HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-56 - DNA Study0 RESOLUTION 99- 56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A $175,000 CONTRACT
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
WITH THE CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
FOR A DNA STUDY OF WATER QUALITY CONTAMINANTS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach has long been concerned about protecting
the water quality of Newport Bay and the Orange County coastline; and
WHEREAS, the County of Orange and the Orange County Sanitation District both perform water
sampling in and around Newport Beach on a routine basis to ensure that waters are safe for swimmers and
other water contact sports; and
WHEREAS, current testing and sampling can tell policy- makers that an area is contaminated with
bacteria that may be harmful to swimmers, but it cannot typically tell whether the source of the
contamination is human, avian, canine, or of some other origin; and
WHEREAS, recent work done in San Diego County that has "genetically fingerprinted"
contaminants has enabled policy- makers there to better understand the sources of water contamination; and
• WHEREAS, the State of California, with the assistance of State Assembly Member Marilyn Brewer,
Governor Gray Davis, and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (Santa Ana Region), has
authorized the expenditure of $175,000 by the City of Newport Beach to conduct genetic fingerprinting of
contaminants to the waters around Newport Beach; and
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WHEREAS, the Regional Board has developed a Scope of Work for the fingerprinting study and
wishes to enter into a contract with the City to manage the Study and its contractors and subcontractors;
now, therefore be it
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH that the Council
supports the Regional Board and City staff in the completion of this Study and hereby authorizes the Mayor
to enter into a contract not to exceed $175,000 on behalf of the City with the Regional Board for the
performance and management of the Study.
ADOPTED this 9m day of August, 1999
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
• STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
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. 99 -56, 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 9th day
of August, 1999, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Adams, Glover, Thomson, Debay, Ridgeway, Noyes, Mayor O'Neil
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
• official seal of said City this 10th day of August, 1999.
(Seal)
C J
City Clerk of the City of
Newport Beach, California