HomeMy WebLinkAbout12 - BA-011 - Receipt of Four State GrantsITEM 12
TO: Members of the Newport Beach City Council
FROM: Dave Kiff, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution 2001 -_ Relating to the Receipt of State Grants: Buck Gully,
Big Corona, Clean Beaches Initiative, Water Quality Tests
RECOMMENDED (1) Adopt Resolution 2001 -_ authorizing the Mayor to accept four State grants
ACTIONS: as follows:
(a) $222,025 from Proposition 13 for restoration and water quality
improvements in Buck Gully;
(b) $479,000 from Proposition 12 for visitor - serving improvements at Corona
del Mar State Beach (Big Corona);
(c) $500,000 from Governor Davis' Clean Beaches Initiative for projects that
reduce beach postings and closures in Newport Bay and along Newport
Beach's ocean beaches;
(d) $400,000 for water quality testing and studies associated with the Fecal
Coliform TMDL;
(2) Authorize the City Manager to include these grants and related scopes of
work for each project in the City's FY 2001 -02 Capital Improvement Program
(CIP); and
(3) Approve Budget Amendment (BA# ) incorporating the grants into the
FY 2001 -02 CIP.
BACKGROUND: When the voters of the State of California approved Propositions 12 (the Parks
Bond) and Proposition 13 (the Water Bond) in March 2000, the City was able to
apply for and receive competitive grants for specific projects in and around
Newport Beach, including Buck Gully and Big Corona. We were also pleased to
learn that our less - formal applications for grants for water quality testing and for
funding under the new Clean Beaches Initiative were approved as a part of the
FY 2001 -02 State Budget.
Here is a summary of the grant projects (also summarized in Attachment B):
(1) Buck Gully. Orange County CoastKeeper and the Newport Beach chapter
of the Surfrider Foundation were successful in developing a grant
application under the Water Bond for a restoration project in Buck Gully.
The scope of work for this $261,200 project (which includes $39,075 in City-
provided matching funds) was as follows:
• Reduce Flows. Reduce the fresh -water flows to the level appropriate for a semi-
arid seasonal streambed. Educate the surrounding residents and commercial
property owners as to ways they can reduce irrigation overflow and seepage.
Establish a dry- weather diversion system near PCH to put excess flows into the
sanitary sewer or to enable the marketing of excess flows to high -use irrigators
(like golf courses).
• Clean Up Flows that Remain. Establish natural water quality wetlands to treat
flows that remain. Develop a series of 2 -3 basins in Upper Buck Gully to slow
down fresh water flows to allow any bacteria in the flows to be killed by natural
treatment processes, including exposure to sunlight.
• Restore Habitat. Restore as much of the natural habitat as possible. Encourage
surrounding property owners to replace irrigation- intensive landscaping with
landscaping reflective of a semi -arid seasonal streambed. Hire a landscape
architect to develop a model slopescape plan for the Gully.
(2) Big Corona. California State Parks was eligible for about $20 million in
grants from the Parks Bond for sub- granting to their locally- operated units.
The City is a local operator of Corona Del Mar State Beach on behalf of
California State Parks. Working with State Parks, the City applied for and
received $479,000 for visitor - serving improvements at Big Corona. This
amount from Proposition 12 would match another $479,000 contributed by
the City and directed towards Big Corona via the settlement of the American
Trader Oil Spill. Therefore, $958,000 is available to the City to improve the
40- and 50 -year old amenities at Big Corona.
The scope of work for this grant is as follows:
• Improve Amenities. Replace shade structures, improve or replace concession
area, landscaping, picnic areas, and more. Improve or replace restrooms.
• Interpretation. Include educational signage that informs visitors and other beach
users about area marine life refuges.
• Lifeguard Facilities. Include (with any concession improvement) treatment area
for rescues and equipment storage area for Newport Beach lifeguards.
(3) Clean Beaches Initiative. Governor Davis and the State Legislature
included about $35 million in the FY 2001 -02 State Budget for structural
projects (not studies) that would directly lead to a reduction in beach
closures and beach postings along California's shoreline. Newport Beach, in
cooperation with the County of Orange, told the State Water Resources
Control Board that the City could . spend about $500,000 in structural on-
shore improvements - like dry weather diversions - in areas of Newport Bay
and our shoreline frequented by beachgoers.
The restrictions on Clean Beaches Initiative dollars are as follows:
• Projects, not Studies. Funds must be spent on specific projects and structures,
not studies of existing problems;
• Reduce Closures and Postings. Dollars spent must result in reductions of
postings and closures of beaches. Health officials keep this data by beach mile
day - a beach mile day refers to .h single closure or posting, its linear distance
along the beach, and the day or days in which the closure or posting endures).
For more information about beach mile days and Newport Beach, see
Attachment C). Thus, structural improvements in areas without beaches are
generally ineligible.
• Complete Projects ASAP. The State Water Resources Control Board staff has
been persistent in encouraging recipients of the Clean Beaches Initiative dollars
to complete all projects by the start of the 2002 swim season.
The City has initially proposed using the $500,000 in Clean Beaches Initiative
dollars for the following projects (each proposal is subject to further review
by the Public Works and General Services departments). In proposing these
specific projects, we assume that our beach closures and postings are caused
primarily by (1) contaminated dry- weather runoff and secondarily by (2)
leaking pump -a -heads in the harbor.
• Dry Weather Diversions from the storm drain to the sanitary sewer at:
- Harbor Patrol Beach (diverting the storm drain that drains Fashion Island and
portions of Corona del Mar)
- Little Corona (diverting flows from Buck Gully - note that revenue from the
Clean Beaches Initiative can be used in tandem with funds from other grant
sources, including Proposition 13).
- Newport Dunes (diverting the remaining two storm drains that enter the
Newport Dunes swimming lagoon).
• One -Way Storm Drain Valves (and sump pumps) at:
- Channel Place Park (near Newport Island)
- Arches Interchange (with the assumption that contaminated runoff from the
Old Newport Boulevard area /Costa Mesa watershed may end up around
Newport Island due to tidal action)
• Pump -a -head upgrades (to Sani - Sailors or similar) at any beach- adjacent site in
the lower or upper bay which has the older Kelco diaphragm pumpouts.
(4) Water Quality Tests. Staff from the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board, Santa Ana Region (Regional Board), have been able to
identify about $400,000 in salary savings now available to the City for Board -
approved water quality testing efforts in Newport Bay. Most, if not all, of
the testing efforts are intended to target some of the City's responsibilities
under the Fecal Coliform Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). Your council
will recall that a TMDL is a daily limit on a contaminant to a water body.
Newport Bay has its beneficial uses (swimming, wading, kayaking, shellfish
harvesting, and more) impaired by four things: nutrients, sediment, toxics,
and fecal coliform.
Working with the Regional Board staff and with the Orange County Health
Care Agency, we have proposed at least four water quality studies (many of
which are underway). Not all of the studies use the Regional Board's grant
money - please see related notations:
• Baywide Bacti/Viral Sampling. This study, done by Dr. Sunny Jiang of UCI,
attempts to replicate sampling done in Summer 2000 that looked at human
enteric viruses and indicator bacteria in up to nine tributaries and storm drains
to Newport Bay (a $36,000 study funded by the Regional Board).
• Swimmer Shedding. This study, with sampling done by OC CoastKeeper and
testing done at the Orange County Sanitation Districts lab, attempted to
determine whether or not swimmers contribute to bacterial problems at the
Newport Dunes swimming lagoon (a $20,000 study funded by the Regional
Board).
• Vessel Waste Study. This study; not yet complete nor finally designed, will
attempt to determine the extent (if illegal discharges of waste by vessel operators
(a $50,000 study not funded by the Regional Board).
• West Newport Antibiotic Resistance Analysis. This study, which began on
September 11 and will continue through November, samples tributaries and bay
water in and around West Newport. The Orange County Health Care Agency,
working with Dr. Jody Harwood of the University of South Florida, will attempt
to determine the source of bacteria found in the tributaries by looking at the way
the bacteria reacts to up to eight antibiotics. Health officials will then attempt to
match the reaction pattern of the - unknown bacteria with the reaction patterns of
known samples to help us determine the source of the West Newport bacteria (a
study worth up to $200,000 yet "free" to the City thanks to the generosity of the
County of Orange).
As the Council will note from reading the above, the City still has about
$350,000 of the $400,000 available :to us for additional studies between now
and 2003. We intend to continue working with the Regional Board, the
County, and other interested parties to appropriately designate the
remaining money for studies and nests that assist us in reducing bacterial
inputs to the Bay.
THIS AGENDA This Agenda Item asks the Council tojadopt a resolution that formally accepts
ITEM: each of the four grants mentioned here. It further directs city staff to start work
on the projects that the grants will fund by including these projects in the City's
FY 2001 -02 Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A - Resolution 2001 relating to the acceptance of four state grants
Attachment B -Summary of Grants and Grant- Funded Projects
Attachment C - Beach Mile Day Information from County of Orange
Attachment D - Budget Amend menhincorporating the four grants into the CIP
Attachment A
RESOLUTION 2001-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
ACCEPTING FOUR STATE GRANTS
WHEREAS, the voters of the State of California approved Propositions 12 (the
Parks Bond) and 13 (the Water Bond) in March 2000; and
WHEREAS, California Governor Gray Davis and the California State Legislature
in Fiscal Year 2001 -02 further authorized the funding of about $35 million in projects
statewide to reduce the level of beach postings and closures along California's
shoreline; and
WHEREAS, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana
Region, further authorized the City of Newport Beach's use of up to $400,000 in State
Water Resources Control Board revenue for specific water quality tests and studies in
Newport Bay; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach, the Newport Beach Surfrider Chapter,
and Orange County CoastKeeper collectively applied for a competitive grant for
improvements at Buck Gully near Corona Del Mar under Proposition 13; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach and California State Parks cooperated on
a grant proposal under Proposition 12's competitive grants for locally- operated State
Parks units like Corona Del Mar State Beach, and
WHEREAS, Regional Board staff and the City cooperatively worked to develop
several scopes of work for studies eligible for funding under the Regional Board's
$400,000 grant; and
WHEREAS, the City was successful in receiving each of the four grant proposals
identified within this resolution; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby
thanks the voters of California, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Governor,
and the Legislature for their collective commitment to improving California's shoreline
and parks facilities and that it hereby accepts each identified grant and authorizes
Mayor Adams to execute any grant documents associated with the receipt of these
grants.
ADOPTED this 91h Day of October, 2001.
GAROLD B. ADAMS
Mayor of Newport Beach
ATTEST:
LAVONNE HARKLESS
City Clerk
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Ocean Recreational Water
Protection Program
Monica Mazur
Health Care Agency
Environmental Health
Orange County - Available
Beach Mile Days (BMD)
All Coastal & Bays
124 miles X 365 days = 45,260 Available
Beach Mlle Days
Coastal
42 miles X 365 days = 15,330 Available
Beach Mlle Days
Newport Bay
Agency:
OCHCA
Frequency:
1 /week
Stations:
31
2
(April - August)
(April - August)
2000 2001
Postings:
43 52
Days:
557 541
Attachment C
Mile Days
(Miles of Beach Closed) X (Number
of Days )= Beach Mile Days.
Example: 1/2 mile of beach closed for
days = 2 Beach Mile Days.
Newport Beach
Agency: OCSD
Frequency: 3 -5 /week
Stations: S
(April - August)
2000 2001
Postings: 4 6
Days: 6 9
Newport Slough
Agency:
OCHCA
;Frequency:
1 /week
Stations:
2
(April - August)
2000 2001
Postings:
NA 5
Days:
NA 201
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Newport Coast
Agency:
OCHCA
Frequency:
1 /week
Stations:
6
(April • August)
2000 2001
Postings:
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BUDGET AMENDMENT
2001 -02
EFFECT ON BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE:
Increase Revenue Estimates
X Increase Expenditure Appropriations
Transfer Budget Appropriations
SOURCE:
from existing budget appropriations
X from additional estimated revenues
from unappropriated fund balance
EXPLANATION:
NO. BA- 011
AMOUNT: $1,sao,zoo.00
Increase in Budgetary Fund Balance
AND X Decrease in Budgetary Fund Balance
No effect on Budgetary Fund Balance
This budget amendment is requested to provide for the following:
To increase revenue estimates and expenditure appropriations related to award of four State grants.
ACCOUNTING ENTRY:
Amount
BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE
Debit
Credit
Fund
Account
Description
010
3605
General Fund Balance
$39,175.00
'
REVENUE ESTIMATES (360 1)
Fund /Division
Account
Description
250
4875
Proposition 13 - Buck Gully Restoration
$225,025.00
250
4876
Proposition 12 - CdM State Bch Imprvmnts
$479,000.00
250
4877
Clean Beaches Initiative
$500,000.00
250
4878
Regional Board Grant
$400,000.00
EXPENDITURE APPROPRIATIONS (3603)
Description
Division
Number
7251
Contributions Fund
Account
Number
C5100596
Clean Water Project
$400,000.00
Division
Number
7251
Contributions Fund
Account
Number
C5100569
CdM Beach Improvements
$479,000.00
Division
Number
7251
Contributions Fund
Account
Number
C5100659
Buck Gully Restoration
$222,025.00
Division
Number
7251
Contributions Fund
Account
Number
C5100596
Clean Water Project
$500,000,00
Division
Number
7014
Misc General Fund Projects
Account
Number
C5100659
Buck Gully Restoration
$39,175.00
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RESOLUTION 2001-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
ACCEPTING FOUR STATE GRANTS
WHEREAS, the voters of the State of California approved Propositions 12 (the
Parks Bond) and 13 (the Water Bond) in March 2000; and
WHEREAS, California Governor Gray Davis and the California State Legislature
in Fiscal Year 2001 -02 further authorized the funding of about $35 million in projects
statewide to reduce the level of beach postings and closures along California's
shoreline; and
WHEREAS, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana
Region, further authorized the City of Newport Beach's use of up to $400,000 in State
Water Resources Control Board revenue for specific water quality tests and studies in
Newport Bay; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach, the Newport Beach Surfrider Chapter,
and Orange County CoastKeeper collectively applied for a competitive grant for
improvements at Buck Gully near Corona Del Mar under Proposition 13; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach and California State Parks cooperated on
a grant proposal under Proposition 12's competitive grants for locally- operated State
Parks units like Corona Del Mar State Beach, and
WHEREAS, Regional Board staff and the City cooperatively worked to develop
several scopes of work for studies eligible for funding under the Regional Board's
$400,000 grant; and
WHEREAS, the City was successful in receiving each of the four grant proposals
identified within this resolution, now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby
thanks the voters of California, the State Water Resources Control Board, the Governor,
and the Legislature for their collective commitment to improving California's shoreline
and parks facilities; and be it further
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that the Mayor of
Newport Beach is hereby authorized and directed to submit, for and on behalf of the
City of Newport Beach, an application for a Clean Beaches, Proposition 13, Coastal
Nonpoint Source Program grant from the State Water Resources Control Board in the
amount not to exceed $500,000, for the design and implementation of storm drain
diversions, water quality wetlands, and filtration devices; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the City of Newport Beach hereby agrees and further does
authorize the Mayor or his designee to certify that the City of Newport Beach has and
will comply with all applicable state statutory and regulatory requirements related to
any state grants received; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Mayor of Newport Beach or his designee of the City of
Newport Beach is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute a grant contract and any
amendments relating to the aforementioned grants, and to certify grant invoices on
behalf of the City of Newport Beach.
ADOPTED this 911, Day of October, 2001.
GAROLD B. ADAMS
Mayor of Newport Beach
WIFFOUR
LAVONNE HARKLESS
City Clerk