HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 97-58RESOLUTION NO, 97-58
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODI
TO APPROVE AND ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
(INCLUDING DELEGATION AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS) WITH
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of
Toxic Substances Control ("DTSC") has conducted soil and groundwater
investigations in the City of Lodi ("Site"); and
WHEREAS, as a result of these investigations, multiple areas of soil and
subsurface contamination by tetrachioroethene, trichloroethene and other
chlorinated solvents have been detected throughout the Site; and
WHEREAS, as a result of these investigations and the discovery of the
contamination, the City Council of the City of Lodi has grown increasingly
concerned about the protection of public health, safety, welfare, the environment
and natural resources within the jurisdiction of the City of Lodi, and the
preservation and restoration of property values within the City of Lodi; and
WHEREAS, as a result of these growing concerns, the City Council for the
City of Lodi has directed its City Attorney to develop a Comprehensive
Enforcement Strategy to eliminate the extensive soil and groundwater
contamination which presents, may present or threatens to present an imminent
and substantial endangerment to the public health, welfare or the environment in
the City of Lodi, California; and
WHEREAS, in order to implement this Comprehensive Enforcement
Strategy, the City Attorney for the City of Lodi recommends that the City Council
for the City of Lodi approve and enter into the Comprehensive Joint Cooperative
Agreement (Including Related Delegation and Settlement Agreements) Between
the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the City of Lodi,
California Relating to the Investigation and Abatement of the Hazardous
Substance Contamination In and Affecting the City of Lodi, California
("Cooperative Agreement").
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that, based on the above, the City
Council for the City of Lodi does hereby approve and enter into the Cooperative
Agreement with DTSC and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the
Cooperative Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, based on the
above, the City Council for the City of Lodi does hereby order its City Manager to
execute and its City Attorney to approve as to form the Cooperative Agreement.
Dated: May 6, 1997
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 97-58 was passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Lodi in a special meeting held May 6, 1997, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Land, Mann, Sieglock, Warner
and Pennino (Mayor)
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None
J IF'ER PERRIN
Clerk
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