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Council approves compromise on Mojave plant stake; amendment added requiring periodic cleanup and compliance reports
Summary
The council approved, as amended, a compromise settlement about the city's ownership stake in the Mojave power plant (item 28). An amendment requiring DWP to report periodically on environmental cleanup and consent-decree compliance passed first; the underlying ordinance then passed as amended.
The City Council on Tuesday approved a settlement and limited retention of the city's interest in the Mojave power plant, after adding a requirement that the Department of Water and Power (DWP) return periodically to report on cleanup and compliance steps.
A proposed amendment requiring DWP to report periodically on facility remediation under the consent decree and to reassess the city's participation in about 18 months passed first by a roll-call vote of 13–0. The council then approved the ordinance as amended by a recorded vote of 10–3.
Why it matters: the Mojave facility has been the subject of environmental and contractual disputes for years. Council debate centered on the trade-offs between retaining an ownership stake to influence cleanup and resource planning, and…
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