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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2800 CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. 2800 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DECLARING AN EMERGENCY FOR PURPOSES OF WAIVING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN CONJUNCTION WITH PENDING BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS AT THE MT. OLIVET LANDFILL SITE. WHEREAS, the City of Renton issued a permit in 1977 to American Memorial Services Incorporated for landfill disposal of demolition and construction debris at a site in Renton called the Mt. Olivet Landfill; and WHEREAS, the City of Renton and the Seattle-King County Health Department required the owner and operator of Mt. Olivet Landfill, as a mitigation measure, to install a leachate collection and treatment facility on the site of the landfill to prevent the leachate from percolating into the underground water stratas; and WHEREAS, the Seattle-King County Health District has been responsible for environmental monitoring of the operation of the site; and WHEREAS, the treatment facility is part of a project included in a Stipulated Settlement dated July 24 , 1987 , and is necessary for environmental compliance and proper operation of the landfill independent of the owner' s purported intended expansion of the landfill onto four contiguous properties ( identified as King County Tax Account Numbers 1723059125, 1723059127 , 1723059128, and 1723059143 ) located to the west of the landfill; and WHEREAS, the operator has submitted a building permit application for the construction of a retaining wall, leachate 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2800 collection system, and structural shell of a building which are part of the treatment facility; and WHEREAS, the city staff has reviewed the operator's proposed plans with the operator, has obtained copies of additional materials and is continuing to work with the operator to correct deficiencies and problems discovered; and WHEREAS, the operator currently has a permit to discharge untreated leachate directly into the Metro sewage system only until mid-October of 1990; and WHEREAS, it is expected to require 120 days to construct the major structural components of the leachate treatment facility including the retaining wall, collection system, and building shell; and WHEREAS, the city is desirous of protecting its aquifer which would be severely threatened in the event this collection and treatment facility was not completed by October 1990; and WHEREAS, the city views the available construction time as encroaching on the necessary completion date; and WHEREAS, requiring additional environmental inquiry will extend the commencement of construction which will necessarily extend the completion of construction and that will create an imminent threat to public health and safety, or an imminent threat of serious environmental degradation, or both. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS : SECTION I . The above recitals are found to be true and correct in all respects . 2 RESOLUTION NO. 2800 SECTION II . An emergency is declared for the construction of the collection and treatment facility at Mt. Olivet. SECTION III . The administration is hereby directed to conduct full building permit review, with the exception of environmental review, for the construction of the leachate collection system and treatment facility at the Mt. Olivet Landfill site. SECTION IV. This declaration of emergency DOES NOT extend to the contiguous four lots which were previously residential uses and which abut the landfill on the west . PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 11th day of June 1990 . • Marily J. etersen, City Clerk APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 11th day of June 1990 . Earl Clymer, Mayor\ Approved as to form: Lawrence J. War n, City Attorney RES . 96 : 6-11-90 :as . 3