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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010 037 CC RESO2010 037 CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¹/Í«RESOLUTION NO. 2010-037 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE EXPANSION OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT ZONE WHEREAS, the California Public Resources Code Section 42010 provides for the establishment of the Recycling Market Development Zone RMDZ) program throughout the State to provide incentives to stimulate development of post-consumer and secondary materials markets for recyclables; and WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County RMDZ includes the unincorporated areas of the County of Los Angeles and the Cities of Burbank, Carson, Commerce, Compton, El Monte, Glendale, Inglewood, Palmdale, South Gate, Torrance, and Vernon; and WHEREAS, cities and counties must meet a 50 percent reduction in landfill waste disposal as mandated in the California Integrated Waste Management Act; and WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County RMDZ is dedicated to establishing, sustaining and expanding recycling-based manufacturing businesses, which is essential for market development and to assist local jurisdictions to meeting the established landfill reduction goals; and WHEREAS, the City of Baldwin Park wants existing and new recycling-based manufacturing businesses locating within the region to be eligible for the technical and financial incentives associated with the RMDZ program; and WHEREAS, the expansion of the Los Angeles County RMDZ is still necessary to facilitate local and regional planning, coordination, support of existing recycling-based manufacturing businesses, as well as attract private sector recycling business investments to the region; and WHEREAS, the current and proposed waste management practices and conditions are favorable to the development of post-consumer and secondary waste materials markets; and WHEREAS, the California Legislature has defined environmental justice as the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies" Government Code section 65040.12(e)], and the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery has determined that it will conduct its programs, policies, and activities that substantially affect human health or the environment in a manner that ensures the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and income levels, including minority populations and low-income populations of the State; and BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 037-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO132203-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 1/20/2011-U04 ROBIN-U04 2010 037 CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¹/Í«Resolution No. 2010-037 Page 2 WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles, as Lead Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act, has prepared, or caused to be prepared, and adopted a Negative Declaration for this zone expansion project that finds that the project will not have a significant impact on the environment; and WHEREAS, the City of Baldwin Park has reviewed and considered the information in the Negative Declaration adopted by the County of Los Angeles that finds that the zone expansion project will not have a significant impact on the environment. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, as follows: SECTION 1. The recitals set forth hereinabove are true and correct in all respects. SECTION 2. Approves the submittal of a Recycling Market Development Zone expansion application to include the Cities of Azusa, Baldwin Park, Covina, Culver City, El Segundo, Huntington Park, Monrovia, Santa Fe Springs, and Whittier. SECTION 3. Agrees to administer the RMDZ program in a manner that seeks to ensure the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures and incomes, including but not limited to soliciting public participation in all communities within the RMDZ. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of August, 2010 RICARDO PACHECO MAYOR PRO TEM BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 037-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO132203-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 1/20/2011-U04 ROBIN-U04 2010 037 CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¹/Í«Resolution No. 2010-037 Page 3 ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS. CITY OF BALDWIN PARK I, LAURA NIETO, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park at a regular meeting of the City Council on April 7, 2010, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Marlen Garcia, Monica Garcia, Susan Rubio and Mayor Pro Tem Ricardo Pacheco NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Manuel Lozano ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE URA M. NIETO, CMC EPUTY CITY CLERK BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 037-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO132203-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 1/20/2011-U04 ROBIN-U04