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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-91-5446 (RECYCLABLE MATERIALS)fir' U `v' 1 2 3 4 5 RESOLUTION 91-5446 6 7 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH SUPPORTING ASSEMBLY BILL 1423 AND SENATE BILL 235. 8 9 WHEREAS, the City Council of The City of Hermosa Beach is 10 committed to meeting or exceeding the recycling and waste reduction requirements of the California Integrated Solid Waste 11 Management and Recycling Act (AB 939, 1989); and 12 WHEREAS, a key to the long term success of recycling in California depends on a balanced strategy of creating incentives 13 and implementing programs for the collection of recyclables, while stimulating material demand through thoughtful recycled 14 material market development efforts; and 15 WHEREAS, the legislature and Governor in 1989 adopted AB 1305, a successful recycled newsprint market development program 16 mandating minimum levels of recycled content in newspaper; and 17 WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1423 by Assembly Member Michael Gotch and Senate Bill 235 by Senator Gary Hart would, if adopted 18 establish similar minimum recycled content requirements on all paper, glass, aluminum, steel and plastic containers sold in this 19 state. 20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach does hereby: 21 1. Convey our support for AB 1423 to Assembly Member 22 Michael Gotch, our assembly and senate representatives, Assembly Member Byron Sher, Chair of the Assembly 23 Natural Resources Committee, and the California League of Cities and County Supervisors Association of 24 California. 25 2. Convey our support for Senate Bill 235 to Senator Gary Hart, our assembly and senate representatives, Senator 26 Dan McCorquodale, Chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee, and the California League of 27 Cities and County Supervisors Association of California. 28 3. Direct our legislative representative to join With representatives of the League of Cities, the County Supervisors Association of California, Sierra Club - 1 - Omn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 California, the Planning and Conservation league, and Californians Against Waste in working for the passage of AB 1423 and SB 235. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED ON THE 14th DAY OF May 1991. OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA ATTEST: CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: ..: .vi —ATTORNEYMAI Carole/resminum - 2 - 1%0001 \ft.r✓ STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES } CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH } I, Naoma Valdes, Deputy City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 91-5446 was duly and regularly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular meeting of said Council at the regular meeting place thereof on May 14, 1991. The vote was as follows: -AYES: Creighton, Essertier, Midstokke, Wiemans, Mayor Sheldon NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None DATED: May 15, 1991 --d1nima- dau4s ' Deputy City Clerk