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RESOLUTION NO. 15-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COSTA MESA APPROVING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE 2009 WASTE DISPOSAL
AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City has an existing Waste Disposal Agreement' (the Waste Disposal
Agreement) with the County of Orange (the "County") which requires the City to dispose of all
specified solid waste generated within the City to County landfills and for the County to accept all
such waste at a price agreed upon by the City and County; and
WHEREAS, the Waste Disposal Agreement became effective on or about July 23, 2009,
and by its term is set to expire on June 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Waste Disposal Agreement provides that the County will not accept waste
imported from outside the County at County landfills after June 30, 2016; and
WHEREAS, an Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement (the "Amendment") has
been negotiated between the County and various cities throughout Orange County to provide
for continuation of importation of waste from outside the County at County landfills in exchange
for allocation to the cities of a portion of future importation revenues and to extend the terms of
this activity within the Waste Disposal Agreement to June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure that solid waste generated within the City
can be disposed of in an environmentally safe manner and at a reasonable cost for the,near
future; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Amendment furthers these goals by, among other things,
ensuring that solid waste generated within the City can be disposed of at County landfills through
June 30, 2025; that the landfills will be operated in an environmentally safe and reliable manner;
and that the cost of disposing of solid waste at County landfills will be reasonable.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa resolves, finds and
determines, on the basis of the facts set forth in the agenda report presented to it and any
testimony received at the meeting at which this matter was considered, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the proposed
Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement between the County of Orange and the City of
Orange ("Amendment") furthers the public health, safety and welfare.
Section 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the terms and
provisions of the Amendment, in the form as submitted by the CEO, are approved and that the
Mayor is authorized to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, the Amendment on behalf of the
City.
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Section 4. The officers and employees of the City are authorized and directed, jointly
and severally, to do any and all things necessary or advisable in order to effectuate the purposes
of this Resolution and to administer the City's obligations, responsibilities and duties to be
performed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of June, 2015.
Stephen M. Mensinger, Mayor
ATTEST:
Brenda Green, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Thomas Duarte, City Attorney
I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above
and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 15-15 and was duly passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on the 2nd day of June 2015,
by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Costa
Mesa this 2nd day of June, 2015.
Brenda Green, City Clerk
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