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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-13-1988 City Council staff reporti • County of Santa Clara Department of Planning and Development Advance Planning County Government Center, East Wing 70 West Redding Street San Jose, California 951 10 (408)299.2521 0 RECHWED MAY 181988 CITY OF SARATOGA CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE May 13, 1988 TO: City Councils in Santa Clara County FROM. Robert L. Sturdivant, Chief Planning Officer SUBJECT: Approval of the Enclosed Amendment to the Solid Waste Management Plan for Santa Clara County Enclosed for your city's approval is an amendment to the Solid Waste Management Plan for Santa Clara County: • 1988 AMENDMENT TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO COMBINE THE NORTH AND CENTRAL SUBREGIONS, RENAME THE SOUTHWEST SUBREGION AND PROVIDE CONTINUED ACCESS TO GUADALUPE MINES LANDFILL, AND PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL REPORTING REGARDING WASTE REDUCTION TO ACHIEVE 25% GOAL BY 1995. In order to comply with legal requirements, certain procedures, as noted below, should be followed when your city considers approval of this Amendment to the County Solid Waste Management Plan. ACTION ON THE AMENDMENT The day that each city receives its copy of the Amendment (as evidenced by the certified mail receipt) a 90 -day approval clock will begin. During the following 90 days, the city may act upon the Amendment in the following ways: • Agendize it, hold a public hearing, and approve it by resolution. • Agendize it, hold a public hearing, and reject it. In which case, a letter should be sent to the Board of Supervisors stating the reason for the rejection. • Allow the 90 -day clock to run down without acting, which also constitutes approval. All changes to the County Solid Waste Management Plan must receive the approval of a majority of the cities containing a majority of the incorporated population, the Board of Supervisors, and the California Waste Management Board. The Board of Supervisors approved the Subregional Policy Amendment on May 3, 1988. Board of supervisors: Susanne Wilson. Zoe Lofgren, Thomas L. Legan, Rod Diridon. Dianne 11cKenna County Executive: sally R. Reed U 0 City Councils in Santa Clara County May 13, 1988 PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENT Prior to approving an amendment, each city council is required to hold a public hearing or meeting (California Administrative Code Title 14, Section 17158). Notice of the public hearing must be published at least SEVEN (7) days prior to the hearing. COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) The Board of Supervisors, in its role as Lead Agency for the Waste Importation Amendment, has taken final action on a negative declaration on the Amendment. As a Responsible Agency on the The Recyclery Amendment, the Board approved the Negative Declaration, which was prepared by the City of San Jose as Lead Agency. The cities, as Responsible Agencies under CEQA, should consider each negative declaration prior to adopting a resolution of approval for each Amendment. ENCLOSURES Enclosed are a copy of the IGC Report to the Board of Supervisors, the Plan Amendment, the negative declaration, the Resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors in approving the Amendments, and a sample resolution prepared by County Counsel which cities may wish to use. Expeditious action by the cities on these plan amendments will allow County staff to schedule them on the California Waste Management Board agenda soon. If you have any questions about the Amendment or the process, please contact Robert L. Sturdivant, Chief Planning Officer, in the Office of Planning (408/299- 2521). cc: City Managers City Solid Waste Technical Advisory Committee Members a r, • t County Government Center East Wing, Eleventh Floor SANTA CLARA COUNTY 70 West Hedding Street INTERGOVERNMENTAL COUNCIL 408 299 - 24245110 Established by Charter to address joint jurisdictional issues, and to develop cooperative relations between local agencies . April 21, 1988 TO: Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors FROM: A1.Chasuk, Chairperson Intergovernmental Council SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO THE SUBREGIONAL POLICY OF THE COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Hold a public hearing to: a. Consider and adopt the Negative Declaration; b. Approve the 111988 Amendment to the Santa Clara County Solid Waste Management Plan to Combine the North and Central Subregions, Rename the Southwest Subregion and Provide Continued Access to Guadalupe Mines - Landfill, and Provide for Annual Reporting Regarding Waste Reduction to Achieve 25% Goal by 1995." c. Adopt the resolution confirming these actions. 2. Transmit the amendment to the cities for approval. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS The recommended actions involve no direct cost to County Government. IGC Members Elected Officials representing: Campbell Los Altos Cupertino Los Altos Hills Gilroy Los Gatos 9 Milpitas Mountain View Santa Clara County of Santa Clara Santa Clara County School Districts Monte Sereno Palo Alto Saratoga Santa Clara County Special Districts Morgan Hill San Jose Sunnyvale Santa Clara Valley Water District -2- BACKGROUND AND REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS A primary purpose of this amendment is to modify the subregions defined in the County Solid Waste Management Plan (COSWMP).. This amendment is a necessary step in allowing for the flow of.waste from the north county cities and adjacent unincorporated areas to landfills located in San Jose. When achieved, such disposal arrangements will ensure long -term disposal capacity to all the north and central cities, and the County. Long -term disposal capacity is an objective defined in our.CoSWMP and encouraged by the State. A second purpose of the amendment is to cla Guadalupe Mines Landfill will remain in the Subregion. Finally, the amendment sets out help monitor efforts being made to effect a amount of waste going to landfills by 1995. objective defined in our CoSWMP. rify that the West Valley a process which will 25% reduction in the The reduction is an Amendments to the Plan require approval of the County Board of Supervisors, a-majority of the cities in the County (8) containing a majority of the incorporated population, and the California Waste Management Board. The Intergovernmental Council (IGC) Solid Waste Committee has studied this issue for sometime, and forwarded their recommendations to the full IGC in February, 1988. The IGC, as principal advisory body to the County and the cities on solid waste issues, approved this amendment and voted to forward this recommendation to the Board in March, 1988. The approval process for the amendment will be set in motion by the recommended actions. Subregion Consolidation Currently the CoSWMP divides the County into four subregions, each responsible for disposing of solid waste covered by local franchise or collection agreements within its own boundaries. This amendment reduces the number of subregions to three by combining the Northwest Area with the Central Area. The new "North Central Subregion" includes the following cities and unincorporated areas: Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Milpitas; and San Jose. The proposed change is desirable because most.of the Northwest Subregion lacks long -term disposal capacity (currently defined in the COSWMP as 20 years). The Central Subregion contains sufficient space at two landfills, Kirby and Newby Island, to provide for the long -term needs of the Northwest Subregion. However, disposal into San Jose landfills of waste generated in the north county would not conform to the current subregional Policy. The effect of the amendment is to ensure that, if negotiations can be made For disposal capacity at San Jose landfills, that the arrangements made will conform to the CoSWMP. r -3- West Valley Subregion The second clause of the.proposed amendment renames the subregion containing the cities of Saratoga, Monte Sereno, Los Gatos, and Campbell and the adjoining unincorporated area. It acknowledges that the West Valley area has existing long -term disposal contracts at the Guadalupe Mines Landfill, and that current application for annexation of the landfill to San Jose is not intended to.deprive current users of continued use of the site. Reports on 25% Waste Reduction The proposed amendment sets out a new reporting procedure which will allow for better monitoring of progress made towards our CoSWMP goal of 25% reduction of waste flowing to landfills. It should be noted that the specific methods to be used for calculating reductions are yet to be defined, and will be reviewed further by the Solid Waste Committee and the Intergovernmental Council. Environmental Review An initial study was performed for this project, on the basis of which a Negative Declaration was prepared and circulated. One comment was received during the review period. Both the comment and the response are included with this transmittal. On the basis of the review performed, adoption of the Negative Declaration is recommended. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION In the absence of an amendment to the subregional policy of the COSWMP, the north county area will not be able to utilize existing disposal capacity in the Central Subregion. STEPS FOLLOWING APPROVAL Staff will send the proposals and a copy of the Board resolution to the cities for approval. If a majority of the cities containing a majority of the incorporated population approve the amendment, it will be forwarded to the California Waste Management Board, with supporting documentation, for final action. AC: SCL:s1 attachments • 0 2/9/88 1988 AMENDMENT TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN.TO COMBINE THE NORTH AND CENTRAL SUBREGIONS, RENAME THE SOUTHWEST SUBREGION AND PROVIDE CONTINUED ACCESS TO GUADALUPE.MINES LANDFILL, AND PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL REPORTING REGARDING WASTE REDUCTION TO ACHIEVE 25% GOAL BY 1995. The Santa Clara County Solid Waste Management Plan is amended to add the following: 1. The Northwest Area Subregion and the Central Area Subregion are combined to create the North /Central Subregion. 2. The Southwestern Subregion is renamed the "West Valley Subregion. The existing Guadalupe Mines Landfill is to remain in the West Valley Subregion and continued access to the Guadalupe Mines Landfill will be assured to comply with existing disposal contracts and current practices regarding industrial /commercial disposal and public drop -off.* 3. To decrease the flow of wastes filling valuable landfill space and to assist in meeting the requirements of Section 66780.5 of the California Government Code (as amended by AB 1462 of 1987), each city in the County shall submit annual reports to the Intergovernmental Council outlining programs and plans to reduce the amount of wastes disposed of in landfills by 25% calculated between January 1, 1978 and January 1, 1995. ** The Intergovernmental Council shall report annually on the amount of wastes recycled and the level of budgetary commitment made to pursue recycling by each city in the county. 4. In all other respects, the subregional policy shall remain as described in the current Plan. *The operator of the Guadalupe Mines Landfill has filed applications (PDC -87 -12 -100) with the City of San Jose for prezoning and annexation of the site to San Jose. Nothing.herein is intended to deprive current users of the Guadalupe Mines Landfill of continued use of the site. * *Acceptable methods for calculating the 25% reduction must be agreed to by the IGC. subreg2 COUNTY OF SAf. . CLARA, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING ., DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED NEGATIVE DECLARATION A notice, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as amended (Public Resources Code 21,000, et sec.) that the following project: Subregional Policy Amendment to the Santa Clara County Solid Waste Management Plan when implemented will not have a significant impact on the environment. FILE NO: OWNER: APPLICANT: Santa Clara County PROJECT LOCATION: All of Santa Clara County. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: APN: The County Solid Waste Management Plan divides the County into four subregions for purposes of solid waste management. This project reduces the number of subregions to three by combining the Northwest Area Subregion with the Central Area. The new subregion would be the "North Central Subregion" and include the following cities and adjoining unincorporated areas: Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hill, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Milpitas, and San Jose. BASIS FOR NEGATIVE DECLARATION RECOMMENDATION: The Environmental Planning Section of the Department of Planning and Development has reviewed the initial study for the project and, based upon substantial evidence in-the record, fi.)ds th:.t the proposed project could not have a significant effect on the environment, or, although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment, there will not be a significant effect in this case since the mitigation measures have been added to the project. PURPOSE OF NOTICE: The purpose of this notice is to inform you that the Environmental Planning Section has recommended that a Negative Declaration be approved for this project. Final action w111 be taken on this proposed Negative Declaration by the County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors final decisionmaker Any interested person may submit comments concerning this Negative Declaration, and the basis for the determination of no significant impact on the environment, on or before the date for final action. Such comments should be based on specific environmental concerns. If the Negative Declaration is approved, the decision may be protested upon filing an appeal with the Central Permit Counter of the Current Planning Office. It should be noted that approval of a Negative Declaration does not constitute approval of the project uncer consideration. The decision to approve or deny the project will be made separately. MITIGATION MEASURES included in the project to avoid potentially significant ' effects: RESPONSIBLE AGENCY(S) SENT COPY OF INITIAL STUDY: Cal iforni a Waste ManasemPnt Rnarrl. all ri ti pa in Rama Mira rnttnt�z REVIEW.PERIOD March 9. 1988 to April 8, 1988 All comments regarding the correctness, completeness, or adequacy of this Negative Declaration must be received by the County .of Santa Clara, Department of Planning and Development, Environmental Planning Section, County Administrative Building, 70 W. Nedding Street, San Jose, CA 95110, Tel (408) 299 -2521. Action scheduled before the Board of Supervisors on April 19,1988 CONTACT PERSON: Brian Litt Dept. of Planning and Development negdecla Forms earl-ent of Land Use and Development Office of Planning '• - • C.:ounty Government Center, East Wing ' 70 West Hedding Street County of Santa Clara San Jose. California 95110 (408) 299 -2521 California INITIAL STUDY File Number: Date: March 1, 1988 Prepared by: Brian Litt Reviewed by: Hugh Graham NG RECOMMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Sponsor: Santa Clara County Project: Subregional 'Policy Amendment to the Santa Clara County Solid Waste Management Plan ECATEGORICALLY EXEMPT. Project is within a class of projects determined not to have a significant effect on the environment. Class # NEGATIVE DECLARATION. The Initial Study shows that the proposed project X could not have a significant effect on the environment, or, although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment, there will not be a significant effect in this case since the mitigation measures have been added to the project. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT•REPORT IS REQUIRED. The proposed project may have significant effects on the environment. These significant effects, as determined by the Initial Study and other sources, will be evaluated in an EIR. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED I Al Land Use /General Plan Geologic Resources /Parks Sewage /Water Quality 0 Drainage /Flooding Flora and Fauna aTransportation Housing F] Safety /Health Air Quality FNoise F Aesthetic Energy . Historical /Archaeological Public Services & Utilities Mandatory Findings of Significance Basis of Decision: See Initial Study "Discussion. of Environmental Evaluation" and Environmental Evaluation Checklist ". 1ni 4.21 /f :r -i; i DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION LAND USE /GENERAL PLAN (A.1, A.2, A.5) The primary function of the Subregional Policy Amendment to the 1984 County Solid Waste Management Plan is to facilitate cooperative solid waste management practices among the jurisdictions of Santa Clara County with regard to allocation of landfill capacity. A major component of the Amendment is the combination of two previously existing subregions (Northwest Area and Central Area) into one new subregion, called the North /Central Subregion. As a result of this change, cities in the Northwest Area lacking in long -term landfill capacity will be able to utilize landfills in the Central Area with adequate long -term capacity when the need to do so arises. This Amendment does not serve to create proposals for specific facilities nor does it change prior siting decisions. It may, however, indirectly result in a need to establish solid waste transfer stations between cities in the northwest part of the County and the landfills in the central part of the County which will receive their solid waste. The siting of such facilities may result in a substantial change in land use for the proposed site locations and may require a change in both General Plan land use designations and zoning. Any site specific proposals (such as transfer stations) which evolve from modification of the Subregional Policy will be evaluated during the environmental assessment process for each specific project proposal No such environmental evaluations can be made at this time since no specific projects are proposed by this Amendment to the County Solid Waste Management Plan. TRANSPORTATION (G.1) The proposed Amendment to the Subregional Policy will allow cities in the Northwest Area to haul their solid waste to one of the two active landfills with long -term capacity.in the Central Area (Newby Island and Kirby Canyon), as these areas will be in the same subregion. It is likely that, due to the distance between the Kirby Canyon landfill and the cities in the Northwest Area, transfer stations will be necessary to facilitate the efficient transport of refuse from those cities to that landfill. As pointed out under land use, potential traffic impacts associated with the establishment of any new solid waste transfer stations will be evaluated when specific proposals for such facilities are submitted. It is possible that, as the landfills in,the Northwest Area reach capacity, cities in that area may transport refuse to the Newby Island landfill. This may conceivably occur without the need to site a transfer station between Newby Island and the Northwest Area cities, as the hauling distances are not so great as to necessitate such a facility. Therefore, it is—conceivable that some (or perhaps even all) of the trucks hauling refuse to Northwest Area landfills could eventually utilize the Newby Island landfill. To access this landfill, trucks from the Northwest Area will have to travel on Highway 237 eastbound to Interstate 880, then northbound to Dixon Landing Road, and then westbound to the landfill. • SUBREGIONS* Santa Clara County Solid Waste Management Plan *This map was prepared to'accompany the PROPOSED 1988 Amendment Modifying the Subregional Policy in the Solid Waste Management Plan for Santa Clara County. It conceptually illustrates the merging of the North- western Area and the Central Area Subregions. 10/87 i 0 C It has been determined that the increased truck traffic that may indirectly result from the Subregional Policy Amendment will not be substantial in relation to existing traffic volumes and capacities for the routes travelled, and furthermore, does not represent a potentially significant impact. There are several reasons why this determination was reached. They are delineated below. A recent survey of- landfill operators provided information regarding numbers of trucks frequenting each landfill. That survey estimated that, for the three Northwest Area landfills (Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale), the average total number of trucks per day is 355 on weekdays, and 45 on weekends. Of the 355 trucks during weekdays, 94 travel to the three landfills during the morning peak commute hours, and 31 during the P.M. peak commute hours. According to Caltrans estimates, average weekday daily traffic counts for both Highway 237 (between Highway 101 and Interstate 880) and Interstate 880 (between Highway 237 and Dixon Landing Road), are in the 100,000 range. Estimates of average peak hour traffic counts are in the 10,000- 15,000 range for these roads. It is clear even under the unlikely scenario that all the trucks now utilizing Northwest Area landfills will utilize the Newby Island landfill (it is likely that some trucks will utilize Kirby Canyon),_ that the volume of the landfill -bound trucks is insignificant when compared to overall traffic loads for these highways. The fact that most of the trucks travel to landfills at off -peak times contributes to the lack of major impact in these areas. The possibility of impacting the freeway interchange needed for access to the Newby Island landfill was also evaluated and determined to not be significant. The 1986 Annual Report to the Intergovernmental Council on Solid Waste Planning estimates that six, eleven and twenty years of capacity remain in the Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, and Mountain View landfills respectively . If the mandated reductions in waste stream called for in the Amendment are taken into account, these landfills may actually have a longer "lifetime" than these estimates indicate. Thus, trucks from the NW County cities will not need to begin to travel to either Newby Island or Kirby Canyon for at least six years. Transportation of 'all' NW County refuse to these two landfills would not occur for at least 20 years. According to Caltrans, the City of Milpitas Public Works Department and the Santa Clara County Transportation Agency, the interchanges of Highway 237 /Interstate 880 and Interstate 880 /Dixon Landing road are both planned for major improvements in the n3xt several years. While these interchanges (particularly the 237/880 Interchange) currently experience substantial congestion during peak commute times, these improvements should improve traffic flows significantly. Even if these improvements are not implemented by the time the Sunnyvale landfill reaches capacity (estimate of 1994), the number of trucks generated from that collection area that might then utilize Newby Island (55 on an average weekday, 14 at A.M. or P.M. peak times) is insignificant compared to existing and /or projected traffic volumes for these interchanges. For all of the above mentioned reasons, the Subregional Policy Amendment will not create significant traffic - related impacts. SRpol icy 1201(17) •� t •C LM 0MEW o0 0&MZ1zQ)0& 13777 FRUITVAt1��3; AY•Eri�UJi; SARA_TO.GA, CALIFORNIA 95070 (408) 867 -3438 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Karen Anderson Martha Clevenger April 6, 1988 Joyce Have David Moyles To: Robert L. Sturdivant ;"Chief - Planning Officer Donald Peterson County of Santa Clara From: Harry R. Peacock, City Manager Subject: Amendment to the Santa Clara County Solid Waste Management Plan -- Comments on Negaitve Declaration -------------------------------------- The proposed amendment to the Solid Waste Management Plan contains three components: 1. combining the "northwest area subregion" and the "central area subregion" into a new "north central subregion;" 2. amendments affecting the "west valley subregion;" 3. requiring a county -wide program of recycling with specific goals and time tables. The negative declaration prepared by your office is silent on components two and three. As such, the potential for im:.act cf these two changes is not discussed. We feel strongly they should be. For example, the amendment relative to the "west valley subregion"' may have significant adverse public service and utility impacts, land use /general plan impacts, transportation impacts, air quality impacts and safety /health impacts if current plans to expand the Guadalupe Mines Landfill are successful and the cities in the "west valley subregion" are not guaranteed access to the expanded Guadalupe Mines Landfill as is currently the case. Our franchise hauler has an agreement with Guadalupe Mines to take the total trash output for the cities of Campbell, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and Saratoga through the year 20031 If access to :n expanded Guadalupe Mines Landfill is assured (which it is not), the cities will know that the agreement can be fulfilled without the creation of transfer stations and /or diversion to another landfill far away from the West Valley area. These potential impacts must be discussed and anlayzed because such access is not assured in the plan amendment. 1 To: Robert L. Sturdivant Page 2 Subject: Amendment to the Santa Clara County Solid Waste Management Plan -- Comments on Negative Declaration April 6, 1988 The requirement for a county =wide recycling program should be analyzed and discussed as to feasibility and practicability as well as from the potential environment impacts. The environmental advantages and disadvantages need to be discussed so that the environmental trade offs are understood. At a minimum, these impacts include land use impacts (recycling centers), resource conservation (both materials and landfill space), transportation (more trucks on the roads), safety /health (dealing with toxic materials), air quality (truck traffic increase) and public services and utilities (program costs and affordability). It is expected that individuals on your staff who work with environmental issues daily may feel that other considerations should be addressed as well. Thank you very much for this opportunity to comment on the proposed negative declaration. rry . Peacock, City Manager jm • 0 04 -15 -88 SUBREGIONAL POLICY AMENDMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:RESPONSE TO COMMENT RECEIVED ON PROPOSED NEGATIVE DECLARATION On April 8, 1988, the County Planning Department received a comment on the proposed Negative Declaration from Harry Peacock, Saratoga City Manager. This comment letter stated that the Initial Study was inadequate in that it did not evaluate potential environmental impacts of the following components of the Subregional Policy Amendment: "amendments affecting the west valley subregion ", and "requiring a county -wide program of recycling with specific goals and time tables ". In response to the first point regarding "amendments affecting the west valley subregion ", the Subregional Policy Amendment does not include any changes to existing circumstances or procedures in relation to either the west valley subregion or the use of the Guadalupe Mines landfill. In fact, the only change caused by the amendment of relevance to the west valley subregion is the renaming of that subregion from it's prior name of "Southwestern Subregion to "West Valley Subregion ". Since the amendment itself proposes no new facilities or physical changes to the environment (or even policy changes directly resulting in any changes to the physical environmental) with respect to the west valley subregion, there are no potential environmental impacts of the amendment to be evaluated regarding that subregion. With respect to the second point raised, the Subregional Policy Amendment requires cities to submit annual reports to the Intergovernmental Council (IGC) outlining programs and plans to reduce wastes taken to landfills by 25% (calculated between 1978 and 1995). The amendment also requires the IGC to make annual reports on the amounts of waste recycled and budget committments for such activity by each city. Thus, the Subregional Policy Amendment creates a reporting mechanism, as opposed to r!andat'•ng a specific recycling program that could by its very nature, result in physical changes with potential environmental impacts. The establishment of the above - described reporting procedures does not create any potential environmental impacts that would need to be evaluated in an Initial Study. In accordance with CEQA it is not within the proper purview of an Initial Study to speculate as to possible future actions that might be indirectly related to the proposed project being evaluated, and which themselves may have environmental impacts. Any environmental impacts occuring from specific new recycling programs embanked upon by individual cities be evaluated when such specific activities are initiated. SolWaste VLW #1 BOA +kD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara will conduct a public hearing on the 3rd day of May, 1988, at the hour of 1:30 p.m., in the Chambers of said Board, 70 West Hedding Street, San Jose, California, to consider environmental assessment of and a proposed amendment to the County Solid Waste Management Plan, pursuant to Title 14, Section 17158 of the California Administrative Code, to combine the North and Central Subregions, rename the Southwest Subregion and provide continued . access to Guadalupe Mines Landfill, and provide for annual reporting regarding waste reduction to achieve a 257 goal by.1995. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS may appear and be heard at said time and place. Written Communications should be filed prior to the date of hearing. FURTHER DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED from Sally Logothetti (299 -2908) or Robert Sturdivant (299 - 2521). This Notice of Public Hearing is given pursuant to the order of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors this 18th da-y of April, 1988, pursuant to the Government Code of the State of California. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DONALD M. RAINS, CLERK . 1, RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA WHICH APPROVES AN AMENDMENT TO THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY COMBINING THE NORTH AND CENTRAL SUBREGIONS, RENAMING THE SOUTHWEST REGION, PROVIDING CONTINUED ACCESS TO GUADALUPE MINES LANDFILL, AND PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL REPORTING REGARDING WASTE REDUCTION TO ACHIEVE 25% GOAL BY 1995; ADOPTS A NEGATIVE DECLARATION UNDER CEQA IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND DIRECTS SUBMITTAL OF SAID AMENDMENT TO THE CITIES FOR ACTION WHEREAS, the Santa Clara County Intergovernmental Council, the principal advisory committee on countywide solid waste planning in Santa Clara County, recommends approval of an amendment to the County Solid Waste Management Plan adding the policy entitled 111988 Amendment to the Santa Clara County Solid Waste Management Plan to Combine the North and Central Subregions, Rename the Southwest Subregion and Provide Continued Access to Guadalupe Mines Landfill, and Provide for Annual Reporting Regarding Waste Reduction to Achieve 25% Goal by 1995 "; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has prepared the Amendment in accordance with 14 California Administrative Code (CAC) section 17155, and will submit the same to each of the cities of the County for action pursuant to 14 CAC section 17160, with the intention of securing approval of a majority of the cities within the County which contain a majority of the population of the incorporated area of the County; and THE FOREGOING INSTRUMEN-r IS A CORRECT COP',' OF THE C R GINAL ATTEST: DONALD M. RAIf!S CLERK, EOARD OF ; uF= �;"J; O,=i� CY + -1- Deputy Clerk DATE: MAY 3 X988 1 WHEREAS, said Amendment is considered a project under the provisions of.the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and WHEREAS, said Amendment as,prepared enhances the countywide solid waste management process by accommodating use of existing disposal capacity within the County, by providing for continued access to a landfill for jurisdictions which are currently using it, and by creating a mechanism for monitoring countywide progress towards a 25% reduction of wastes going to the landfills; and WHEREAS, the Board as lead agency has considered the negative declaration and the comments received thereon, and found that the proposed Amendment could not have significant effect on the environment since it simply proposes a solid waste planning process; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors duly noticed and conducted a public hearing on May 3, 1988 for their final action on the Amendment pursuant to 14 CAC Section 17158; and after the presentation of testimony and upon review of all the evidence in the record and consideration of the environmental information contained in the above - referenced negative declaration under CEQA, approved the proposed Amendment in accordance with 14 CAC Section 17161, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, in accordance with the above findings and determinations, that the -2- negative declaration on the 1988 Amendment to the County Solid Waste Management Plan to Combine the North and Central Subregions, Rename the Southwest Subregion and Provide Continued Access to Guadalupe Mines Landfill, and Provide for Annual Reporting Regarding Waste Reduction to Achieve 25% Goal by 1995, is hereby approved and adopted; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 1988 Amendment to the Santa Clara County Solid Waste Management Plan to Combine the North and Central-Subregions, Rename the Southwest Subregion and Provide Continued Access to Guadalupe Mines Landfill, and Provide for Annual Reporting Regarding Waste Reduction to Achieve 25% Goal by 1995 is hereby approved and adopted; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Planning and Development shall transmit this resolution, the negative declaration, the Amendment, and supporting information to the cities of Santa Clara County for action pursuant to 14 CAC Section 17160 and if approved by a majority of the cities containing a majority of the incorporated population, the -3- Director of Planning and Development shall transmit the resolution, the negative declaration, and all supporting information to the California Waste Management Board. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara, State of California on _ MAY 3 1988 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors ©IFITI)ON,6&Go;vW, LOFGREN, MCY. Ni4A, WILSON NOES: Supervisors NON` ABSENT: Supervisors L E3A N ATTEST: Donald M. Rains, Clerk Board of Super ors APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: thy K tc mer Deputy ounty Counsel WPPTL2 ID128(5 -8)- -4- ChA it erson B ar of S ervisors LOF EN 1 � Director of Planning and Development shall transmit the resolution, the negative declaration, and all supporting information to the California Waste Management Board. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara, State of California on _ MAY 3 1988 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors ©IFITI)ON,6&Go;vW, LOFGREN, MCY. Ni4A, WILSON NOES: Supervisors NON` ABSENT: Supervisors L E3A N ATTEST: Donald M. Rains, Clerk Board of Super ors APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: thy K tc mer Deputy ounty Counsel WPPTL2 ID128(5 -8)- -4- ChA it erson B ar of S ervisors LOF EN