HomeMy WebLinkAbout994RESOLUTION NO. ____ ~sr-·~2-~7·-------
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the
City of Kent, Washington, conditionally
endorsing the 1982 King County Comprehensive
Solid Waste Management Plan.
WHEREAS, the Washington State Solid waste Manage-
ment-Recovery and Recycling Act, Chapter 70.95 RCH, requires all
cities and all counties to have current comprehensive solid waste
management plans; and
WHEREAS, the City of Kent agreed on May 5, 1980, to
participate with the King subregional Council of the Puget sound
Council of Governments, the joint preparation of a revised Compre-
hensive solid Waste Management Plan ("1982 Plan") under the provi-
sions of RCW 70.95.080, and as contributed to the financial cost of
the plan revision; and
WHEREAS, the King Subregional council of the Puget Sound
Council of Governments, which functions as the Solid waste Manage-
ment Board with responsibility for comprehensive solid waste
planning, has adopted the 1982 Plan; and
HHEREAS, the public health and safety of the residents of
King County and the City of Kent require safe and efficient handling
and disposal of solid waste; and
WHEREAS, the City has reviewed the 1982 Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City agrees with the 1982 Plan findings that
disposal sites in the county do not currently meet Health Department
Standards, but disagrees that the violations of Health Department
Standards at the Kent Highlands and Kent Midway landfills are
"relatively minor;" and
WHEREAS, the State has found in RCW 70.95.010(2) that
"Traditional methods of disposing of solid
wastes in this state are no longer adequate to
meet the ever-increasing problem. Improper
methods and practices of handling and disposal
of solid wastes pollute our land, air, and
water resources, blight our countryside,
adversely affect land values, and damage the
overall quality of our environment."
And that these improper methods and practices of handling and
disposal of solid wastes appear to be continuing with respect to the
operations of the Kent Highlands and Kent Midway landfills; and
WHEREAS, current information demonstrates that the
continued maintenance and operation of the Kent Midway and Kent
Highlands landfills are unacceptable and present a risk to public
health and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the 1982 Plan's Six-Year Implementation Program
includes a section concerning the Kent Highlands and Kent Midway
Landfill closure plans, and such closure plans having already been
delayed beyond the dates set forth in the 1982 Plan, and such
closure plans not assuring the immediate cessation of the use of the
Kent Highlands and Kent Midway landfills in preparation for closure;
and
WHEREAS, the City finds that further use of the Kent
Highlands and Kent Midway landfills should be ceased, and closure
consistent with an acceptable plan be commenced with all due speed;
and
WHEREAS, by endorsing the 1982 Plan, the City neither
accepts nor concurs in those portions of the Plan that allow for or
condone continued operation of the Kent Midway and Kent Highlands
landfills; and
WHEREAS, a process to deal with emergency situations
concerning solid waste management should be established; NOW
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
section l. The 1982 King county comprehensive Solid waste
Management Plan ("1982 Plan") shall recognize all cities as imple-
menting or operating agencies governing solid waste handling and the
implementation of the Comprehensive solid waste Management Plan,
pursuant to that authority granted in RCW 70.95.160.
section 2. The 1982 Plan shall establish a goal to bring
all landfills in the county into compliance with applicable health
or other standards governing landfill operation, and to cease opera-
tion of landfills operating in violation of such standards.
section 3. The 1982 Plan shall provide for the immediate
cessation of use of the Kent Highlands and Kent Midway landfills and
shall provide for a more timely and accurate schedule for closure of
those landfills.
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section 4. The 1982 Plan shall provide for the establish-
ment of a process to deal with the emerging issues or with emergency
situations concerning solid waste management in the county.
section 5. The 1982 Plan, with those conditions noted in
Sections 1 through 4, above, is conditionally adopted as the policy
guide for solid waste management in King County.
Passed at a regular 1~eeting of ~~;~council of the
City of Kent washington this [.l:L_ day of ~ 1983.
Concurred in by the Mayor of the City of Kent, this~
day of ~x:O , 1983. I) ~
~~~ ~ IS~AN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
Resolution No. 7'9rt , passed by the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, the /b day of ,~?J= , 1983.
,,~ (SEAL)
MARIE J~ CLERK
6694-94A
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