HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 94-35RESOLUTION 94 '35
RESOLUTION AGREEING TO IMPLEMENT ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE
PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND TO USE BEST EFFORTS TO RECYCLE 50% OF THE
SOLID WASTE GENERATED ON CITY OWNED PROPERTIES
WHEREAS, The City of Columbia Heights acknowledges the benefit to the City of Columbia
Heights, its citizens, the public health and the environment resulting from the Anoka County
Integrated Solid Waste Management System;
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Legislature has established a hierarchy of preferred waste
management practices, set forth in Minn. Stat. § 115A.02 and incorporated into Anoka County's Solid
Waste Management Master Plan, encouraging waste reduction and recycling as the highest priority for
the State with the goal of abating the use of landfills;
WHEREAS, the Legislature has required in Minn. Stat. § 4?3.848 that all waste generated in
the metropolitan area be processed to further abate landfills;
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights wishes to promote the goals of waste reduction,
recycling, and landfill abatement in order to protect its citizens, the public health, and the
environment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Columbia Heights agrees to use its
best efforts to recycle 50% of the waste generated on its tax-exempt properties and to reduce the
amount and toxicity of the waste it generates by implementing policies adopted by the Solid Waste
Management Coordinating Board on October 28, 1992.
Passed this ~3t_h day of June , 1994.
Offered by: Nawrock i
Seconded by: Jo 11 y
Roll Call: A11 ayes
o-Anne Student
uncil Secretary