2016/07/12 City Council Resolution 2016-73RESOLUTION NO. 2016-73
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROHNERT PARK EXTENDING BY ONE YEAR THE
TERM OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF
SONOMA COUNTY AND SONOMA COUNTY FOR A
JOINT POWERS AGENCY TO DEAL WITH WASTE
MANAGEMENT ISSUES
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park (the "City") is a party to that certain Agreement
Between the Cities of Sonoma County and Sonoma County for a Joint Powers Agency to Deal
With Waste Management Issues, as amended on January 24, 1996 by the First Amendment to the
Agreement, and on March 27, 2014 by the Second Amendment to the Agreement (collectively,
the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Agreement created the Sonoma County Waste Management Agency (the
"Agency") as a separate public entity in accordance with the requirements of Government Code
section 6500 et seq., to provide service to the Sonoma County region on four primary programs;
(1) household hazardous waste; (2) wood waste; (3) yard waste that otherwise would go to a
landfill; and (4) education about the Agency's programs (collectively, the "Agency Programs");
and
WHEREAS, the Agency further serves as a Regional Agency designated by the
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery in compliance with Public
Resources Code section 40975 for purposes of implementing, monitoring and reporting programs
to meet the goals established by the Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 on behalf of the
member Cities and County (a "Regional Agency"); and
WHEREAS, the Agreement has a term of twenty-five (25) years, which term expires on
February 11, 2017, which term may be extended from year to year by mutual agreement of the
member Cities and County; and
WHEREAS, the expiration of the Agreement would result in the dissolution of the
Agency; and
WHEREAS, the Board of the Agency is engaged in discussion regarding the future of the
Agency and the Agency Programs, including whether to recommend to the member Cities and
County to enter into a new or amended joint exercise of powers agreement to continue the
Agency Programs; and
WHEREAS, the City supports a regional approach to the Agency Programs, but
recognizes that the member Cities and County may require additional time beyond the expiration
of the term of the Agreement to negotiate the terms of a new joint exercise of powers agreement;
and
WHEREAS, the Agency has indicated that it will require additional time to either
develop a plan for the continuation of the Agency Programs, or efficiently transition the
Agency's operations to other agencies and/or the member Cities and County;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park that the City agrees to extend the term of the Agreement by one (1) year from its current
expiration date. Upon such extension, the new expiration date for the Agreement shall be
February 11, 2018.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed
to execute and deliver any and all documents necessary to carry out such extension in accordance
with this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of July, 2016.
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