HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1999-19501 RESOLUTION NO. 19501
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA APPROVING IN CONCEPT A LANDFILL AGREEMENT
WITH OTAY LANDFILL, INC. REGARDING CITY TRASH FLOW
AND LANDFILL MITIGATION
WHEREAS, Otay Landfill, Inc. ("OLI") is proposing an expansion of the Otay Landfill
to a maximum height of 725 feet; and
WHEREAS, City has concerns regarding the adverse impacts of such expansion on the
City; and
WHEREAS, OLI has agreed to mitigate such impacts pursuant to the terms and
conditions attached hereto as "Exhibit A"; and
WHEREAS, City staff and OLI are working on developing a final Landfill Agreement
consistent with the attached terms in order to present such agreement to the City Council for
its approval as soon as possible.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does
hereby approve in concept a Landfill Agreement with Otay Landfill, Inc. regarding City Trash
Flow and Landfill Mitigation on the terms attached hereto as "Exhibit A" subject to City
Council final approval, in its sole discretion, of the terms and conditions of the finalized
agreement currently being prepared by City staff and OLI.
Presented by Approved as to form by
Conservation Coordinator ' rney
Resolution 19501
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EXHIBIT A
· Upon issuance of the conditional use permit by San Diego County for the expansion of
the Otay Landfill ("Expansion), Otay will donate a 54-acre parcel adjacent to the Otay
Landfill to the City.
· Upon issuance of the final permit of the Expansion, Otay will pay the City a
development fee of $4,000,000 payable in annual installments of 91 ,000,000. This
amount shall be subject to reduction to the extent the final Expansion is for less than
725 feet, such formula to be mutually agreed upon by City and Pacific.
· Otay will assist the City in annexation of the donated parcel at the City's cost.
· Otay will grant the City an easement, at not cost, for the extension of Paseo Ranchero
Road, To the extent that easement property could be used as mitigation land for the
landfill expansion project, the City shall cooperate with Otay in identifying potential
alternative mitigation sites or mechanisms for satisfying such obligations.
· Otay will grant the City an easement at no cost to aglow emergency access to Maxwell
Road from the donated parcel.
· Otay will collect liner and perform sweeping on certain roads near the Otay Landfill.
· Otay will develop and implement mutually agreed upon dust, noise and bird mitigation
plan.
· Otay will develop and implement a phased landscape plan approved by the City
designed to mitigate the visual impacts of the landfill and to compliment Wolf Canyon
vegetation.
· Otay will develop and implement a contouring plan approved by the City that
compliments the landscape plan and is designed to mitigate visual impacts of the
landfill.
· Otay agrees that soil stockpiles shall not at anytime exceed the final allowable height
of the landfill.
· Otay shall exercise good faith efforts to increase its existing gas recovery or develop
a new gas recovery with respect to methane production in an effort to eliminate the
need for a flare system.
· Otay agrees to protect vernal pools at the Otay Landfill
· Otay shall convert certain vehicles and equipment to a clean fuel source, subscribe
with a California E rated clean fuel energy provider for its on site electrical power
needs, and provide a price preference for future sub-contracts that encourages the use
of CAE rated clean fuel sources for equipment, fuel and energy.
· Otay will develop and implement a gate check procedure designed to avoid improper
designation of waste to Chula Vista from outside the jurisdiction, cornmingling of Solid
Waste with that of other jurisdictions, litter and improper or illegal disposal.
· The City agrees to meet and confer with Otay Landfill Inc./Allied outside of the project
permitting process in order to address City Concerns regarding visual impacts of the
proposed landfill expansion.
Resolution 19501
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 29th day of June, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Moot, Padilia, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Davis
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
S~Maya~or'~'~
ATTEST:
Susan Bigelow, City Cl~r~ '
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 19501 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 29th day of June, 1999.
Executed this 29~h day of June, 1999.
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Susan Bigelow, City Clerk