Torn between the jobs and revenue versus increased traffic and noise, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday delayed plans to expand a landfill next to Simi Valley.
The board said it believed plans for a conditional use permit needed more work, including imposing a surcharge on any trash coming in from Los Angeles. Officials said they hope to get a progress report in 30 to 60 days.
"We want to send a message that Los Angeles won't look at Ventura County as being its future for dumping its trash," Supervisor Steve Bennett said.
He said that one-third of the surcharge should go to Simi Valley to compensate it for living with the expanded landfill.
Supervisor Linda Parks agreed.
"We don't want to handle our trash like Los Angeles," she said. "But we don't want to end up like them also, shipping trash on trains."
Parks said she is also concerned about the need for providing more open space and housing for the workers.
The delay was approved after more than six hours of a hearing on the proposal from Waste Management Inc. to add 186 acres to the site north of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library between Simi Valley and Moorpark.
Waste Management officials protested any further delays, saying it could jeopardize the entire project.
The landfill now is able to take in up to 9,250 tons of trash a day, including 3,000 tons of solid waste. Under the new plan, the landfill would be able to
double the amount of solid waste to 6,000 tons a day."We already are choking on Los Angeles' pollution," one resident said. "Now you want us to take in their trash as well."
Simi Valley city officials have been divided on the proposal, voting 3-2 recently to back the plan.
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