HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-255 CCRMember Celia Scott
resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 89 -255
introduced the following
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO HENNEPIN COUNTY
RESOLUTION NO. 89- 11 -961R2
WHEREAS, the Public Service Committee of the Hennepin
County Board of Commissioners approved Resolution No. 89- 11 -961R2
on December 14, 1989; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 89- 11 -961R2 requires each
Hennepin County City to establish its own facility for the
composting of yard waste, said facility to be established either
within or outside municipal corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 89- 11 -961R2 specifies that any
municipality that does not identify a compost facility within its
borders and issue required permits, enter into an agreement with
another municipality for deposit and composting of its yard waste
or prohibit collection of yard waste, and require "backyard
composting," shall not be eligible for recycling reimbursement
under the County's funding assistance policy, unless the County
Board specifically determines otherwise after a good faith
effort; and
WHEREAS, the deadline for identifying a compost
facility site and issuing all required permits for the site is
March 15, 1990; and
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center would incur significant
expense in acquiring land and equipment to establish a compost
facility, said expense not planned as part of municipal
expenditures for 1990; and
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Solid Waste Master Plan
specifies that Hennepin County will establish and operate yard
waste- composting sites; and
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center, as a member of
the Hennepin recycling group, has entered into a Solid Waste
Management Agreement to perform certain recycling services and to
receive partial reimbursement from Hennepin County for the cost
of these recycling services, said reimbursement based on meeting
certain performance goals; and
WHEREAS, budgeting for the Brooklyn Center 1990
recycling program has been based on continuation of the County's
funding assistance policy; and
WHEREAS, elimination of the County's funding assistance
policy would seriously jeopardize the continuation of the City's
recycling program;
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RESOLUTION NO. 89 -255
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Brooklyn Center opposes passage of Resolution No. 89-
11- 96182.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Brooklyn Center City
Council endorses the establishment, by Hennepin County, of a
yard- waste compost facility or facilities which would be
available for use by all Hennepin County municipalities.
December 18, 1989
Date
ATTEST.1 7t
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by member Jerry Pedlar and upon vote being taken
thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Dean Nyquist,
Celia Scott, Todd Paulson, Jerry Pedlar, and Philip Cohen;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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RESOLUTION NO. 89- 12 -961R2
The following resolution was offered by Commissioner
Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Jude:
BE IT RESOLVED, that no later than March 15, 1990, Hennepin
County requests each municipality to identify one or more sites
within the municipality and issue all required permits for the
composting of yard waste collected within that municipality; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a municipality may satisfy the
above request by entering into an agreement that allows deposit
and composting of yard waste collected within that municipality
in another municipality; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any municipality that does not
either: (1) identify such a yard waste composting site within its
borders and issue required permits; or (2) enter into an
agreement with another municipality for deposit and composting of
its yard waste; or (3) prohibit yard waste collection and require
"backyard" composting; shall not be eligible for recycling
reimbursement under the county's funding assistance policy,
unless the County Board specifically determines otherwise after a
good faith effort.
The question was on the adoption of the resolution and there
were YEAS and NAYS as follows:
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS YEA NAY OTHER
Randy Johnson
John Keefe
John E. Derus
Tad Jude
Sam S. Sivanich
Mark Andrew
Jeff Spartz, Chairman
ATTEST:
Clerk of the County Board