HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-43 - Integrated Watershed Management PlanningRESOLUTION NO. 2007 -43
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO APPLY FOR STATE GRANTS RELATING TO
INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND
THE RHINE CHANNEL
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, with the Rhine Channel having special toxicity
problems that need attention; 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
(TMDLs); and
WHEREAS, the Bay is also part of a complex watershed system that
stretches into Tustin, Irvine, Lake Forest, Orange, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, and
unincorporated territories; and
WHEREAS, the voters of California passed both Propositions 50 and 84 in
an attempt to improve water quality, water supply, and regional watershed
planning in the state; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Water Resources and the
California State Water Resources Control Board, as a part of implementing the
Legislature's directive through Propositions 50 and 84, has set forth grant
guidelines and procedures for eligible jurisdictions to receive funding for water
quality and watershed projects; 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 Watershed
Implementation Grant pursuant to the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water,
Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002 (Water Code Section 79560 et seq),
and to enter into an agreement to receive a grant for the Newport Bay Watershed
IRWMP. The Mayor of the City of Newport Beach is hereby authorized and
directed to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations, file such
application, and execute a grant agreement with the California Department of
Water Resources or the State Water Resources Control Board; and be it also
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 Watershed
Implementation Grant pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and
Supply, Flood Control, River, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Public
Resources Code Section 75000 etsec) and to enter into an agreement to receive
a grant for the Newport Bay Watershed IRWMP or for improvements to the Rhine
Channel's toxicity problems. The Mayor of the City of Newport Beach is hereby
authorized and directed to prepare the necessary data, conduct investigations,
file such application, and execute a grant agreement with the California
Department of Water Resources or the State Water Resources Control Board.
ADOPTED this 26h day of June, 2007.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
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. 2007 -43 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 June 2007, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Henn, Curry, Selich, Webb, Daigle, Gardner, Mayor Rosansky
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 June 2007.
(Seal)
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California