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HomeMy WebLinkAbout804 • S • RESOLUTION NO. 804 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY. COUNCIL OF THE. TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS URGING PASSAGE..OF .ASSEMBLY BILL 3911 RELATING. TO ABATEMENT OF LITTER AND WASTE WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 3911 would create a State fund for the continuing abatement, removal and recycling of litter and waste`. to be funded by imposition of a one percent (1%) tax on annual net sales of "covered items". including soft drinks, carbonated beverages, beer, beverages sold in paper orplastic cartons of one-half pint or less, cigarettes, wrapped candy., confections, potato... chips of less than three ounces, and gum, among others, and WHEREAS, the State fund. would .be used for allocation to organizations for litter collection, research and development for recovery of resources and energy of waste, litter receptacles, law enforcement and community recycling centers, among others, and WHEREAS, the purposes for which the proposed tax is to be used is in conformitywith and would advance both the removal and recycling Y g of litter and waste within cities, among others, and which is of paramount interest to cities by reason of the problems created by litter and waste and the reuse of materials which would aid in conservation of resources.. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS does hereby. go .on record as being in favor of Assembly Bill 3911 and does hereby urge each State Legislator to vote in favor of Assembly Bill 3911. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the Town of Los Altos Hills is hereby directed to transmit a certified copy of this Resolution forthwithtothe respective State Assemblyman and State p ym Senator for the respective districts from which the Town of Los . .- Altos Hills is situated. * * * I HEREBY_ CERTIFY. thatthe foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills held on the 7th day of August, 1974. City Clerk -2-