HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-1976-159 RESOLUTION NO. 159
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA, ENDORSING THE PRIN-
CIPLE OF RESOURCE RECOVERY AND ENERGY GENERA-
TION FROM SOLID WASTE AND INDICATING THE IN-
TENT OF THE CITY, CONTINGENT UPON COMPETITIVE
COST ANALYSIS, TO PARTICIPATE IN A RESOURCE
RECOVERY AND ENERGY CONVERSION SOLID WASTE
PLANT, PREFERABLY LOCATED AT PORT EVERGLADES,
AND ORGANIZED ON A REGIONAL BASIS.
WHEREAS, the municipalities within Broward County face
an uncertain future with reference to their cost and methods of
disposing of solid waste; and
WHEREAS , a number of cities and states are planning or
building facilities to recover the resources in solid waste, and
to recycle them into reusable or energy products ; and
WHEREAS, in order for such a system to be feasible in
Broward County, it would have to be organized on a regional basis,
and located within the central geographical area of Broward County :
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the City of Dania strongly endorses the
principle of resource recovery and energy generation from solid
waste, and the City hereby declares its intent, contingent upon
competitive cost analysis in the future, to participate in and to
send all of the City' s solid waste to a resource recovery and energy
conversion solid waste plant, preferably located at Port Everglades
or some other centrally located and accessible place, and organized
and operated on a regional basis .
Section 2 . That the City Clerk is hereby directed to
send copies of this resolution to the Broward County Commission,
and the Port Everglades Authority.
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Section 3 . That this resolution shall be in full force
and effect immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this loth day of Anniist 1976.
Mayor-Commissioner
ATTEST :
City Clerk-Auditor
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