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Joint resolution adopting the second amendment to the Host Agreement between Lake County, the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO), and the owner of the Zion Landfill, GFL, Inc.
Staff Summary
* On January 28, 2010 Lake County, SWALCO and Veolia Zion Landfill, Inc. entered into a Host Agreement covering the Zion Landfill. The Agreement was amended by the parties on June 24, 2010 to clarify the payment of the local surcharge fee had been changed by an agreement between Lake County and SWALCO to divide that fee.
* The landfill is now owned by GLF, Inc. and a second amendment to the agreement is necessary due to GFL's desire to horizontally and vertically expand the landfill.
* The Host Agreement contains provisions for guaranteed access to the capacity at the Zion Landfill for waste generated in Lake County, additional environmental safeguards and the payment of host fees.
* The second amendment includes provisions for provisions for GLF to propose in the siting application minimum additional environmental safeguards addressing odor control, noise control, litter control, wind erosion/particulate matter emission control plan, bird mitigation plan and development of a community relations program and dedicated website for the Zion Landfill.
* The 2019 Lake County Solid Waste Management Plan requires that all entities with existing host agreements at either landfill shall have those agreements extended if either landfill proposes an expansion. These agreements must be amended prior to a siting application being filed for an expansion.
* A summary presentation of the amendment details was provided during the June, 2021 PWPT and F&A committee meetings.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, on January 28, 2010 Lake County, SWALCO and Veolia Zion Landfill, Inc. entered into a Host Agreement covering the Zion Landfill. The Agreement was amended by the parties on June 24, 2010 to clarify the payment of the local surcharge fee had been changed by an agreement between Lake...
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