HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 96-30RESOLUTION NO. 96- 30
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND
BAR SUPPORTING SENATE BILL 1676.
(i) Existing law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), requires a lead
agency to prepare and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on
any project that may have a significant effect on the environment; and
(ii) Senate Bill 1676 (SB 1676) has been introduced by Senator Richard Mountjoy for
consideration by the California State Legislature; and
(iii) SB 1676 would require a lead agency, prior to preparing and certifying an
environmental impact report for a proposed material recovery facility, to hold one
or more public hearings in order to solicit comments from the public on the. potential
environmental impacts associated with the proposed facility; and
(iv) The City of Industry is proposing to build a 5,700 tons -per -day Materials Recovery
Facility located less than 1/4 mile from Diamond Bar homes, a State hospital for the
-- physically and mentally disabled, and less than 1,000 feet from the local YMCA and
adjacent softball fields; and
(v) The City is concerned about the related environmental impacts that this proposed
facility would have on the surrounding region; and
(vi) Legislation requiring a lead agency to hold one or more public hearings on a project
of this magnitude is prudent public policy; and
(vii) Passage of SB 1676 does not alter existing CEQA practices in any substantive area
such as alternative analysis, mitigation measures, or monitoring requirement; and
(viii) SB 1676 does not. -require a particular outcome nor does it raise the level of
environmental scoxitiny for this type of project.
B. RESOLUTION
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the above recitations are true.
2. That the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar hereby supports and
endorses passage of SB 1676.
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3. That legislation, like SB 1676, will help to insure that appropriate consultation
is provided and that the concerns of communities that may be potentially
affected by such a facility are properly considered prior to certification of an
environmental impact report.
4. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 30th day of April, 1996-
1, LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was passed, approved and adopted at the regular meeang of the City
Council of the City of Diamond Bar held on the 30th day of April, 1996, by the following
vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Harmony, Herrera, Werner,
MPT/Huff, M/Ansari
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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