HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-17 - TMDL-Related Studies in Newport BayRESOLUTION NO. 2008-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING RESOLUTION 2006 -84
AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH THE
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD OR THE REGIONAL BOARD
FOR TMDL- RELATED WATER QUALITY STUDIES IN NEWPORT BAY
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; 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 (TMDL); and
WHEREAS, the Toxic Pollutants TMDL was adopted for Newport Bay in 2002 and
contains limits on pollutants like pesticides and metals; and
WHEREAS, the metal pollutants of concern include lead, copper, arsenic, zinc, mercury,
nickel, lead, chromium, and tin deposited in the bay's waters by storm drains; and
WHEREAS, the State Water Resources Control Board, as a part of implementing the
Toxic Pollutants TMDL, has directed and agreed to fund a number of water quality studies,
including one specifically for a Metals Study of Storm Drains (called the "Storm Drain Study ") to
examine inputs of metals and other contaminants of concern to the Bay via the storm drain
system and inside the Bay itself; and
WHEREAS, the Storm Drain Study was in part authorized by the City's Resolution 2006-
84 which included a $100,000 cap on the amount that could be expended on the Study; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, that it hereby authorizes
the City Manager or his designee to execute grant agreements or contracts with the State Board
or its Regional Board to conduct various water quality studies directed by the Toxic Pollutants
TMDL or by other TMDLs; and be it further
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, that the City Manager or
his designee is authorized to enter into a Metals- related Storm Drain Study of up to $200,000
(with a 10% contingency increase to $220,000); and be it further
RESOLVED that the City staff is hereby authorized to assist the Board in preparing and
collecting the necessary data, conducting investigations, or entering into contracts to perform
sampling and /or analysis relating to this Study and other studies, provided that the contracts
and investigations comply with the TMDL and the City's Charter.
ADOPTED this 25"' Day of March 2008. r� [I
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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. 2008 -17 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
25th day of March 2008, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Henn, Rosansky, Daigle, Webb, Curry, Gardner, Mayor Selich
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 26th day of March 2008.
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City Clerk
Newport Beach, California