R07CITY OF KENNEDALE
RESOLUTION No. 7
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR A REGIONAL RECYCLING
CENTER AND ADJOINING LANDFILL.
WHEREAS, the citizens of Kennedale have entrusted the
basic issues of economic development, preservation of the
environment and maintenance of a network of safe roadways to
serve our community to the Kennedale City Council, and
WHEREAS, the Kennedale City Council recognizes the
mandates by the federal government and State of Texas to
recapture as much as 25 percent of the trash in our wastestream,
and
WHEREAS, the Kennedale City Council desires to do its part
to upgrade an area in its extraterritorial jurisdiction which
has been ravaged by illegal dumping and scarring of the envi-
ronment, and
WHEREAS, Waste Management of Texas is seeking a permit to
expand a sanitary landfill operation located on Dick Price Road,
and
WHEREAS, Waste Management of North America, the parent
company of Waste Management of Texas, is the industry's leader
in environmental protection and resource recovery, and
WHEREAS, Waste Management of Texas is committed to
developing a municipal recycling facility as a function of its
integrated waste management system.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the Kennedale City
Council endorses Waste Management's concept of an integrated
waste management facility incorporating a recycling operation
and a sanitary landfill which meets all regulations for the
proper disposal of waste that cannot be recycled.
FURTHERMORE, the Kennedale City Council agrees to cooperate
with Waste Management to facilitate Waste Management's plans to
build a new four -lane road from Dick Price Road to Mansfield
Highway to provide easy and safe access to Waste Management's
project as well as commercial and residential developments
throughout the City of Kennedale.
FURTHERMORE, the Kennedale City Council agrees to work with
the City of Fort Worth and Tarrant County and Waste Management
to bring about an overlay upgrade to Dick Price Road from
Mansfield Highway to the Southern city limits.
FURTHERMORE, the Kennedale City Council commits to working
with Waste Management of Texas in an effective public /private
venture to encourage recycling and the preservation of our
environment.
PASSED IN OPEN SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS ON February 13 , 1992.
APPROVED:
,Mayor, Steve Radakovich
ATTEST:
Citp retary