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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-84 - Water Quality StudiesRESOLUTION NO. 2006- 84 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD OR THE REGIONAL BOARD FOR TMDL - RELATED WATER QUALITY STUDIES IN NEWPORT BAY WHEREAS, Newport Bay is an impaired water body under the Federal Clean Water act for four categories of pollutants - sediment, nutrients, fecal Coliform, and toxic pollutants; and WHEREAS, as an impaired water body, the Bay is subject to the creation and implementation of daily limits of these pollutants and plans to achieve certain water quality goals within a time certain; and WHEREAS, these limits and plans are called Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL); and WHEREAS, the Toxic Pollutants TMDL was adopted for Newport Bay in 2002 and contains limits on pollutants like pesticides and metals; and WHEREAS, the metal pollutants of concern include lead, copper, arsenic, zinc, mercury, nickel, lead, chromium, and tin deposited in the bay's waters by storm drains; and WHEREAS, the State Water Resources Control Board, as a part of implementing the Toxic Pollutants TMDL, has directed and agreed to fund a number of water quality studies, including one specifically for a Metals Study of Storm Drains (called the "Storm Drain Study ") to examine inputs of metals and other contaminants of concern to the Bay via the storm drain system and inside the Bay itself; now, therefore be it RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, that it hereby authorizes the City Manager or his designee to execute grant agreements or contracts with the State Board or its Regional Board to conduct various water quality studies directed by the Toxic Pollutants TMDL or by other TMDLs; and be it further RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, that the City Manager or his designee is authorized to enter into a Metals- related Storm Drain Study of up to $90,000 (with a contingency increase to $100,000); and be it further RESOLVED that the City staff is hereby authorized to assist the Board in preparing and collecting the necessary data, conducting investigations, or entering into contracts to perform sampling and /or analysis relating to this Study and other studies, provided that the contracts and investigations comply with the TMDL and the City's Charter. ADOPTED this 8w day of August, 2006. Mayor ATTE T:: f m �� �/� Q V �"►'u`�. / I - 1 �i.T[.!Y/L/tw City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } as. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LaVonne M. Harkless, 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. 2006 -84 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 8th day of August 2006, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Curry, Selich, Rosansky, Ridgeway, Daigle, Mayor Webb Noes: None Absent: Nichols Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 9th day of August 2006. (Seal) 0�a / -9w" City Clerk Newport Beach, California