HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-74 - Watershed Executive CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 2004 -74
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
RELATING TO THE WATERSHED EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, Newport Bay is a vital and important ecological and recreational
resource to Southern California; and
WHEREAS, Newport Bay is home to at least six federally endangered species,
including the California Least Tern, the California Brown Pelican, and the Lightfooted
Clapper Rail; and
WHEREAS, Newport Bay is listed as an impaired water body under Section 303(d)
of the federal Clean Water Act; and
WHEREAS, the Bay's impairments include sediment, nutrients, fecal coliform
bacteria, and toxic materials; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is an active participant in two regional
committees that relate to the Bay, including the Watershed Executive Committee and
the Watershed Management Committee;
WHEREAS, these committees collectively manage and administer plans called Total
Maximum Daily Loads ( "TMDLs ") which are intended to eliminate these impairments;
and
WHEREAS, the City has formerly referred to the Watershed Executive Committee as
the Joint Committee for the Evaluation and Implementation of the Upper Newport Bay
Cooperative Agreement via the City's Resolution 83 -113 (adopted October 24, 1983);
and
WHEREAS, both the name and membership of the Joint Committee have changed
since 1983; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby shall
refer to the Joint Committee as the Watershed Executive Committee; and be it also
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby amends
Resolution #83 -113 with this resolution that makes the following changes to the Joint
Committee's role and membership:
1. The new name shall be the Watershed Executive Committee; and
2. The City Council shall annually designate a representative to the WEC and
two alternates.
ADOPTED this 10`h day of August, 2004.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LaVonne M. Harkleas, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 2004 -74 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the loth
day of August, 2004, and that the same was so passed and adopted be the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Rosansky, Bromberg, Webb, '_Nichols, Mayor Ridgeway
Noes: None
Absent: Heffernan, Adams
Abstain: '_None
I\ WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this l lth day of August, 2004.
(Seal)
Citv Clerk
_Newport Beach, California