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HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-008OROVILLE RENEWAL OF THE RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT ZONE WHEREAS, the California public Resources Code Section 42010 provides for the establishment of the Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program throughout the State to provide incentives to stimulate the development of post consumer and secondary materials markets for recyclables; and WHEREAS, the Oroville RMDZ includes the area of the City of Oroville and the portion of unincorporated Butte County included in the old Oroville Enterprise Zone as depicted in Exhibit A attached; and WHEREAS, cities and counties must meet a 50 percent waste diversion rate as mandated by CalRecycle; and WHEREA5, the Oroville Recycling Market Development Zone is dedicated to establishing, sustaining, and expanding recycling-based manufacturing businesses, which are essential far market development and for assisting local jurisdictions in meeting the established landfill reduction goals; and WHEREAS, the Oroville Recycling Market Development Zane designation will expire in March 203.3 unless re- designated by the CalRecycle Board; and WHEREAS, the City of Oroville and Butte County still desires existing and new recycling-based manufacturing businesses in the zone to be eligible for the technical and financial incentives associated with the RMDZ program; and WHEREAS, the renewal of the Oroville Recycling Market Development Zone is still necessary to facilitate local and regional planning, coordination, support of existing recycling-based manufacturing businesses, and attraction of private sector recycling business investments to the region; and WHEREAS, the current and proposed waste management practices and conditions are favorable to the development of past-consumer and secondary waste materials markets; and WHEREAS, the California Legislature has defined environmental justice as "the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies" (Government Code section 650~40.12(e)), and has directed the California Environmental Protection Agency to conduct its programs, policies, and activities that substantially affect human health or the environment in a manner that ensures the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and income levels, including minority populations and low-income populations of the state (Public Resources Code section 71110(a)); and WHEREAS. the CalRecycle Board, in its Strategic Plan, has adopted a goal to continuously integrate environmental justice concerns into all of the Board's program activities. RESOLUTION OF THE COUNTY OF BUTTE SUPPORTING NOW, THEREFORE, the County of Butte resolves as follows: votes: Section 1. Approves the submittal of the City of Oroville's Recycling Market Development Zone renewal application that includes area within the unincorporated area of Butte County currently in the existing Enterprise Zone. Section 2. Butte County delegates the Oroville Recycling Market Development Zone Re-designation Application, Zone Administration, CEQA and environmental justice documentation to the City of Oroville. RESOLVE©, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the County of Butte on this 29th day of January 2013 by the following AYES: 5uperuisors Connelly, Wahl, Kirk, Lambert and Teeter NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINING: None BILL CONNELLY, CHAIRMA Butte County Board of Supervisors ATf'E57: Paul Hahn, Chief Administrative Ofi By