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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 260 Resource Recovery Management Plan RESOLUTION NO. 260 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE RESOURCE RECOVERY AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, VOLUMES 1AND 2; INCORPORATING ATTACHMENT; CONFLICTS AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Seminole County has been designated by Chapter 17-7, Florida Administrative Code, to develop a Resource Recovery and Management Plan, and WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs, Florida, has entered into inter-local agreement with the municipalities of Seminole County and Seminole County to develop jointly such a plan, and WHEREAS, the plan has been completed and generally approved by the Council of Local Governments of Seminole County, and WHEREAS, the study has shown that resource recovery is not economically feasible at this time, and WHEREAS, the study concludes that periodic revievs of the data could indicate a more firm date for moving to implement resource recovery, and WHEREAS, the study investigated possibilities for exclusive franchises and mandatory collection which will need further study for rural and urban areas. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, approves, generally, the conclusions and recommendations of the Resource Recovery and Management Plan as attached. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Winter Springs, Florida, the municipalities of Seminole County and Seminole County continue the spirit of cooperation evidenced in the preparation of the plan. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Winter Springs, Florida, the municipalities of Seminole County and Seminole County will establish a mechanism to periodically review the economic feasibility and determine those elements which should be implemented prior to a determination that resource recovery is economically feasible. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the plan be forwarded to the Department of Environmental Regulation by July 1, 1979, with a copy of this Resolution. CONFLICTS - All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict with any of the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed. EFFECTIVE DATE - This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption. PASSED and ADOPTED THIS 12th day of June, A.D., 1979. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA By: Troy J. Piland, Mayor ATTEST: Mary T. Norton City Clerk SOLID WASTE STUDY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS l. Centralized or consolidated management of solid waste activities in Seminole County which includes the municipalities is desirable and necessary in order to assure adequate planning for the future. RECOMMENDATIONS: (a) For the period 1979 to 1985, establish a Seminole County Solid Waste Board to study, review, and recommend action in the solid waste management field. , (b) By 1985, establish, through special a.ct of the state legislature, a Seminole County Solid Waste Authority with authority to direct all solid waste operations in Seminole County and to fund, construct, and operate a resource recovery system by 1990. 2. Granting exclusive franchise areas within the County to private and public collectors vill increase efficiency, reduce operating costs, and stabilize cost increases. RECOMMENDATIONS: Seminole County and municipalities adopt ordinances granting exclusive franchises within the total area of Seminole County. The individual franchise areas would be worked out by the private haulers who are now working in the County and municipalities. 3. Mandatory collection of solid waste for all residents in the County is feasible and desirable and would increase efficiency of collection and reduce frequency of rate increases. RECOMMENDATIONS: Each municipality and the Board of County Commissioners should establish mandatory collection of solid waste in their areas and adopt a procedure for collection of necessary monthly charges. Source separation could yield some revenues to offset collection costs if the public were made aware of the benefits of such separation. RECOMMENDATIONS: Encourage each municipality and the Board of County Commissioners to institute a source separation program in their respective jurisdictions. 5. A re~uirement will exist for disposal of frreducible residues at a county landfill even though a resource recovery system is implemented in the future. - RECOMMENDATIONS: Continue to operate Osceola Landfill as a solid waste disposal site for Seminole County. 6. Markets for resource recovery products within Seminole County are limited. Heat energy recovery through incineration is the most feasible resource recovery alternative for Seminole County. RECOMMENDATIONS: Future planning for resource recovery in Seminole County should focus on detailed study of methods to implement recovery of heat energy through incineration. 7. Net unit costs of heat energy recovery are sensitive to increases in energy costs. If energy costs (fuel, electricity) inflate rapidly above the CPI (4%) then by 1990 unit costs for resource recovery through heat energy recovery will e~ual the unit costs for the present solid waste system. A higher rate of inflation of energy costs will make a resource recovery system economically feasible in the late 1980's. 8. Commitment of funds to resource recovery is not economically feasible at this time. (l979) This plan should be re-evaluated every two years to determine feasibility of implementation. RECOMMENDATIONS: Create a county-wide solid waste trust fund to accumulate funds for future construction of solid waste facilities. Establish a procedure now for collecting and accumulating funds for capital investment and resource recovery facilities for the 1990 time frame. Institute either a yearly solid waste assessment millage tax.