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CITY or CUPERTINO. STATE OF CALlFO.!NIA
10300 Torre Avenue, Cu~ertino, CA 95014
Telephone: (408) 252-4505
KINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF 1'HE CITY COUNCIL
HELD ON SEPTEMBER 13, 198:l IN THE LIBRARY CONPEREIICI! ROOK
CUPERTINO CALIFORNIA
The meeting was called to order at 6:45 p.m.
Coun~il present:
Council absent:
Staff present:
Johnson, Plungy, Rogers, Sparks
Mayor Gatto
City Manager Quinlan
City Attorney ~lian (left at 7:30 p.m.)
Director of Public Works Vi9kovich
Deputy City Clerk Callpagna-Blaise
TOlD Henderson, General Kanager, North Santa Clara
County Solid Waste Management Authority
David Minicucci, Consultant
')on Henning, Kaiser-Per.uanente
Others present:
City Manager Quinlan began the study
of the budget for JPA consideration.
the consultant studies.
session by commenting on the size
He asked Hr. Renderson to update
Hr. Henderson presented a flow chart to better explain the way the
project would fit in together, explaining the overall schedules, then
proceeded to get into specifics. Re went on to say the North County
is running out of landfill sites and this project would help provide a
solution for the next 30 years. He estimated there are about 300,000
people in the cities surrour.ding Cupertino with about 350 tons of solid
waste. He explained the goals for the landfill site including the lor,¡ I
te~ capacity and possible recycling which would reduce ~ste. He ~dt
over the regulatory environment schedule. Re also explained the
proposed working schedule starting with the first year (basic pl?nning - t
making decisions), then in 18 months going through the EIR pro~ess with
t~e various agencies, including choosing contractors, financi~g, engineer
ing, equi~ent (site preparation) hp to the fin~l stage. He al30 stated
it takes f,,"r years for landhll before the facili ty could be started.
Dave Minicucci also presented flow charts specifically on bu~gets and
how they fit into the schedule and how the money and schedules blend
together. He told Council a boiler would cost millions of dollar~ and
would take two years to build.
Counc. Sparks questioned havir.g more consultants than staff and felt he
would rather have more staff than consul..ants.
Hr. Henderson proceeded to explain consultants vs staff and why they
(the consultants) wer. important to the project.
(City Clerk's note: City Attorney Kilian left at 7:30 p.m.)
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City Kanagc Quinlan was co~cerned about having __ ,~ta11ts than
were needed iD the project, especially at the early stage.
Hr. Renderson replied that a project ..nager would not be needed until
next March.
City Kanag8r Quinlan again expreGsed his concerns about the :JPA an:! wanted
this Coune.il to be iDfoned on everything being done and not get ao
dependent on staff that they wouldn't keep track of the progreae and
.oniea.
In the discussion that followed, the Bryan property louted on Eaiser
land (located in the Cupertino sphere of influence) e.ouU be a consid-
eration for a poasible site. One of the questions that arose was how
and when to get the public involved.
Gounc. Plun81 asked if other sites have been mentioned other than
the Bryan property and whose decisi-~ it would be.
Hr. Renderson replied tbat the :JPA would work with the cities and at
least a 20 acre parce1 would be needed.
Director of Public ~orks Viskovich reminded Council that property
value and image were 1Japortant factors when looking at sites.
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There being no more discussion the meeti'lg was adjourned at 8: 15 p.m.
to Monday, Septsber 20, 19ß2, 6:00 p... in Conference I.ooa for
interviews "f cOl8ission applicants, then to the Council ~ber at
6:45 p.m. for the reRU1ar .eeling.
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