HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 4246 RESOLUTION NO. 4246
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
URGING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO GRANT PERMIT FOR
CONTINUATION AND EXPANSION OF PUENTE HILLS LANDFILL
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 Land-
fill has been operated by the Districts in an environmentally sound and
nuisance -free manner; and
WHEREAS, the Puente Hills Landfill is the largest sanitary land-
fill in Southern California, serving approximately 1.8 million people as
well as business 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
WHEREAS, the development plan for the operation of the landfill
has involved citizens advisory committees, representing interest 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 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 in Puente Hills, these environmental impacts could easily
more than double; 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 significant burden on remaining landfills within the County, causing
early closure of the other available sites;
RESOLUTION NO.4246
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NOM, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the
City of Downey petitions the Zoning Board, the Planning Commission, and
the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County to grant the proposed
permit for the continuation and expansion of the Puente H i l l s Landfill.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 24th day of May, 1983.
James T. Quinn, Mayor
ATTEST:
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i+e•u ty Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey
thereof held on the 24th day of May, 1983, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: 5 Council Members: Cormack, Jackman, Barb, Davila, Quinn
NOES: o Council Members: None
ABSENT: o Council Members: None
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