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<br />.. <br /> <br />R-12-11 <br /> <br />ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO <br />REQUEST THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO 1) <br />DESIGNATE THE HAMPTON ROADS PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION AS <br />THE REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PLANNING AGENCY FOR THE REGION, AND 2) <br />DESIGNATE THE AREA WITHIN THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES OF THE <br />SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION AS THE <br />REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PLANNING REGION. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in 1990, the jurisdictions in Southeastern Virginia designated the <br />Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) as the Regional Solid Waste Planning <br />Agency and the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) of Virginia as the Regional Solid <br />Waste Management Agency; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, with the 2005 update of the Regional Waste Management Plan, SPSA was <br />also designated the Regional Solid Waste Planning Agency; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, at their March 2010 meetings, HRPDC and SPSA determined that HRPDC <br />should more appropriately serve as the Regional Solid Waste Planning Agency; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Virginia Solid Waste Planning Regulations require that localities <br />electing to satisfy the Regulations through a regional planning process must designate a regional <br />solid waste planning agency and request that the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality <br />change its agency designation; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Manager and the City Engineer recommend the designation of <br />HRPDC as the Regional Solid Waste Planning Agency. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />V irginia that: <br /> <br />(1) It approves of the designation of the Hampton Roads Planning District <br />Commission as the Regional Solid Waste Planning Agency for the region. <br /> <br />(2) It approves of the designation of the area within the original boundaries of the <br />Southeastern Virginia Planning District Commission as the Regional Solid Waste Planning <br />Region. <br /> <br />(3) The City Manager and the City Engineer are authorized to execute such <br />documents and provide such assurances as they deemed consistent with this resolution and the <br />, best interests of the City. <br />