CC Resolution No. 5828 • ~
' RESOLUTIOt7 Vu. 5828
, A RCSOLUTIOPJ OF TIIE CITY COUNCII. OF T[!E CITY OF
CUPERTINO Et1DORSIt7G AND SUPPORTING THE (1aJECTIVES
AND GOALS OF THE GREAT CALIFORNIA RESOURCE RALLY
SCIiEDULED FOR APRIL 19-25, 1982
F11iEREAS, more than 46 million tons of non-hazardous solid wastes
are generated each year in California while ~any of the state's 600
sanitary Landfills are closing for want of space or Eailure to meet
' health and safety standards; and
[711EREAS, Californtans spend more than $600 million each year to
collect, transfer, haul and bury solid wastes that contain hundreds of
' millions of dollars of valuable energy and materials that could be
' reused, recycled or otherwise recovered; and
TJFIEREAS, the problem of litter continues to plague California's cities
i and counties costing the taxpayers an additional $100 miLlion a year to
handle; and
I,fHEREAS, [he State Solid lJaste Management Board, with the support of
dozens of California public interest groups, businesses and local Aovern-
r~ents is sponsoring the Great California Resource Rally [o be held
April 19-25, 1982, to raise Californians' awareness of the State's ir~pendinq
garbage crisis and encourage citizen participa[ion in Litter control,
recycling and waste reduction activities, and
I7}1EREAS, the City oF Cupertino will have a critical leadership role
to play in helpin~ to find solutions to California's solid waste managenent
i challenges;
NOW, THERLFORE, BG IT RESOLVED tha[ the City of Cupertino hereby
endorses and supports the objectives and goals o~ the Great California
~ Resouzce Rally, and urges citizens and Cupertino personnel and agencies
~ to participate in and support recycling, Li[ter control and waste reduction
~ activities throughout the year, especially during the Rally week of April
~ 19-25, 1982, and
RG IT FURTfiER RESOLVCD that the Ci[y of Cupertino urges counties and
cities to [ake immedia[e steps to consider the use of [he available funding
from the Sta[e Solid Waste Management Board under the Board's various grant
pro~rams for tnitiation or reinforcenent of county recycling, litter control,
waste reduction and resource recovery activities, and further urqes ell
counties and cities to encourage their personnel to maximize [he reuse and
recovery of waste resources,
PASSED A?7D ADOPTED at a regular mee[inR of [he City Council of the
' City of Cupertino this 9th day of Ptarch , 1982, by the
following vote:
RF.SOLUTIO~. 5828 (con't) •
Vote Members of the Ci[v Council
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AYGS: ~:a[to, Johnson, Rogers, Sparks
NOF.S: None
AI3SENT: plungy
ABSTAIN: None
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APPROVED:
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Mayor, up no
ATTEST:
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