Resolution No. 6494RESOLUTION NO. 6494
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2009 WASTE DISPOSAL AGREEMENT
WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
WHEREAS, the City has an existing Waste Disposal Agreement (the Waste Disposal
Agreement) with the County of Orange (the "County ") which requires the City to dispose of all
specified solid waste generated within the City to County landfills and for the County to
accept all such waste at a price agreed upon by the City and County; and
WHEREAS, the Waste Disposal Agreement became effective on or about July 23,
2009, and by its term is set to expire on June 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Waste Disposal Agreement provides that the County will not accept
waste imported from outside the County at County landfills after June 30, 2016; and
WHEREAS, an Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement (the "Amendment ")
has been negotiated between the County and various cities throughout Orange County to
provide for continuation of importation of waste from outside the County at County landfills
in exchange for allocation to the cities of a portion of future importation revenues and to
extend the terms of this activity within the Waste Disposal Agreement to June 30, 2025;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure that solid waste generated within the
City can be disposed of in an environmentally safe manner and at a reasonable cost for
the near future; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Amendment furthers these goals by, among other things,
ensuring that solid waste generated within the City can be disposed of at County landfills
through June 30, 2025; that the landfills will be operated in an environmentally safe and
reliable manner; and that the cost of disposing of solid waste at County landfills will be
reasonable.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Cypress resolves, finds and
determines, on the basis of the facts set forth in the agenda report presented to it and any
testimony received at the meeting at which this matter was considered, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the proposed
Amendment to the Waste Disposal Agreement between the County of Orange and the City
of Cypress ( "Amendment ") furthers the public health, safety and welfare.
Section 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the terms and
provisions of the Amendment, in the form as submitted by the City Manager, are approved
and that the Mayor is authorized to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, the Amendment
on behalf of the City.
Section 4. The officers and employees of the City are authorized and directed,
jointly and severally, to do any and all things necessary or advisable in order to effectuate
the purposes of this Resolution and to administer the City's obligations, responsibilities and
duties to be performed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, at a regular
meeting held on the 13th day of April, 2015.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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I, DENISE BASHAM, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council
held on the 13th day of April, 2015, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Berry, Morales, Peat, Yarc and Johnson
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS