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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-46 - Water Quality StudiesRESOLUTION NO. 2003- 46 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDED CONTRACT OF UP TO $700,000 ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WITH THE CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD FOR NEWPORT BAY WATER QUALITY STUDIES 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's Health Care Agency 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; and WHEREAS, since 1999, the City and the State Water Resources Control Board ( "SWRCB ") via its California Regional Water Quality Control Board ( "Regional Board "), Santa Ana Region, have cooperated to study issues like vessel waste discharges, swimmer impacts on bacteria levels, and the extent of bacteria and human viruses throughout the Bay; and WHEREAS, the SWRCB has directed up to $607,000 in funds for these studies as described in Agreement No. 9 -074 -180 -0 between the City and the SWRCB; and WHEREAS, the Contracts Section of the SWRCB requires the City Council to adopt a resolution authorizing the City to utilize these funds; and WHEREAS, the City's Resolution 99 -56 authorized the expenditure of a portion of these funds; now, therefore be it RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH that the Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to enter into an amended contract not to exceed $700,000 on behalf of the City with the State Water Resources Control Board for the performance and management of various water quality studies relating to Newport Bay. ADOPTED this 12"' Day of AugL ATTEST: CITY CLERK r STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE 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. 2003 -46 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 12th day of August, 2003, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Ridgeway, Webb, Nichols, Mayor Bromberg Noes: None Absent: Heffernan, Proctor, Adams Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 13th day of August, 2003. (Sea] City Clerk Newport Beach, California