MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor John Marchione
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King County Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Pat McLoughlin, Director of the King County Solid Waste Division, and Andy Rheaume, Public Works Operations Manager will provide a presentation on the 2019 King County Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan and respond to any Councilmember questions.
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Maxine Whattam, Interim Public Works Director 425-556-2529
Gary Schimek, Acting City Engineer 425-556-2742
Andy Rheaume, Operations Manager 425-556-2741
III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND
Washington State law requires that each county, in cooperation with the cities located in the county, prepare a coordinated, comprehensive solid waste management plan (per RCW 70.95). The current King County Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan ("Comp Plan") was adopted in 2001. This plan establishes policy guidance for the King County solid waste system, which includes six urban transfer stations and four rural transfer facilities, the Cedar Hills landfill, and waste prevention and recycling programs. Policies in the plan address the following:
* Solid waste system planning
* Waste prevention, recycling and solid waste collection
* Solid waste transfer and processing system
* Landfill management and solid waste disposal
* Solid waste system finance and rates to support the system
The Comp Plan has been subject to review numerous times since 2001, with a draft submitted for public comment and review in 2009, another review occurring in 2013, and the most recent review occurring in 2018. In the intervening years, the County developed and adopted the 2007 Transfer Station and Waste Management Plan, which identified transfer station upgrades that would be needed to address aging transfer station infrastructure, growth projections and resulting increases in solid waste tonnage.
The County and cities also updated and ext...
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