HomeMy WebLinkAbout1950 ResolutionRUBSTELLO, City Attorney
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EVELYN WELLS, City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 1950
A RESOLUTION relating to payment for disposal of low-level
radioactive waste on the Hanford Reservation.
WHEREAS, The State of Washington permits the operation of
a low-level radioactive waste landfill on the Hanford
Reservation; and
WHEREAS, Operation of the low-level radioactive waste
landfill produces no tax revenue for local jurisdictions in
Benton and Franklin Counties; and
WHEREAS, Such a regional facility should provide some
measurable level of financial support to the area that may be
stigmatized by the location of such facility; and
WHEREAS, Economic diversification is a primary goal of all
jurisdictions in Benton and Franklin Counties; and
WHEREAS, Expansion of the Benton-Franklin Counties
Revolving Loan Fund would further economic diversification by
making available to qualified entrepreuners and businesses those
necessary matching funds to promote start-up and expansion of
existing businesses; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE PASCO CITY COUNCIL That
Governor Booth Gardner and the Washington State legislature are
hereby encouraged to promote an extension of taxes, surcharges or
other reasonable fees upon the haulers and/or generators of
low-level radioactive waste deposited in the landfill operated at
the Hanford Reservation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That any such funds so generated be
deposited in the Benton-Franklin Counties Revolving Loan Fund for
the purpose of enhancing economic development and diversification
of Benton and Franklin Counties.
7 PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this 4/
day of March, 1991.