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RESOLUTION NO. 58-95
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN BY REFERENCE
AS THE TOWN'S HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, in August of 1991, Santa Clara County adopted a Hazardous Waste
Management Plan to guide the siting of hazardous waste residual repositories,
incinerators, treatment, recycling, and other disposal sites, along with an
Interjurisdictional Agreement (IJA) specifying the siting responsibilities of all counties in
the Bay Area; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills and 15 other cities within Santa Clara
County were and are participants in the preparation and implementation of the County's
Hazardous Waste Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 1994, the State Department of Toxics Substances
Control (DTSC) approved the County Hazardous Waste Management Plan (CHWMP)
and the associated IJA; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to State legislation, each city within the County must,
within 180 days of receiving notification of the approval of the CHWMP, either adopt a
Hazardous Waste Management Plan for that city, or incorporate applicable portions of the
County Plan into the city's General Plan, or enact an ordinance requiring that all
applicable development decisions regarding siting for hazardous waste facilities be
consistent with the approved County plan; and
WHEREAS, Santa Clara County has provided notification of the approval of the
CHWMP in a letter dated January 27, 1995, and requested that cities in the County take
action accordingly.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does
hereby RESOLVE that the Town adopts, by reference, the Santa Clara County Hazardous
Waste Management Plan, dated August, 1991, as the Town's guide for siting hazardous
waste facilities, and further consents to the Interjurisdictional Agreement between Santa
Clara County and other Bay Area counties.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of J1-11Y , 1995.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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