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Item No. 2 PC: 12.16-93 ER-93-1/UP-93.4 l Page 5 STAFF ANALYSIS BACKGROL9JD: In 19K Assernt*y SB 939,the Integrated Said Waste Management by ft Y thatyew19K23 Act bkwm effective and required percent of the solid waste generated be diverted from iandf ll disposal .or Uransformation facill"M trtror Qh Programs such as source reducft%recycft and composting. This act hoher mandates that this dpi+ n*m rate a tp 50pMcent by the year 2DDD. In cmVlance with AB 939.the Sold Waste Division at the San.loaquin County Depwww t of Public Works has prepared a Source Reduction and Pacycling Element(SARE). This SRRE ides rW a regional materials recove fa tty should be developed In thea south County area with the fc�lowirtg solid waste kwolons: materia recovery.transfer of,residual waste, composting.and wood processing. The project applicaM Tracy Deka Solid Waste ManagemeM, Inc., of Tracy. omia, currently provides Mk"WUOWM for the CITY of Tracy and portions of the udinoorporated south County area. Collected refuse is Vren Of at the County-OWn9d Corral Hoifpw Laridlill located approximately five miles 1s hof the City of Tracy along HWNW 5ft 'Chis Class III land�l artera<y receives approximately the yards of nonhazardous good waste per day.Stix days per week,from the City of Tracy and Waste Mfg rporate-d..area and is scrod fior chxure by January i Ms. Tracy Delta Seed order to � is waking to�the'Tracy Materials Recxarery and Transfer Facey in Pro+- materials recovery and Hansfor services,QIven the pined closure of the corral Hollow Landfilr. Until the Go fly estal"M a rgPW=n9M site for the Corral Hollow Landfill, solid waste will be trarWemad V14 the WqxxWd Tracy MWenals Rec4n"and TrarWw F&AY to either the North County or Foothill Lando& Without the proposed transfer station, the waste would be har4edto tese landfills (a detance of-may 45 --toes one way) by commerc W uoilectiort vehicles and private residerft With the proposed transfer station,waste Would be transported from the project of the landffs In large Vakrs with to 2S40n ca prof site to one �locating a up patty. To date,-the County has not been successful n9 int ske for the dosing landfill. However,the Countyintends to permit and develop a new sanitary,landlill in to south County area f a she can be Identified'and secured. POIJCY CONSID . TIONS: The site Is designated as A/G(General Agriculture)on the maps of the 2010 General Plan and zoned AG- 40 (General Agriculture; 40-acre m mLwn pare d Vie), which is a cOnsittent implementing zone for the AIG General Plan designation. The project is consistent with the General Plan Objectives and Policies regarding the operation and location of waste facilities,as described in the Solid Waste Disposal section of the Infrastruc*xV Services 6r, Theproposeduse falls,within the'Major Impact Services,use type and may be pem*ted in the AG=40 zone with an approved Use Permh application. AR E3GHBOR. PA l From 1971 to 1875,the project site was mined for gravel by Long Star Industries. which resulted In a large excavated pit approximately 30 feet deep that mattes up most of the 39.2-acre site. Except for the office and maintenance building and related activities,the transfer station building,