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Item No. 2 PC: 12-16-93 ER-93-1/UP-93-4 r F -Page 5 " STAFF ANALYSIS BACKGROUND. that In 1990,Assembly Bill 939, the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act, became effective nd required by the year 1995, 25 percent r the solid waste generated , , diverted from landfilld disposal or transformation facilities through programs such as source reduction,recycling,and corn ostin further mandates that this diversion rate increase to 50 percent by ttteyear 20�. In Compliance 939,the Solid Waste Division of the San Joaquin Cou pe p c This act' Source Reduction and Recycling Element SRR Department of Public Works has nce with A8 pared a 'facility should be developed ( �• This SRRE indicates that a regional materialsrecovery recova in the south County area with the following solid waste functions: material recovery, transfer of residual waste, composting; and wood processing. The project applies Tracy Delta Sorid Waste Management, inc., of Tracy,California, currently refuse collection for the City of Tracy and portions of the unincorporated south County area refuse is then d' Wily provides disposed of at the County-owned Corral Hollow Landfill looted approximately ty Collected southwest of the City of Tracy along Highway 580• This Class 11(landfill currently receives approximately 1,200 cubic yards of nonhazardous solid waste per d r6ceifive miles the surrounding unincoiporatod area and is scheduled for closure bY�Janua 1995 TracyD ay, six days per week,from the City of Tracy and Waste Management, Inc,, IS seeking to establish the'Tra order to ry, Delta Soli provide materials recovery cY Materials Recovery and Transfer Facility i Landfill. Until the County hand transfer services, given the planned closure of the Corral Hollow my establishes a replacement site for the Corral Hollow Landfill, solid waste will be transferred via the Proposed Tracy Materials Recovery Foothill Sanitary Landfills. Without the proposed trnsfers sttaand rat�onet�e ty to either the North County or landfills (a distance of'approximately 45 miles one waste would be hauled to these residents. With the proposed transfer station, waste would be transported from the project s' way) by commercial collection vehicles and private of the landfills in large trailers with up to 25-ton capacity. To date, the Countyh in locating a replacement site for the closing landfill. However,the County p site to one as not been successful a new sanitary*landfill in the south Countyty intends to permit and develop area if a site can be identified and secured. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS; The site is designated as AIG(General Agricufture) on the maps of the 2 40 (General Agriculture; 40-acre minimum parcel size), which is a consistent implementingzone 010 General Plan and zoned AG- 40 General plan designation. The project is consistent with the General Plan Objectives regarding the operation and location of waste facilities, as described in the Solid Waste Dialfor the 1 and Policies of the Infrastructure Services chapter. The proposed use falls-within the'Major Impact Service and may be permitted in the AG: t zone with an a Disposal section approved Use Permit application, s use type AREA[NEIGHBORHOOD COMPAT18iL1TY Lan— dUse: From 197110 1975, the project site was a large excavated rt approximately mined for gravel by Lone Star Industries, which resulted Except for the office and maintenance bu lding a0 feet nd e(tahied activities makes p most of the 39.2-acre site the transfer station building,