Res 04-076
RESOLUTION NO. 04- 076
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
SUPPORTING RENEWAL OF THE NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY
RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT ZONE
WHEREAS, California Public Resources Code Section 42010 provides for the
establishment of a 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 North San Diego County RMDZ includes the cities of Carlsbad, Del
Mar, Escondido, Oceanside, Poway, San Diego, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Vista, and the
County of San Diego; and
WHEREAS, cities and counties must meet 50 percent reductions in landfill waste
disposal as mandated in the California Integrated Waste Management Act; and,
WHEREAS, the North San Diego 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 North County RMDZ designation will expire in November 2004 unless
re-designated by the California Integrated Waste Management Board; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Poway still desires 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 renewal of the North San Diego 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 material 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 polices"
[Government Code Section 65040.12( e)]. and has directed the California Environmental
Protection Agency to conduct its programs, policies, and actives that substantially affect
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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 [Public Resources Code section 7111 O(a)]; and
WHEREAS, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, in its Strategic Plan,
has adopted a goal to continuously integrate environmental justice concerns into all of the
Board's Programs and activities.
WHEREAS, the City of San Diego as Lead Agency under the California Environmental
Quality Act, has prepared, or caused to be prepared, and adopted a Negative Declaration for
this zone renewal project that finds that the project will not have a significant impact on the
environment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Poway has reviewed and considered the information in the
Negative Declaration adopted by the City of San Diego that finds that the zone renewal
project will not have a significant impact on the environment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Poway as
follows:
Section 1: The City of Poway approves the submittal of a Recycling Market
Development Zone renewal application to include the cities of Carlsbad, Del Mar, Escondido,
- Oceanside, Poway, San Diego, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Vista, and the County of San
Diego.
Section 2: The City of Poway 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, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Poway at a
regular meeting this 7th day of September 2004.
ATTEST:
Jea e Bunch, Interim City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
I, Jeanne Bunch, Interim City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify
under the penalty of perjury, that the foregoing Resolution No. 04- 076 ,was duly adopted by
the City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the yth day of September, 2004, and
that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES:
EMERY, GOLDBY, HIGGINSON, REXFORD, CAFAGNA
NOES:
NONE
ABSTAIN:
NONE
ABSENT:
NONE
Jeanne Bunch, Interim City Clerk
City of Poway