HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 089-89 AlaCoHazWastePlan RESOLUTION NO. 89- 89
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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APPROVAL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, the fourteen cities in
Alameda County and two sanitary districts have adopted a Joint Exercise of
Powers Agreement, dated October 27, 1987, creating the Alameda County Waste
Management Authority; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin is a member of said Authority; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement provides that the
Authority is responsible for preparation, adoption, amendment, administration,
policy-making, budgeting, planning and enforcement of the Alameda County
Hazardous Waste Management Plan, pursuant to California Government Code 66780.8
and California Health and Safety Code Sections 25135 through 25135.8; and
WHEREAS, the State codes provide that the majority of the cities with a
majority of the incorporated population must approve said Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Report (SCH #87091510) on said
Plan was prepared on May 31, 1988 and transmitted by the Authority to all
concerned parties for review and comment; and
WHEREAS, the Authority did hold a duly noticed public hearing, as
required by law, on August 24, 1988 on said draft EIR, which hearing was
continued to meetings on September 28, October 26, November 16 and December 14,
1988; and
WHEREAS, a Final Environmental Impact Report was prepared, reviewed and
considered by the Authority at the public hearing held on December 14, 1988;
and
WHEREAS, the Authority, at its meeting of December 14, 1988, adopted a
resolution (1) finding that the Final EIR for this project had been reviewed
and considered by the Authority, (2) certifying that the Final EIR complied
with the requirements. of CEQA and State guidelines, and (3) adopting the
document as the Environmental Impact Report for this project; and
WHEREAS, the Authority held duly noticed public hearings and approved
said Plan on March 22, 1989 after review by all concerned parties; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin reviewed the Plan adopted by the Authority on
March 22, 1989 and held a duly noticed public hearing on July 10, 1989 as
required by law; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has reviewed and considered all documents
described herein, including the Final EIR for the project, all written material
and public testimony at the public hearing, within the time period allowed by
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the Authority; and
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act and state and local
guidelines adopted pursuant thereto require this city to make findings where
the Environmental Impact Report identifies one or more significant effects
which would be likely to result from approval of said Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Impact Report for this project identifies
significant environmental impacts that would be likely to result from approval
of the Final Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin is a responsible agency in the process of
preparing and adopting the Alameda County Hazardous Waste Management Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE; BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Dublin does hereby certify that the Final EIR for the project complies with the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act and all applicable
state and local guidelines and is hereby adopted as the Environmental Impact
Report for this project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Council, of the City of Dublin
hereby makes the following findings pursuant to the California Environmental
Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 2100 et seq.):
The Final EIR has identified accidental spills and leakage and toxic gas
emissions as significant impacts if appropriate control technology is not
installed and maintained. Mitigation of these significant impacts in the
City of Dublin will be undertaken by this agency in connection with
either revision of this agency's general plan to conform to the Alameda
County Hazardous Waste Management Plan or as part of a specific project
proposal.
The Final EIR has identified localized traffic impacts as potentially
significant. Mitigation of these significant impacts in the City of
Dublin will be undertaken by this agency in connection with either
revision of this agency's general plan to conform to the Alameda County
Hazardous Waste Management Plan or as part of the evaluation of a
specific project proposal.
The Final EIR identifies land use in the vicinity of any hazardous waste
management facility as potentially adversely affected. Mitigation of
this significant impact within the City of Dublin will be undertaken by
this agency in connection with either revision of this agency's general
plan to conform to the Alameda County Hazardous Waste Management Plan or
as part of the evaluation of a specific project proposal.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the following alternatives to the proposed
plan were considered in the Final EIR and are found to entail greater
environmental impacts, or to be infeasible, for reasons stated in the Final
EIR at pages 6-1 through 6-27: (a) no plan without phase-out of land disposal,
(b) no plan with phase-out of land disposal, (c) plan that relies on local
facilities rather than waste reduction, (d) plan that relies on regional off-
site facilities with low-priority waste reduction, (e) plan that includes
strict use of State Department of Health Services facility siting policies and
criteria; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, notwithstanding the significant impacts
identified in the Final EIR certified by the Authority on the proposed Alameda
County Hazardous Waste Management Plan, this agency has approved the plan
because currently there is no countywide planning for dealing with reducing,
treating, handling and disposing of hazardous wastes. Recent State
legislation (the Tanner legislation -- AB 2948) authorizes and encourages
Counties to prepare such plans. Alameda County is participating through the
Authority. While the Final EIR identified certain significant impacts, the
environmental consequences of continuing the status quo are likely to be worse
than the environmental impacts of implementing the Alameda County Hazardous
Waste Management Plan in an orderly manner; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the.City of Dublin does hereby approve the
Alameda County Hazardous Waste Management Plan, March 22, 1989; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this resolution be transmitted to the
Authority; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City of Dublin will bring its General
Plan in conformance with the Alameda County Hazardous Waste Management Plan as
required by State law.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of July, 1989.
AYES:
Councilmembers Hegarty, Jeffery, Snyder, Vonheeder and Mayor
Moffatt
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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