continued operation -1- 5098 of the Puente Hills Landfill and potential expansion of the landfill activity into portions of the eastern canyon area of the Puente Hills site; and WHEREAS, the Districts have offered to make substantial portions of the property available for open space recreational uses at the outset of the project on areas not being utilized for filling and at the completion of the project over the entire site; and WHEREAS, environmental impacts of the denial of this project are estimated ,'..>- to be a minimum of 9 million vehicle miles per year of additional truck travel, 0.7 million pounds per year of .additional exhaust emission, and 1.5 million gallons per year of'added fuel consumption; and WHEREAS, these environmental impacts are minimum estimates based on use of the next closest landfill, the BKK Landfill in West Covina. If however, that site is not totally available to accept the waste that would otherwise been disposed of Puente Hills, these environmental impacts could easily more than doub 1 e; and WHEREAS, the economic costs of transporting wastes to the next closest sites are estimated to be in the range of $20 to $40 million per year; and WHEREAS, the closure of the Puente Hills Landfill would result in a signi- ficant burden on remaining landfills wi thin the County, causing early closure of the other available sites; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Arcadia petitions the Zoning Board, the Planning Commission, and the Board of Supervi sors of Los Angel es County to grant the proposed permit for the continuation and expansion of the Puente Hills Landfill. -2- 5098 I That the Clerk of the Council shall certify to the adoption of this resolution. I HSREBY CERTIFY that regular meeting of the City 17th day of May, 19'B3, Councilmen, to wit: the foregoing resolution was adopted at a Council of the City of Arcadia held on the by the affirmative vote of at least three AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen None Councilman Dring, Haltom, Hannah & Lojeski Pellegrino ~)L~~ 4 C:Lty C erk of the C:Lty of Arcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED. this 17th ~ \ Arcad:La City Clerk -3- 5098