HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2000-20RESOLUTION NO. 2000-20
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR SUPPORTING AB - 2067
WHEREAS, the City of Diamond Bar supports AB 2067, introduced by Assembly
Member Vincent of the California Legislature and sponsored by the County of Los
Angeles; and
WHEREAS, the California Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB939) requires cities
and counties to divert 25 and 50 percent of their solid waste from landfills or
"transformation" facilities by 1995 and the year 2000, respectively; and
WHEREAS, the failure to comply with the Act's requirements, including
mathematically substantiating achievement of the waste diversion mandates, may
subject a local jurisdiction to penalties of up $10,000 per day; and
WHEREAS, several Southern California jurisdictions have struggled to meet the
50% requirement for several reasons, including; concerns by local jurisdictions
regarding the accuracy of the reporting system in determining and quantifying the
waste by jurisdiction and a whole host of problems associated with numerical
accounting; and
WHEREAS, AB 2067, declares the intent of the Legislature to place primary
emphasis on implementation of waste diversion programs to efficiently utilize
limited local resources and not to require local agencies to go to extraordinary
lengths to ensure mathematical compliance with the requirements of AB 939; and
WHEREAS, to encourage development of alternatives to land filling and
incineration, AB 2067 would allow the required 50 percent diversion rate to include
diversion through no -burn transformation; and
WHEREAS, AB 2067 would revise the conditions for the issuance of a compliance
order to a jurisdiction by the California Integrated Waste Management Board
(CIWMB), based upon substantial evidence on the record that the jurisdiction has
failed to make a good faith effort to implement Source Reduction and Recycling
Element or its Household Hazardous Waste Element; and
WHEREAS, the proposal would further require the CIWMB to review and update
its April 25, 1995 enforcement policy in regard to measuring compliance with the
AB 939 waste reduction rates, on an annual basis with input from local
jurisdictions and others, to address changes due to legislation, regulations,
markets, etc; and
WHEREAS, AB 2067 would require the CIWMB to establish a Southern California
regional office, located in Los Angeles County, subject to availability of funds; and
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WHEREAS, AB 2067 would require the CIWMB to include, in its annual progress
reports to the Legislature, a report evaluating the accuracy and effectiveness of
the Disposal Reporting System adopted by the CIWMB, including
recommendations to address any deficiencies in the system.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT the City of Diamond
Bar supports AB 2067 in its efforts to place primary emphasis on the
implementation of waste diversion programs, encourage development of
alternatives to landfilling and incineration and provide reasonable guidelines for
jurisdictions to follow for the purposes of diverting waste.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 7th day of March, 2000.
I, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was passed, adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Diamond Bar held on the 7th day of March, 2000, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
CHANG, HUFF, MPT/ANSARI,
M/O'CONNOR
NONE
HERRERA
NONE
ATTEST: c2-'
CITY'CLERK OF THE
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
2000-20