TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Solid Waste
MEETING DATE: September 19, 2016
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Mike Sweeney
PHONE:
468-9710
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Katharine L. Elliott
PHONE:
234-6885
ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 20 Min.
AGENDA TITLE:
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Discussion and Possible Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the First Amendment to Caspar Joint Powers Agreement (Joint Meeting with the Fort Bragg City Council)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Adopt Resolution authorizing the First Amendment to the Caspar Joint Powers Agreement; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On January 25, 2011, the County and the City of Fort Bragg entered into an updated JPA for the Caspar Landfill and Solid Waste Transfer Station, which included a provision stating that replacement of expansion of the Caspar Transfer Station is necessary to accommodate commercial solid waste collection trucks and allow long-haul direct transfer to a destination landfill, and that the County shall cooperate in a siting and development project to provide such an expanded facility, either at the Caspar property or another site.
On August 13, 2013, the Board of Supervisors and the Fort Bragg City Council designated a site located at 30075 Highway 20, Fort Bragg, as the preferred site for a new solid waste transfer station and authorized preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The draft EIR was issued on February 9, 2015, and a final EIR was issued on June 30, 2015, and a Revised Final EIR was mailed to all agencies that commented on the original Draft EIR on September 2, 2016.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The Caspar Transfer Station is necessary to accommodate commercial solid waste collection trucks and allow long-haul direct transfer to a destination landfill. Pursuant to the Agreement, siting and development of a project for an expanded facility, either at the Caspar property or another site, is neces...
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