HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 82-21 - Supporting the Great California Resource Rally, April 19-25, 1982 , . .. .
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RESOLUTION NO. ��a�I
A RESOLUTION OF TIIE CITY COUNCIL OF TF.E CITY OF REDDING �
SUPPORTING. TIIR "GREAT CAI,IFORNIA REISOURCE RALLY" ,
APRIL 19 - 25, 1982 .
WHEREAS�, more than 46 million tons of non-hazardous
solid wastes are generated each year in California while many of
the state' s G00 sanitary landfills aie closing for want of space
or failure to meet health and safety standards; and;
WHEREAS, Californians .spend more than 1 .2 billion each
year to collect, transfer, haul and bury solid wastes that contain
' hundreds of millions of dollars of valuable enerqy and materials
that could easily be 'reused, recycled or otherwise recovered; and,-
" • WHEREP.S, the problem of litter continues to plague
California�' s cities and counties costing the taxpayers an additional
$100 million a,year to handle; and, ' • ' .
wHEREAS; the State. Solid Waste Management Board is the
� agency. responsible for initiating and encouraging statewide and
community programs. in solid waste management planning and' enforce-
ment, recycling, resource reuse,. energy recovery, litter control
and public education and oarticioation; and. .
WHEREAS, :the State Solid Waste N.anagement Board, with the
support of dozens of California public interest grouos, businesses
and local aovernments, is sponsoring the Great California Resource
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Rally to be held Ppril 19-25, 1982,, to raise Californians ' aware-
ness of the State' s impending garbage crisis and encourage citizen
participation in litter control, recycling and waste reduction
activities; and; � ` � • �
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WEIEREAS, the City Council of the City of Reddinq has an
important leadership role in play in helping to find solutions to
California' s solid waste managenent challenges;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Redding hereby endorses and supports the objectives
, and goals of the California Resource Rally;. and urges •citizens and
organizations, both in Redding and elsewhere,�. to participate in
and support recycling , litter control and waste reduction activities
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throughout the year but especially during the P.ally week of April 19-
25, 1982.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was intro-
duced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
, of Redding on the lst day of f4arch , 1982, and was duly
adopted at said meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILNIEN: Demsher, Fulton, Gard, Kirkpatrick, and Pugh
NOES :__,' COUNCILMEN: NOnO
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FORM APP.ROVED:
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RAN ALL A. AYS, City ttorney
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