HomeMy WebLinkAbout1746 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 1746
THE RESOLUTION Of the Pasco City Council approving its
membership and participation in the Mid-Columbia Consortium of
Governments and authorizing the City Manager to act as the City's
representative.
WHEREAS, On May 28, 1986, the President of the United
States selected the Hanford site as one of the potential
locations for the Nation's high-level nuclear waste repository;
and
WHEREAS, The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 mandates
that local, state, and federal governments must be involved in
the process of implementing that act; and
WHEREAS, The local governments near the site are affected
as the result of this national policy decision; and
WHEREAS, There is a pressing need for pertinent
information as to payments equivalent to taxes, as well as the
immediate and long-term social-economic impacts at the site, NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED By the Pasco City Council, as follows:
SECTION ONE. The City of Pasco hereby indicates its
willingness and desire to be a full participant in the
Mid-Columbia Consortium of Governments and approves the City's
membership and participation in the Consortium. The Council
further recommends that the Consortium allow other taxing
jurisdictions to join and participate.
SECTION TWO. The City of Pasco supports such Consortium
being formed so as to maximize our effectiveness in dealing with
state and federal officials by presenting a unified approach to
monitering site characterization and in the presentation of
positions reflected of the area as a whole. The list of
participants is as follows:
Benton County
City of Benton City
City of Grandview
City of Kennewick
City of Mabton
City of Pasco
City of Prosser
City of Richland
ATT. T:
yn ells, City Clerk
APP OVED AS TO FORM:
City of Sunnyside
City of West Richland
Mid-Columbia Library
Prosser Memorial Hospital District
Benton County Fire District No. 4
Franklin County
Tr-City Industrial Development Council
SECTION THREE. This Resolution shall take effect
immediately.
PASSED By the Pasco City Council and approved by the Mayor
at its regular meeting on the f day o 1986.
IT ArAPI.d6 A
son Mayor
Greg ubstello, ity Attorney