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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-20 - Integrated Regional Water Management Planning & Implementation GrantsRESOLUTION NO. 2005- 20 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH RELATING TO APPLYING FOR INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS WHEREAS, voters of the State of California passed Proposition 50 (the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, and Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002) in November 2002; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach supported the passage of Proposition 50 in 2002; and WHEREAS, Proposition 50 includes funding for various programs and measures designed to improve both drinking water quality and recreational water quality; and WHEREAS, Proposition 50 includes an Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) component that includes funding for both Planning Grants and Implementation Grants; and WHEREAS, Newport Beach is home to two Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBSs), Upper and Lower Newport Bay, and other bay or coastal waters that are eligible for funding under Proposition 50's IRWM grants programs to improve water quality; now, therefore be it RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, that application be made to the California Department of Water Resources and State Water Resources Control Board to obtain an Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Grant and /or an Integrated Regional Water Management Implementation Grant pursuant to the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002 (Water Code Section 79560 et seq.); and be it further RESOLVED that the City is authorized to enter into an agreement to receive an IRWM Planning and /or Implementation Grant for the Newport Beach Marine Life Refuge, the Irvine Coast Marine Life Refuge, or the Upper and Lower Newport Bay; and be it further RESOLVED that the City Manager of Newport Beach is hereby authorized and directed to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations, file such application, and execute a grant agreement with California Department of Water Resources or State Water Resources Control Board. ADOPTED this 26th day of April, 2005. ATTEST: LAVONNE HARKLESS City Clerk Mayor of Newport Beach 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. 2005 -20 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 26th day of April 2005, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Heffernan. Rosansky, Webb, Ridgeway, Daigle, Nichols, Mayor Bromberg Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 27th day of April 2005. (Seal) City Clerk Newport Beach, California