AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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A RESOLUTION CONSIDERING THE MONARCH HILL LITIGATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AMONG THE CITIES OF COCONUT CREEK AND DEERFIELD BEACH, AS WELL AS BROWARD COUNTY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT INC. OF FLORIDA PERTAINING TO THE MONARCH HILL LANDFILL.
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BACKGROUND:
The proposed Monarch Hill Litigation Settlement Agreement represents a negotiated resolution, with the concurrence of Waste Management Inc. of Florida ("WMIF"), of the pending legal challenges (City of Coconut Creek, et al. v. Broward County, Case No. CACE-25-004400 (Cir. Ct.), and City of Coconut Creek, et al. v. Broward County, Case No. 25-1748GM (Fla. Div. Admin.) to the County's enactment of certain ordinances on February 25, 2025 (Agenda Item Nos. 33, 34, and 36 for Ordinances 2025-10, 2025-11, and 2025-13), relating to a potential vertical and a horizontal expansion of the Monarch Hill Landfill.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed Monarch Hill Litigation Settlement Agreement includes a complete resolution of the legal challenges currently being litigated by the Cities of Coconut Creek and Deerfield Beach ("Cities") in state court and before the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings ("DOAH"). The DOAH challenge is currently set for hearing August 26 - 29, 2025.
Key terms of the Settlement Agreement include:
1. WMIF's commitment not to pursue any additional expansion of the Monarch Hill Landfill, including by repurposing adjacent property it currently owns and operates as a hauling site and by acquiring other property next to the Landfill. Such further expansion could increase the slope of the landfill (even after the recently approved vertical and horizontal beyond the County's recently approved vertical and horizontal expansions) and could add an additional fifty (50) years to the Landfill beyond the recent expansions (the current expansions are projected to extend the remaining useful life of the landfill from approximately six (6) years to approximately twenty-five (25) years. WMI...
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