Resolution No. 5004
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RESOLUTION NO. 5004
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VERNON URGING COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO
GRANT PUENTE HILLS CONDITIONAL USE PREMIT
5 WHEREAS, the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles
6 County have created a regional system for solid waste management
7 that has served well the many cities and unincorporated area in
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9 WHEREAS, a major component of that system, the Puente
10 Hills Landfill has been operated by the Districts in an environ-
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mentally 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 business and industry in the south-
ern and eastern portions of Los Angeles County; and
WHEREAS, the Sanitation Districts have prepared a
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comprehensive Enviromental Impact Report which addresses community
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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 innovat-
ive 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
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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
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WHEREAS, the Districts have offered to make substant-
ial portions of the property available for open space recreat-
ional 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 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 dispos-
ed of 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;
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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
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THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
3 SECTION 1: That the City Council of the City of Vernon
4 petitions the Zoning Board, the Planning Commission, and the
5 Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County to grant the proposed
6 permit for the continuation and expansion of the Puente Hills
7 Landfill.
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SECTION 2:
The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
certify to the passage of this Resolution and thereupon and
10 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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16 ATTEST:
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of May, 1983.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
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I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
5 Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
6 Resolution No. 5004
, was duly adopted by the City Council of
7 the City of Vernon, and was approved by the Mayor of said City
8 at a regular meeting of the City Council held on Tuesday,
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City
Clerk
(SEAL)
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