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.Item No. 2 PC: 12-16-93 ER-93-11UP-93-4 Page 5 " STAFF ANALYSIS BACKGROUND: in 1990.Assembly gip 939.the Integrated Solid Waste Management A be' that by the year 1995, 25 percent of the solid waste generated be diverted from I -transformation facilities through programs such as source reduction few came effective and required andfll disposal or further mandates that this diversion rate increase to 50 percent by the Year 2000. In com )lance 939,the Solid Waste Division of the San Joaquin County Departmenttcycling,and composting This act' Source Reduction and Recycling Element SRR p with A8 of Public Works has prepared a facility should be developed ( �• This SRRE indicates that a regional materials recovery Ped in the south County area with the following solid waste functions; material recovery, transfer of residual waste, composting, and wood processing, The project applicant,Tracy Delta Solid Waste Management, Inc., of Tra refuse collection for the City of Tracy and portions of the uninco �,Cafrfomia, currently provides refuse is then disposed of•at the Cou wned Crporated south County area Collected mhwClatorral w Landfill located approximately five miles southwest of the City of Tracy along Highway 5$0, This Class ill Jan dfiil currently receives approximately 1,200 cubic yards of nonhazardous solid waste er d the surrounding uninco d P ay, six days per Week,from the City of Tracy and rporat�. area and is scheduled for closure by-January;.igg5. Tracy Delta Soli Waste Management, inc., is seeking to establish the-Tracy order to provide materials recovery Materials Recovery and Transfer Facility i Landfill UrtU1 the County and 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 transfers station,Transfer the c�ity to either the North County or landfills (a distance of'approximatey 4s miles one waste would be hauled to these residents. With the proposed transfer station, wastes Wou d be transported mercial collection he project site to of the landfills in large trailers with up to 25-ton capacity. To date, the County has not b private in locating a replacement site for the closing landfill. However, one the County intends to permit develop) a new sanitary-landfill in the south County area if a site can be identified and secured. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS: 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 minimum parcel size), which is a consistent implementingzone for the : c A/G General Plan designation. The project is consistent with the General Plan Objectiveand Policies s regarding the operation and Iodation of waste facilities, as described in the Solid Waste Disposal section of the Infrastructure Services chapter. The proposed use fatlswithin the"Major Impact Services, use ee and may be permitted in the AG=40 zone with an approved Use Permit apprication, type AR�EIGHBORHOOD (�r�UfPeTiQn m. Lan-- d Use. From 197110 1975,the project site was mined for gravel by Lone Star Industries, which result in a large excavated pit approximately 30 feet deep that makes up most of the 39.2-acre site. Except for the office and maintenance building and related activities,the transfer station bui1 ' dins,