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RESOLUTION NO. 5098
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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C:Lty C erk of the C:Lty of Arcadia
SIGNED AND APPROVED. this 17th
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City Clerk
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