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CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
300 NORTH "0" STREET. SAN BERNARDINO. CALIFORNIA 11241B
17141383-11133
EVLYN WILCOX
Mayor
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
September 12, 1986
The Honorable Robert L. Hammock
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
County Civic Building
385 North Arrowhead Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92401
Dear supervisor Hammock,
As Mayor of the largest City in San Bernardino county which
represents 20% of the waste to enerqy "waste stream", I am
unwilling to commit the City to a 20-30 year contract until
many questions are answered, such as: the location of
transfer stations, all future costs to the city, a final
summation of the air quality in this basin, cost to our
citizens, etc.
I am familiar with the fact that we are fast running out of
landfill in the valley. However, I'm wondering whether the
alternatives have been fully explored. I realize that the
landfills may be closed in the next two years that the
waste must be transferred to the desert. But, there will
have to be some sort of a landfill in the valley to continue
to process the waste that cannot be handled in the Waste to
Enerqy proqram.
This is a very significant step for any city to commit its
"waste stream" without a review of existing landfill sites to
determine if they can be expanded under the State and Federal
regUlations: to explore the Los Angeles Program doing a
feasability waste to energy study by transporting their waste
to the desert by railroad; and, to a waste to enerqy plant in
the desert that may not have as stringent air quality regu-
lations as one would in the valley. These and many other
questions must be answered before I am willing to make a
recommendation of committing this City to your program.
Further, I must insist that my City Council have a full
review of the Waste Energy Proqram in a workshop with techni-
cal County employees and consultants. The SANBAG repre-
sentatives would certainly be welcome. I trust that you will
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The Honorable Robert L. Hammock
September 12, 1986
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understand the position that I must take and you must respect
the position that I am taking in view of the fact that this
is the second contractor whose plan has not been finalized
since I have been in office. This appears to be a very
important decision and the county must be in a position of
leadership by giving the governing bodies of each of the
cities ample input and information before such a decision is
requested from them.
Evlyn wilcox
Mayor
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