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HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-59 - Newport Bay-San Diego Creek Watershed• RESOLUTION #99 -59 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE NEWPORT BAY /SAN DIEGO CREEK WATERSHED FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE AND THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WHEREAS, the City Council has long been concerned about the harmful materials transported through the Newport Bay watershed through the San Diego Creek and the Santa Ana/ Delhi Channel; and WHEREAS, these materials, which include nutrients that cause excessive algae, sediment which "silts up" the Bay's remaining watercourses, pathogens which may cause illness in bay users, and toxic materials which impact both shellfish, waterfowl, and other life; and • WHEREAS, the US Army Corps of Engineers has identified the Newport Bay Watershed as an area worthy of federal review and participation as a part of the Corps' mission of providing civil engineering projects throughout the nation, and WHEREAS, the Corps has proposed a "feasibility" study to determine what types of projects should be designed and constructed in the watershed to limit the intrusion of harmful materials; and WHEREAS, Corps processes dictate that any "feasibility" effort involve local partners in both decision - making and in funding studies and the resultant projects; and WHEREAS, these funding formulas equate to 50 % -50% matches for the study portion of the effort and 65 % -35% (Federal contribution -local contribution) for project design and construction costs; and WHEREAS, the local partners involved in this effort include the County of Orange (as lead partner), the Irvine Company, the Irvine Ranch Water District, the Orange County Flood Control District, and the cities of Newport Beach, Irvine, Lake Forest, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, and Tustin. • NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby supports the Newport Bay/ San Diego Creek Watershed Feasibility • Study both in concept and with its financial resources and hereby authorizes the City to enter into an Agreement regarding the Study as a local partner. As a local partner, the City's contributions to the Study shall not exceed $80,000 over two fiscal years. ADOPTED this 23rd Day of August, 1999. ME, Semi ATTEST: • • • • • STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } as. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LEILANI I. BROWN, Deputy 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 -59, 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 23rd day of August, 1999, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Adams, Glover, Thomson, Debay, Noyes, Mayor O'Neil Noes: None Absent: Ridgeway Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 24th day of August, 1999. (Seal) A.O. rzfyim i Deputy City Clerk Newport Beach, California