RE 2000-07-25.1 RESOLUTION NO. 20000725.1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS, URGING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TO
SUPPORT CHANGES IN STATE LAW TO CREATE A DEPOSIT
SYSTEM FOR GLASS AND PLASTIC BOTTLES.
WHEREAS, discarded glass and plastic bottles in vacant lots and along city rights of way
causes cities to expend additional revenue to remove the litter; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the litter created by discarded glass and plastic bottles, cities
with a population of 100,000 or more that are required to have a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination Permit issued by the EPA must monitor and reduce floatables in storm water; and
WHEREAS, cities conduct cleanups at different times of the year, but the problem of glass
and plastic bottles persists, littering vacant lots and city rights of way and interfering with a city's
storm water system; and
WHEREAS, Iowa and Maine have implemented a glass and plastic bottle deposit system
and have reduced littering.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
That the City of Coppell urges the Texas Municipal League to support the establishment
of a statewide deposit system for glass and plastic bottles.
DULY PASSED and approved by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, on this
the 25th day of July, 2000.
APPROVED:
CANDY SHEEHAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
LIBBY BALL CITY SECRETARY
A P P _ _R O;~O;
ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY ATTORNEY