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HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-32 - County Sanitation Districts ConsolidationRESOLUTION 97 -32 • RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF ORANGE COUNTY Whereas, the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County ( CSDOC) was formed in 1947 to provide wastewater management services for cities and residents of Orange County; and Whereas, CSDOC provides sewage collection, treatment and disposal services for approximately 2.24 million residents living in central and northwest Orange County including the residents of Newport Beach; and Whereas, CSDOC is currently organized as nine separate districts within the service area and is overseen by nine independent governing Boards and one joint governing board; and Whereas, although the districts are governed separately, the management and operation of CSDOC is functionally consolidated under one administration; and • Whereas, since 1995 CSDOC has studied the proposed consolidation of CSDOC's nine districts; and Whereas, based upon the results of a consolidation study, CSDOC has concluded that the consolidation will result in direct and equitable governance, increased effective and efficient operations and administration and increased opportunities for regional benefit; and Whereas, on February 26, 1997, the CSDOC joint governing board unanimously approved a recommendation to seek consolidation of the nine sanitation districts into one, and to initiate through legislation (AB 769) an amendment to state law enabling the CSDOC to establish a governing board consistent with its consolidation recommendation; and Whereas, the consolidation would be reviewed and approved by the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), the agency responsible for the review and adoption of the local agency changes of organization and reorganizations; and Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the City of Newport Beach supports the consolidation of the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County as recommended by the governing board of CSDOC. Res 97 -32 Be It Further Resolved, that the City will forward a letter of support to • members of the Orange County state legislative delegation expressing support for AB 769 to allow the consolidation of CSDOC. ADOPTED this 14th day of April 1997. L� • ATTEST: CITY CLERK DtYOR 0 u STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } as. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 97 -32, was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 14th day of April, 1997, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: O'Neil, Thomson, Edwards, Noyes, and Mayor Debay Noes: None Absent: Hedges, Glover Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 15th day of April, 1997. (Seal) City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California